Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

 —  @jasonlk How the Long Game Has Benefitted Upfront I was thinking about it this morning in particular and thinking about my own personal investment history. sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. Entrada Ventures? —?that

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Saudi Arabian Price Al-Waleed Talal said on Tuesday that he has invested $250M in Snap, taking a 2.3 The investment injection comes as Snap announced its Q2 results, where the company reported a net loss of $353.3M Venice-based Snap Inc. , percent stake in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

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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. In retrospect, our decision was both perfectly rational and completely lame. Unicornless.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” Venture capital isn’t right for many business but if you do want to raise from a VC at some point you need to understand that often investors care more about growth than profits. They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Too bad, as the initial funding round has increased over 4,000 times in value, making a $250,000 investment worth more than $1,100,000,000. Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. However, passing on a killer investment is not the worst error an investor can make. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A viable and investable business model is one of the first things you need to highlight in your business plan. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList. Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. That’s less interesting for me as a VC. I worry about that.&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect any real change in the numbers soon, especially with recent stock market downturns. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

And yes, VC’s, too. We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. Why did you start LiquidStock rather than a more traditional venture fund?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And we were able to secure that investment along with a partner from that firm joining our board.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The way we get compensated, is we receive a percent of net sales that flow through the website. There''s a lot of issues there around pricing and controlling MAP for their resellers. How did you end up going from Senior Associate at a venture capital company to CEO at a fashion related business? READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment. Overall, he remains optimistic towards Bitcoin prices and cues the Dogecoin community’s phrase “to the moon!

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We then turned Citrix’s question around, saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC). VCs typically evaluate their investments based on their best guess as to the startup’s ultimate exit value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC). VCs typically evaluate their investments based on their best guess as to the startup’s ultimate exit value.

Entrepreneur 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A viable and investable business model is one of the first things you need to highlight in your business plan. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

Enter venture debt. By combining our equity investment with a tranche of venture debt, the company has avoided a larger equity round, which would have significantly diluted the Founders’ ownership share. Consistent with the advice I outline in Free Advice Worth Half The Price , I was paid solely in equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. A viable and investable business model is one of the first things you need to highlight in your business plan. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The reasons here are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big recovery anytime soon. Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Weve also found that potential clients find us through LinkedIn. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network. in Computer Science.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2017

Recently Upfront Ventures published its outlook for the technology startup world and venture capital overall titled it “ WTF Happened to Winter ?” This was driven by the influx of corporate VCs, foreign VC money, sovereign wealth funds and the new war chests of VCs who raised new funds in the past 18 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

VCs also get large tax breaks. We invest large sums of our after-tax money into our funds and this gets a long-term capital gain tax rate when we make a profit. To me it favors people like me with capital over those that are purely labor. So these people invest some of their income in stocks. Everybody knows this.

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