Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 2, 2011

Monday, August 8, 2011 -- HostingCon. Web hosts, ISVs, SaaS and Cloud Providers Amass at HostingCon to Shape the Future of Hosted Services. HostingCon is the premier conference and trade show for the hosted services industry. See [link] (more)

SaaS 113

SaaS Web Conference Education 113

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

Businesses of all sizes are realizing cost savings, efficiencies and productivity gains they never thought possible. Providers make their pricing model transparent and easily available on the web, so it’s simple to calculate the cost savings of the cloud. Finally, IT security expertise will remain important.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Time will tell. Go Boulder!

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Amplify provides seed stage capital to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000 in companies with a viable product that are demonstrating some degree of traction. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40