make-it-work-the-real-story 
Eric Greenspan
JULY 3, 2012
The real story behind Make It Work’s demise isn’t exciting. 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. We failed because we tried.
InfoChachkie
JULY 18, 2012
Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. The real story behind Make It Work’s demise isn’t exciting. Make It Work was an amazing company. As Make It Work’s co-founder and CEO, I take responsibility. I was wrong.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 14, 2014
It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. THE FULL STORY. There are 2.9
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. The answer? Something so simple.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 7, 2015
” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. Morrill said. But then you are sitting there alone at 3 a.m.
socalTECH
JUNE 5, 2012
Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig. The two sat down with us to explain the idea behind the company.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). 2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way.
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