socalTECH
AUGUST 9, 2018
Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M. READ MORE>>.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 31, 2021
“The climate-oriented investment in Biden’s new plan would be roughly ten times what came through ARRA,” wrote Shayle Kann, a partner with the investment firm, Energy Impact Partners. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2017
This morning, we have a contribution from investor and investment banker Peter Cowen of Sutton Capital Partners. Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 4, 2012
Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Thus, I am willing to protect their investment from future dilution. 3) Attempt To License An Idea. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Many aspiring entrepreneurs jump ship from corporate environments, complaining that they want to be their own boss, only to find that investors are more demanding bosses than the ones they left. Entrepreneurs who don’t have someone else’s cash for outsourcing come up with the more innovative and creative approaches to get things done.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. This benefits you, the entrepreneur.
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