Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Data centers are a strategic layer of the value chain: data center efficiencies and deployments are some of Google’s key competitive advantages and trade secrets. So they skipped over those steps of the value chain, and purchased Android in 2005 (launched in 2008) to backwards integrate to the OS layer. Google would be in peril.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this option was not attractive to the management team, it was a viable alternative circa 2005 and it would have allowed our institutional investors to liquidate their investments. Doing nothing was the most realistic and potent competition faced by Citrix. Do Nothing.

Company 160

Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town. We're taking it seriously. To answer your earlier question, if we're getting involved in earlier stages, is GRP wants to do A round investments.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. The net result of my posts plus the comments forms a tighter view of my evolving belief system. But I think it’s fair to point out when I believe that the profit motive is a net negative for startups or for our industry. Let me explain.

Blogging 250

Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This market structure in which the few, large players use their market position to eliminate competition is inevitable. Unsurprisingly a whole generation of first time stock traders became jaded about not just Internet stocks but the entire public stock market system as many people lost a large portion of their net worth.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280