Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. Our mutual friend mentioned to me over breakfast during the late summer of 2010 that Uber was raising a seed funding round. He is now a Senior Executive at Uber, although back in 2010 he had no formal affiliation with the company.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Email Invest Services 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. and Dave McClure.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Startups and entrepreneurs need to be realists. Many of the large endowments that invest in the venture industry have seen their net worth plummet. An entrepreneur should use advisors to find someone "on the inside" who can make personal introductions to investors. Personal networking is key. Marty Zwilling.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Capital Startup Summary 90

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Let’s buy more!&#. Her response?

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

So as an entrepreneur it’s hard to navigate those waters over time. I thought I’d do a quick post on why VC’s don’t like to cross funds so entrepreneurs can better understand the situation and how to talk with their investors about it. Everything that Roy mentions is true.

Invest 226

Invest Venture Capital Funding .Net 226

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Even investors and experienced founders are caught in the same net as recently educated graduates looking to build companies. Originally introduced by Senator Kerry and Senator Lugar in 2010, the act was reintroduced in late 2011 based on opinion that company creation could be a strong push towards job creation. Take the U.S.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. I believe this is wrong.

Venture Capital 329

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 329

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2013

The current record was set in 2010, when sex.com sold for $13 million. First you have to find the current owner, using Domain Tools , or other lookup functions available on the net. Only one sold for 7 figures in 2012 (investing.com sold for $2.5 million), and the average is now down to below $5,000. Negotiate for the name.

Startup 87

Startup Pricing Tips .Net 87

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Having teachers unions in 2010 is so archaic and leads us to have public school systems where the best teachers are paid the same as the worst ones. I graduated this class and at all of 16 years old wanted to be an entrepreneur. I believe in capitalism but I also believe in a safety net. This hugely resonated with me.

Class 340

Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. before which is second-time entrepreneurs. Recent Comments | 3 Total February 26, 2010 at 6:37pm by bill right L.A. RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. What is happening in L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

A web telephony pioneer and serial entrepreneur, Burr will oversee sales and marketing while expanding the range of clients served and building vendor, partner and investor relationships, according to CallFire CEO and Co-Founder Dinesh Ravishanker.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89