TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. It’s the only way forward in capitalism, and it’s worth every investment you can make.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Availability of Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. First Round Capital requires Second Round Capital. So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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MAY 23, 2012

This article originally ran on PEHub. Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). And you can’t act like a B-round company when you raise $20 million in growth capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

According to articles on Entrepreneur last year, there are now almost 1,000 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $65 billion and 270,000 jobs to the economy. The primary challenge seems to be that the crowdfunding term is used to encompass so many different concepts that everyone is confused.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Not everybody agreed. So where are we now?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. I was pretty sure we were going to raise another round of capital. I didn’t sleep much back then. And so it goes again.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In this article #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys about sustainability, emerging eco tech, and challenges in the ecosystem. Finally, we do not have a venture capital firm.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! In many ways, you act as a venture capital firm, with returns measured in impact, rather than profits. Yes, our approach is similar to what you’d see from a venture capital firm. JG: I love it!

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Degrees. "As "As important as school was, I found that it could be very disruptive to a steady income." " [Tweet this quote]. Look around.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Venture capital. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. In a recent Forbes.com article , contributor Tara Brown wrote of her own misapprehension moving from San Francisco to Southern California, saying, “I’m a technologist and moving away from the tech hub of the world to the land of Botox seemed like a really bad career move. Enterprise.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2013

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! In some instances, a well-meaning champion does not have the social and political capital to close the sale. Image Sources: Randy - Copyright © 2012 Discovery Communications, LLC, Monte - ©2012Tribune Media Services, Inc. Reality Selling.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

Henry Blodget , was once the darling of Wall Street covering Internet securities at Merrill Lynch’s and reporting on businesses such as Infospace, Internet Capital Group and Amazon. Recently Ken Auletta wrote an in-depth seven-page article in the New Yorker on Blodget pre-empting what some are surmising is a move back Wall Street.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

Henry Blodget , was once the darling of Wall Street covering Internet securities at Merrill Lynch’s and reporting on businesses such as Infospace, Internet Capital Group and Amazon. Recently Ken Auletta wrote an in-depth seven-page article in the New Yorker on Blodget pre-empting what some are surmising is a move back Wall Street.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In this article #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys about sustainability, emerging eco tech, and challenges in the ecosystem. Finally, we do not have a venture capital firm.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia not only wants to increase the number of women in investment, but bring more people in total to help startups and other businesses get the capital they need. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t. We are creating even more capital than the initial group commitment.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! I first got the idea on a cold night during the winter of 2012 in San Francisco when I walked passed a homeless woman sleeping on the street. Broome: “First, keep it simple.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Order a reprint of this article now. October 5, 2012. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. See a sample reprint in PDF format.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

So this past October 2012, after years of investigative scientific research “ Electrified ” became a reality. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it. People could control electricity as he centered himself in a magic 8 type of globe. “A

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

At the same time, if the entity were to raise capital, any dropping share of the company below 50% for US share holders would disqualify the foreign investors from the E visa. Photo of mockups taken from Wired article by Caleb Garling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. As in, “your money into my company will convert at a 15-20% discount to the next round of capital I raise with a maximum price of $8 million pre-money valuation (or whatever the cap was).” Enter “the cap.”

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Shivani Siroya is the CEO and Founder of InVenture , which helps to expand small businesses around the world by providing access to growth capital and business tracking tools via the Internet and mobile technology. © 2012 IdeaMensch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. A year from now that’s projected to go as high as 100.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

According to a recent article in the Huffington Post , last year marked a new high for female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies, but the percentage big companies run by women is still less than 4%. The latest big-company addition was Ginni Rometty , who was promoted into both top titles at IBM in 2012. Wars are no fun for either side.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Close shop to try and control monetization and you can only rely on your own internal innovation machine & capital. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. On NY Times I’m getting recommended articles by friends and I didn’t explicitly turn this feature on. Seems kinda obvious or am I missing somethign?

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AUGUST 9, 2011

This article was originally published on TechCrunch. The full articles are linked below. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Right now people seem to be angling more around November 2012. Why is that?

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OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Are LPs to blame?

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Otherwise, grab a cup ‘o coffee … Clicking on any graph below will take you to that article. This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle.

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