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. I thought this was a good time to reflect on some lessons of the past 10 years. Over the past 2.5 The reality is that defensible IP takes years to build, takes large teams of dedicated staff to develop and then market, sell and service clients.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2019

In fact, I believe that to be a successful leader in this new era requires a different way of thinking and a different set of skills, to complement the gut instinct reliance of past leaders. 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

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. 2007 was the watershed year. On the surface the narratives have been. The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). Why is this? .”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Social network app developer and ad network.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. And, I dont like to copy and paste.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Boulder, CO-based Miragen, a developer of drugs that utilize microRNA—small molecular regulators of gene expression—has merged with a diagnostics company called Signal Genetics (NASDAQ: SGNL ) in a bid to go public. The combined company will thus develop Miragen’s microRNA drugs for blood cancers, fibrosis, and other diseases.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

We had an advanced application development and innovation team. We had a new tablet we had developed back in 2007, and we were asked to come up with concepts to drive cellular usage. We're not interested in much of what happens in the past, mostly in what's happening right now and in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

For children with a proclivity toward business, a newspaper route provided an invaluable opportunity to develop the following entrepreneurial skills: Punctuality – Newspapers had to be delivered on time, irrespective of the weather, the fact that Sunday papers can weigh several pounds each or the requirement to wake up at the crack of dawn.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child. Lennon or McCartney?

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We have never been in a hurry to make something happen more quickly than it was supposed to – there has been no reason to take on investors or enter new markets that we can’t develop on our own profits and initiative.”. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child. Lennon or McCartney?

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2011

As shown in the chart below, an MVP² product arises when the following characteristics are present: Fast Time To Market – The product development cycle is relatively short and mature distribution channels are readily accessible. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. MVP² = Minimally Viable Product With The Maximum Value Prop. Meredith Publishing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g. Love to hear more views! .

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Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. 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.

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Gogii Mobile Activision Electronic Arts 200

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

billion in 2005, and finally sold again to Google in 2007 for $3.1 We've all done well from startups in the past. I imagine that prior success gives you a great deal more flexibility in how you develop this? How is the firm funded? Kevin O'Connor: Right now, it's funded by all three of the founders.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

Although an additional 140 Oswald episodes were produced over the next 14 years, none of them was nearly as successful as the first 26 installments, which were developed under Walt Disney’s tutelage. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

We provide, develop, and deliver a video-based software platform, which provides sales and support for consumer products, and specifically for products that are complicated. Kim Folsom: For the past twelve, going on thirteen years, I have worked with video based applications for business, to solve business problems.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. How do you figure out how to get past all of that noise, and create a popular title? How did you get into iPhone development? It's very broad, and casual.

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Mobile Startup Software Review Platform 216

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In addition to these utility roles, I also lead revenue generation: managing direct sales, business development and online sales. Copyright © 2007-11 by J. At both companies, I was the head of Finance, Human Resources, and I managed all of our legal needs (as described in Roping In The Legal Eagles ). John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

In our past lives, we built businesses that scaled to handling over a billion calls per year and used performance marketing to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. We were the first to develop solution purpose-built for this industry and with a lot of hard work and a lot of feedback, we’ve gotten things mostly right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. In the past I have publicly commented on some specific companies that seemed over valued.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

To get an idea of what one startup in the industry is doing, we spoke to San Diego-based AirHop (www.airhopcomm-web.com), a developer of software being used for small-, pico-, and femto-cell networks. When I started in 2007, one thing we did even in the early days was engage with operators. Thanks for the time today.

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Networking Startup Software Tips 153

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

In late 2007, we had a group of guys were creating concepts about social identity. In late 2007, Chi.mp in creation and development of new technologies, trends, fashion, style, and communications. For me, I was born and raised in Hawaii, but have lived in San Diego in the past. Rob Farrow: The reason behind Chi.mp

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

It's been a very busy for coupon and deal sites over the past few months, with a giant, $950M round of funding for Groupon, and the acquisition of at least three locally headquartered coupon and deal sites--LogicBuy.com, NextCoupons.com, and DealPerk--in the last month. Loren Bendele: We started in March of 2007.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

For instance, engineers will typically evaluate ideas differently than people engaged in sales, who in turn will consider ideas from a different vantage point from those responsible for product development and marketing. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. If you do this effectively, you and your team will always know What’s Going On. _.

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Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

While their past efforts at Apple TV have been mediocre it seems clear that this time they’re really trying to get it right. The launch of their new Boxee Box in November and the user acceptance of that will be telling for their future development. Clearly Boxee captured the imagination of this early-mover user base 2 years ago.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

A number of international versions were developed soon after its initial release, but America has consistently remained the bastion of Monopoly’s popularity. Monopoly is a great training ground to develop cash management skills. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Hands on Learning. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. Meredith Publishing.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Training Startup 154

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). In fact, he almost didn’t get Quigo past the finish line. It took 3-4 months into the development of the product for Hashable to realize that it is a mobile first, web second service.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We came from the financial industry space, and have been developing large ERP systems for large law firms around the globe. We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. What's the background on the company, and how did you start? Dave Terry: We've been very fortune.

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Software Report Startup IBM 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In a matter of months, he developed technology that was superior to that created by the world’s leading scientist over the prior 15-years, despite his lack of a formal education. Thus, it often pays to develop points of differentiation which are not based on product features. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. from the Wharton School.

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Competition Education Technology Entrepreneur 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. Installation really only takes a minute or two, you do a copy and paste, and by doing so they start to get relevant information back.

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Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Funding Paths To Profitability, Not Burn Rates – UnVCs do not encourage entrepreneurs to develop large cash burn rates that must be fueled with future funding rounds. When entrepreneurs are viewed by investors as their partners and not their subordinates, a healthy, long-term and mutually beneficial relationship often develops.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. Installation really only takes a minute or two, you do a copy and paste, and by doing so they start to get relevant information back.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jim Farley is Ford Motor Company’s group vice president, global marketing, sales and service. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Los Angeles Angel Social Media Media 75

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The development of a detailed strategic plan is irrelevant, as the specific actions required to achieve this overarching goal are unclear and will ultimately be determined over time, based on exogenous circumstances and on-the-job learning. . Copyright © 2007-11 by J. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Entrepreneur Course Startup Ideas 193

InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

Validation – The reflected glory of our high-profile associations gave us significant visibility in the medical device community, which enhanced our sales, business development and fundraising efforts. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. As a result, we transformed our conferences from expense line items to profit centers. .

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Startup Conference 168