Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). We are judging how well you are coached on stage.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). We are judging how well you are coached on stage.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

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AUGUST 15, 2009

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). We helped the write out their requirements for a system. We felt this was a marquee account and one that would help us take our collaboration tool global as Thames owned assets all over the world. The momentum had shifted.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

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JANUARY 16, 2012

(most Seed or A round deals will be done by an investor in your region so that should help you to focus. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft. Right for my stage?

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366