Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2011

Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. Marmol Radziner provided the design for the modern, green mobile homes at affordable price points. First, explain what your company is all about?

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Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

In my years of advising startups and occasional investing, I’ve seen many great ideas start and fail, but the right team always seems to make good things happen, even without the ultimate idea. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. We have outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these “techno geeks” can pay. Investment Partner Megan Quinn weighed in publicly. What about Kleiner?

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Education Venture Capital UCSD Class 417

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If you have not yet discovered Everything Is A Remix , I strongly encourage you to invest the time to check it out. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Everything Is A Remix – Including Your Startup. smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter, etc.)

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Startup High Tech SaaS .Net 255

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Our devices is only six inches long, but water has to be shut off to the home, a pipe cut, and the device inserted inline The time and cost of installation is a small price to pay for the level of protection that the homeowner receives. Plumbers are not exactly known for their adoption of high tech products.

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Technical Review Technology Startup Artificial Inteligence 113

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. We organize those that are interested in buying and selling shares.

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Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 8, 2015

Tours are priced reasonably. This prompted the city to go high tech and invest in 31 giant moonlight towers made of most advanced materials at the time, carbon arc light. The moonlight towers became Austin’s first street lights and stood several stories high simulating light for up to 1,500 feet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Equally important, marketing and sales people should be able to identify benefits and marketing strategies, set prices, and validate a business model. Here are the key components of a good product plan: Detailed features.

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Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Timing your startup - Chris Dixon , November 7, 2010 I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have been a huge mistake). It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can't find anyone to invest in them. Don’t be one.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175