Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. There is not a single case I’ve been involved with in any of the startups I’ve backed that has even a small bit of merit. So why exactly have lawsuits (anecdotally) picked up so much in the past 5 years?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2015

. — Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. 1/ Twitter started off positioned as a micro-blogging platform but in the end became more of an RSS reader. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) May 29, 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. The Motive for Speaking Up. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” So prices start dropping.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. The market changes faster than your startup. The money runs out before revenues start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

If you sold your last startup for $800 million, you probably already know how to build a business, and even conservative investors won’t worry about the quality of your next business plan. Most investors tend to think of startups without a plan as expensive hobbies. Marty Zwilling ** First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/16/2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. Two heads are always better than one in a startup. Your best friend, spouse or a family member is the least likely candidate, so don’t start there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2015

And back before I tried to cover up my slang. But this is for Decatur, what’s up Bobby Ray? And get back to the music, That started this s**t?” There were days where I could write about what I was thinking about Apple or Twitter or Facebook. Or I could just write about life. ” B.o.B.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

The good news is that recent big company financial woes and layoffs have generated a flood of candidates with real experience seeking positions at startups. They are not the ones you need in the few key team positions to drive your startup. Everyone must know how to listen, talk and write. This doesn’t work in a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

.” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. They point to some widely known facts: financings & valuations are up massively over the past 7 years and non-VC money has entered the system.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. My blog has always been a mixture of what was on my mind and a blend of venture, startup life, tech views and current society events that related to my interests: Venture, startup & tech.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. Adopt A “Whatever It Takes” Mentality.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

One of the questions we discussed is, “How much capital should a startup raise?” In his words, [in some instances] “because lots of capital is available, the company takes on the capital and that ends up resulting in no constraints on decision making and so the company decides to do five things in stead of just one.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

I was waiting for my son’s basketball game to start this morning and with the morning’s emails all drained I turned to Twitter and saw this Tweet from Marshall Kirkpatick. Marshall Kirkpatrick (@marshallk) January 24, 2015. ” So many friendships or acquaintances start online. Or Startup Jackson.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

Tuvia Elbaum (@Tuviae) July 14, 2015. I don’t know Ezra yet but since he’s taking the time to blog (which I hugesly respect) and share thoughts I thought I’d take him up on his challenge and also spill the beans on my secrets. I just write. Many start – I finish. Keep on writing. HSzvQK63th.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Every year we try to write up and publish our thoughts publicly both to help other investors & entrepreneurs and also to test our thoughts in the public market of ideas. We promised that we would clean up the dataset and publish it to all of those who participated. VC survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. That’s money that fuels our startup ecosystems.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. the more money you give a startup the faster they grow.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their startup into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users. In 2015, LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com for $1.5 I had problems with reading and writing and comprehension and a lot of social abilities. billion, making it a bonafide unicorn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Startups need to build a large passionate group of fans before the campaign.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2015

According to many reports , about half of startups fail in the first five years. Here are some specific recommendations to keep you on the right track: Failure is not the end, but the start of a new beginning. Don’t expect startup failures not to hurt. Startup failures are not personal condemnations.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. It ends up being good for both. Why podcasting? That's what we want to be here.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. Although the carriers made a lot of money initially by selling dial-up Internet services, customers never took their software because, well, it sucked.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2015

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, the most common question I get is, “I want to be an entrepreneur -- how do I start?” Based on my experience, creating the solution is usually the easy part of starting a successful business. Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

It is no secret that the number of private companies with valuations in excess of one billion dollars has skyrocketed since the start of 2014. The duct tape securing the faux unicorns’ horns won’t hold up to the market’s scrutiny forever. Follow John’s startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Image: CBInsights.com.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We caught up with Jim Armstrong to learn more about the new fund, areas of interest, his insights into what makes startups successful, and where he thinks the venture market is today. That's when you start meddling in the company. We can now write $20M, $25M, and $30M checks to existing, breakout companies in our portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. This is at least double the time required for most equity investments, and may be a delay you can’t afford in keeping up with the market and your competitors.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

We caught up with co-founder Clark Landry to chat about his new startup, which he co-founded with Michael Ritter. We'd get together every two or three months to grab coffee or lunch, and talk about what we're up to. After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

They suffered in trying to live up to public perceptions and the demands to continue their successes. Mark Suster (@msuster) July 19, 2015. The road is littered with startups that shined bright before burning out. Startups are All Naked in the Mirror. Of course that’s true. It was a lot to bear.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

In 2015, a worker in the San Francisco Bay Area earning $100,000 a year would need to put their entire post-tax salary into renting a three-bedroom apartment. Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Does the world really need more servers in more datacenters gobbling up more power to send more tweets and Facebook pages around the world? That’s what we’ve started to tackle and the mission RightScale is on. 9) The story of how you started RightScale is classic. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

In November of 2015, Citrix announced that it will spin out the “GoTo” Division, of which GoToMeeting remains the flagship product, as a standalone public company. I was writing them multi-seven figure checks each month, because they were generating tens of thousands of customers. Image: John Greathouse, all rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Unicornless. Clearly not a ringing endorsement.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. It’s something of a sci-fi fantasy scenario: Driverless cars that show up at the touch of a button. I mention my worries to Jim, with Google-acquired Waze in mind.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. And I’ll tell you why, starting with where you started and why you succeeded. Users could set up their phone to tweet from it; send an SMS txt and the tweet would appear on your profile. Users on the platform started to tune out.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 8, 2015

Radiolab, and former Groupon founder and CEO, and now Detour founder, Andrew Mason have been in town collaborating on an immersive Austin audio walking tour that will debut at SXSW 2015. Mason’s move into a new startup venture is a big departure from his last business model, but he considers it a passion project.

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