Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other. and Half.com. and Half.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

Over 600 people came to this event to listen share and network, including entrepreneurs, VC’s and investors. In 2003, Vizio launched in Costco and then in Sams Club in 2005. Due to the addition of Walmart as a retailer, 2007 was the first year Vizio became the #1 HDTV manufacturer in the world.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. ” Residents of Northern California (everyone north of Bakersfield) don’t understand how we do it, constantly touting Palo Alto’s tech scene. Coffin sold LowerMyBills.com in 2005 for 300 million and took that money into the Los Angeles startup sector.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Instead, what we're doing is creating a network of artists, all over the world, creating content. It's a way for us to take advantage of technology and the Internet, not just for distributing our content to our audience, but also for workflow and production systems, to enable us to engage the best talent all over the world.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

He was basically active investing until 2004 and 2005, and then started getting much more involved in the non-profit space. The first couple of weeks, we were almost like a startup--getting things set up, infrastructure, email, and also doing lots of networking to get back in touch with the guys I've worked with in Southern California.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Instead, what we're doing is creating a network of artists, all over the world, creating content. It's a way for us to take advantage of technology and the Internet, not just for distributing our content to our audience, but also for workflow and production systems, to enable us to engage the best talent all over the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

All you have to do is hover over any video or image and drag it to the network or service of your liking. If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post).

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

In rare cases when a non-bot tries to participate in Twitter, the uber-bot [type T] prevents the whole bot network from negative impacts by serving a 503 error to the homunculus’ browser. The technically savvy reader, familiar with my attitude, has already figured out that I’ve read way too many raw logs.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." government. This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government.

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