Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. Are we in a bubble?” By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza. of the fund.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 11, 2010
Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As an early stage investor you’re often planning around 10x your investment at the time your write your first check so in this case you’d be going into your investment expecting an exit of $800 – $1.2
InfoChachkie
JULY 23, 2012
One of the firm’s more infamous marketing stunts was their 2011 music video, entitled I’m A VC. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. If you have ever dealt with pretentious investors, you may pull a muscle laughing. We have never done a press release.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 15, 2012
All you need do to become an Angel is identify a promising venture and write a check. According to the NVCA, only 45 first-time funds were launched in 2011. Aspiring baseball players are not intimidated by the competitiveness of their sport. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital.
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. Any competition in LA? We haven’t identified any competition in LA, specifically. Athletes can join for free.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. o Put a timeframe/money – competition in the picture. Here’s a summary of our interview. He told them it was now or never.
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