Sentences with phrase «as venture capitalists»

Gemini Exchange is another US - based outfit founded by the Winklevoss twins — the pair who sued Mark Zuckerberg over social networking, and were awarded $ 65 million (# 48 million), which they put to use as venture capitalists.

Most brand - new venture funds don't start life with $ 180 million in capital commitments, especially if they are launched by people who have not worked as venture capitalists before, and particularly not if those people want to focus narrowly on the global interactive entertainment industry.

Most brand - new venture funds don't start life with $ 180 million in capital commitments, especially if they are launched by people who have not worked as venture capitalists before, and particula

These are investors who can't quite get the capital together to invest in major real estate investment clubs or act as venture capitalists, but who might have between $ 20,000 and $ 100,000 available for some of these investments.

Similar to the self - publishing platforms of Smashwords displacing the need for traditional or legacy publishers, crowdfunding platforms replace traditional intermediaries such as venture capitalists and banks, when authors seek to raise funds for the marketing and distribution of their books.

Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney.

This includes companies, who are dependent on districts and schools to provide high - quality education to the men and women who will run their C - suites and staff their operations, as well as venture capitalists and other investors who are looking to back the next generation of entrepreneurs and builders of economies.

As venture capitalists rush to fund the latest app that puts bunny ears on our faces or makes the world's most expensive juice, they need to back up their Medium posts and public platitudes with cold, hard cash.

The attackers appear to be focusing on anyone who talks on social media about owning virtual currencies or anyone who is known to invest in virtual currency companies, such as venture capitalists.

Our comments: no surprise here, with ICO investors looking at exactly the same issues as venture capitalists.

Bottom line: 15 minutes of presentation means no more than 12 to 15 slides.Professional investors, such as venture capitalists and serious angel investors, do not have long attention spans.

We believe our job as venture capitalists is to magnify the creative power of entrepreneurs through relationships, education and resources essential to their success.

There is also plenty of capital to be had, as venture capitalists continue to make deals at a brisk rate.

It also has the advantage of putting all backers into a single - purpose fund — a benefit for any entrepreneur needing to seek future funding as venture capitalists wouldn't have to manage multiple individuals who previously invested.

Organizations that typically invest $ 3 million in a single early - stage venture deal, as venture capitalists do, are not designed to evaluate and assist 120 ventures that each receive $ 25,000.

Eventually, after getting some positive local press, the brewery started getting courted by advertising and PR firms as well as venture capitalists hoping to get involved.

As venture capitalist Rob Coneybeer, managing director and founder of Shasta Ventures, told me at the beginning of the summer, the smartphone has changed everything.

«As an entrepreneur, I have had products and services shut out of closed cable networks, and as a venture capitalist, I've invested in companies that would not have been able to innovate if these network were not open.»

But Prabhakar, who first led a major federal office when she was only 34 and later spent time as a venture capitalist, is meeting the challenge with an outsider's enthusiasm.

With the government acting as a venture capitalist, the private sector can create effective new programs to address social problems.

Thirty - eight at the time, Colonna had found early success as a venture capitalist.

As venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote in a blog post defending Graham's stance, «We see very few women entrepreneurs walk into [Union Square Ventures] and that is disappointing to me.

Indeed, until the VC - entrepreneur relationship gets back on track, Davis is determined to use his unique lens as a venture capitalist to help other young companies succeed.

His title was later corrected to reflect his role solely as a venture capitalist whose firm invested in Xirrus.

Mills, who served on Obama's SBA transition team, has been described as a venture capitalist, but she's really from the world of private equity.

As venture capitalist Chris Dixon has pointed out, the rise of new technologies isn't something that happens smoothly — it often seems to be moving slowly, and then speeds up rapidly.

As venture capitalist David Lee once said, «It's never been easier to start a company and never harder to build one.»

He had enjoyed early success as a venture capitalist, working with Fred Wilson to launch one of New York City's first VC firms.

In 2010, after spending a few years as a venture capitalist, the already - wealthy Chinese entrepreneur founded Xiaomi with a former Google China executive.

As a venture capitalist, I have to say «no» to a lot of good startups and founders.

Jeb Miller joined Icon Ventures in 2009 as a General Partner, bringing over fifteen years of experience working with early - stage technology companies as a venture capitalist, operating executive and investment banker.

Tom Mawhinney joined Icon Ventures in 2003 as a General Partner, bringing a 15 - year background in the technology industry as both a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur.

Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience: Erik is qualified to serve on Zillow Group's board of directors because he brings valuable strategic and financial expertise as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur.

As a venture capitalist, Anthony has a significant stake in dozens of startups in Canada as well as the United States.

It frequently happens that when a large institutional investor such as a venture capitalist makes an investment in a company, it values the Company at a lower price than the initial investors did.

Mr. Alberg's individual qualifications and skills as a director include his experience as a venture capitalist investing in technology companies, through which he gained experience with emerging technologies, his experience as a lawyer, his knowledge of Amazon from having served as a director since 1996, as well as his customer experience skills and skills relating to financial statement and accounting matters.

Fast - forward three years and Massenet is back and in a role where she has plenty of say in a lot of things: as a venture capitalist.

I would say it probably wasn't until I was two years into the process that I even had confidence to write a check, to make a decision as a venture capitalist, because the first couple years all I learned was shocking and confusing and I'm realizing that was very different from a normal world.

In 2004, while serving as a venture capitalist herself, Hoke had the opportunity to tour several Texas state prisons.

He has been a full - time investor since 1985, 10 as a venture capitalist, principally with Trinity Ventures, and for over two decades at D3.

He has also worked as an equity analyst covering basic materials and industrial stocks, as a venture capitalist in Prague, and as a tax consultant advising on numerous M&A, real estate, and oil and gas transactions.

Some board members — such as venture capitalist Bill Gurley — think Kalanick needs to move aside immediately for an unspecified period of time.

Previously worked as a venture capitalist, and once served as the chief financial officer of Priceline.com.

Calone said he had experience as a venture capitalist creating private sector jobs and helping build affordable housing and working on solar regulations as chairman of the Suffolk County planning commission.

As a venture capitalist you'll be responsible for identifying companies that you believe are likely to succeed after conducting due diligence.

I need an extensive external network that includes single inventors, universities, other companies, government organisations, and funding organisations such as venture capitalist firms.

Now as a venture capitalist, John Durant makes it his primary mission to find and fund the best health - focused companies through his company, Wild Ventures.

Brooks has always been the more attractive of the two, and his occupation as a venture capitalist puts a bigger gap between them.

Donations tied to FNF have brought more than $ 21 million to charter schools, including an early $ 16 million from Wall Street donors such as venture capitalist John Doerr.

President Obama aims to reinvent the Education Department as a venture capitalist for school reform, investing more in schools with innovative ideas.