2009 Activity Entrepreneur Mentor 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. 5 years ago. Since then? None have exited.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I stayed close.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). But VC is like congress.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2014
It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. David Carter: We have a dev team, and actively working on projects now. David Carter: I think the biggest thing startups need to do is find mentors that they can trust and learn from. Entrepreneurs should seek those people out.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
As the markets went down, just like any other investor, they were very conscious of investing more carefully--but, that said, it also meant that there seemed to be more entrepreneurs, for various reasons, were newly interested in starting companies. We actually saw lots of startup activity in Los Angeles last year.
Tech.Co
MARCH 8, 2018
She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. Today, Joanne works with passionate entrepreneurs who use data assets to disrupt business functions and verticals. Andre is an innovation broker, entrepreneur and advocate for inclusion of minorities and women.
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