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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. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. ” Yup.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 23, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009 -- "Accessing Government Funding for Research: Partnering for Success in Challenging Economic Times" Southern California Biomedical Council. government agencies provide funds, such as SBIR and STTR grants, to small biotech and medical device firms in support of their RandD and commercialization activities.
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JUNE 1, 2011
If you take a snapshot during an extraordinary surge in valuations, M&A activity, IPOs and thus wealth creation you’d echo John Doerr’s famous quote from 1999 that, “The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history.&# I started by writing 3-4 times / week. I’ve kept it up for 2 years.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2011
This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. million monthly active users who are creating more than 32 million text messages per day! OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Mostly, I love writing. Why are they doing it on textPlus?
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FEBRUARY 12, 2015
I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. Yes, I still used a Blackberry in 2009. About whether VCs will go the mile for your company or idea and whether they are truly active. Not this one. A “hats off” (see what I did there?) story about big bets and equally grand huevos. And also a “thank you.”
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2012
I got a call from a VC friend of mine who said, “we’re looking at this deal but can’t write the full check. I decided to write a $2+ million check along with my co-investor who offered $750k. But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. .”
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 26, 2022
And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. In our best-performing companies we often write follow-on checks totaling up to $10–15 million out of our early-stage fund.
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