socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. Plus, there are companies like Yahoo, Google, and others who have set up shop here.

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

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APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. I've always felt that financial vertical is the one vertical--with Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Reuters, and First Data--where Twitter should be involved in. It's fun, I guess.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

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MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. “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.” According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters).

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

I opened up an office for them, doing early stage selling, then I built a client services department for HotJobs, and then after Yahoo acquired them, I moved back into sales, in Sales Management, and I helped manage and rebuild a team in San Francisco. I didn't really set out to write a book. That was four years ago.

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. The article can take 10 hours to write a good article and the paperwork can take five hours. You even got Yahoo! It’s growing.

Journal 90

Journal Startup Writing Media 90

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JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. ” They prefer to sit in front of a computer doing spreadsheets or coding or writing emails and working on marketing materials than they do investing time in human relationships. I wanted to just write. I like writing.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

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JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?”

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We have a regional focus here, and the market is underserved in venture capital, yet it's the second largest metropolis and DMA in the country.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I recall being impressed with Jeff, but I was concerned that he was creating a platform, which often requires a significant amount of capital, takes an extended amount of time to establish and can be subject to margin pressure as the enabling technologies become commoditized. What do Silicon Valley investors know that we are missing?".

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo! Who can get help get access to their capital?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. In our regions?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Overture (Goto.com).

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Shivani Siroya – CEO and Founder of InVenture.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

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MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John. were doing.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo! Facebook went on become larger than even Google and Yahoo!

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318