Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Traditional software vs. SaaS. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Most VCs are book smart. Connections?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

As a VC with scores of startups in our portfolio we have ringside seats to many, many fund raising processes plus I had to raise money across about 5 different rounds of capital as an entrepreneur so I’ve developed some thought on the process that I hope can be helpful to some of you before you start. Let me give you an example.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Business Lessons From The Dark Side Of The Moon. • Obtain Customer Feedback Before You Release Your Product - Musicians spend their entire youth writing songs and performing them in front of live audiences, which ensures that their initial album is validated by their fans before they enter the recording studio.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2016

Mountain View-based Wrike , a developer of enterprise work management software, said on Monday that it has opened up a new office in San Diego, and plans to hire 150 people in the location. Wrike said the new jobs in the location will be in sales and customer service.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I follow Jason Lemkin closely (he’s a long-time friend) and he speaks frequently and passionately about SaaS businesses having built a successful one himself. These are both new journeys and I can’t wait to see how they develop. His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). Startup Advice'

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

We talk a lot about his schooling, his early jobs as a developer and then as a VC and we talk about his decision to spend winters in Los Angeles. In stead of just writing operating and funding advice Fred also talks about industries. I remember writing about online video nearly 5 years ago. This works brilliantly.”

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Developers are now turning out code and releasing it live to the world in near real time--what is called DevOps and Agile development. With the rise of the cloud and Agile, it's really changed how developer are coding their websites.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). So the whole customer development cycle is very streamlined.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2018

The mistake entrepreneurs make is either writing a lengthy email (everybody has too much email so it will get skimmed / not digested) or not having a deck which means the VC can’t quickly determine his or her fit as a potential investor. The key is WHAT you send. it’s worth paying attention.”

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

William--who, among prior experience developed Stamps.com's security architecture--sat down with us to explain the firm's products and plans. The New York Times doesn't know that we've mobilized their site--we didn't need to use their server development team to make this work. That means these sites can be mobilized overnight.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? Right now, it's a manual process--unless you're using the tools from Los Angeles-based PublishThis (www.publishthis.com).

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2015

Hosted by SAAS giant Salesforce, it is more akin to a circus than a professional event. Why am I writing an article about a trade show that occurred nearly four months ago? Even at a show the size of Dreamforce, you can cut through the noise, but you have to push the envelope to do it. . Good question. I am a trade show skeptic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

It is simply the most important way to proactively control your career development and how the market perceives you. This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I could become the SaaS guy. It is neither. I could be International guy.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Steve Seigel: The last few years the technology scene has really exploded here in LA, with the development of Silicon Beach and startup downtown. Anyone can write a check, but not everyone can provide intellectual capital. How did you get involved with angel investing, initially? And, that help is not always capital.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

If you've taken a course, and need an application to do chemistry or math analysis, there's a store where you can write, share, sell, or buy those applications. I worked as a software and hardware engineer, and did lots of software development for networking and telecom firms, mainly networking. They have developed this from a need.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies. We'll even write a half a million check. You've got lots of experience in the SaaS market with Salesforce.com, what's your opinion on where that market is today--and how do SoCal's Software startups stack up?

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Although the first draft of this post began when Kluge was a proud member of NextSpace; as of this writing we have moved to a bigger office to accommodate our expanding team. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. They are an open-source & SaaS provider of eCommerce solutions. So you developed a product for the mommy community?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. They have developed doctor-grade blood, saliva and urine tests approved by the FDA for over-the-counter purchase. Seek (Lehi, UT).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

With little free time to develop new features, a lot of our thinking instead went towards how to best market and monetize the product we already had. 2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. Build an elite team.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

With little free time to develop new features, a lot of our thinking instead went towards how to best market and monetize the product we already had. 2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. Build an elite team.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Although the first draft of this post began when Kluge was a proud member of NextSpace; as of this writing we have moved to a bigger office to accommodate our expanding team. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The truth is I have been thinking a lot about the topic, I just haven’t been writing about it. million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 Heck, you can launch your company if you’re a developer for $50,000. I plan to write about this phenomenon soon. The infrastructure alone cost $2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

Never mind that Twitter in writing specifically asked us to build this re-syndication product with them and that every step of the way encouraged us to build out the service. We make money by helping customers reduce complexity in data streams and they pay us SaaS licenses and volumetric processing fees to do so. Ninety five.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. Customer Development Diagnostics over Lunch.

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