Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Why all the fuss about the Twitter firehose? I started announcing my Twitter thesis back in 2011 (still serves as a useful read today). Implicit Indicator (what can you infer about me). But here’s the thing I love the most about DataSift and why we never would have considered selling for anything like $200 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. So we talked about his joining.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them. We announced Fund I in 2011. He also has some other big news in his life but I’ll let him talk about that.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote. I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? I think we are there.

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Clearstone Southern California High Tech GRP Partners 133

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter or two…about how to use Facebook and Twitter.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. I saw that there were a few solutions out there people were blogging about out there, mostly about taping polarized filters on the cameras. We saw growth from just 850 filters in 2011 to 7500 filters in 2012.

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Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

We caught up with CEO Ian Miller to learn about the company and its NoSQL database, and its roots here in applications built for companies like Yahoo and CBS. That system was launched as its own, separate company in late 2011. All of the companies I''ve been involved with have been about scale and performance.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Upon news of his resignation as Apple’s CEO in 2011, it was also announced that Jobs was a victim of pancreatic cancer with public disclosure of his declining health. Steve Jobs 1955-2011. He directly attributed influence a calligraphy class for the typeface and spacing of his Apple products. In April 2010, just about 1.5

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News Class Study Education 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The competition is set up to award $50,000 to the best team each year, and is also tied to a class on entrepreneurship for engineering students. Can you talk about your background and how you ended up here? I grew that for about nine years, and that company was sold in 2000. Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the prize!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”. Here talking about lithium-ion batteries and the early lead we’ve squandered in that market: “ With some technologies, both scaling and innovation take place overseas.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I am on record speaking effusively about AngelList. I worry about that.&#. I know Jason well.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

During the fall of 2011, Steve wrote a controversial post entitled, Why VCs Should Be Startup CEOs. It was just an observation of what I’ve seen, about young VCs in particular and the length of time it takes them to actually understand what it is they are doing. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur SaaS 239

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Busy taking classes and studying all night? Even if they say yes they never show up and you end up with about 10 boxes of extra pizza and less money in your pocket that could have been saved. Have an idea for a startup but afraid you don’t have time to work on it?

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Southern California Evite Startup Class 72

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

” In it Brooks talks about his recent trip to Africa with his 12-year-old son. When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where. You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. But summarizing what I liked most about SxSW?

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. I promise I will never Tweet about celebrities, cable TV shows or that killer burrito I just ate.

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Google Develop Development Funding 133

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. Heidi Muther: I entered college with the intent of becoming a Mathematics professor, but after taking multiple economics classes, I changed my major to Business Economics.

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Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Loudie allows you to communicate about your favorite artists and concerts on your phone regardless of your location. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. Attend and Support.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

We invite you to Apply Here and let us know all about your company and what you would like to put in the Spotlight. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Jenna can also search for local events, boot camps, or fitness classes. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Notably, this was the lowest quarterly deal volume since the fourth quarter of 2011, a period spanning 19 quarters. Have investors drifted, becoming less dogmatic about hitting interim milestones with as little capital as possible? The top five M&A transactions accounted for just about 50 percent of that value.

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Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 40

Daradiction

JULY 22, 2013

Plus the view from our front porch is world class, overlooking a solid point break and white sand beach. The first we did in 2011 is what got me to start up jazz guitar lessons, and the posse noted my progress. Here's Jade celebrating the last bottle she helped polish off and it looks like a new one is about to be cracked open.

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San Diego Conference Startup Class 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Event Details.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We invite you to Apply Here and let us know all about your company and what you would like to put in the Spotlight. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011.

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