Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened?

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. Some larger VCs felt they were being “scooped&# by some younger, nimbler and smaller VCs.

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Part 1: Inside the mind of an angel investor and how it differs from professional seed investors and VC. Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). A typical VC (A round) will reserve at least 100-200% of initial investment. Hope you all enjoy.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Benefit of a proprietary platform can be finding customers. In second venture - compared Salesforce.com vs. S3 - as platform. If you are building a VC backed company with large growth, too much risk to bank on salesforce. I would tend to agree.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150