Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

Brad Feld was sitting at my table. Once they have buy-off from David Cohen, Brad and others they have their 60-second pitch. Brad reinforced this at our dinner. Acceptable : Would you mind if next time I’m in Boulder I emailed you to see if you had 30 minutes for a coffee? Know your pitch and make your ask count.”

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

However Gmail is only private email conversations. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. The other amazing thing, is getting access to people like David Cohen and Brad Feld.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. The Exit Disconnect - Ask the Angels , March 25, 2010 I’ll admit to having a bias towards exits and focus my review of a potential investment on the exit potential.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Step 1: The Person, Not The Firm – As Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson make clear in their book Venture Deals , entrepreneurs should identify specific venture partners, rather than target firms as a whole. As you accomplish your milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All this heavy talk about angels, VCs, bubbles lately. This shows itself when people try to do an elevator pitch, send concise, actionable emails or have a quick phone call with you to ask for help. Brad Feld told me that TechStars makes each company practice the 1 or 2-minute pitch the first week of the program.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Look at what Brad Feld has done for Boulder. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Local Angel Community / Recycled Capital. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1. Community Leaders + Organizers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Think of Scooter as Justin’s angel investor. My favorite is by Rand Fishkin and is here and others by Fred Wilson ( here ) and Brad Feld ( here , who if he’s reading this just threw up a little in him mouth – all are worthwhile. You have to build a product that people really love.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. I left an Octel (think email but with voice … yes, that’s what some businesses used before email!)

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. Don’t be one.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

There are too many to mention but I’ve noticed them all on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and people who have emailed or texted me. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few. Kara went to the top high school in Los Angeles, went to Princeton and then Stanford for her MBA. Many others have, too.

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