Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. But VC is like congress. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.”

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I recently reviewed Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Deals , in THIS ENTRY. I concluded that it is an effective tool for leveling the playing field between sophisticated investors and emerging entrepreneurs. Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. The incentives of the VCs matter a lot.

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Venture Capital Writing Entrepreneur Blogging 224

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. 10 Blogging Tips. Here’s why.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the VC & Private Equity world there’s a small number, too, with one of the most respected being PEHub. I always wanted to have Dan on This Week in VC with Dan Primack ( to see video click link ) because he’s blunt, honest, opinionated and well informed. Question: Some people are saying traditional VC is dead.

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital Slides Seed Funding Google 232

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Stay Tuned.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also.

Startup 289

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.” When I started my second company I was a serial entrepreneur. I introduced myself as a serial entrepreneur. ” or.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Xconomy

APRIL 11, 2017

All three were former Laguna Pharmaceuticals executives who spent the past 16 months scouting for Frazier as entrepreneurs-in-residence. As part of the financing, Kalamazoo-based Octeta Therapeutics has been rechristened Cirius Therapeutics, and three San Diego-based biotech executives are stepping into key executive roles.

Study 55

Study San Diego Entrepreneur Venture Capital 55

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell bent on winning competitions for the school.

Competition 394

Competition Startup Writing Marketing 394

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California.

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. It’s rare that I feel so inspired by one entrepreneur and his or her vision.

Design 150

Design Ideas Startup Writing 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. That’s OK.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. We haven’t hit that wall yet for three reasons: 1) not enough elapsed time, 2) the VC market is frenzied now, too and 3) we haven’t seen a market downturn since the volume picked up.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

It’s the story of persistence in entrepreneurs. As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. As an entrepreneur you can change people’s lives, too. It turned into this blog.

Startup 352

Startup Help Blogging Entrepreneur 352

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Entrepreneurism / Monetization.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Southern California 61

Southern California San Diego SoCal Incubator 61

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. “People still want calls …&#. They’re not.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking.

Invest 88

Invest Angel Venture Capital Entrepreneur 88

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. Get VCs to agree to join. I’m not.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I’ve said versions of it on this blog before so I hope it’s not too repetitive. I wouldn’t be a VC for very long if I did. This really conflicts with my view that options are to be put in the top drawer of your study at home and treated like upside gravy. I think you will.

Startup 294

Startup Sales Venture Capital Slides 294

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? Not everybody is geared up to be an entrepreneur – Tim Ferriss is obviously a very talented individual. If you always planned to study a second language – START! So in that context let me use it. Blackberry satisfies this addiction.

Startup 295

Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2012

Here are just a few: Nolan Bushnell , a seasoned entrepreneur who founded both Atari, Inc. His set of studies include examining the conscious control of single neurons in humans, the ability to affect altered states of consciousness as dreams or sleep, and the ability of humans to regulate high-level emotions. 12pm: BODY. Interview).

Technical Advisors 89

Technical Advisors Design Education Study 89

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

If you click on no other links in this blog please read this one by David Brooks about why Amy Chua is a wimp and not a hard ass mom. These are the skills I look for in entrepreneurs and leaders. It is the very fabric of what I believe forms the entrepreneur DNA. Real entrepreneurs are able to attract others to their calling.

CTO Hire 363

CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The annual study draws data from a variety of public and private sources, including the Kansas City, MO-based Kauffman Foundation, which ranked San Diego ninth on its startup activity index, based on measures of startup density and entrepreneurs in a particular region.

San Diego 40

San Diego Report High Tech Study 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? Studies show, if you don't, people will turn to piracy. Rich Raddon: There are two things.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world? Andrea: At May Company, they sold me on the buying career path by saying it was like owning your own business without having to raise start-up capital. Kyle: What other issues/hardships do you feel women founders face in today’s entrepreneur world? That was half-true.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Media Sites 99

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms.

Google 40

Google Technical Review News Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Students have to register with their matriculation numbers, and supply upon registration, their course of study, faculty, department, mode of entry, year of entry etc. This includes contents like Videos, Photos, Blog Posts and Forum Threads. We create a social network for students of the University of Lagos. It all worked out fine.

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Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100