Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

And I’m going to cross post this entire post on Facebook as an experiment rather than just posting a link on FB and trying to drive people to my blog. So if you’re reading this on Facebook (or on my blog!) I signed up for Facebook before many – in 2005 – when I first moved back to the US.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

Anybody who reads the blog regularly will know that I’m long video. The best way to get across what your startup does is through video, too. Much has changed in online video and many startups are stuck in a metaphor created 5-7 years ago. I’ve made 5 investments in the sector and I hope to make 5 more. Jump the Gun.

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Berkonomics

JULY 28, 2015

September 21st, 2015 marks the sixth anniversary of publication for BERKONOMICS , the blog containing insights for business management, entrepreneurs, and investors. Starting with just 4,000 circulation in 2009, BERKONOMICS has grown to well over 100,000, and is read on five continents by an audience that is 45% female.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. There is not a single case I’ve been involved with in any of the startups I’ve backed that has even a small bit of merit. It is insanely common.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. The Motive for Speaking Up. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” So prices start dropping.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) March 14, 2015. Some smart people whom I like & respect started to weigh in publicly. Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. They already have home court advantage. IMO what Twitter did is defensible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Startups need to build a large passionate group of fans before the campaign. Startup revenues come later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up. From a practical standpoint, there are many ways to learn about business change, and the opportunities that may spring up at any moment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. Two heads are always better than one in a startup. Your best friend, spouse or a family member is the least likely candidate, so don’t start there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

I may be old fashioned, but the term consultant still conjures up an image of a self-proclaimed expert who can make great presentations, generate recommendations and leave you to do the hard work of implementation. Startups need outside experts who can do the work, as well as provide training on what needs to be done.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2019

Yet Frenkel, a participant in the summer 2015 class at Y Combinator , an influential Silicon Valley accelerator program, raised $120,000 from investors by August that year. Early this year, she sold her company, This is L. , to Cincinnati, OH-based Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Too many entrepreneurs still think plans are for investors, and investors are required to build a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2015

In reality, it’s negative, because people who can’t find you or any mention of your startup anywhere on the Internet assume you are not savvy or have something to hide. Add new blog content to your site on a regular basis. These days, everything you do or say, even in a moment of weakness or in private, ends up online.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Does the world really need more servers in more datacenters gobbling up more power to send more tweets and Facebook pages around the world? That’s what we’ve started to tackle and the mission RightScale is on. 9) The story of how you started RightScale is classic. 5) It is 2015. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

I still see too many websites that look like they have had no updates or blogs in months or even years. Interaction with customers is usually started by responding dynamically to customer-service requests, but must be extended to online chats, comments and social media. Blogs must provide value to customers. Focus is critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Mega startup campuses, the latest trend in coworking, are spreading their wings in Europe. As the founding head of Campus London , Google’s first physical hub for startups and now home to over 80,000 registered members, I thought it would be interesting to share the latest developments in this space from my perspective.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Selz, run by a team of around 50 in Sydney, Australia, bills itself as a one-stop-shop for small businesses to start selling products and services online. Martin Rushe, the CEO and founder of Selz wrote a blog post announcing the deal. ” However, the platform shuttered in 2015, just five years after its launch.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75 Founders Jared Tagney and Joshua Windmiller, who met while in grad school at UC San Diego, started the company in 2012 as Electrozyme. The company began focusing on the technology it is currently developing in 2015, Tagney said. The San Diego startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. As a starting point, when we create videos (concerts, weddings, tech events, sports, kids) they often stay stranded on our devices and at best make it to iCloud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kaufmann Foundation , the numbers are finally here to show it. The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

But for startups with limited resources and experience, I always recommend a soft launch or toe-in-the-water approach in a local market -- and scale up later. In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. Proceed with caution.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 12, 2018

Drone startup SkySpecs announced this week that it has raised an $8 million Series B funding round. A lot has happened since we last caught up with Danny Ellis , SkySpec’s co-founder and CEO, in 2015. A lot has happened since we last caught up with Danny Ellis , SkySpec’s co-founder and CEO, in 2015.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2020

In June 2019, banking start-up Monzo announced its plans to launch in the US. Started in 2015, and now with a 800+ team spread across the UK (London and Cardiff), and in the US (Las Vegas), Monzo offers app-based banking to its community of 3.6 Money that’s held in Monzo accounts is insured by the FDIC up to $250,000.

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Xconomy

MAY 8, 2017

Austin —Dell Technologies is publicly unveiling a venture capital investment arm that has been quietly investing in startups since the operation was run by EMC, the data storage giant that Dell agreed to acquire for $67 billion in 2015.

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Xconomy

APRIL 18, 2017

In a recent statement , the 20-month-old startup also said it has raised $1 million in what co-founder and CEO Andy Taylor calls a “pre-seed round.” “Our Sadhal and Taylor (pictured above) founded Approved in August 2015, and moved into the San Diego tech incubator. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The pharmacy industry’s transformation is accelerating, as traditional drug retailers strike deals to expand their businesses and fend off technology startups encroaching on their territory. Like others in its industry, Alto offers online ordering and delivery (including same-day delivery) of prescription drugs.

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Xconomy

MARCH 15, 2019

A global pharmaceutical company based in France has licensed software developed by San Diego digital health startup CureMatch that aims to help cancer doctors customize the combination of drugs they prescribe to patients based on mutations in cancer DNA. The company, which CEO Bob Manning says has raised about $2.5

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Codiak BioSciences, the startup run by former Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) research chief Doug Williams, has rung up its third big round of cash in two years. million since its inception in 2015. The Cambridge, MA, company has closed a $76.5 The Cambridge, MA, company has closed a $76.5 The raise brings Codiak’s total to $168.5

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2018

That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR. That expanded into a 10-city tour in 2015, and a world tour in Europe and Asia in 2016, Pinnell says. Its first mission was to launch a Bay Area VR festival to showcase works in the new immersive art forms.

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Xconomy

MARCH 22, 2018

But in the past few years, Bose has also started to look outside its walls for other sources of innovation. The privately held company made its first investment in a startup in late 2015, and last year it officially launched a corporate venture. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

JANUARY 29, 2018

I pre-ordered a Glowforge from the eponymous Seattle startup on the first day of its 30-day crowdfunding campaign in the fall of 2015, which brought in a record $27.9 This simple project—enabled by a very complex machine—was a long time coming, but it was worth the wait. While some people found this.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In late 2015, the National Science Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to the non-profit organization U.S. Ignite to help drive the development of next-generation “gigabit applications,” as part of a broader effort to create “smart gigabit communities” throughout the U.S.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2018

A healthtech startup founded by two doctors who set out in 2013 to improve the overall management of their respective medical practices is emerging from beta mode Wednesday to offer fellow physicians an office software suite. [ Updated 3/28/18 12:15 am. See below. ]

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Xconomy

JANUARY 13, 2020

Daré Bioscience launched in 2015 with the aim of assembling a portfolio of novel women’s health products intended to pique interest from major pharmaceutical companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

TZ: What was the development schedule from idea to picking up your first haul? This was somewhat concerning, but as the college move-ins and move-outs started to pick up, we began getting 3-5 requests a day, which is what we average daily even after the college move-out season ended. TZ: Is there a size limit of hauled items?

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