SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. Enjoyed this post? The Holy Grail of.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x Segment Two: “Deal of the Week”. AppDynamics.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Go on, have a bit of fun down memory lane!).

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

In a 2010 TechCrunch article , Ron Conway discusses the success and failure rates of the ~ 500 companies he had invested in during the prior 12-years. Looking for small ventures will help you open your eyes to the myriad of opportunities that surround you. The form at the end of this entry may help you organize your thoughts.

Startup 243

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

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Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78