Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. I funded them 8 weeks later.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” ” Stay lean and only raise a big round if you DO find product / market fit and which point you want to loosen the belt quickly and raise the capital to do so. .” Valuation.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.” I often tell people in this scenario to focus on a VC “fixer upper.” ” My friend Ian Sigelow wrote about this last week and advised people not to take on this kind of job.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. I introduced him to some angels and his round was OVER SUBSCRIBED!
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 10, 2012
Effects Artist and Technical Director, Dreamworks AnimationJason hails from Kentucky, where his parents met at a Renaissance Faire, hooked up at the Wicca Coven, and raised him at sci-fi conventions. This upbringing naturally steered him to Los Angeles, where he now works in computer graphics for feature films. 12pm: BODY.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. . Venture Capital Funding 7. So, I put him in charge of our data centers and technical operations.
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