Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

By now you will likely have read Andy Dunn’s scathing post about Venture Capitalists in which he decries the industry’s masses. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur.

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JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote. 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. If you are interested the Vimeo is here.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here in LA we continue to be excited about the growth of the startup ecosystem and the quality of the companies here.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Since 2006, NASE has handed out almost $1,000,000 through the program. The organization also recommends that interested businesses attend teleconference presentations to learn more about the process, alongside watching this YouTube video. Create a membership here Deadline: Applications are reviewed quarterly 3.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Somebody asked the question, “What do you think about the term ‘Silicon Beach?” Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. Think about venture capital. My views are pretty well known.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 It has also brought about my favorite new term – Ramen Profitable. I’m talking about your financial spreadsheet. I care about your assumptions going in.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

According to Mike, “I got onsite (in) 2006. In keeping with his advice-oriented videos, I asked Mike what career tips he would give himself if he could go back to 2006 when he began his YouTube career. The more you learn about everybody''s jobs, (the better). Performers Are Entrepreneurs. ten, twelve years.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. When New Yorkers talk about Los Angeles they discuss its sprawling smog and characterize it (as Woody Allen does in “Annie Hall”) as a city “where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.” Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. If you’re about to devote your professional life to building a business, and ready to sacrifice the blood, sweat, and tears it requires, seriously consider this question.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. (5:00 5:00 – 5:55).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. If you have a venture you believe in and you are showing good growth traction, it's all about growth not profitability.

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APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 2. “…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it.

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JULY 22, 2010

And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently. Back then VentureHacks didn’t exist.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. We then started Edgecast in 2006. However, we are both entrepreneurs, and needed to build and do something positive.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. 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.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We spoke with Jose daVeiga , the firm's CEO and co-founder, to learn more about the company. We don't ask questions about every play, but we ask questions about plays that matter. We started in 2006, with an in-venue trial at the Alamo Bowl, where we gave out prizes and coupons. What's the idea behind Klicksports?

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

One of the questions we get most from entrepreneurs is how companies reach an exit event, and the thinking that goes into acquisitions. Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. With any startup, that's always something you think about. Quinn, thanks for the time.

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JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.

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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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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Especially fun when you get him telling stories about his pilot experiences. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Actually, I’ve done this!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 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. What IS relevant about the size of a VC’s fund?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot about comments lately. I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences and how to connect with people on social networks. I got to thinking more broadly about social networks and the real-time web. When I sent out 300 invites in early 2006 people thought I was crazy.

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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. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Farb talks about how he did that.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. If you’re about to devote your professional life to building a business, and ready to sacrifice the blood, sweat, and tears it requires, seriously consider this question.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

Two days ago I wrote about Quora. But my post today is not about Quora, it’s about an answer that I wrote on Quora. Power Users – These are the people you’re likely asking about. They are passionate about a topic (like this one for me!) We all get benefit regardless of our roles.

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Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. First of all, tell us what Fine Art America is all about? print, in about a month metal prints, and greeting cards. building Fine Art America in 2006 as a part time project, and launched the web site in 2007. I figured there.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

We spoke with CEO Bryan Cheung to learn more about LifeRay, and how it grew from a church basement and open source to $100M+ in revenues, without ever taking outside capital. It's really just about being able to make fixes and updates, without introducing new features. What is LifeRay? Finally, what's next on the horizon for you?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Talk about the new firm and the new fund? I'm primarily focused on energy, and a little bit on agriculture and a little bit on water, all things I know something about. Talk a bit about your background in this area? The same thing happened with algae biofuel companies in the 2006 and 2009 time frame.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? The service was created by experience serial entrepreneurs Mark Sylvester and KymberleeWeil, who some might know from creating service introNetworks. What is Likeabilitee? Everyone is different.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. Let's talk about the exit. It was about three years from investment to exit, which we were really thrilled about.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve had a post in my head for months – maybe longer – about the role of a CEO. I finally got around to writing it having read Fred Wilson’s post about what a CEO does. Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. This breaks Matt’s rule about not being a bottleneck.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What''s interesting about ad-tech, is that with the exception of AdaptTV and AOL, there''s not a lot of large buyers out there for ad-tech companies. How about mergers and acquisitions? If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. Now we have it.

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

We sat down with Forsblom to learn more about what he learned from his experience in Finland, and what he's hoping to do here. I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. That's what we're all about. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll?

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Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. If you’re about to devote your professional life to building a business, and ready to sacrifice the blood, sweat, and tears it requires, seriously consider this question.

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