Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Food production and distribution, group collaboration, remote training or education, sensor technology (tracking people movement, temperatures, etc), certain biotech deals. There are large sums of money to be invested and if investors can get comfortable with “downside protections” they’ll still write checks. Raise when you can.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA. We started hanging out a bit and discussing technology and entrepreneurship. He attends many of the high-profile tech conferences and has been hanging out with a few partners at Y Combinator and such. I reached out after the event to learn more.

Conference 150

Conference Slides Social Media Summary 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 126

Social Media Media Ideas Writing 126

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. ” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Then there’s Volkswagen AG, which is in continued talks with Ford to partner on self-driving car technologies. billion investment in 2018.

San Fernando 217

San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Internationalization of Technology. So what did he actually say?

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

When Glenn asked the crowd of more than 800 VCs, entrepreneurs and technology executives how many of them hated him or thought they hated him there were many raised hands. I go to Medium and write something that is very detailed — all they read is the headline and then bash me for what they THINK I said or what they think I DIDN’T say!”

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UCSD Media Writing Startup 280

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. For starters some funds are small and thus while they put $750k into your company to own 10% of your company they might not be able to write another $2 million if you then raise a $20 million round (10%).

Guide 336

Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2010

Yossi, who is co-chairing the upcoming Israel Conference (www.theisraelconference.org) here in Los Angeles next month, recently sat down with us to talk about entrepreneurship, why Israel has been able to become such a center of high tech--and what Southern California might be able to learn from the Israeli culture. READ MORE>>.

High Tech 150

High Tech Southern California Writing Conference 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Capture your “secret sauce.” Practice being a good communicator.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2013

Many first-time entrepreneurs have grown up digital natives so have a really good intuitive feel for technology & design but don’t yet have the business basics down. . Write your set of bullet points on paper before the call. How can I best help you?” ” It’s what we want. It’s what you want.

Startup 364

Startup Writing Help Email 364

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Many pension funds are simply too large to write small checks and favor the ability to write $50-100 million checks to funds. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over. Why is this?

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

We had scrambled to get a product to market, built our first website, rapidly hired a technology team, raised our seed round of capital ($1.5 They got us invited to the Fortune CEO conference in Paris held at Versailles. We headlined at the Red Herring Europe conference (they were the equivalent of TechCrunch today).

Startup 310

Startup Press Venture Capital Journal 310

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Some people do the conference circuit too much, get involved in lots of side projects and attend every entrepreneur dinner. When I go to conference I never sit in the meeting section – I always cruise the halls meeting people. We end up out a lot at events: dinners, cocktail parties, conferences. We travel together.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

SVP at Cloud Technology Partners. Linthicum, senior vice president at Cloud Technology Partners, is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Alex Kazerani.

SaaS 92

SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

The other nice thing about that, is as things are happening on the same computer, there is no server code to write. It's really simple to write an application, compared to the complexity of an application that is multi-user. If you have a bunch of bouncing balls, they all bounce identically, and you don't have to exchange information.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Capture your “secret sauce.” Practice being a good communicator.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

On Friday night during the 48hr startup event, participants arrive motivated to start new technology companies. Some attendees bring just enthusiasm to join a startup, an idea for a startup or pre-built technology. Saturday, April 14 – Boelter Hall 4th floor conference rooms. developing a business model.

UCLA 87

UCLA Startup Ideas Mentor 87

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

A fellow thinker and tinkerer of technology. I often find somebody at a conference will say “I comment on your blog from time-to-time.” I write lots of people on Twitter. This can be at a conference, via an intro from a mutual friend or similar. Theory: it’s really that simple. Somebody I respect.

Networking 150

Networking Blogging Startup Conference 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

We all know that much of early-stage technology startup success comes from execution and often what you’re working on today will be rolled out more seriously over the next several months. Market to Your Target Audience – I’ve seen a lot of startups who like to write blog posts on life as an entrepreneur.

Marketing 380

Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

It seemed to save all of the bloggers from coming home at the end of the day from whichever conference they were attending and have to turn in long-form content like a journalist. I’m enjoying the creative process of getting my own personal thoughts down in writing. Now we could all sleep more. Thank you, Twitter.

Blogging 219

Blogging Venture Capital Startup Social Media 219

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And covered we did.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2015

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 104

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. Capture your “secret sauce.” Practice being a good communicator.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Immediately following the closing of the round I flew out to a big real estate conference in France to meet with prospective customers. I plodded through the conference and went straight to a doctor in London. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. I’m normally too cool to write posts like this.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A serious threat to our online way of life has emerged in the form of the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). ITU says it would regulate: Any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems.

Writing 102

Writing Conference Google Technology 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

So I know I’m getting myself into a bit of trouble by writing this. They talk about the need of the CEO to be chief evangelist, speak at conference, lead executive recruiting, etc. I had heads of sales, marketing, business development, product management, technology and customer service.

Startup 325

Startup Technical Review Sales Report 325

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. But I have some.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area.

Guide 203

Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the producers of CES and Eureka Park, are the brains and brawn behind the Park and are potent partners to get startups in the spotlight. The article was brought to you in partnership with Consumer Technology Association , the producers of CES. . Get Your Playbook Together.

Startup 87

Startup Mentor Artificial Inteligence Research 87

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2013

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 92

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier. Some people learn best from conferences, while other learn best from blogs and other information online. Provide a unique point of view.

Social Media 63

Social Media Ideas Media Writing 63

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. One strategy I often employ.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He stood up, grabbed the mic and gave a heartfelt overview of his experiences in experimenting with new technologies to build relationships with his audience, get feedback on his product quality and to market his music all the way to the top of iTunes. He was riveting. To stay the crowed was “wowed&# was an understatement.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356