socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach. What are the parameters of the investments you make? READ MORE>>.

Seed Funding 220

Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

which became Softbank Marketing, selling ads for Yahoo before Yahoo had its own salesforce. Bruce Brown: I was working in 1985 writing keyboard and mouse drivers for Windows version 1. I moved to the Santa Monica office of Microsoft Consulting Service. Then I started working for these companies as well.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

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!, DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!,

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! When I as a 41-year old living in Santa Monica with 2 young boys type “Halloween Costume&# into Google it is pretty clear that there is a highly likelihood or intent by me to shop for Halloween goods. Everybody gains. I used to.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

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. But the problem with being all in – all in for me, let’s say I can write $10 to $12 million per company. If I write $2 million and we hit a bump in the road, I can write another $2 million. Am I allowed to say this?

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. You have huge hiring volume coming from the new growth firms (Twitter, Zynga, Facebook) and huge retention battles & hiring from Google, Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!, Let me use LA as an example.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313