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MARCH 6, 2015
*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur.
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APRIL 13, 2011
In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I was starting.
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APRIL 2, 2010
I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. What is total assets under management? -
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. If you’re an entrepreneur, the glib answer is “no.” You Can’t Sign This Deal.
socalTECH
JUNE 27, 2011
Scott Saunders: I spent nearly my entire career on the investment side, and in 2005 switched over to the entrepreneurial side of the world. Our special sauce in that, is instead of focusing on categories like groceries and restaurants, we've mapped everything to brands instead. Tell me the story behind Payoff.com?
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MARCH 25, 2016
In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand. MakeSpace provides physical storage.
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