Both Sides of the Table

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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 years ago. I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2013

But of course life isn’t like this. Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. We all face demons and stress.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

Of course he wanted to talk a lot about his product and company – he was looking for money after all. When I joined GRP Partners in 2007 I was offered a role as a General Partner. Some practical examples. Jason Nazar is a master networker. As good as they come. But every time he came he was looking for ways to help me.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Of course everything could be replicated if a massive juggernaut like Amazon or Google wanted to pour all of their resources into it but I’m talking about technology that is hard to replicate, takes years of know-how and once adopted is significantly valuable.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I wouldn’t say it’s 1999 or even 2007, but it certainly has turned around. Of course, a lot of people say the same thing. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? in terms of the activity, with not only jobs aplenty, but offers and counter-offers hitting good talent. Depends on complexity. Sorry, I wish I could be more help.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. How to Craft Exclusivity Agreements.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

But of course life isn’t like this. Never was that more clear than in this short, but tear-inducing post from 2007 by Aaron Swartz , who you probably know took his life last week at the full-life-in-front-of-him-but-didn’t-feel-that-way age of 26. Who of course made me go in the water also.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are so many events to attend that one could become a full time conference attendee and you could easily feel like you’re missing out with each event that happens without you and of course there is Twitter and Instagram and Snapchat to remind you just how fun it was for everybody else.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

Some people call this the emergence and development of a new type of leader, called the algorithmic leader, who can steer the course through the world of big data, machine learning, and the constantly changing demands of new customers and social trends. Only your human element can imagine what life might be like in ten years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Of course it’s much harder to identify “emerging managers” who it turns out have been some of the best performers over the past 5-7 years such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, First Round Capital, True Ventures, Greycroft, Foundry Group, Thrive and Upfront Ventures. 2007 was the watershed year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Well, obviously if you knew that in advance it would be big of course that would be true. 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. And of course there are always outliers. There is no such thing as a uniform price. It was early 2000.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. Founded in 2007. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are. Time will tell. Employees: 27. Total raised: $16.5mm.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. Of course, it’s never complete. Gap closed, right?

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the course of your follow-up, politely ask them for the contact information of the person they referred to you so you can ensure that the prospective customer receives your highest level of service. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. —

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

In the normal course of pursuing areas that naturally interest you, if identify a problem that you are passionate about solving and the resulting reward is sufficient to satisfy your desires, you will eventually realize that you have stumbled upon a great adVenture. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. But remember what you learned in your MBA course – less downside / less upside … risk vs. reward. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). Not my problem.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

In the course of your follow-up, politely ask them for the contact information of the person they referred to you so you can ensure that the prospective customer receives your highest level of service. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Hmmm, I actually don’t read other entrepreneurial books or blogs – except infoChachkie of course [Editor’s Note: Kevin is clearly full of it here!]. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. You can build software a lot quicker and cheaper as well.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The public version was launched in 2007 and got on the front page of Digg, on Lifehacker and Smashing magazine. From 2007 to 2009 I added a lot of icons and made minor improvements. Many of my courses were about databases, web design or programming, so I could often just work on a part of Iconfinder and still finish the course.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2010

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

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Of course, thats probably even more true in Silicon Valley. that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

This is something that goes against your Driver’s Ed class and natural instinct, but you’ll ultimately emerge faster at the end of the course. Something we outlined for Rubicon Project back in 2007 when we were just starting off was to create specific “full-time” jobs vs. “part-time” jobs.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2013

Raghu Kulkami: We started our IDRIVE service around 2007, but we had been around before that. Of course, SkyDrive has the huge marketing power of Microsoft behind it, though Dropbox is a startup. As far as we know, we''re the largest cloud storage provider which is based here in Southern California.

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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. Now we have it.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2010

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

Valuation is one of those ubiquitous words: at least when it comes to discussions around startups — and, of course, stock market multiples. A little background: 409A valuations are named for the section of Internal Revenue Code Section that created them in 2007. But it can be confusing because there is not just one type.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. 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.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — —. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. Meredith Publishing. All rights reserved.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Making numerous, small course corrections, based on data learned from your customers, is a more effective go-to-market approach than investing time and energy into establishing a grand plan that is dogmatically executed and likely to be outdated by the time it is implemented. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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