Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. The fund is organized into sectors and each VC forms forward looking themes within sub sectors. Google Ad Sense was just getting going. Highland has been around for 22 years currently investing the 8 th fund which is $400 million. 11:40-14:15). 37:00-40:30).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

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Blogging Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media 110

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. We started looking at the landscape, and as I was getting my MBA at the time, ended up writing the business plan for ConsumerTrack.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Others I have not.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Unlike typical review sites, our platform does not use star ratings or long reviews. On myfab5, people rank their favorite places instead of giving them star ratings and write bite-sized reviews instead of writing long reviews. If you search for pizza on a site like Yelp , you will see a list of places that are between 3.5

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Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

So finding time is hard, and good writing is simply not what most people do. Once you gain real traction as an expert in your space through the blog, investors will put you at the top of their funding list. Writing a blog is all about communication, and that’s your number one job as founder of a new startup.

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Blogging Invest Startup Writing 93

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2012

Twitter , the 140 character social site is popular with a whopping worldwide estimated user base of around 140 million active monthly users with 400 million tweets daily according to CEO Dick Costolo, but two new startups launched late last month to seek and battle out Twitter at its own game.

Sites 73

Sites Social Network Writing Google 73

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Image courtesy of Bernhardt Haussner.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area. It sounds like an interesting story behind how it started--tell us how the site came about? Mike Edwards, who is an investor that lives in Whistler, and who is an angel, basically funded it.

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Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2009

We have software which allows you to select which web sites you want to do this for, prioritizing them above others, and dedicates space on your hard drive which provides a faster, always-on capability for specific web sites. We didn't talk to Google Maps team to get Maps running--it works straight out of the box.

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SaaS Web Google Sites 127

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

Our startup interview this morning is with Josh Stomel , founder of ResumeBucket (www.resumebucket.com), a new web site that is focused on helping people share their resumes with the world. Stomel--who is bootstrapping the startup from his recruiting firm, NeoHire--explained the site to us. What's the idea behind the site?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, He then joined their venture fund, TheMailRoom Fund, which is where I met him. with the clips.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. I've also worked with startups in Southern California, including TouchCommerce, and I was with them when they were on their first round of funding. Bruce Brown: I was working in 1985 writing keyboard and mouse drivers for Windows version 1.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me give you some (real) examples: - You were an EIR at a VC firm who isn’t funding your current company. - million for a social networking site 18 months ago. Google has announced that they are planning to compete with you. - Google has announced that they are planning to compete with you. - You raised $1.5

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Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

How do people go about using the site? If you found one of our user's items, there's a Google-like search box, which leads to to a form where you can describe how you found the item, or how the owner can pick it up or arrange for shipping of the item. Why not just write your phone number or information on an item?

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Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Join online “dating” sites for business partners. As soon as you find the partner, these are the places to find funding as well. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Of course, if you’re the next Google, you may only need one. Examples include PartnerUp , StartupAgents , and Cofoundr. Take your time.

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Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 95

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

This article wasn’t actually from a single interview, but the result of a couple of conversations with a co-founder of Rap Genius , the wildly profiled lyrics annotation site. More recently, a conflict with Google over SEO practices saw heavy penalties on their search results, but ultimately led to a resolution between the two parties.

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Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

We know that their model works for a certain type of content but we believe we can build higher value sites where we can sell premium advertising and target niche audiences. Can you introduce me to the head of corporate development at Google? (I I’m a partner at the largest VC fund in Southern California. He took the mic, “Hi.

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Startup Content Conference Media 315

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Jenna can write a recommendation on Andy’s profile or send an email to friends recommending Andy, one of his workout plans or the fitness event she’s registered for. Advertising revenue is generated from each site visitor, paid or otherwise. Have you raised any funding yet? What is your business model? Events pay a listing fee.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

HandUp collects the money and then provides it directly to the landlord, ensuring that the donors’ funds are properly deployed. Our nonprofit partners then use the HandUp site, with their clients, to fundraise for their goals and urgent needs. . and we share a new story each month on our National Fund and Bay Area Fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I spoke a lot about the need for “personal branding” which I plan to write about soon. I’ve got guys getting funded at 23! If you’re not confident enough to get funded now, you’re never going to be funded. If I write $2 million and we hit a bump in the road, I can write another $2 million.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

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. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). Absofuckinglutely.

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Blogging Startup Writing Venture Capital 373

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Evidence of this was seen in late November 2011, when Foursquare announced they will be incorporating a new “ social sharing ” button on their site. The benefits “digital interactions” have and continue to offer coupon companies are vast.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

Join online “dating” sites for business partners. As soon as you find the partner, these are the places to find funding as well. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Of course, if you’re the next Google, you only need one. Believe it or not, there are online websites that are dedicated to just this challenge.

Startup 54

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 54

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any funding yet? Challenges?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. And if it’s not I’m generally not that interested in funding it. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I’ve been working in the online advertising business for about 13 years handling everything from affiliate programs and banner ad campaigns, to search engine optimization and Google Adwords. He also produces and writes for a number of Los Angeles-based artists and he handles all things Rock and Pop. That’s a great thing.

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Startup Design Advertising Search Engine Optimization 80

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. In our industry we call that a TAM (total addressable market) and I’m sure you can even Google methods for calculating a TAM. Market Size. Let me be very direct. That is how great businesses are built.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Here’s how you can (could) integrate a URI shortener into your site’s architecture. Your site’s architecture may require a different approach. By integrating a URI shortener into your site architecture you gain the abilitiy to perform way more than URI shortening. For example Yahoo truncates the trailing slash.

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SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. It is open also in the same way that Google was open in its early days. Google started as a place where you came to be taken via links to other people’s websites.

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Social Media Google Media Startup 274