Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 7, 2014
This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). Why the latter?
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Cleantech had an enormous rise and fall between 20006 and 2009. Lots has changed since 2009. After that, I had the opportunity to move to Australia in 2007, and joined a venture capital firm called Starfish Ventures. In 2007, the cleantech excitement was in full swing. This is not a typical, venture capital investment.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 -- AccessEN. Maneesh Goyal, Senior Associate, Miramar Ventures; Featured Business Case: "Autopsy of a Startup" Kerry Shih, Strategist and Founder, SyncVoice, SoCal Entrepreneur of the Year, 2007. Featured Presentation: "What Will It Take to Succeed in the New World Order"? See [link] (more).
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2020
As an investor, innovation is a term I certainly like to hear these days, but many of you entrepreneurs try to take it to the next level, by claiming to have a “ disruptive innovation.” The disruptive technologies in electric vehicles and artificial intelligence have taken even longer to see any dramatic payback.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.
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