Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

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. Facebook has much more value to me as a networking tool. When I sent out 300 invites in early 2006 people thought I was crazy.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. I then went to Pepperdine University School of Law and graduated in 2006 with a Certificate from the Geoffrey H. You are writing about the essentials of business. and online business networking ?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 20, 2013

Brad Feld seems to write books faster than I can read and write about them. He teamed up with his wife, Amy Batchelor , to write about about the impact that entrepreneurship has on relationships and what to do about it. And this story was written pre Internet, pre smartphone, pre social networks. Not I long for it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

. - Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. Many other great companies are not. -

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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. I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. And covered we did.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: Newsforce is a premium online network, made up exclusively of digital news sites. That's what our network does, in essence, for our clients. Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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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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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Lahman is also one of the co-founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the immensely successful developer of mobile games, which had an IPO in 2004, and eventually became part of Electronic Arts in 2006. Even though write once and run anywhere has been the holy grail, I think it's the false prophet. What's the story behind GOGII?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

At the high end, people can write plug-ins. We have a marketplace to share content, and one of our explicit goals is to foster entrepreneurship on the platform and network, allowing people to sell their creations via the marketplace. The network of worlds we have is essentially a place of places. He's been great.

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MARCH 1, 2010

He invested $8 million in a company in the computer networking space. In 2006, Steven Dietz, a partner at my firm, GRP Partners, had given me $500,000 in a seed in convertible debt when I started my second company, Koral. I’m not just writing that “I love entrepreneurs&# to curry favor with startup CEO’s.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. What Twitter looked like soon after launch in 2006. When you’re the fourth place network, things aren’t going great.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Peter Shankman – PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking”, and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective”. In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. graph consists of a set of nodes connected by edges.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question. msuster looking for an inspired post on when an exclusivity deal (w/ major industry player) works (cons as well) for an early stage tech co. —

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

The reason passwords don't work, is because if you want a stronger password, when a system forces you to use a certain number of characters, or put numbers or special characters into a password, people can use keystroke logging to force themselves into your network or your PC. Forty-seven percent of people still don't use online banking.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). the world’s largest celeb endorsement network).

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Against the odds, within a few years, adMonitor had become one of the most dominant advertising networks on the Internet, serving billions of ads each month for over 3,000 companies such as Microsoft, AT&T and Visa.

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ▼ December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. The team developed adMonitor (TM) , one of the Internets largest and most successful ad-serving networks at the time. Dont get in the habit of "re-writing" code (a natural tendency of engineers), its dangerous.

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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. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location ► January (2) 2. We just started developing.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. You’re writing that book as you go along. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIGGEST… … reason for success: Focus on the customer; thinking outside the box. ► March (2) 4.

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