Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

And luckily I was able to catch up with Valerie Brennan the CEO and Co-Founder of Three Day Rule for some Q & A. Back in college, I started throwing large events for charities and such. While being a lawyer during the day, by night I was starting and working on the Three Day Rule. How did you both come up with the name?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But Mark, many of the great firms are $500 million and up! When it went to raise its fund 10 years ago the rumor was that many LPs were disappointed with recent returns and did not re-up. And Coach Campbell. And hard for me to imagine the Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger weren’t instrumental mentors to David.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. And on and on.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. As entrepreneurs, “Most of us have a diamond in the rough, and you polish it by talking with others.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

And luckily I was able to catch up with Talia Goldstein the Head Matchmaker and Co-Founder of Three Day Rule for some Q & A. I grew up in Orange County and then headed east to Tulane University. Val and I started this single’s website/blog just for fun and on the side. We started definitely for women only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Most of you business professionals that I know have at least thought about or talked about starting their own business, to get more control, make more money, or to get more satisfaction out of their life. As a mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs , I often get asked for tips on a strategy to get started.

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Daradiction

DECEMBER 31, 2009

My best friend Braden Jones and his wife Denai started a company in my hometown of Ventura in 2001 called Petunia Pickle Bottom and gave birth to a new industry. No later than two minutes after saying that some cute girl walks up to us and asks him for an autograph. Got mentors? All champions have coaches. Scott Leese.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. My friend Seth Levine covered this well in his blog post on “ Handling Rejection ” which you should also read. They often come from the experience of being kicked, rejected, shunned, beat up. I think it’s an important read.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2016

You Need to Find Your Mojo A Chip On Your Shoulder A few years ago I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. This is a very predictable phase of the startup journey and a lot of good can come from it. Or some teams who start driving revenue paper over the fact that they aren’t acquiring customers profitably.

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