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APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 But, in fact, I would rather have an executive summary than a pitch deck. was starting.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I interviewed Eric for an hour for - This Week in Venture Capital. Or if you’re pinched on time the summary is below and the time coding can help you watch a brief snippet on topics that interest you. 8:17 How did you decide to go with either shrinkwrap or web only product? ” This week was no exception.

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

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APRIL 17, 2012

Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. Not versus every other VC but versus many. In Summary.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

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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. Most people are lazy.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

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JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. Welcome to the future.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Executive Summary. Fund raising is bloody hard. Why buy me?

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). The way we use “computers&# is dramatically shifting. What does it do?

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. . Venture Capital Funding 7. I'm 30, now will you take me seriously? Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

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APRIL 2, 2014

I have found that one of the most useful role I can play as a VC is to meet with early-stage teams of the companies in which I’ve invested and have the debate with them about critical projects. In summary – I have been involved with software development for 25 years.

Software 344

Software Startup Design Course 344

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MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Summary notes, as always, provide below. Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. It was a pleasure to write them myself.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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JUNE 13, 2011

You just have to deal with some insufferable VCs and journalists for a while. It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market? Skype is an amazing web company. You’ll be dead.”.

Google 325

Google Press Marketing Content 325

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MARCH 1, 2011

The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Facebook was largely a web-based company and none of its revenues were generated on mobile, where many analysts were predicting it would be too hard to replicate the revenue potential of the larger real estate on desktop computers. And of course we welcome Microsoft Ventures. Tact stated with a user-centric approach from Day 1.

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

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AUGUST 9, 2011

tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period. But I guess you could say the same about VC. Stock market declines would bring back dog days of VC. If you want a comprehensive summary of the industry in this era it’s worth a read: VC Ice Age Part 1 – What Happens When a Market Comes to a Standstill?

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

If you’re a startup and you haven’t read my summary of Clay Christensen’s seminal work please do. And then they decided they wanted to be the Internet retailer of computing services so they created Amazon Web Services. That’s what I mean by deflationary economics. It is a classic case of the Innovator’s Dilemma in practice.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. I would see this many times of the next decade where I learned that nearly every part of the web that involved monetization was immediately gamed and arms races emerged between platforms to combat abuse and people looking for a quick buck.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210