Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

I’m not sure I really even need to write this at length because Nivi absolutely nailed the topic in his article “ The Option Pool Shuffle.&#. When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. A certain amount of infighting is clearly going on and would make for a great book about this era if some enterprising journalist would write it.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2009

When I sent out 300 invites in early 2006 people thought I was crazy. &# In a way, LinkedIn has become mostly a chore for me – a place to provide intros for two people that I know. Facebook has much more value to me as a networking tool. This is how I met Tristan Walker. He left me a comment on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. I’m now back & ready for action. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We had agreed to sell the company to Salesforce.com and between the offer in December 2006 and the closing March 27th, 2007 I focused exclusively on the sale to Salesforce.com. I’m normally too cool to write posts like this. I prefer to write the December 2010 post about what a great year I had.

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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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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2006, I gave a keynote speech at the Newspaper Association of America’s national conference in Chicago. I remember during one leadership meeting, our Operations Manager brought it to our attention that we were writing $80,000 in Channel partner checks that month and what were we going to do about that? By Kim Shepherd.

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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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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

We started the company in the fall of 2006, launched in 2007, and have been offering our services to all kinds of mission critical websites since then. Software-as-a-service companies write good software, and network companies build good networks, but rarely do you find both that do that well as the same time. We've grown really fast.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Today, I received this email from the BBB: We’re writing to let you know that during the past month the Reliability Report that we publish on Make It Work was accessed 6 times. 2006 Closed Complaints – 1. Great I said, but why use the BBB email address and pose as a BBB staff member if that’s the case?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big? Is that when it became big?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. True Ventures – When I was raising capital for my second company back in 2006 I had talked to many brand-name VCs and had several term sheets. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

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. I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. I have always been entrepreneurial and business focused. That's great.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. Those companies are ones they don't have time to write about, or don't have an interest in, or who they just don't have the resources to write about.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

We do, as of the writing of this in early December, seem to be seeing a correction at this time. The biggest news was the continued bullish market now coming on ten years even though historical cycles show markets don't usually last more than 7-8 years. I had expected a correction much earlier in the year and I was wrong.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2008

At the high end, people can write plug-ins. We left Sony in 2006 in order to do Metaplace--I'd dreamed about doing it for about ten years, and actually put together our first prototype in the spare bedroom, with my wife helping me out. At the high end, we expose scriptability, behaviors, and you can create behaviors and share it.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es They controlled distribution to the masses.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check. We'll even write a half a million check. To answer your earlier question, if we're getting involved in earlier stages, is GRP wants to do A round investments. That as unhealthy. An A round investment in this market is a million to $4 million.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Adorian Deck: I started making Youtube videos in 2006, when I was thirteen years old. That said, I think it's great that people are now able to film something in their bedroom, and jump into Hollywood fame, writing books, and becoming legit stars. Some people lost 40 to 50 pounds, and I lost 25 pounds myself through the process.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Plus, there's always shoulder surfing--when people write them down, and are grabbing for your daytimer or spreadsheet for passwords--that's treating passwords like it's the 1950's, and leaving your front door key under a door mat. Curtis Staker: We completed an asset purchase of Vidoop in January.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. As the co-founder of the Underground Comedy College, for the past 3 years he teaches classes in stand-up, improv and sketch comedy writing to aspiring creative performers. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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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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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. As the co-founder of the Underground Comedy College, for the past 3 years he teaches classes in stand-up, improv and sketch comedy writing to aspiring creative performers. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. I guess I have to keep writing now. =) Going forward, I’m going to take a different approach with this blog. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? splunk is neat since it's somewhere in-between writing your own log parsing and buying off-the-shelf reporting.

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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. Dear Twitter, I have always loved you and I always will.

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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. Dont get in the habit of "re-writing" code (a natural tendency of engineers), its dangerous. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. There are a lot of people out there who can "write code", but very few good engineers. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

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

APRIL 16, 2007

► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. After writing this, I think I smell something. Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location ► January (2) 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Or let’s face it – writing lots of answers on Quora. But my post today is not about Quora, it’s about an answer that I wrote on Quora.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. I admit that my writing style back then was a bit more carefree, provocative and opinionated.

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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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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

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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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

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