Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners. I was reluctant to write about GOAT because I don’t want to pretend that I deserve even 0.1%

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Venture Capital Summary Writing Funding 199

TechEmpower

MAY 17, 2013

Additionally, we have added a new test type focused on writes, wherein a variable number of database updates are executed per request. Note that the Windows configuration presently retains the Linux-hosted database server—only the web/application server is running Windows Server 2012.

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Framework EC2 Web Writing 524

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -- Optimizing Websites, Social Media and Mobile Devices: Risk and Reward in the Wild West of Technology. Should you pay someone to write the code for you or should you use an app-generating and hosting alternative? Do you wonder how to best utilize your mobile applications to improve your business and brand?

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Social Media Mobile Media Technology 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

She entered you reservation by writing in a time slot in a paper calendar and you were in. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. The hostess worked from 4-10pm so you had to call during these hours.

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Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Think you may be interested? Take a look below and give us a shout.

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Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

Eric Greenspan

AUGUST 6, 2012

As I write this, I’m getting ready for my first full day of work in my new career. The concept follows many of the principles outlined by the TED 2012 Prize winner , City 2.0. Thanks to the people at TED and to the authors of this magnificent piece of writing. Life is truly remarkable. Life is short.

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Writing Startup Conference Organization 122

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. Pink Floyd recorded DSOTM after a year of writing and performing the material in front of live audiences.

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Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

2012 And Beyond. For instance, I was recently asked by Inc.com to write a weekly column. All the best in 2012 and beyond…. Naval graciously promoted this entry via Twitter. Do They Believe? StumbleUpon stumbled upon this entry. I have lots of fun plans for my blog in the coming year.

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Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

.” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story. Do I have an “angle” from which to write the story (first company to do X, company does biggest X, consumer behavior is doing X)? One of the masters of this in the startup technology world is Flurry.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. How can you practice timing? Check in with the companies you talked with a few years ago — how are they doing? Ditto people you met a while back.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. And on the road out meeting you. Speaking at events. Holding dinners.

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Troy Miles , A designer and developer of software since 1979 writing games in assembly and C.

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JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

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 ).

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

After my latest company collapsed in June of 2012, I went into a bit of a depression. Today, as I write this, I’m working on several deals in the world of coffee and other food products. I’ve had an interesting run this past year and I’ve dealt with restarting…more than once. I looked back.

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Startup Entrepreneur Writing Customer 167

Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

Next, came MIW II…but before we get to that part, let me explain why I’m writing this post. After the demise of Make It Work II in June of 2012, I reached out to see if I could lend some advice or insight from my 15 year run with two companies named Make It Work. I got paid a few bucks and I left.

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IBM IBM Writing Networking 136

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The first “Intro to the LA Startup Community” back in October 2012 was taught by Sam Teller , Managing Director of Launchpad , a four-month accelerator program started by venture capitalist Mark Suster. About General Assembly: Back in October 2012, General Assembly arrived in Los Angeles.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investments will look great. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Write down the customer pains so you’ll have them for later. Customers sometimes buy things spontaneously without thinking through what their actual need is. It’s just human nature. Ask questions the whole time.

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Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area. In the past, their reviews have been through blogs, and as you know, the second your write a blog post, it falls off a cliff. That's really empowering. It's working out really well. When did you launch?

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Guide Software Review Twiistup Technical Review 203

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. I promised her I would write about this experience for the LinkedIn platform so I didn’t write about yesterday’s trip here. I will write about that as soon as Caroline is ready.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

As one of the young company’s first employees (founded in January 2012 with their first hotspot product launch in 2012) she provides a great inside look at the inspiration that drives the company’s work and shares her own insights on how/why she ended up at one of the wireless data industry’s fastest growing innovators.

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Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

For some reason, the 2012 Atlantic article, “ Why Women Still Can’t Have It All ,” has always fueled me. Whether it is yoga, a workout class or even just writing a journal, spend at least three to four hours on yourself a week. I wanted the career and the family.

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Class Journal Writing Demand 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. PF: Pascal, the French mathematician and philosopher, back in the day said something like this, “I wrote you a long letter because I did not have time to write you a short one.” But that also doesn’t mean write in short, incomplete job descriptions.

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. Be visible online and to traditional media, volunteer to lead, write guest posts for others, be responsive, give stuff away, and provide many ways to communicate.

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Platform Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 105

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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Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. So where are we now?

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Below are some take away tips… and the video of the of the panel. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. Ask for is code samples.

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CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. Steve Jillings: We have really big stuff coming in 2012. One of the big things about Telesign, and if you go back to the founders, and the things they did well before I got here, is they spent lots of time and effort around writing patents and protecting their IP.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company. Tell us a bit of the story on how you started HashtagOne?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference. 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.

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Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. 1 Pre Planning.

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Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Our team was founded in May 2012 and we released our app on October 8 th , Chicago, IL. We have a configurable alarm that reminds people to write down their dream when they wake up. Dream Writer is the app that people can only write down their dreams without any features. When was it launched and where? Who are its founders?

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Template Social Media Media Research 82

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8 billion by 2014.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 9/14/2012. In that context, I offer you my list of ten top startup failure causes, seen over and over again: No written plan.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109