Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. Until we weren’t.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Many pension funds are simply too large to write small checks and favor the ability to write $50-100 million checks to funds. 2007 was the watershed year. Why is this?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. I wish I had learned to delegate sooner, and to let go a little more. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
I would probably enjoy teaching, running a conference, making documentaries, curating a series of lectures, writing a book or a regular blog. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. I wish I had learned to delegate sooner, and to let go a little more. 1) I know that one of lynda.com’s current initiatives is corporate-wide training.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
In the original version of his post, Andy writes. The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls. But I became a VC in 2007 and wrote my first check in 2009 – 4.5 They see how hard she does her job. Not in my experience, Andy. Meet with their teams on weekends. You suck if you don’t have 2+ $1 billion exits.
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