socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. There are lots.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs used this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. You will be happier and under less pressure.

Startup 105

Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Legalzoom 105

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. This is wrong.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. entrepreneur startup legal shortcuts investor founder business'

Startup 94

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 94

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Shaan Sethi to hear more about the startup, as well as Shaan's journey from investment banking to running an apparel startup. In the early 2000's, I'd worked as a consumer, retail investment banker. There were lots of things we did around investment and acquisitions.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

Startup 99

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 99

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

It occurred to us that a startup company with limited funding is not going to pay $5000 upfront, and that we would have loved to know the prices up front and not have to go through the same eight conversations eight times. It sounds like you have some angel funding? We haven''t gone to institutional funding yet.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. A few years later they announced $150 million in a funding round at $1 billion+ valuation and are ramping up jobs to secure their market-leading position. Perhaps – who knows?

Company 369

Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313