Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad on blogging.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. portfolios.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. source: Capital IQ.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. Thus is venture capital. My blog was wiped out.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. 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. So VCs often raise money every 3-5 years if they can.

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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Mark Suster , GRP Partners.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Us Newsstand locations Special Section Nominations Stock Index Advertising Contact Search Subscribe Weekly Features Week in Review Top 25 Lists Top Stories Local News Opinion Calendar Ongoing Events Monthly Reports Central Coast East Ventura Nonprofits Technology Small Business Women and Co. that still remain unrecognized.

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Santa Barbara Thousand Oaks Oracle Ventura 53

Frank Addante

JULY 10, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

Startup Technical Review Software Review Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. But you’d be surprised how much tech folks either hold journalists too much on a pedestal or disdain them. Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. They see journalists as a means to and end.

Tips 307

Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. reinvented, with more people online and trained.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217