Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up. Or, maybe it’s just about getting out of the way and watching what they can achieve.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 16, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 -- The Employee-Ownership Alternative: Building the Company You Want. Entrepreneurs have choices about the kind of company they want to create. By sharing equity ownership with the rest of your team, you can gain critical advantages that help the company grow  and on your own terms.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

He founded Alpha Origins in 2011. Fredi''s email is worth reading, as it reinforces how lucky American entrepreneurs truly are. Geographically, the distance between Spain and the US is about 4,715 miles. However, from an entrepreneur''s viewpoint, the philosophical distance can be measured in light years. Fredi''s Plea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2011

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2011. Some companies turned to cutbacks over boosting financial reserves. A majority of small business leaders intend to be more aggressive in 2011 by implementing a range of actions to advance their businesses. Increase operating efficiencies.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 4, 2015

The rest of the band assumed he was sent in by Wilson and that he actually knew the song they were about to record, which he did not. The track was Like A Rolling Stone , which became Bob Dylan’s biggest selling song as was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2011 as the Best Song Of All Time. Tom Wilson, (said) ‘This is take 7.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? And so it goes again.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. For Developers, programmers and technologists seeking the latest and greatest engines and tools for AR; learn from case studies and post mortems delivered by experienced developers from the leading companies in the space. Dates: May 17-18, 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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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. At Archer we are focused on working with southern California's best entrepreneurs at the earliest stages to build disruptive new businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are in the forefront of these trends, on both the customer trends and the employee trends.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. So we went for it.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. Crowley is no stranger to selling companies and many are curious if he will stick around if someone scoops up Foursquare.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- startupSD: Mark Suster from Both Sides of the Table. Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 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. In each technology company in which Miramar invests, we are focused on supporting the management teams successful execution of its plan.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

We thought we'd get the pitch from Tim Sae Koo , the founder of the company, on how he took the idea from his business class at USC and turned it into a company, which is now part of one of the local startup accelerators in town, StartEngine. What is HypeMarks all about? Where did the idea come from? What's your background?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- The Dating Game: Who Can Best Transform Healthcare? Featuring Diego Miralles, Head of Janssen Healthcare Innovation So, Future of Healthcarewill it be entrepreneur #1, entrepreneur #2 or entrepreneur #3? See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? Groupon is also fantastic.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- Funding the Big Idea! TriTechs 3rd annual funding conference where businesses and entrepreneurs interact with investors and also get a chance to look into the mind of investors in order to find out what it takes to become investor ready. See [link].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011 -- Social Media - Is There Still a Play? Theres been a great deal of talk and hope about the future of social media, and for good reason. Nary a day goes by without speculation about some company like Facebooks supposed pre-IPO valuation. But are entrepreneurs and investors too late?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. I began our discussion by asking Guy, “Why should entrepreneurs read your latest book, Enchantment?”. The reason why an entrepreneur should be interested in this book is because entrepreneurs have to overcome resistance.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. There is an inherent value that any company has. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

I say “struggle to overcome&# because I care about young people entering our industry with a set of realistic expectations about what “normal&# is. That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. I did that? Oh, Crap.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- TriTech's 3rd Annual Funding Forum. TriTech's 3rd annual funding conference where businesses and entrepreneurs interact with investors and also get a chance to look into the mind of investors in order to find out what it takes to become "investor ready". Funding the Big Idea! See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. Crowley is no stranger to selling companies and many are curious if he will stick around if someone scoops up Foursquare.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Thursday launch of Data Collective demonstrates the increasing uptake of Big Data and signals a new door for entrepreneurs building Big Data companies. They say , “We believe another even larger scale disruption is underway and we are poised to help our entrepreneurs take advantage of it”. Founded Two Years Ago.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

I do not advocate that you perform unnatural acts in an attempt to make your company more advantageous to venture funding. LOCATION: I Wish They All Could Be California Companies. Despite the fact that we never moved, both companies were successful. It is also somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. Are we seeing a time in which pre-revenue companies are more valuable than our offline institutional brands? New stuff gets created, it’s fun to play with and talk about. It seems almost incomprehensible that only 2.5

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. How did the company start?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. It’s simply about a team of dedicated individuals that failed. Make It Work was an amazing company. I was wrong.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

It’s simply about a team of dedicated individuals that failed. Make It Work was an amazing company. With over 38,000 cult-like testimonials, one cannot dispute the company delivered a valuable service in a way like no other company has come close. The company achieved many milestones along the way.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 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. Under Nate's leadership, we have redoubled Rustic Canyon's focus on early stage companies working in Internet and Cleantech businesses.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." Microscopic Industry.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011 -- OCTANe Building Blocks - Managing Innovation. Here, we'll talk about four trends that we see shaping innovation in the near term, and how you should respond. Innovation is the core business competency of the 21st century.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. 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. Event Details.

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