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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). When you think about what makes Google so valuable?—?it’s
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 4, 2015
For example, there are the private company valuation figures that get bandied about: think the numbers people reference for Uber and AirBnB for example. A little background: 409A valuations are named for the section of Internal Revenue Code Section that created them in 2007. The post What Are We Talking About When We Talk Valuation?
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socalTECH
APRIL 3, 2012
We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company. Tell us a little bit about Mob Science, games that you develop? We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform. How did you start company?
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). For many years, they said--we have this service, but no one cared about it. It's been fantastic.
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JANUARY 5, 2010
I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. About a year ago I had lunch with a guy who I believe is an amazing entrepreneur. What about VC’s and Risk? He wanted to raise angel money.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in. if you have a good use for it and we’re excited about your company – fine. Be careful about ever dipping below 6 months of cash in the bank.
InfoChachkie
MARCH 8, 2011
How about this one? I write a bit more about how entrepreneurs can protect their ideas here: Spilling The Beans. Listing a variety of bread-and-butter IP protection tactics would not have been as compelling. In this particular instance, I was tired and about to sign off for the night. Copyright © 2007-11 by J.
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