Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True). We then moved on to discuss the following deals: Deal of the Week.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2015

While you are busy building your high growth venture, you may have occasionally thought about which large companies might be the ultimate buyer of your company – a buyer that could optimize your idea, customer base, and team. Many large companies have a preferred template from which their deal teams rarely stray. By John Huston.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

from Signia Venture Partners, South Park Commons, and angels. They book through Swoop, which leads to those operators. That's appealing to them, and that distribution and acquisition model has worked very well for us. Try booking a charter busit's pretty much impossible without calling five places.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. Livingston had tweeted that Kik had signed a letter-of-intent with a “great company,” but that it was “not a done deal.” Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too. (no, This is all explicit decision making.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. and negotiated the company’s successful acquisition by Logitech, Inc.,

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million in a new round of financing from Peter Thiel, FF Angel , Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups , Andrej Henkler (former Bertelsmann executive), and Alexsis de Raadt-St. Make it Simple to Manage Business Or Close Deals. LA based CapLinked , a cloud-based business transaction platform yesterday raised $1.6 25 Years of Writing Code.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We've also made it so that consumers can get offers pushed back to them, and those offers will be relevant, because unlike a deal-of-a-day, you will get targeted offers based on what you like, where you shop, and the stores and restaurants where you go to. There were also opportunities for me down here, as I was running the venture fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. This is minutes 8-11.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. Understand how venture debt might shorten your projections. * Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more. For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2013

According to many technology pundits, including Phil Simon, in his book “ The Age of the Platform ,” these four exemplify the rise of platforms with applications as a business model, rather than a single product or service. Startups as well as large companies must be open to all sorts of new ventures, partnerships, and offerings.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

in a funding from Mucker Capital, Social Capital, Hone Capital (formerly CSC Venture Capital), E-Merge, and GAN Ventures. The other channel we have is online acquisition, but I must say that organic referrals really are the main driver on both sides of balancing the market. The company recently raised $1.1M How are you funded?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2012

According to many technology pundits, including Phil Simon, in his new book “ The Age of the Platform ,” these four exemplify the rise of platforms with applications as a business model, rather than a single product or service. Startups as well as large companies must be open to all sorts of new ventures, partnerships, and offerings.

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Platform Tips Startup Tool 97

Xconomy

JULY 23, 2019

The HireAHelper site allows users to find, compare quotes and availability, and book local movers. Now Porch is adding HireAHelper’s independent moving services providers to its lineup of more than 250,000 professionals. Financial terms of. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Mergers and acquisitions pace improving. The number of startups that took slices of the pie went up by 9 percent.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” Your revenue is the $75 million you got paid in booking fees. They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. What did they actually do?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I want somebody that can deal with partners, interest future investors and keep everybody calm in moments of set-backs. You want somebody who can do handset deals in the US, Europe & Asia. Is it book smarts? Amy Chua, a Yale professor, wrote a book about raising children the “Chinese Mother&# way. ON SUCCESS.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. have focused this as advice to entrepreneurs building enterprise software ventures today. This should not deter you. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 24, 2010

For instance, when a venture capital partner votes for a follow-on investment in exchange for the future support of one of her investments, idea cronyism is at work. In his book Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power , Gerald Posner notes that Gordy established a culture in which, “…frank expression became not just a right, but rather a duty.”.

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Ideas Resource Technical Review Startup 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

If your competitor has a similar product that could complement your own, you might consider arranging a deal where both you and your competitor would offer an integrated bundle or new product. Others will now buy your travel magazine over a travel book, for example, which competes with both your magazine and the video individually.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. But that’s not the deal they made with us when we signed up. Facebook continues to try and convince people to make more data publicly available.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

If your competitor has a similar product that could complement your own, you might consider arranging a deal where both you and your competitor would offer an integrated bundle or new product. Others will now buy your travel magazine over a travel book, for example, which competes with both your magazine and the video individually.

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Startup Examples Custom Customer 90

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Whether it is launching a website, developing a minimum viable product, making strategic acquisitions or building out your sales team the founder must have a firm understanding of what it is they want to accomplish, the value it will create and how long the milestone will take to accomplish. Can you afford the delay?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Your Interactive Life Venture starts much earlier than the Ideation Phase (3). 10 ways to profit off of Twitter participation without a book deal, sponsorship or selling your star. Ditch the Book: Running a Business YOUR Way.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Facebook made a deal with us that our social network was private.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. As more venture capital pours into startup companies, it is becoming harder and harder, for small and big companies alike, to find good development talent. Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Coffin has personally invested in Machinima, Mahalo.com, Demand Media, Rubicon, Docstoc, ShoeDazzle, Deal Quad (sold to Beachmint), and many others. Categories Deals. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Services that can make life easier to deal with when you are away or at home. ML: Porter is a really simple consumer app, a one-stop shop for booking your recurring in-home services. We haven’t had any capital to really test customer acquisition strategies. TechZulu: What is Porter?

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. So, now the large networks are revolting against the GoogleClick deal. I'm 30, now will you take me seriously? Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Spend time finding a good mentor who you can trust and who has a genuine interest in the success of your venture. Customer acquisition ultimately makes or breaks any start-up. Modelling a minimal viable culture and assessing whether there is a product-culture fit is vital even if you are dealing with a two-founder startup.

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Startup Design Custom Customer 78

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Venture Capital Funding 7. I'm 30, now will you take me seriously? Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? ► July (1) ▼ June (3) The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything?

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. More venture capitalists also are putting down roots. More Mansion Videos. Wealthy Investors Flock to Puerto Rico. The couple spent $2.8

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

See the books I recommend to friends. User acquisition via each method you use. Most sites don’t have to deal with this so I’ll stop here! My professional background is in online ads, social media, and venture capital. Fave books. Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! Aggregate metrics.

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