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InfoChachkie
MAY 12, 2014
A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Securing a meeting with Adam Cheyer was no insignificant feat, given the ceaseless demands on his time and the number of entrepreneurs who would welcome a chance to chat with him.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 12, 2010
Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. 2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. That’s stupid.
socalTECH
JULY 20, 2011
We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. However, 18-34 year olds have been in high demand by marketers, TV advertisers, and consumer companies as an audience.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2010
Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now. So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2011
I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro.
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