Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. The monkey on my back.
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 24, 2019
That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. With seed up massively between 2006–2014 and A and B rounds relatively flat what you see is a widening of the funnel going into traditional venture. So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?
TechCrunch LA
JULY 21, 2020
In 2014, we established the Play Equity Fund, the only nonprofit focused on Play Equity as a social justice issue,” said Renata Simril, President & CEO of the LA84 Foundation. For each of the founders, activism and community engagement is as important as the business of setting up a new sports business in Los Angeles.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 27, 2014
I wrote my version here and Scott wrote an excellent write-up of his views here. Mark didn’t get a chance to talk about that topic but since he’s writing about himself in third person here he can confirm that is 100% the strategy of Upfront Ventures. And we ended. Startup Lessons'
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2014
Obviously you should have somebody that helps you research journalists, gets you meetings, pitches stories, helps prep you for interviews & helps make sure your writing is cogent. The reality is that a journalist who’s writing a story about you – a relatively unknown entity – wants to hear directly from the founders and/or the CEO.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal.
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