Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. The advantage is that in many of our best deals we now have $50+ million invested so we can really support entrepreneurs as their businesses scale. I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

One of the most common questions I hear from first-time entrepreneurs is, “How do I meet angels?” Some practical examples. When I joined GRP Partners in 2007 I was offered a role as a General Partner. It’s not only more effective but more rewarding. It feels much better to be a giver than a receiver.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. Example here: [link]. For example you say: Vince: Ignited Managers thrive because of their unique ability to connect and leverage their informal networks for the good of the company. The client has to win.I have to be excited.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Since its origin as an academic research project in 2007, Eucalyptus has become the dominant open source cloud solution, boasting over 25,000 clouds formed. A good example is the shoemaker Puma. Marten also offers some grounded advice for emerging entrepreneurs interested in starting a venture within the cloud ecosystem.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

9) I believe that entrepreneurs who are driven by a compelling mission that is not based on making lots of money have a much higher propensity for success. What advice would you give an emerging entrepreneur who is looking to establish themselves as a thought leader? Our motivation has always been to help people learn.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

9) I believe that entrepreneurs who are driven by a compelling mission that is not based on making lots of money have a much higher propensity for success. What advice would you give an emerging entrepreneur who is looking to establish themselves as a thought leader? Our motivation has always been to help people learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. “I’ve wanted to write a year end post for days.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. For example: If you were to invest $41 million into a company (and one could assume that you owned between 33-50%) then the company is worth $82-123 million at funding. That’s fine.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. Calling All Entrepreneurs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Inogen – Real World Example. An example of a compelling adVenture opportunity is Inogen. Like the entrepreneurs described in Reinventing The Wheel , Alison and her Co-Founders ignored Conventional Wisdom and created the world’s first portable oxygen concentrator. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. So how did Mike get into VC?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how 2 really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. I try hard to find that balance.”.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

It's the biggest portion of our revenues at our company, and our clients include the Buffalo News, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, JDate, Spark network, and many entrepreneurs. For example, if a customer has a question on a purchase, we answer that. Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

On Island Paradise, for example, you get a plot of land, you can raise animals and farm crops on them, grow trees, etcetera. Zac Brandenberg: The company was founded in late 2007 by Adam and Donna Powell. They launched this business in 2007, with the concept of building another virtual world and large scale game. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? For example, how Facebook evolved from other ideas and how two really simple concepts (exclusivity and relationship status) were fundamental to its success. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. I try hard to find that balance.”.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Although Mr. Jackson and Mr. Ripkin represent extreme examples of high and low maintenance sports superstars, the analogy is valid in the business world. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Tags: Entrepreneur Team Building The Fringe. Numerous executives have the ability to deliver value to your adVenture. Meredith Publishing.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We spoke with Farhad Mohit , the CEO of Flipagram and a successful serial entrepreneur (having founded Bizrate, which later became Shozilla, and was sold to Scripps), to learn more about the story behind Flipagram and the vision behind its app. Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We spoke with Farhad Mohit , the CEO of Flipagram and a successful serial entrepreneur (having founded Bizrate, which later became Shozilla, and was sold to Scripps), to learn more about the story behind Flipagram and the vision behind its app. Shopzilla was then sold, and I worked for a couple of years at the acquirer, Scripps, until 2007.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). For example, we handle all of the main languages, including dialects.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

I was at LegalZoom until last year, and I was the CEO of the company for its first seven years, from 2000 to 2007. It seems almost every entrepreneur has some dream of retiring and not having to ever work again. The big example is YCombinator. That's not just the case in LegalZoom, but many companies all around the world.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. Founded in 2007 by Oxford Univ. TechCrunch. GroupSpaces. students. -Is

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

So I went online and saw that the forums were outdated--for example, you'd see the last post was in 2001, who would be coming back to that? For example, Desperate Housewives, Gray's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Pushing Daisies--we do a lot of films. I thought, "this is where I need to be." I'd just come from Hell, and this was great.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2010

The firm's CEO and founder, Jeff Green , was a co-founder of AdECN, the Internet advertising exchange acquired in 2007 by Microsoft. Can you give us some examples of the kinds of data you're using? Marketers use that data, for example, to only sell BMWs to those who can afford it and are their target customer. funding round.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2009

For example, the biggest load in a small business or home is the HVAC system. Gus Ezcurra: We started the company about two years ago, in August of 2007. They are small entrepreneurs, and feeling the crunch in this economy, and the impact in prices, especially on energy. How'd the company start, how long have you been around?

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

I became general counsel, an investor, and an entrepreneur, and played a bunch of different roles at companies--so I know security laws intimately. For example, only qualified institutional or accredited, sophisticated buyers are allowed on the bulletin boards. Do you run into any issues with securities laws by offering this service?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

If you rate the market on a one to ten scale, with one being 2002 and ten being 2007, we''re probably at around five or six. For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007. Now we have it.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. What are the primary differences between being a Founder, versus an early Executive, and which role would you recommend to an emerging entrepreneur? Rent.com was a great example of that. Meredith Publishing.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

9) In Competing From The Fringe , I caution entrepreneurs to not alert their competitors when they are making mistakes. What are the primary differences between being a Founder, versus an early Executive, and which role would you recommend to an emerging entrepreneur? Rent.com was a great example of that. Meredith Publishing.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh Resnick is a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of nProgress , the company behind ntro. We grew that to about five hundred people here at our studio in LA, as well as in Australia, and then we partnered with Bioware, the maker of role playing games in Canada, and then sold to Electronic Arts in 2007.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

If you want it to be private, for example if you're a consultant or teacher, you can share it with a pre-identified audience for that knowledge by publishing it privately and inviting others to log into Knowledge Genie to share that knowledge. The second example, is you can publish it in public.

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