SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 16, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009 -- Pitching Venture Capitalists - Startups Uncensored #8. This months Startups Uncensored will be on Pitching Venture Capitalists. Mark Suster, a serial venture backed entrepreneur and current Partner at GRP Venture Capital, and David Stern, Partner at Clearstone Venture Capital and kickass VC Blogger.

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Clearstone Ideas 100

The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

Early stage VCs typically say that the ebbs and flows of the stock market don't effect the valuations they pay in start up financings. So to some extent, entrepreneurs and VCs can comfortably ignore the chaos of currency fluctuations, interest rate changes and other macro finanicial shifts. That may be true.

Startup 40

Startup Slides Marketing Clearstone 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. 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

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and VC, Karl Mehta has launched Code For India (CFI) to empower the country’s citizens to actively participate in improving their communities. A year before that, Mehta was awarded ‘The Entrepreneur of the Year’ for Northern California by Ernst & Young. He build a venture, PlaySpan Inc.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Startups Made Simple. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Most of the companies Clearstone invests in have angel money. Perhaps they previously started a company in the same industry or were part of a successful company targeting the same market. When a company comes to Clearstone with some money in the bank from smart in-the-know angels, we get interested quickly.

Angel 40

Angel Venture Capital Clearstone Startup 40

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. Mark Suster: Let's start at the 50,000 foot level, then I'll segue into that question.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

I am talking about revenue projections for start-ups. I know that I am part of the problem here, as I too expect to see a revenue projection from the management team when presenting its business to Clearstone. But it is more truthful than a lot of answers that I hear entrepreneurs give. Signaling what?

ASP 40

ASP Startup Clearstone Sales 40

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

That is a question that comes up now and then when I am meeting with enterpreneurs. This is one of the reasons so many venture backed deals are flawed from the start. When a narrative starts building about an industry being troubled, VCs get skittish, even when that narrative is based on specious arguments. What do VCs read?

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40