2008 Competition Metrics Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As an early stage investor you’re often planning around 10x your investment at the time your write your first check so in this case you’d be going into your investment expecting an exit of $800 – $1.2
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Tech.Co
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Since first launching in 2008, Dreamit has received thousands of applications – heck, I’ve personally reviewed thousands of applications in the not quite three years since joining Dreamit. You don’t need to list your competition in both places. We want hard data and metrics – we want proof. with actual data and metrics.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 23, 2013
As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Any competition in LA? Events pay a listing fee.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. There is no way for people to keep prices down – it’s a competitive market. At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. That’s awesome.
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.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Our first big institutional round was $16.5
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