Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past. And before that Bryce Roberts who working alongside Tim O’Reilly (famed publisher and originator of Web 2.0

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Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we can say no based on geography, we can say no based on it doesn’t fit in our themes.“… “Then we engage with the product and the entrepreneur and because we know these areas very well we don’t have to spend a lot of time understanding the market or understanding the customer.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2010

The latest type of solution is called a “web profile aggregator” built as a portal to a group of similar applications or premium content which can be accessed through a common login. Tags: entrepreneur startup single sign-on business. Examples include FindMeOn.com, Mugshot, and Naymz. A new one I have used is called iLogon.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” they released a new 2.0 I Be specific.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. So eventually the money has to start flowing. style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0 Finally, how are you funded? We're privately funded. Traditionally, they hand-write those messages and those message slips become clutter, become lost, and they stay in your office when you're not there. It's friends and family.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

I first met the founder of Pose, Dustin Rosen , when he was a junior person with an LA-based venture capital firm called The Mail Room Fund. The MRF was a committed fund of Accel, Venrock, AT&T and William Morris (one of LA’s largest talent agencies). He wanted to be an entrepreneur. “And importantly Web 2.0

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

billion under management, in a number of funds, and we have been investing for the last year or two out of our existing $300 million fund. I spent a lot of time watching the evolution of Web 1.0, Really good entrepreneurs are always evolving their strategy. We've had a pretty busy year. Our firm has about 1.5

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. Richard Rosenblatt. Bambi Francisco. Dave McClure. . Alex Quilici. Rick Heitzmann.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. The firm is in the midst of raising a round of funding.

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Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

So, I did what any other opportunistic entrepreneur does when they want to quickly build a company to capitalize on an opportunity. Again, like most opportunistic entrepreneurs, part of our growth plan was to raise venture capital. As CEO, I spent 6 months on the road, full-time, trying to raise our Series B funding.

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was). Many entrepreneurs start multiple companies and many people who go to work at a startup (becoming entrepreneurs themselves) go on to work for multiple startups in their careers. Or is each company a better version of the previous.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Venture Capital Funding 7. Prior to raising $16M+ in funding from top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital and Evercore Ventures, StrongMail was self-funded and cash-flow positive. Additionally, entrepreneurs get tired. Relaxing 2. Incubation 3. Go-to-Market 5. Spam Changes Everything 6.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

In fact, we probably had hundreds of competitors including seven that were either very well funded with significant venture capital or publicly held (e.g. We didn’t hire resumes and experience, we hired smart, good people who wanted to be entrepreneurs. DoubleClick, 24/7 Media, AdForce, Engage, Flycast).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Let’s help get their funding get finalized or the company sold if it’s already in play. And VCs scrambled to raise their own funds. Fundings boomed. Yesterday was a Monday.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Grade A Entrepreneurs , September 5, 2010 Why Krispy Kreme failed in Australia - Start Up Blog , November 3, 2010 Mellow Johnny’s: Retail Stores as Community Hubs - IDDICTIVE.COM , July 14, 2010 Is crowdfunding an option for my business?

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