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DECEMBER 11, 2022
I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 17, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- FundingPost's SoCal Angel and Venture Conference. At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing:How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA. This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. He attends many of the high-profile tech conferences and has been hanging out with a few partners at Y Combinator and such.
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. Such grants offer non-dilutive funding, confer validation from peers, and provide invaluable feedback from experts. Numerous U.S.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2015
I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. Yes, I still used a Blackberry in 2009. He was the guy you always saw at a conference or networking event and would give you a great big hug and smile. Not this one. A “hats off” (see what I did there?) story about big bets and equally grand huevos. Philanthropist.
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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. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more
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. Crazy, huh?
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