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. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. We have three partners--two are bankers, and one is an entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, Edward Chen, who is our Chairman and CEO.

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. You get in a line with executives on one side and EITs (entrepreneurs in training) on the other. Even those have a price in our society … Brock Turner raped an unconscious woman and was released in 3 months.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Our best known and first product was the KidZui browser, which we started as a paid service, went freemium, and went entirely free in October of 2010. We've been on a traffic tear lately, and I think we've got a really neat window to burnish that, and get our brands in from of the kids during the holidays, so we get a big start into 2012.

Content 165

Content Startup Web Technical Review 165

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0

Conference 77

Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 77

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0

Conference 63

Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

One year ago I predicted that in 2010/11 the economy, far from being on the path of permanent recovery was on a temporary resurgence and there was a strong possibility of a “double dip” recession. My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. We took $2.3

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. They looked unstoppable.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

My partnership was pretty bearish and scratched our heads a bit at price tags. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

It all started in 2010 with Klout. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). 56:45 Looking at the stock price of Cornerstone. I wasn’t a believer. 47:00 John breaks down the Bing/Klout deal.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303