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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. As a result of this activity I have now personally returned significantly more capital in my 5 years than I have invested.
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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. The idea immediately resonated.
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DECEMBER 14, 2014
It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) We spent a lot of time together in her early days and I covered her early business activities here. We have witnessed one hell of a startup boom from 2009-2014 which has coincided with the boom in accelerators.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
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). So for argument’s sake let’s triple the number of active VCs and call it 300. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. Their data looks at tech VCs.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Allen Hurff: From 1997 to 2009, you could never really find a group of people in Southern California you could meet with at a cafe in the industry, but if you went to San Francisco, you could go someplace like 21st Amendment near South Park, and sit in a room with eight people and create a future protocol of the Internet.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2009
GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We've heard quite a bit about your mentoring efforts here, can you talk about that? That's what I'm hoping to do.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 3, 2010
We actually saw lots of startup activity in Los Angeles last year. Scott Sangster: The Tech Coast Angels is still actively investing. We invested all through 2009, and are currently seeking investments to do in 2010. You also look at IPOs, and the long term trend there is still being played out and is still yet to be determined.
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