Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. We discussed: 1.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? The second major challenged faced by MySQL was the surprise acquisition of one of its key partners, InnoDB, by Oracle. and we managed over time to turn it (the acquisition) into a strength.". Keep Your Enemies Close.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. Summary notes, as always, provide below. Overture (Goto.com).

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Our website is the best place to learn more about us. from the Wharton School.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Our website is the best place to learn more about us. from the Wharton School.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

The company now has about 130 employees, and counts Petco, Advance Auto Parts, Pier 1 Imports, and Charlotte Russe among its 500-plus retailer customers in over 70 countries. It wasn’t about raising multiple rounds and burning jet fuel. We’ve been fairly capital-efficient in this fast-growth e-commerce space,” Sheik said. “It

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

There have been a series of tie-ups, as security-tech companies try to boost their businesses and amplify their products via acquisitions. IBM bought Resilient Systems , Cisco Systems snapped up CloudLock , Symantec acquired Blue Coat , and Carbon Black purchased Confer , to name a few.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

This weekend, much of academia and industry involved in cancer will gather in Chicago for the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Bad FDA news for Teva Pharmaceutical and AstraZeneca also threw outsized acquisitions into question.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. The sessions served as a space where enthusiasts, innovators, and investors, of all scales could come together for open conversations about the crypto-currency space. Despite bad press (Silk Road, Mt Gox, etc.)

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

This is not an article about the high moral purpose and the nobility of listening to your customers. It is an article about how to make your company worth a fortune by listening to your customers. They obsess about having the best search out there. They have periodic conference calls with groups of users.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Cogi (www.cogi.com) recently launched a phone-based service which allows users to transcribe conference calls and meetings. We sat down with president and co-founder, Mark Cromack, to hear more about the company. You've got an interesting team, can you talk about the background of the founders?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. Surprisingly, I was thinking the same thing today about user-generated content, which basically check-in's are too. But I don’t think so.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

We caught up with Peter earlier this week to get the background on Baroda, and to talk a little about the firm's investment goals. We're familiar with Baroda, but for our readers who haven't heard of Baroda Ventures, talk about the story behind the firm? He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Founded a series of successful startups resulting in IPOs and acquisitions. Late 20s: Got serious about her career and worked on developer products at Google and her own side projects. Sold it in 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. Here’s a quick snapshot of what you’ll learn: Aneil Mallavarapu Blipboard – a free mobile map where local “gurus” clue you in about interesting things in your city. How do you discover the right people to follow?

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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