Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it. This is true on all of the major tech blogs.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. Of course – some people can be remote.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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Networking Media Content Customer 366

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Somebody commented that in 2013 I have done a lot more personal posts than usual. “You’d imagine your favorite founder, VC, blogger, political figure, billionaire, whatever has a stress free life pontificating about how to build the next really cool, society-altering product or changing a city, state or country. It just happened.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

The name of the fund—which will back startups focused on cloud computing, machine learning, and security, with an emphasis on technology that complements Microsoft’s own products and services—is Microsoft Ventures. That forms one end of the company’s spectrum of startup activities.

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Funding Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Writing 62

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. CreatorUp was launched online in Beta in January of 2013 and our startup team is based in Los Angeles. When was it launched and where? How does it work?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. I try to remind people that raising money is about building rapport and you can’t build rapport wading through 60 pages of charts or showing 45 product features.

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Startup Venture Capital Course Marketing 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Over time you start to figure out who you customers are and how to sell to them or how to get them to adopt your products if you’re a consumer-oriented startup. You may have raised money across multiple rounds of investors from 3-4 different VCs and of course most of them would like board seats or at a minimum board observer rights.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit. And let the entrepreneur decide the course of action.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson. . A spokeswoman told Xconomy it was part of an “internal re-alignment.”

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News San Diego Journal Technical Review 57

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

He also benefited from a program already in place, an oral multiple sclerosis drug called dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) that went on to win FDA approval in 2013 and become a blockbuster drug. It’s currently Biogen’s top-selling product, generating close to $2 billion in sales during the first half of 2016.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

By haphazardly creating a lesson plan through a loose conglomerations of videos, blog posts, tweets, and Internet cat videos. With a complementary skill set, he highlights Kris’s strengths in the product/visionary/strategic side of things to MentorMob’s success. They knew there had to be a better, more efficient way.

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Startup Competition Entrepreneur Google 99

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Celgene paid Acetylon $100 million in 2013 for an option to buy the company outright, but the deal recently expired without an acquisition, leaving Acetylon to chart a new course. Celgene remains an Acetylon investor, however, and the two are testing drugs together in a variety of trials.

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Google Technical Review News Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Sonny Vu – Misfit Wearables , developers of the world’s most wearable sensor products. Our personal favorites?

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

We began working on the project in November of 2013. TZ: Could a Buddytruck customer potentially use your product as a delivery service for things such as Craigslist sales or giving items to friends? Of course, the driver can opt to take you on as a passenger, but that’s solely at their discretion, no guarantees.

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FAQ Startup Technical Review Santa Monica 98

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

As you must have guessed, QNX is currently rocking with a 53% share in 2013, and over 60% in 2014. Communication between cars will provide precise data about traffic jams, car incidents and road works, and of course, is likely to lead to a reduction in the chances of a collision. and a contributor to the SoftServe United blog.

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Google Artificial Inteligence Research Marketing 40

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. March 28, 2013. Simulating production environments. For this exercise, we aimed to configure every framework according to the best practices for production deployments gleaned from documentation and popular community opinion. Previous Everything about Java 8 March 26, 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. ” Of course life is more complicated. So prices start dropping. Now I can buy more properties cheaply!”

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Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150