Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Total raised: $16.0mm. Other Deals.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Too bad, as the initial funding round has increased over 4,000 times in value, making a $250,000 investment worth more than $1,100,000,000. A VC has done their job when their funds include enough great companies to generate an industry-leading outcome. Nope, that’s not a typo. Note: I am not disclosing my friend's identity.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I responded to his tweet, we chatted on the phone and he asked me to co-host the event on Dec 14th, 2010. is providing funds for food, AV, security and an amazing venue at their HQ complete with every amenity one could ever need to pull off a successful meetup. I of course agreed to get involved. ’s HQ in Burbank.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Read more: TechCrunch. Marketo competes with MarketBrite and Eloqua.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Click here to watch live on Wednesday Sept. 22 @ 5:30pm PT. We have a special treat for you.

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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. I have personally reported ThingFetcher to Rackspace twice, by the way.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Xobni’s main competitor that I know about is Gist, funded by Brad Feld at Foundry Group. Others I have not.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. It filed for an IPO on August 6th. 1B+ Revenue.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Njoku in April this year closed an $8m funding investment round from Tiger Global and another $2m from a Swedish firm, Kinnevik and still he says more is yet to come. iROKO Partners was launched in December 2010. Tell us about funding rounds you have had? However building Iroko Partners was not a walk in the park.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Print advertising is expensive, but social media is free. But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. My fund was an early investor in Overture. Recent Comments | 3 Total February 26, 2010 at 6:37pm by bill right L.A. RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. then in Silicon Valley.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . jim spencer, media convergence group. But, with the.

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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. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC.

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