Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

Capital to date? $20k Get Angel capital and build a prototype. One of my friends, an Overture veteran and successful entrepreneur, raised the objection that these are all little “lightweight” apps and sites. 20k from StartEngine, and a lot of sweat equity from the founders. The rate of change is unbelievable.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Today, successful entrepreneurs aren't buying big boats or building villas in Cabo after successful exits.

Miramar 140

Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Jason Nazar

DECEMBER 7, 2008

If the limited partners who fund venture firms either a) change the percent of funds they allocate to VCs or b) don’t come through on their capital calls, we’ll all quickly find the venture community becoming drastically constrained. So what does this mean for internet entrepreneurs?

Venture Capital 44

Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Clearstone 44

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Venture Capital for Technology Innovators. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. Opportunity #3 – There is Plenty of Capital for Great Team/Products.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly. Accordingly, they can help the entrepreneur get the best deal warranted given the progress of the business.

Angel 40

Angel Venture Capital Clearstone Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He is currently a Managing Director of the Clearstone Global Gaming Fund and sits on the boards of IMI Exchange, Xfire, Playsino, ExpressCoin, GoCoin, FGL, Spicy Horse Games, KnCMiner.cn, Robocoin China and the Mastercoin Foundation.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. The whole point of this story, is that it's these little, small insights that entrepreneurs need to know.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

So to some extent, entrepreneurs and VCs can comfortably ignore the chaos of currency fluctuations, interest rate changes and other macro finanicial shifts. Second, as a CEO or founder, take a hard look at what you are planning on achieving with the most recent capital you raised. The operative phase here is 'to some extent'.

Startup 40

Startup Slides Marketing Clearstone 40

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

When Paypal came to Clearstone in 2000 looking for funding, many other VCs simply could not get past the fact that it was a 'dot com'. If you are starting a company in an industry that is not well understood - 'below the radar' - in venture capital venacular, then you have an uphill battle on your hands.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40