TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

for technology investment and corporate development. PledgeLA initiative grew out of a series of problem-solving sessions within the Los Angeles venture capital community. Nearly every large investment firm and Los Angeles based company agreed to sign on to the pledge with at least three notable exceptions. The landmark.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Define realistic metrics to keep track of progress. You need metrics to incentivize the right team behaviors. You as a leader must be transparent about how and why you are investing in one initiative over the other. Capitalize on free communal initiatives around you. Invest in communication skills and use all platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Manual processes and people are always the most expensive to scale, so every process needs metrics to determine when automation is appropriate. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

” For the company’s customers, MetaCX provides a dashboard that includes outcomes, the collaboration, metrics tracked as part of the relationship and all the metrics around that are part of that engagement layer,” says McCorkle. . “It is API embeddable and we have a full user experience layer.”

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. But to scale the business, they need the complementary expertise, experience, connections, oversight, and new capital connections of a formal board of directors. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should a VC invest? Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. Mithril Capital, management fees, and VC strategic drift.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

The steps outlined below represent an ideal approach to raising capital from sophisticated investors. Send them a private message via Twitter or Quora that contains a compelling link relevant to their investment focus. Major League baseball pitchers spend far more time preparing to pitch than they actually do pitching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.”

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

His work in social media, e-Learning and Performance Support has won awards and has led him into engagements at many Fortune 500 companies including Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Canada, Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Fidelity Investments, Symbol Technologies and SHL Systemhouse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team. investors invest in people, not ideas) Effective and timely go-to-market. Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Show return on investment, growth rates, and market penetration.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yes, the investor may literally have said to you: "That is something I'd seriously think about investing in when you have your product built." If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. " But the reality is that they don't mean that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

BAT said the new round was led by Matthew Pritzker Company , and also included existing investors Miramar Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , RimLight, LLC, Fulcrum Venture Capital , and ad pepper media International. BAT said it has now raised $34M in funding.

Technology 159

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

During my time in Silicon Valley, I was struck by the fact that most successful entrepreneurs seemed to personally know and regularly hear from all the “movers and shakers” who had the investment capital and leadership they needed. Using metrics to measure results and commitments.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Hamet Watt: I''ve known Mark (Suster) for five plus years now, and I like the notion of how they''re taking a different approach to venture capital. We became friends back then, have stayed in touch, and I''ve seen how he''s invested in the community and creating this ecosystem which I''ve been a part of. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

In my experience, here are some of the key elements of that “second-stage” of entrepreneurship: Move from small investors to major venture capital. Startups usually think in terms of a million to 10 million dollar infusions, but aspiring unicorns usually need to seek financial investments of hundreds of millions, or even a billion dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2020

There is no magic lever for growth, so several initiatives are required, with metrics to assess value returned. Manual processes and people are always the most expensive to scale, so every process needs metrics to determine when automation is appropriate. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Shorten the close cycle to grow faster.

Search Engine Optimization 131

Search Engine Optimization Startup Social Media Metrics 131

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

Vanessa Dawson: The Vinetta Project is an entreneurial ecosystem and deal flow pipeline that works with early stage, female tech founders, and helps them to access both resources and capital for their business. There are more female entrepreneurs thinking big, and raising capital, and having that venture mind set.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). We led an investment round in a company a while ago in which we wrote a seven-figure check and have taken a board seat. You betcha.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.”

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Organization Coach Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even with advantages that independent startups can never hope to match, including brand recognition, customers, financial capital, and distribution, I don’t often see the entrepreneurial passion for innovation, agility, and team perseverance exhibited by new startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. That means that many companies are now forgoing the rush to go public (IPO), in favor of major equity investments from specialized venture capital funds, such as Japan’s SoftBank.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

I have many investments with early traction and I the entrepreneurs I work with must tire of my constantly saying, “Are we really making a difference? His point is that you should figure out the metrics that TRULY matter in your business and hold yourself accountable to these. Not vanity metrics.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

At DataPop , a Rincon Venture Partners’ portfolio investment, the company''s sales cycle significantly accelerated after it stopped performing Pilots. The key to accelerating revenue generation in a phased agreement is to document the success metrics of the landing phase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Things that make it investment-grade for outside investors will also benefit you, since you are the ultimate investor. Investors invest in people - not just ideas. Executive team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Lots of people are trying to help, with new twists on the age-old model of free-market capitalism that has driven businesses for the last 500 years. Making a profit does not imply greed.

Startup 93

Startup Entrepreneur Capital Examples 93

Frank Addante

MAY 21, 2013

And, because we’re profitable, we can redeploy our earnings as capital for growth and innovation. At the same time, we’re putting in the right goals, measurements, metrics and measurement systems. At the same time, we’re putting in the right goals, measurements, metrics and measurement systems. Rubicon Project'

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Cloud Capital--has managed to coax those equipment rental yards into the digital age, and how the company has tackled other challenges in focusing its business. Cloud Capital. They invested in 2014, and asked me to meet with Dallas Imbimbo, the CEO and Founder. Those need to be in place before applying capital.

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Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

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?

Startup 150

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. But to scale the business, they need the complementary expertise, experience, connections, oversight, and new capital connections of a formal board of directors. Managing business growth is more than metrics.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It connects companies with investors, allows investors to forward on referrals to other investors, and once an investment has been made, allows a company to post updates to the site. For investors, it gives them a dash board of key metrics, and ensures those investors stay in the loop. Who would find this most useful? READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future). But it’s quite rare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2018

All the investment money in the world won’t make your company succeed, if you have the wrong team. investors invest in people, not ideas) Effective and timely go-to-market. Have you projected sales and marketing costs, cash flow, and capital requirements? Show return on investment, growth rates, and market penetration.

Startup 81

Startup Coach Metrics Marketing 81

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

One area I’ve had much discussion with the companies in which I’ve invested in is bringing on board an operationally focused CFO. It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. The full financial details and metrics were in the deck.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

At Rincon Venture Partners , we have invested in several female entrepreneurs(so far), including Tracy DiNunzio, Founder and CEO of Tradesy. Making access to capital easier for women founders is part of what inspires and motivates me to win big with Tradesy.". What Gives?

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