InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets. Marginal ventures that might be funded in a vigorous economic environment will not attract sophisticated investors’ time, attention or money in a downturn. Phoenix Effect. “If

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2018

I made the jump myself from IBM several years ago, and now have a satisfying startup advising small businesses and mentoring entrepreneurs. It’s not very helpful to just say the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. Otherwise think twice before jumping to a new startup venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. For example, even though we were leading an entrepreneurial effort within IBM, we found it a challenge to deal with the inbred mainframe culture, reverence for process, and accounting practices of a large company.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

Degreed , which helps businesses upgrade the skills of their staffers through an online gateway to learning resources, announced Thursday it has raised $75 million to grow the service and expand internationally. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There are a number of reasons why Rincon Venture Partners passed on Twilio’s Seed Round. For us, it’s OK if we miss a great deal once in a while, so long as the companies we DO invest in generate outstanding returns. billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 Also, I'm curious if you could help us out a little.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Venture funding remained strong, but more money went to fewer (and later-stage) companies overall. Storylines in various sectors helped shape the overall narrative in 2018. It was a year of big exits—both IPOs and acquisitions—for tech and life sciences companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was an IBM XT. It was the first ever IBM to ship with a hard drive. At the end of ’94, most of my friends quit to join startups, and that’s when startups were really starting to become a bigger deal. Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But I’m not here trolling for deals. But who else is going to get out there and close your big biz dev deals with you? Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Can’t list them all. Are you going to do all of this?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. This is often a mistake because if you’re undifferentiated you’ll likely lose more deals because the buyer doesn’t see anything that sets you apart.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. We took it personally.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Today Factual announced that it raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz & Index Ventures. dealing with how digital or analog signals are actually transmitted for point A to point B), the network layer in the middle that deals with routing packets of information, to the presentation and application layer at the top end.

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