Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

We started this week’s show with a Q&A session where I answered viewer questions about fund raising and the VC industry. Heck, stick around and watch me discuss the seed funding debate that is going on right now and what is happening in the VC industry overall. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Don’t.

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Venture Capital Seed Funding Pricing Southern California 210

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017 -- Orange County VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Orange County? FundingPost. Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, September 28th, 2017. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Conference. Join us for this intimate VC and Angel Investor Conference. FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years. FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years.

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Los Angeles Venture Capital Conference Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2017

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 -- FundingPost Orange County VC and Angel Investor Conference. Join us for this intimate VC and Angel Investor Conference. FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years. FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years.

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Orange County Venture Capital Conference Angel 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

It''s unclear if Scripted.com''s other, Southern California angels participated in this funding; the firm has previously announced funding from Jody Mulkey (Shopzilla), and Keith Richman (Break Media). scripted paige craig venture capital freelance writing content marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. At this San Diego Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area! We're doing it again!

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San Diego Venture Capital Angel Summary 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. At this OC Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area! We're doing it again!

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. TenOneTen Ventures is an early stage, seed investor here in Southern California. Why did you decide to move to venture capital?

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Southern California Startup Layoffs Venture Capital 133

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. As noted in What Does VC Traction Really Mean? , What’s The Worst Mistake? > -jeff.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Prior to co-founding Foundry Group (link is external), he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Tuesday, November 1, 2016 -- UCSB Distinguished Speaker Series: Brad Feld. Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 10, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011 -- Los Angeles VC and Angel Event. At our next Los Angeles event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost.

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Los Angeles Venture Capital Angel Writing 100

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. I can write about anything--Internet video, for example, and I''ll have 50 Internet video plans. It''s the single best.

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Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). I'm a bit of an anti-VC, as you know. Tell us a bit of the story on how you started HashtagOne?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 -- Orange County Angel VC and Startup Event. At our next Orange County event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost.

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Orange County Venture Capital Angel Startup 100

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Meanwhile, Coffield has spent the past several years building out a network in Los Angeles and eight years in the venture capital industry. “We actively recruit for our portfolio companies which enables us to meet a large swath of highly technical people,” the firm writes in its pitch deck.

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Los Angeles Artificial Inteligence Invest Angel 126

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here’s how to do it.

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Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should a VC invest? Every single one of our professional decisions is about timing, and yet, we do so little to practice and perfect it. Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Come hear him talk about about SoCal startups, entrepreneurship and the investment scene. He focuses on early-stage technology companies.

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GRP Partners UCSD SoCal Southern California 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2016

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's biggest angel investment group, says its performance record and returns on its investments are higher than the average angel, in nearly all categories, based on a new academic study. According to the TCA, it had a 3.3x in active investments. The TCA said that compared favorably with the 2.5x

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Truecar Southern California 133

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. We know you invest globally, but are there specific kinds of companies you hope to focus on here in Southern California? Southern California, in particular, has a lot of talent in ad tech.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

the Private Fund Transparency Act) and any other such legislative proposals that will, unnecessarily, impose new regulatory burdens on the venture capital industry whole-scale. To put the importance of venture capital in perspective, the venture capital industry has created over tens of millions of jobs for the U.S.

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Venture Capital Southern California Startup Writing 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here. We really believe in the market.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? That’s less interesting for me as a VC.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2018

At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing (VCs and Angel investors), and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! ICOs raised a global record 6.7 That's HUGE, but what exactly does that mean?

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Los Angeles Angel Venture Capital Writing 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. 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.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

In my next post I will write about one of the five companies. Seriously, it kinda stinks) it is a legitimate funding source for Southern California entrepreneurs and has produced successes including GreenDot and MyShape. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Start-up Advice Startup Advice VC Industry.

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Angel Startup Tech Coast Angels MyShape 254

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

People say we’re crazy, but we know creators are legit businesses,” Karat writes on its website — the company didn’t respond to a request to chat about what they’re working on. And just like any other business, you need capital to grow faster, services to make you more money, tools to manage it all.”. “And

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

This is stuff I tell people verbally at least twice / month so I’m glad to finally get it into written format. When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

A number of Southern California angel investors, including Jody Mulkey , the CIO of Shopzilla, have backed Scripted.com , a new online marketplace for freelance writers.

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Angel CIO Southern California USC 173

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

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. I moved to Southern California in 1992, when Microsoft transferred me to here.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I talked with a few VCs and batted around the idea of becoming a VC. No prizes for guessing how my VC chats went. But you don’t really have VC experience.”

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Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC? Great analysis from John Greathouse: Do You Speak VC?

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Metrics Venture Capital News Product 264

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

What's your thoughts on the local venture market? We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. We have a regional focus here, and the market is underserved in venture capital, yet it's the second largest metropolis and DMA in the country. We'll even write a half a million check.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. ” So I thought about what was unique about me.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

I was raising money for my second company and having been burned by term sheets on my first company I was eager to get myself knowledgeable before signing up to take VC again. So when I first signed up for Twitter I naturally subscribed to Brad’s feed. I started reading Brad’s “term sheet&# series.

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