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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

By Mark Suster on March 2, 2016

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. While I’m not an LP, the following post represents my discussions with more than 100 LP firms – specifically ones that do fund […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Andreessen Horowitz, investment, silicon valley, Startup company, startup lessons, venture capital

Laugh, Vote, Change Lives

Laugh, Vote, Change Lives

By Jason M. Lemkin on September 22, 2015

These international startups need your help in making their SaaS dreams come true. Companies from all over the world (seriously, five continents!) have submitted their videos for our “Show Us Your SaaS” international startup competition in the hopes of winning tickets and travel to the SaaStr Annual. Now it’s in your hands, SaaStr fans. Who’s going to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Events, Startup company

Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

By Mark Suster on May 14, 2015

Lawsuits. I’m so tired of the nature of the legal system in the United States where bullying, intimidation and mobster-like shake-downs are becoming prevalent. As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. Lawsuits are becoming so prevalent these days. Even when I’m not […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged lawsuits, Startup company, startup lessons

Don’t Worry About Losing All Your Investors’ Money

Don’t Worry About Losing All Your Investors’ Money

By Jason M. Lemkin on April 10, 2015

In both my start-ups, I was constantly worried about losing all my investors’ money.  The first time, my first start-up which we haven’t talked about, NanoGram Devices, I mainly worried about it because I realized we’d almost never have enough capital to achieve our long-term goals.  So, FBOW, we sold for $50,000,000 after 12.5 months. […]

Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged echosign, investment, Investor, Metrics & Operations, Seed money, Series A round, Startup company, The Journey, venture capital | 1 Response

When Does Establishing a Good Startup Culture Outweigh Being Cheap?

When Does Establishing a Good Startup Culture Outweigh Being Cheap?

By Mark Suster on March 19, 2014

Almost every startup company starts off “scrappy” and there’s a well established culture in the tech startup scene to embrace the “be cheap at all costs” mentality. So we have the proverbial garage startup or the small team working on desks that are handmade out of scrap wood or former doors from a construction site. But […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Abraham Maslow, Entrepreneurship, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Office management, Organizational culture, Startup company, startup lessons, startups, vc funding, venture capital

If You Don’t Have a Truly Great Founding Team, Just Take a Pause.  Don’t Start Your Start-Up Yet.

If You Don’t Have a Truly Great Founding Team, Just Take a Pause. Don’t Start Your Start-Up Yet.

By Jason M. Lemkin on November 30, 2012

Ok I know this post and its title seems like the most obvious thing in the world. But empirically, I can tell you isn’t.  Over the past 12 months, I’ve met with friends/colleagues/partners/ex-customers who are total rockstars and working on starting a company.  I mean, total rockstars.  (Yes, I know that’s an abused team). What […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged founders, Quora, saas, software as a service, start ups, Startup company, Team building, teams, Uncategorized

Mentoring TechStars Cloud, and an Invitation to Apply

Mentoring TechStars Cloud, and an Invitation to Apply

By Ben Kepes on October 24, 2012

Just looking at the success that TechStars companies have post demo day is a real validation of the program – it creates amazing team building opportunities, awesome visibility for the startups involved and fantastic access to angels and early stage investors.

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged brad feld, cloud computing, Foundry Group, San Antonio, Startup company, techstar, TechStars Cloud, Texas

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast

By Mark Suster on May 26, 2011

  I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. My credo has always been JFDI. It’s the hardest thing to teach people who come out of big companies, out of conservative jobs. At the big consulting firms, investment banks and […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged brad feld, Entrepreneur, Startup Advice, Startup company, startup hiring | 1 Response

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