Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

From a marketing partnership with Verizon, to producing our own radio shows on CBS and ABC and finally, a Costco rollout; the company’s management worked tirelessly to find solutions to maintaining growth and profitability, critical components of any business. Of course). The company achieved many milestones along the way.

Capital 234

Capital Pricing Press Custom 234

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. It was clear to us that LA was now a powerhouse market and we loved working with all of the other accelerators in town. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators. Market stage is everything.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. “Of course, IT jobs within solution providers and at consultancies will remain. An IDC study commissioned on behalf of Microsoft has shown that cloud computing will be responsible for creating nearly 14 million new jobs between 2011 and 2015.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

The timing of an IPO is driven heavily by the state of the economy in general and the stock market in particular, in concert with your profitability. The market is moving back up, but slowly. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process. If it’s not enough, don’t do it.

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 9-10 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Other then to come hang with the TZ crew of course.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Those who didn’t get a ticket in time, turned to Zaarly where tickets sold on the SUW “grey-market” for up to $450 per ticket (this being up for discussion with potential upcoming policy changes). If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. When you see evidence that there is this so called “product / market fit&# then you may be ready for larger amounts of capital. Respectfully, of course.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

From a marketing partnership with Verizon, to producing our own radio shows on CBS and ABC and finally, a Costco rollout; the company’s management worked tirelessly to find solutions to maintaining growth and profitability, critical components of any business. Of course). The company achieved many milestones along the way.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

Of course tech companies with free products don’t want to take a phone call from end users. You’ll note, of course, that Apple will happily take calls from you. According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving.

Mobile 311

Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

One of the attributes of this prize, is that USC is going to also conduct a business plan preparation and entrepreneurship course for the students. The outside mentors can then help them in making projections, looking into their marketing and business development plans, and look at sales projections and organization.

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And, of course, that person gets notified and you can tweet or post your endorsement as well. That's impressive growth!

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And, of course, that person gets notified and you can tweet or post your endorsement as well. That's impressive growth!

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is an intelligent iOS app and offers definitive, interactive, fun beginner guitar course of 150+ lessons/practice exercises with video tutorials through 49-day calendar that you can follow at your own pace. It also won the 2011 Appy Award in education and the 2011 About.com’s Readers Choice Award. How It Works.

Education 106

Education Startup Technology Patents 106

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market. One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. There are so many incredible ups and downs in the course of building your own company from the ground up.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

As by now you likely know they had a brief discussion about public markets including about whether Uber should go public. And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. But there was another element that was very subtle and nicely handled that I’d like to expand upon.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. And of course you have Hollywood.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. But his challenges only make us a better place, he’s pushed us to make sure we’re building systems to better track our markets and measure performance. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The integration of massively open online courses (MOOCs) makes strategic sense, which is likely why LinkedIn acquired Lynda for $1.5 The average cost per webinar ranges from $39-59 with longer online courses (2-8 weeks) landing somewhere between $99-799. making connections, looking for jobs, staying up on news, etc.)

Education 81

Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 81

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . Of course I do! I promise you that won’t be a bit market for us.

Blogging 420

Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

As someone with a good view of the mobile ad market, are there any things you think about at the industry level? We called 2011 and 2012 the years of shotgun media buying. There are many other things I can''t yet talk about of course, but you will see lots of big news over the next couple of quarters. READ MORE>>.

Startup 196

Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. After a record low of 39 U.S.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

get the attention of the market they choose. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival. Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? It’s very important.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent. They are becoming the new early adopters.

Startup 112

Startup Technical Review Technical Support Study 112

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Time will tell. Competitors: Knewton.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Xconomy

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Five years ago, in November 2011, a company from Princeton, NJ, called Pharmasset shared news that would have an impact on millions of people around the world with hepatitis C. It bought Pharmasset in November 2011 for $11 billion and continued PSI-7977’s stellar run of clinical data. It was the evidence we’d all been looking for.”.

Startup 40

Startup Research Sales Organization 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. This intangible asset can represent more than 60% of a company's market value. These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. The Internet has been a powerful and disruptive technology.

Custom 89

Custom Customer Blogging Content 89

Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

I got off relatively easy with a short course of chemotherapy and radiation. Bock, who died last Wednesday at 56, was a life sciences entrepreneur and investor who helped start or finance dozens of companies that have a combined market value estimated today at roughly $70 billion.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Avalon Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

AngelList is a great way to market your deal. Still, we’re nearly 2 years into a bull market for angel investing (read: bubble) and 1 year into a VC bubble. 2011 is one big cocktail party all over again. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

These companies have built a leadership position in the market they serve, and they meet a mission critical need of their customer base. Our 2011 exits of Accordent Technologies and Del Mar Datatrac (DMD) put us in the top decile of performance for 2007 vintage year, private equity funds.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168