Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Of course the naysayers are out again. Are we right in all of our assumptions and diligence?
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. Of course, not all VCs are like that, and I've started some good relationships with them, but others are complete a**holes. Tell us a bit of the story on how you started HashtagOne?
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Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 1, 2014
Not that good old fashioned leg work isn’t still required of course.). 2013 was a huge year for startup investing to say the least, and with how things have been shaping up in Q1 of 2014, things are going to get a whole lot crazier. But of course, this isn’t to be mixed up. Introducing SeedInvest.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 12, 2018
Of course we have to believe that there is a viable market, a differentiated product offering and a chance to build something defensible but if you do those basics right you still get crushed without an amazingly talented founder. With Ring it became your doorbell so of course you always use it when someone’s at your door.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
Reviewing financial & operational performance. 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. Defections of large swaths of talented employees due to low morale. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2016
The company became a Wall Street darling when it raised $1 billion-plus through its 2014 IPO, and now claims to have deployed roughly $19 billion in loans since inception. Some borrowers would prefer to deal with the original lender if a problem arises during the course of the loan, he said.
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