socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. Our submission technology is what powers Scripped.com, who you interviewed earlier. In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. What kind of writing and writers are you targeting?

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” Many pension funds are simply too large to write small checks and favor the ability to write $50-100 million checks to funds. From a technology perspective our journey is nowhere near over. Why is this?

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

years ago you’d remember RIP Good Times from Sequoia, which still strikes me as having been prudent advice in late 2008. I started by writing 3-4 times / week. I didn’t have any grand ambitions other than to write, share ideas and try to build awareness of who I am through my thoughts. So which is it? Bull or bear?

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There were no unicorns in sight on April 14th, 2008 when Kevin O'Connor, my Partner Jim Andelman and I met Twilio's Founder and CEO, Jeff Lawson. A true Internet Pioneer, by 2008, Kevin had already founded or co-founded two Unicorns in his own right, DoubleClick (sold to Google $3.1 billion) and ISS (sold to IBM $1.3 billion).

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The world changed, technology changed and the company was no longer relevant. I knew it wouldn’t last forever, but 2008 accelerated its demise and while we continued to do great things, fate and progress eventually took control and it was over. It ended fast and in hindsight, I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.

Startup 167

Startup Entrepreneur Writing Customer 167

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back. .”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital Marketing Seed Funding 150

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis. What we have built, is semantic search technology, which is able to find the most relevant, topical content, and the most socially relevant content, to compliment any content a publisher already has developed for them self.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

Invest 284

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008. We want to be the technology tool kit for social commerce. Our original company was Collar Free, kind of a Threadless for fashion. READ MORE>>.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. That’s stupid.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. But I have some.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

WePay was founded in 2008 by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2008 but launched publicly in March 2010. The two also wanted technology that could help them collect money from friends for school/social groups and weekend trips. When was it launched? Any funding yet?

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without.

Examples 76

Examples Startup Coach Patents 76

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? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

We thought it was a real opportunity to bring in some taste-maker editors, who could write specifically for that audience, and break news. It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. I was very interested in business, and always had been, so I got a job on Wall Street working at JP Morgan in investment banking, in technology M&A.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

High burn-rates fueled by over investment – One of the most damning things that happened to the start-up markets in 97-00 and 05-08 was the overfunding of technology companies. Bu when you start to worry that the world is ending (as it seemed it was in late 2008 / early 2009) you tend to get worried about large burn rates.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) But VC is also a very important part of the technology ecosystem – like it or not.

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

The Knight News Challenge is a contest which highlights digital news experiments and technology, and is closely watched by those in the news industry. It ran in April of 2008. Were you able to get over that technology hurdle? We grew out of an interesting use case. I was a development executive and independent producer.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Examples Ideas 104

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future. The implications of what types of new interactive experiences can be made utilizing this technology are phenomenal. All of this is made possible by Coincident’s ScreenSync TV technology. Cool, right?

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Jim Armstrong: It's broadly technology, from consumer Internet, to marketplaces, from Internet infrastructure to enterprise software. I think there are a lot of opportunities across all of these areas of technology, especially as it relates to Southern California. Post 2008, LPs abhor illiquidity.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

Howard Schultz, who grew Starbucks to 13,000 stores by 2008, decided to step back in as CEO when the economy was killing his stores, and refocus everyone on the customer. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Ideas 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973.

Capital 284

Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. I believe that.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. Jenna can also search for local events, boot camps, or fitness classes.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. Your financial risks of starting most technology companies these days are so low. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. It was May.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

We have thirteen-plus companies which have gone from inception to selling for North of a billion dollars, including the last company we sold, in October of 2008, BillMeLater, which we sold to eBay for a billion dollars. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. So we're focused on technology, and financial services.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. If you asked me to tell you a list of three of the best decisions in my life, I can certainly tell you that regularly writing is one of them. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write. Kanye West.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. And, I dont like to copy and paste. in Computer Science.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

As featured in technology and news publications: Are you new? Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts?&# September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 am. Make sense?

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. On the enterprise side, I know every buyer of technology in this industry. They see how hard she does her job. They know her personally and know she cares about her constituencies even if she has to make tough trade-offs from time-to-time.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Dan Gould is the another founder of Chill and leads the technology team. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40