socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. In 2009, we immediately approached the law firm market because we knew it so well, and because we had lots of relationships from over the years.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. To get any notice from any accelerator, the best thing is to have their current companies and mentors refer you. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. What has characterized the most successful companies that you've seen?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

By prints, I am referring to anything that hangs on a wall, whether that's a framed photo, framed canvas, acrylic. 2009, at which point it was generating enough revenue for me to live on it full time. First of all, tell us what Fine Art America is all about? print, in about a month metal prints, and greeting cards.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Chandler Williamson: The technology we have is generally referred to as a high speed, flywheel system. We completed that agreement in 2009, and were taking the original Urenco design, and began to manufacturer that design. (Photo courtesy KTSi: left, Dick Newark, middle, Rudy Lautz, right, Chandler Williamson).

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Daradiction

JULY 24, 2009

For example: Brightkite (Made pals with co-founder Brady at sxsw and they ended up sponsoring Roadtwip 2009 even! Also props to Tyler Crowley for referring us to them, and now I’m pals with Josh Fraser, Co-Founder. These guys are Techstars alum btw.). Cogi (Mark hooked it up for me, and this app is blowing my mind right now!

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

2009 Closed Complaints – 4. I don’t understand what you are referring to about a complaint where we removed your response. Here are some stats. 2006 Closed Complaints – 1. 2007 Closed Complaints – 2. 2008 Closed Complaints – 2. Let me ask you this, how many customers do you service in a month?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It was obviously a joke and a reference to the supposed Bin 38 meeting. We picked up activity aggressively in 2009. I think most entrepreneurs don’t realize this. Price creep hurts investors. But it also hurts entrepreneurs – Mike asked people about what they were doing to keep prices down. VC is different.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. My husband referred me to your blog. Keep up the good work. I am always.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

In 2009, I teamed up with my partner, co-founder Eden Warner. This gives you some idea, and there actually might be a lot of people you might be able to help accomplish their dreams, either by referring them to others or encouraging them. It's managing money for money's sake, rather than money in the context of life.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The Microsoft PDC 2009 event had some huge announcements and not only concerning Microsoft products. Tim has more great Silverlight tips and references that you can checkout here. PR03 – Integrate Microsoft Silverlight with SharePoint 2010 ( Paul Stubbs ). Like I told you earlier in the post not all big news came from Microsoft.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Subject: Reference for Twilio. Too Early – Twilio secured a $1M seed round during the first half of 2009, nearly one year after we met with Jeff. Notice how Jeff first offered value to the expert, before asking for a favor -- perfect execution. Forwarded message -. To: < *@gmail.com > Hi , Greetings from Twilio!

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. My husband referred me to your blog. Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. I am always.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It is what is commonly referred to as “vanity metrics” as in, “Look at how many more followers I got us! Clicks are also a simple measure that you can get from basic link tracking packages. End of story. That’s all “top of funnel” analysis that leaves you flying blind as a marketer. Or Likes – LIKES!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

LinkedIn is the obvious starting point not only because it maps out so many relationships but also because you can tell a lot about work history, references, etc. I’m surprised at the number of people who aren’t good at tracking down relationships in social networks. Obviously Facebook has much info.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

So with the metoric rise of Twitter now forecast at 45 million as of August 3rd, 2009 (and rising fast), has Twitter Killed the Blogger Star? The same article refers to several other people who are coming back to blogging: Liza at Maui Blog and the futurist Chris Saad. Now we could all sleep more. Or could we? So what gives?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

We live in interesting times where working at a startup is glamorized to the point that many founders even refer to their team members as “rock stars,” which to my ears is cringe worthy. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Mark dutifully went to partner meetings, back-channel references began, firms started calling existing VCs to “test prices” and we started debating whom our best partner would be.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Here, when we speak of performance, we are specifically referring to the speed of the application in providing responses to requests. Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today. What do we mean by performance? Web application performance is a broad discipline.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

In fiscal year 2009 (FY09) the proposed effort will amount to a roughly 15% increase of $12 billion. It was referred to the Labor/Education Committee and was there left for dead. Sylvester Reyes (D-TX), which is the STEM Promotion Act of 2007.

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