Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009 -- The Entrepreneur's Journey: Finding, Launching and Growing the Next Big Thing. The Entrepreneurs Journey: Finding, Launching and Growing the Next Big Thing takes participants on a guided tour from developing the creative idea for a new business to delivering a high market value start-up.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009 -- Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Profile of a Successful Entrepreneur/New Leadership Models: What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Producers: Andy Wilson, Ira Moskatel, Ashish Soni. See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009 -- Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs. This month's Startups Uncensored will be on the "Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs". Startups Uncensored. We are joined this month by Jason Calacanis the CEO of Mahalo, co-founder of Weblogs Inc and publisher of Sillcon Alley Reporter.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 -- Tech Entrepreneur Happy Hour. Let's get together for drinks at Copa d'Oro in Santa Monica to catch up and talk tech before the holidays. There are lots of exciting things happening in LA software right now. Tons of great new startups, lots of higher level acquisitions. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based online dating app developer Tinder , said on Monday that it has named Jim Lanzone--former President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital--as CEO of Tinder. He also has been on the board of Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com since 2014.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? See [link].

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 -- Entrepreneur Mentoring Session. Nitro will help strengthen the region's eco-system for successful entrepreneurship by providing startup entrepreneurs with access to powerful mentoring and executive in residence (EIR) resources.

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JUNE 2, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009 -- Maverick Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs have promising business plans, but are not skilled in how to present their ideas to investors. Do you have a great business idea but are not quite ready to present to angel investors? See [link] (more).

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009 -- Entrepreneurs Forum at UCI. The Entrepreneurs Forum at UC Irvine provides an intimate and informative setting for faculty, researchers, students and staff who are interested in the entrepreneurial process.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009 -- Legal Issues for the Entrepreneur. As any entrepreneur can tell you, getting your start-up out of the gates can be tricky.especially when it comes to legal issues. Entrepreneurs face challenges and risks as they transform their concepts and ideas into thriving businesses. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Entrepreneurs often must take counter-intuitive, contrarian positions in order to succeed. As noted in Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion , entrepreneurs often view the world from a slightly different vantage point, rejecting the oxymoronic term Conventional Wisdom. . That’s logic.”. Lewis Carroll, from Through The Looking Glass.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2017

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 -- bloblive - THE 'Open Mic Night' for Entrepreneurs. Pride is not asking for what you need and generosity is giving more than what you have. Join us to give and get support for entrepreneurial ideas - any stage (dream, start-up or well-established) - in a casual and interactive open mic format.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- "The Future of Energy: How Cleantech Entrepreneurs Will Reshape the Economy" Hailed as the next entrepreneurial boom, cleantech is expected to become an engine for economic growth and help restore America's leadership in science and technology.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 -- bloblive LA - Open Mic Night for Entrepreneurs. Bloblives are a weekly, city-wide series of "open mic nights for ideas" where entrepreneurs of many stripes share ideas and support each other in a fun and relaxed environment. and the audience chimes in with feedback, advice and suggestions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution?

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MARCH 31, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009 -- Why NOW is the Best Time to be an Entrepreneur: How Difficult Economic Times Create Opportunity. We're hearing a lot of doom and gloom these days, and rightly so: the economy is a mess and many great people are out of jobs and left wondering what is next.

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JUNE 11, 2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: Winemaking in Santa Barbara County - A World of Entrepreneurs. Just forty years ago, there were fewer than 200 acres of vineyards in Santa Barbara County. Since then, hundreds of wineries have sprung up and thousands of acres are devoted to viniculture.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2009

The study also said that the nation might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom, because both of an aging population, decline of lifetime employment, and the effects of the 2008-2009 recession on established sectors of the economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups. Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is still extremely rare.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. Entrepreneurs started demanding that VCs call their first-round financings “seed” rounds even if they were $3 million. Why the latter? and there''s always a but]. I saw this myself a few times in a row.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

A few days ago I met a 26 year-old entrepreneur with an attitude that exemplifies what I believe it takes to succeed in this new economy and new world. Most recently, I was selected to be one of seven entrepreneurs for the upcoming reality TV show "Good Fellas Of Baltimore" which centers around businessmen giving back.

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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. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But VC is like congress. hours / day.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Was it hard to raise the fund?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The San Diego arm of the Founder Institute , the entrepreneurship mentoring effort started by Adeo Ressi, said Friday that it has graduated 12 companies from its Fall 2009 San Diego semester. Tags: founder institute entrepreneurship mentoring entrepreneur startup adeo ressi diego. Names of the other companies were not announced.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. According to Morphlabs, the investment came from BroadBand Tower, a provider of Internet services, hosting, and other services in Japan.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Until I was fortunate enough to secure a job with Ron Burkle at the end of 2009. Finally, what advice would you give to new entrepreneurs? All day, every day.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 -- SCVN Emerging Growth Awards. Southern California Venture Network (SCVN) is proud to present the 2009 Emerging Growth Awards. This prestigious event will take place on Tuesday September 29, 2009 in Newport Beach at CODE Restaurant. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. And it’s true that I still take a whole lot of first meetings with entrepreneurs.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010 -- Have Breakfast with Entrepreneur/Investor Frank Peters. Have Breakfast with Entrepreneur/Investor Frank Peters for our Annual Update on local Angel Investor and Venture Capital activities. Frank Peters will provide us an update on angel and venture capital investments in OC during 2009.

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JUNE 5, 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009 -- CONNECT Cleantech Venture Roundtable. Selected entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to present to a group of premier venture capital providers actively funding investments. CONNECT's Cleantech Venture Roundtable will take place on June 11, 2009. See [link] (more).

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APRIL 19, 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 -- West L.A. Connect with clean tech entrepreneurs. Learn what the California Clean Tech Open is planning for 2009. Clean Tech Breakfast Briefing. Find out how you can get involved in the clean tech sector. Join us for a light breakfast, a few short talks on clean tech, and plenty of great networking.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 50 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. See [link] (more).

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