Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. By mid September the entire market was constipated. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. They accepted my argument. I’ve done it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

get the attention of the market they choose. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2014

Back in 2006, the city set out to build a municipal Wi-Fi network for its citizens. Even San Francisco, the hottest of tech cities, is struggling to make its investment in Wi-Fi along Market Street worthwhile. “The road to failure is often paved with good intentions,” famed writer Samuel Johnson might have said.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. If they did then they would run marketing campaigns to let users know that “it’s OK to turn up and just consume content. Don’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And as I’ve written about before – building a personal brand is extremely important in today’s competitive job market. In 2006 when I was a budding entrepreneur building my second startup I ran into a young (ish) enthusiastic founder of an electronic signature company called EchoSign. Here’s how he did it.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The project ultimately imploded due to a combination of factors. An emerging tech dystopia. I think NFTs are just a very new misunderstood market, and I feel that it’s really hard to step back and explain it,” said Megan Manzano, a literary agent working with young adult authors who voiced concerns about Realms of Ruin on Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

get the attention of the market they choose. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Do so at your peril.

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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. Given Goldenberg’s Internet marketing prowess, I’m sure JustFab will continue to shape online retail for years to come.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

get the attention of the market they choose. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.

Sites 59

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We have 35 POPs all over the world, in every major market, and we have more than 6,000 customers today. We've grown really fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. Customers, press and the market responded positively. ‘ Here are some steps in the Inside Out organization. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

get the attention of the market they choose. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. You need to move to right location and get connected before you ask for help.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

Vizio’s vision was to develop high quality, affordable HDTV’s for a mass market. The company brought on retailers Circuit City, Sears and Kmart in 2006 followed by mega retailer Walmart in 2007. 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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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. Guy Kawasaki said it best (paraphrasing), “you can’t do great marketing with a bad product.&# Robert’s article is worth reading.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. Why did the VC markets freeze so quickly? Market downturn – We all know that investors move in herds.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

Our other shows are about sports, entertainment, movie reviews, university news--all of the things that fit under the umbrella of news. I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. How did the network come about? Just do it.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. We take your application and review it. What's the idea behind SurfAir?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

First Data of Santa Barbara has offered to extend below market rates to current accredited businesses like yours – again, just like they did for your BBB. link] we have been unable to resolve this issue due to technical issues on your site and yet this remains on our profile. 2006 Closed Complaints – 1.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

Our focus was to utilize new technology for streaming over the internet, broadcasting underserved sports which normally don't end up on TV, in HD quality, for viewers across the country and world. We started with a small, high school, Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School, and broadcast their football games, the whole season, in 2006.

Content 212

Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com), a firm which is taking experience originally garnered by the firm's technology team in developing -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market. So this technology is now being deployed? Sadr about the firm.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Innocal Technology Software Review 113

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. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Page 1: Market Size. $3 My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit. I wasn’t feeling it. It got worse.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

Engineering is pissed off because they need to do some technical infrastructure improvements and the sales team is always pushing them to deliver too many features. &# Sell what we have!!&# And you want us to work yet another weekend while you’re playing golf with clients and getting fat bonuses?

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Entrepreneur Yahoo Startup Technical Review 330

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? It was: up-market, exclusive, urban, elite, aesthetically pleasing, ad-free and users were verified. No prizes for guessing … there’s ALWAYS a second act in technology. reinvented, with more people online and trained. It was mostly timing.

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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. Fred Wilson also wrote a sophisticated analysis of why he believes the market must normalize to smaller amount of money going into VC firms.

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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. Mark Suster , GRP Partners.

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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. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures.

Social Media 71

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. As things got bigger we hired a head of European sales and a head of European marketing. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

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Venture Capital Startup Sales Customer 319

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

There are lots of solutions for consumers and B2C sellers, but the B2B market has largely been neglected. It's crazy--the market is twice the size of the consumer market--consumers spend around 9 trillion dollars a year in the U.S.--but It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company.

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SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers.

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