Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Should VC’s really be impacted by public market valuations when the money that they’re investing today should be for returns in 7-10 years?

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2013

” Mint.com track one’s spending across all their accounts, credit cards, student loans and investment accounts to checking accounts. Founded in 2008, Dwolla’s network connects to a user’s bank account to allow them to move money for just $0.25

Help 77

Help Email Mobile Examples 77

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

Capital 284

Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

At that time, there were already a lot of deal sites out there, but we didn't think any of them were investing in their business to build what consumers really wanted. But, no one was investing in the elements we thought was needed to become a dominant player. We had great growth, fueled a little by the downturn in the economy in 2008.

Sites 217

Sites Content Sales Demand 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. billion in returns.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Although they'd been around for three years and run out of money, we noticed in 2008 that mobile donations reached a record in the U.S. Email is becoming ineffective, and by 2011 there will be three times more smart phones than computers. We invested our own money, about $150,000, and took $150,000 in bridge financing.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact.

Venture Capital 255

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto.

Venture Capital 230

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. They don’t have the appetite to invest more money but they want to protect all (or much of) of the investment they’ve made too date. Find out whether they plan to pass on the investment internally.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 289

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

We got a relatively large client in 2008, after three years of chugging along, and that's when we knew that was the business we should be focusing on. Did you take investment initially? Fundraising was something we just weren't investing in. Telesign, slowly over the years, became the one that really took off.

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2012

In 2008, I was getting lots of requests from people wanting iPhone applications, but no one wanted to spend the $50,000 to $100,000 needed to build something from scratch, or spend the six months it would take. How did this all come about? I ran it for almost a decade. The best apps are very good at all of that.

Mobile 239

Mobile Santa Monica Content Tool 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. I had worked a year in investment banking, and Jasper was out of USC. In 2008, we started to throw around ideas, and eventually settled on this one. Before that, I was in New York, City. The two of us really wanted to be entrepreneurs.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Back in January, at the annual TechZulu Startup Forecast , our panel of industry leaders and investors spent a healthy dose of time discussing the ongoing JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) and the investing sphere at large. This all, circling around 2008, a shy year for startup investments. Fundraising Frustrations.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Mark Tapling: Starting in March of 2008, Language Weaver really embarked on a growth strategy. I'm happy to say, that at the turn of the year we had several offers for investment, both from local and Silicon Valley oriented funds. They were quite attracted to Language Weaver, and ultimately, SDL made an attractive cash investment.

Equity 168

Equity Startup Acquisition Funding 168

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

WePay was founded in 2008 by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. Since then our product has shifted to serving individuals, small businesses, and non-profits.

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. in Computer Science. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2012

In 2008, we built applications for musicians Travis Barker and DJ-AM, which provided a mixtape in exchange for a tweet. Our criteria for investment, was getting a team of resources and smart people, which is what we found with Golden Seeds and the Band of Angels. However, artists are not incentivized to give content away form free.

Social Media 217

Social Media Startup Platform Media 217

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Where it might look something like: 1000, profile.photo.update, 1, 9:30AM 3/14/2008.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In January of 2008, we launched CalActive , which we thought might be a regional business. The customer gets an email which tells them the order is pending, and confirmation or an e-ticket will be forthcoming. Billy Fried: It's self funded, and I've invested about $300,000 to date. How is the company funded?

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. How many users?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. It's something that is really neat which we invested in, which we've never seen anywhere else. Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. So, we've build a task manager module which tracks thigns that need to be done, to make sure multiple people sign off on documents, validate when they're done, send an email alert, etc.--all Therese Tucker: My background is technology.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Elliott came up wit the idea in 2008, seeing the trends I just explained to you. DFJ Frontier called me, saying they saw a fantastic company which they wanted to invest in a Series A, and they said they could really use you. It's like email, no doubt about it--this is not a lot of technology, rocket science, or atom splitting.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. You would think that the importance of email would be obvious to everyone. Not the case.

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. MSN Money Investing. Investment Land For Sale. Investing Tools. Most Emailed Feed. Email Newsletters and Alerts. WSJ.com Email Features. The email address null is already associated with another account.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. We focused on proving that StrongMail is the best way to get email reliably delivered to the Inbox.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. StrongMail is proven to be the fastest, easiest and most reliable solution for email delivery.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. It soon became difficult to manage the many new investment leads.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. StrongMail was originally supposed to be the email infrastructure for the DHARMA project.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes. Momentum sells.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. Don’t be one.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. billion on Friday, I have received a flood of emails asking for my thoughts on the topic.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly Click to email him.

CTO Coach 28

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Mentor 28

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40