Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. This is a theme that comes up in one the most influential business books for me of the past decade, The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb where he talks about the role that luck plays in business success. If you’re a tech startup person I know you know what I mean.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

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. I love how open Danielle has been throughout the development of her startup Mattermark including honest reflections of when she has changed her opinion. I agree up to a point. Hua of Apptimize.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2011

Welcome to the New Year 2011! This is despite all the risks and stresses associated with starting and running a business and the fact that business owners do make a bit less than other executives. The right reason to start a business is not the money, challenge, or the prestige, but the chance to follow your dream.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 -- Orange County Angel VC and Startup Event. At our next Orange County event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. As Guy notes in the accompanying video interview, his primary goal with Enchantment is to reach a broader audience, beyond the high-tech, startup world. My recommendation is that it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- startupSD: Mark Suster from Both Sides of the Table. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. Evan Britton: People love looking up who was born on their birthday.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. For a long time, I had a line which was, ‘Whenever I hear the word marketing, it makes me throw up a little bit in my mouth.’”. Write Your Own Playbook.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I attempted to do a fair balance job of an increasingly important service – AngelList – started by a friend of mine – Nivi with the feelings of a colleague who I respect – Bryce – who has opted out of the service. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. So why I am writing it then?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC. So where are we now?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

We spoke with founder and CEO Samantha Lurey on how her startup is trying to make travel with kids--and eventually, adults--more fun, by providing location-based applications which provide curious travel facts, customizable postcards, and more on different destinations. I ended up hunting and pecking through to find the right information.

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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). To learn more, we caught up with Steve. Every other hand goes down, and ours stays up.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. But let me start with some data. And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down.

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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. What I thought we would do instead, was to try to come up with a business plan competition for only engineers and innovators that came through the engineering school.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

All you need do to become an Angel is identify a promising venture and write a check. In contrast, the operational experiences required to take a company from its founding through a successful exit are additive to early-stage startups. According to the NVCA, only 45 first-time funds were launched in 2011. Microscopic Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Paul Kedrosky made the case for “naive optimism&# being an important part of startup success. I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel good startups. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.)

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2012

The startup has released free online educational materials in beta to the public. At the moment the startup has released biology, economics, psychology, sociology, anatomy and physiology, history and writing online materials for use in colleges. Boundless Learning is replacing the expensive college textbook for free.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

In this article you’ll discover how to start a blog that makes money. One of the hardest things about being a blogger is drawing that line between being a business owner and writing for passion. Most bloggers wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to make a full time income from writing their blog. This is a pop up box.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

TechZulu: Let’s start off with an obvious question. Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. I ended up staying and raising money and we finally were able to launch our Candidate app. What led you to make Proven?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

Formerly an area considered PayPal ‘s domain, new companies are setting up shop in the online payments sector and capitalizing on what they say is the giant’s weaknesses. TechZulu caught up with the founders of WePay and bring you the latest. BusinessWeek named Bill and Rich two of the Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs of 2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

To get some up to speed, Rap Genius , as a team and company have upheld a reputation as anomalies in the tech world. What You May Not Know: They were considered one of the fastest growing companies in their Y-Combinator batch (same as Reddit, Summer 2011) and successfully raised a total of $16.8 Rap Genius, Black Sheeps of Tech.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Be Closing, No Posing – The ultimate measure of effective marketing, especially at a startup, is revenue. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

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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. TechZulu caught up with Michael Piermont, amSTATZ Chief Executive Officer and this is what he revealed. What problem do you solve?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. People get too worked up over the word. But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). I believe that.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Starting November 3-5 (This week) BlogWorld kicks it off as will TechZulu. Jordan Cooper – A professional stand-up comedian for 15 years, Jordan Cooper has toured at comedy clubs and colleges across the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. And why I woke up at 4.50am. And so it goes again. But he learned.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

making connections, looking for jobs, staying up on news, etc.) Since launching 2011 global membership has grown to be over 500k people actively collaborating and supporting each other to move film and television projects forward. Large studios are traditional TV networks are snapping up online content providers (e.g.,

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

We caught up with the CEO William Zell. Will Zell (CEO) is based in Columbus, OH, and is an Empact100 entrepreneur who was honored at The White House in 2011. A graduate of Ohio Northern University , Ferres built a digital marketing agency called BounceFire , which was acquired in May 2011 by a company in Phoenix, AZ.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

But like a Darwinian experiment, the extent to which these gifts are utilized remains entirely up to each individual entrepreneur. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Starting November 3-5 (This week) BlogWorld kicks it off as will TechZulu. Jordan Cooper – A professional stand-up comedian for 15 years, Jordan Cooper has toured at comedy clubs and colleges across the country.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. And I’ll tell you why, starting with where you started and why you succeeded. Users could set up their phone to tweet from it; send an SMS txt and the tweet would appear on your profile. Users on the platform started to tune out.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Thank you @eminutes. .

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