Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. He’s also candid, humble and helpful. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. I think you’ll enjoy watching this week’s video. MetaMarkets.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I’m not going to cover in this post the obvious post-show marketing tasks such as following up on all those business cards you grabbed, communicating with all those people who registered at your site and leveraging your new found fame to score venture capital. 2001-2004 were very humbling but we built a real company.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. Thus is venture capital. My blog was wiped out.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The next time you open a beer, a bottle of wine, or break bread, salute the humble yeast that helped make it, and give a thought to Lindquist, who saw a world of possibility in that yeast. Since 2006, 45 percent of all trials registered on the U.S. Our condolences go out to Lindquist’s friends and family.

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Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► 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. Zondigo, Inc.

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