Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Availability of Capital.

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MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. He built an internal database of downstream VC investors so that as each company is ready to raise more capital they don’t have to start from scratch. Watching him develop over the past 4.5 Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate.

Venture Capital 150

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. The reality is that their core business is not venture capital. Investing is our core business.

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Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Framework 279

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. I’ve laid out my policy on seed investing pretty clearly and publicly.

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

I am often asked how we make decisions on investments at Upfront Ventures. A typical investment discussion is not a bed of roses. ” In other words, just because you liked my last investment is no reason for me to be nice now. Great leaders are rare and competition for capital, people, press and customers can be brutal.

Startup 150

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day.

Startup 127

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 127

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. So why else would they invest if not as an option to re-up in the next round? These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. I love that. And it’s kind of true.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We ended up merging those two companies together and I took over client services for Business.com, around the time Benchmark invested in us, and we ended up selling that company to R.H. I left HotJobs, and started another company, with Jake Winebaum, called Work.com, while he was running Business.com. Donnelly in 2007.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. I’ve paraphrased a few of their key points here that I support and often recommend: Invest team member time as carefully as you invest money. Only you can do that.

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Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It is not a beach novel to be sure. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup.

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Startup Framework Marketing Customer 376

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. Loo--who was the very first employee at ServiceNow--explains what that means, and why companies use the startup's software. What is Perspectium? How did you get into this?

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

We had a little success with Coffee Bar, Magic Mall, and Sony's Infinite Anarchy, and those games keep getting better and we kept learning about the framework, and added more talent to our team. We approached them, explained to them what the opportunity was, and also approached them about investment. READ MORE>>.

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IP PHP Design Startup 217

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com)

Technology 133

Technology Study UCLA Research 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day.

Startup 109

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day.

Startup 63

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 63

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. Addison, Texas is home of The open source eCommerce framework Broadleaf.

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Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Framework 106

Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Everyone’s a potential source: software engineers that ship new releases, HR teams that use human capital management software, and supply chain partners that have access to systems, all of which could be exploited. There’s also a need to look differently at who is a source of cyber risk and who should be responsible for protecting against it.

Organization 40

Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. My framework gives me a deeper understanding of the sector.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. It's been exciting, being able to start a company with revenue, as opposed to venture capital money, and to build the company the old-fashioned way, with revenues.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. If you want to go into investment banking above a certain level you’ll need one.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

It's actually nice that there is a shortage of capital for sports startups. We have a number of other strategic media companies investing in this, as well, and we're now gearing up for next fall. Derrick Oien: I have a couple of quotes from VCs, and my favorite one is that, for venture capital, sports is a $0 billion dollar industry.

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Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

It's actually nice that there is a shortage of capital for sports startups. We have a number of other strategic media companies investing in this, as well, and we're now gearing up for next fall. Derrick Oien: I have a couple of quotes from VCs, and my favorite one is that, for venture capital, sports is a $0 billion dollar industry.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post.

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Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)?

CTO Hire 363

CTO Hire Technical Review Startup Demand 363

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. ” Keval Desai, InterWest Partners - a firm investing across the entire mobile stack. Internal cross promotion within their own portfolio of apps, the marketplace and network as well.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Four leading Brand Marketers will share how they’re shifting their corporations to invest more significantly in mobile based on building their own wins. Presenter: Jeff Montgomery, CRO, Placecast.

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Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40