Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

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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. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

We have been smart about how to make investments in our business, and when we jump into a new category or vertical. We spent time going out there and really talking to customers, doing primary research, and have our customers actually help us build our products. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

We started in December of 2007, and my background is from the apparel business. We even have brands using us to test new products coming out in the future, to see if they will resonate with their customer base. As one of the leaders--we launched in December of 2007--we believe this is the new way customers want to shop.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

8 ) SocialStay is effectively a B-to-B, SaaS product that requires you to simultaneously speak to several audiences (hotels, travelers, travel sites, etc.). Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Two Wharton students needed new suits for the dreaded MBA interview season. Within days of releasing the personal version, the Founders began receiving inquiries regarding the price of a commercial version of their product. When working on your venture ideas please consider the following: Structure your idea in six categories.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

We also provide production support, and we're also very proactive in monitoring items that might affect them, supporting the specific versions of software they are running. Our open source powers Hadoop, Jetty powers Google--if you look at our community site, the list of products that use use is exhaustive.

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