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MARCH 6, 2016

In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. In 2008 I started VC blogging.

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JULY 13, 2010

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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APRIL 21, 2013

In 2007, Sarah joined Current TV. in 2007 (and) 2008 (and I realized) there is all this online video being consumed and it''s not being consumed on Current. these guys, even in 2007, had tens of millions of views. Sarah then discussed five areas of advice. That video is. what started it all.". that freed me up to.

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APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I tried to be at every event.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

After that, I had the opportunity to move to Australia in 2007, and joined a venture capital firm called Starfish Ventures. In 2007, the cleantech excitement was in full swing. Back when I was doing energy investing in 2007, there were only 7 gigawatts of solar power world wide. You then caught things like Web 2.0,

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2009

For our Insights & Opinions section today, Cathy Ashbaugh, President of Pacific Shore Resources, a local recruiting firm, gives some well timed advice on how to handle a layoff: As we enter into the second quarter of 2009 we are beginning to see small signs of hope and improvement in the economy. Yet, we are not out of the woods.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many pulls & tugs at our elbows for time, for coffee meetings, for advice or speaking engagements or cocktail parties or dinners. My general advice is to do less. I offer the same advice for many of my friends who are newer VCs. The best of the best in our industry are feeling it, too. Easier said than done.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

As I reflect upon the journey’s I’ve taken as a VC since 2007 I realize that the ones I was best at – and that I enjoyed the most – are ones that began by falling in love. Startup Advice' Whenever somebody has a car startup I send it straight his way. I know that sounds corny but it’s true.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Their first company was called Traffic.com, which they sold in March 2007 to Navteq for $180 million (not too shabby). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I’m not sure why you’d do that unless you had to. I met the CEO Brian Malewicz several times.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Advisor – As noted in Old Gray Advice , a mature entrepreneurial confidant can provide invaluable context and annotation to your experiences, while helping you avoid common startup pitfalls. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. Meredith Publishing.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing.

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JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

What's the best way to get legal advice, if you're a small business? The startup offers up legal advice for just $59 per month for small business owners, matching them with business attorneys for legal work and one-on-one advice. We caught up with Brian to hear more about the startup. What you are up to with this new company?

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Selecting value-added angel investors and advisors can also help with the camaraderie issue, as they can provide advice and counsel during the solitary period of hard-core coding and product development.

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MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Tags: Start-up Advice. Time will tell.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

I know that 80+% of the people listening to me must have thought that was the wrong advice. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). Tags: Start-up Advice. I told him to quit his job first. If he wasn’t prepared to do that he wasn’t a real entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

If you rate the market on a one to ten scale, with one being 2002 and ten being 2007, we''re probably at around five or six. For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Non-verbal responses do correspondingly influence future behavior, but to a lesser extent than verbal responses.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Since its origin as an academic research project in 2007, Eucalyptus has become the dominant open source cloud solution, boasting over 25,000 clouds formed. Marten also offers some grounded advice for emerging entrepreneurs interested in starting a venture within the cloud ecosystem.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). Over the past 2.5

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

What advice would you give an emerging entrepreneur who is looking to establish themselves as a thought leader? Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. This clearly helped you establish credibility in the early days of lynda.com. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You must have enough passion to ignore such advice and move forward with a smile. . Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. As noted in What If? , you will face countless Dream Killers who will relish telling you all the reasons your adVenture will fail. Meredith Publishing.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2010

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. _. — Meredith Publishing.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 7, 2010

Despite the pathetic nature of Barney deals, the big purple dinosaur offered sound business advice to entrepreneurs in a TV episode entitled, “Sharing means caring.” Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. We’re a great big family.”. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 or 2005-2007 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time). Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

This is not simply altruistic advice, as being available to your company means that you can focus on getting results without being distracted by a problematic personal life. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. While enhancing your ability via your availability, make sure you also make yourself available to your loved ones. Utility All Star.

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APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. ” Hours and hours if you’re engaged.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com. You can learn more about his experiences at johngreathouse.com _. — Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This approach ensures that the investors’ advice regarding future funding events is not self-serving. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Investors that do not invest beyond their pro rata share are relatively indifferent as to a follow-on funding round’s valuation.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

What advice would you give an emerging entrepreneur who is looking to establish themselves as a thought leader? Copyright © 2007-11 by J. 8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist. Our motivation has always been to help people learn.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Rather than blindly follow this advice, consider measuring your NPS after unpleasant customer interactions, via a web form. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Despite the indisputable reality of the Consistency Principle, NPS consultants frequently advocate assessing a company’s NPS following contentious situations. from the Wharton School.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We provide three lines of service, one is called Developer Advice, which is not a common service out there--where customers can have confidential discussions with our architects through a secure forum, so that they're not posting specifics about their customers or projects publicly. It gives them an escalation path only dealing with us.

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