socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. I was always perplexed at finding fun activities out there to do. It's migrated onto the web in Hawaii, a simple migration, but no one had done it here yet.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

2014 was the most active year in TVC history as measured by the number of investments/acquisitions/follow-ons/exits we completed. In addition, after less than 90 days from announcement to completion, we closed our latest fund just before Christmas with $115 million in commitments. What was your biggest lesson learned in 2014?

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

inLife signed up dozens of merchants in Santa Barbara for their activity site. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. The emails were so tailored, that many merchants called back to thank them for the personal attention. No wonder they just raised $1mm. Not any more.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

We built a social network around that, with activity feeds and stuff like that, and which allows you to share activity through the leagues, Twitter, and Facebook. My experience is in web development, as well as online branding and marketing, and there's a good match between the two of us. How is this all funded?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

It came from my weekend activities. I reviewed an email from Kara Nortman, the CEO of Moonfrye who is working on putting together venture debt. I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. The are at the center of a web and even being two degrees away from a super maven can help you greatly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.

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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. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Founded by Shervin Pishevar (COO of Webs).

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. They didn't buy it because of the financial content, they did it for the web video expertise. You're quite an active investor, as well - are you still making investments?

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InfoChachkie

MAY 6, 2013

This is due to a fundamental disconnect between the increased activity of high-volume seed investors (that fill out lots of Seed rounds) and the relatively small number of Series A investors, who only make 1 or 2 investments, per partner, per year.". A from a new outside lead. Turtle Eggs And Startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Others I have not. Enter Xobni.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. You are self funded too, we recall. What we do is provide an automation solution to the market at large.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. I asked him if he would consider raising $3m in stead and we would put up most of the funds. We like to be able to see the concept.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are a lot of users, with lots of different email and instant messaging accounts, who are finding that there are too many ways to communicate with their friends and associates. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate. how do you compete?

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. We're also self funded, and absolutely have no need for venture capital. Thanks, and good luck!

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. Quality tech news from around the web. Will “Diet CA-HSR” even get done as feds look to pull back California funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals. Volume has no doubt picked up at active firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Web Summit. Being active, engaged, present, knowledgeable and having earned trust from the core team can make a huge difference on the eventual outcome of the companies. And there’s conferences. Probably more.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

For a high-volume seed fund that adds many portfolio companies every year (such as our friends at 500 Startups who invest in over 100 distinct companies annually), the cost of a bad affirmative decision (a false positive) is quite low, since it accounts for a relatively small portion of their total fund. Unicornless. billion).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Executive Summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I was recently speaking with some founders about their fund raising process. So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. Do a web search to find companies that they didn’t give you. Instead of references, I like to give a list of every entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with and an email address.

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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. SV Angel / Ron Conway closes $20mm venture fund. 10mm in Series C.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2015

Especially for small or medium-sized businesses, most of your time, effort, and potential reward are all going to be web-based, and getting your digital marketing strategy right is often a sink-or-swim proposition. It’s no secret – digital marketing is the big brand battleground for most companies. But what exactly does that entail?

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

Peter Lee: Baroda Ventures is David Bohnett's--the founder of Geocities'--personal investment fund. He was basically active investing until 2004 and 2005, and then started getting much more involved in the non-profit space. In the last couple of weeks, we've started to ramp up, and are actively looking at new investments.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

John Tabis: Our ten second elevator pitch, is we drop ship premium, super fresh flowers from an active volcano, and ship them directly to a consumer''s door for $40 flat. We send you reminders by email, and deliver as many times a year as you prefer. What are the details on your seed funding? What is the Bouqs? million round.

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. The Startups.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. The Startups. The Sponsors.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM. Giving you the ability to chat in realtime with all your friends around the web right from TechZulu. ( HUBkap allows you to: Plan - Create, manage and communicate all your daily activities with the people that matter most - all on one calendar.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm has a strategy-based approach with a strong focus on technology and high-quality content. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

andi lets you 1) multitask on screen with live panels and transition to and from multiple task sets, 2) browse offline docs and apps in the same multitask environment as online activities, and 3) organizes and manages unlimited panels and queues in a single active session. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Leveraging mobile application and online platform. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. He received a B.S.

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