SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 10, 2012
I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. Review the code being built. Strategic Technical Advisor.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. It is slowly becoming Florida Condos.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. Would they build a world class team. Was it safe?
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 29, 2014
A year ago, I made a promise to myself that somehow I would make it up to San Francisco to experience the ultimate tech paradise. Don’t get me wrong about Los Angeles – L.A. But ever since I started getting involved with the tech scene in Southern California, there’s been a part of me wondering what it might be like to be up there.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
The poor performance of the asset class (this analysis has largely been wrong as I pointed out here –> most analyses were clumsy rear-view mirror looks at the data). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. On the surface the narratives have been.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2015
The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors.
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
In my role as a Professor of Practice within UC Santa Barbara’s entrepreneurial Technology Management Program (TMP), I have worked with approximately 8,000 students over a ten year period. Practitioners, Not Professors – classes should be taught by people who have fought hand-to-hand combat in the startup trenches.
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