Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I only recently invested and I only got here through persistence. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. More on that later.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. We just see so much potential.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

I’m not a shareholder and I’m not even actively looking at making an investment. I was recently over at the Mahalo offices in Santa Monica and I noticed that they had a great big screen TV with Chartbeat displaying their traffic data. In fact, I’m surprised by how antiquated Google Analytics feels.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Our basic value proposition to the mobile networks or content aggregators who pay for our solution, is we increase content flow through and revenue, by more effectively merchandising that content. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. Jason Nazar is a master networker. ” I see it on Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But as we’ve all gotten used to the standard “banner&# across the top of our screens or the “sky scraper&# along the right-hand side we’ve trained ourselves not to look there any longer. The standards were set by the IAB ( Interactive Advertising Bureau ), which was founded in 1996. It certainly resonates with me.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Sam had different plans.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. As an angel you can look for the social proof in deals “Dave Morin is investing …” to make your decision. Less investments, more active. Angels have additional networks. This is what leads do.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Los Angeles-based Channel M, a venture backed provider of in-store TV networks, announced Wednesday that PLS Check Cashers, a check cashing chain, will use the firm's programming and advertising. According to Channel M, PLS Check Cashers will offer both English and Spanish content at 50 PLS Check Cashers locations nationwide.

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Advertising Screening Los Angeles Content 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. Big difference.]. Big difference.].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

We are investing heavily in these changes. But I can tell you as my firm invested in Overture who created the category of pay-per-search that Google perfected – our company underwent three years of ridicule in Silicon Valley until people looked at the performance data and realized that efficacy matters.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. . The group invested $8.7 Target investors that have invested in your field.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. 2020 will be a watershed year for investment in businesses around the creator economy,” Neil Robertson tells TechCrunch. Rethinking value.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Is there a screening process or criteria for firms to use the facilities? Kevin Hell: Yes, we have a selection committee, comprised of folks who are venture capitalists and also have been in the investment arm of large companies. That led to the expansion to the second location. It's been a great ride and a lot of fun.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Those might be on household items like laundry detergent, or it might be gadgets like tablets or a large screen television. When I got involved with Slickdeals, I decided to tap into the LA market, and tap into my network of talented folks, who could really transform and accelerate the deal business. That''s how we got into LA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. Keiretsu Forum.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. Big difference.]. ” Fair play.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This is the killer feature for the giant YouTuber base invested in sub-$2,000 cameras, of which most lack HD-SDI required from previous TriCaster models. Green screen keying, real time editable lower thirds, no-latency video switching, quicktime video playback and vector scopes come standard. Even Leo LaPorte’s TWiT.tv

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. As the mobile ecosystem has grown the industrialized world is now carrying a mini computer in their pocket that is connected to a cellular network. Much more data in the full post. Not so fast.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Almost all of our customers interact with us through their phone screen. While I was there, I focused on technology partnerships for the Green Dot network. Those fans are really invested in that show. What that means, is that the majority of our customers range from 25 to 55 years old.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. Many “tech companies” now have green screens. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. And make-up artists.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2017

That's securing the network, looking at endpoints, and making other security investments across the board, and on such things like mobile device management for mobile phones. We're looking to see if a phone number has been ported recently, or if it's coming from a virtualized network. It's a pretty high level issue.

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IP Artificial Inteligence CIO Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

VC’s keep different titles but the most common that I’ve come across that are investment professionals are (in ascending order of seniority): analyst, associate, principal and partner. These are the permanent members of a VC. Don’t view this as a slight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. In reality, a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars to a few winners, is probably not a return on the investment required. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Keiretsu Startup Template 48

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Develop a high level project plan and detailed workflow of all the steps you need to take: from identifying potential investors, to researching them, to developing a target list, to tapping your network to score referrals and warm introductions. Be confident enough to ask for referrals to other potential investors at the end of every meeting.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. The Blayze network already reaches or 200 million viewers and has generated thousands in sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally. The power of “influencer networks” to drive product adoption. We covered the Gaga breakout story but also.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

One of the questions I’m most often asked as a VC is what I’m looking for in an investment. For me I’ve stated publicly that 70% of my investment decision is the team and most of this is skewed toward the founders. Excite, Ask Jeeves and Lycos? Yeah, right.

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