From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Thirteen months after raising more than $10 billion in the public markets the board forced Mason out after another dismal financial quarter.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission. We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. While we were in business school, we saw that we had both done the tutor thing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Partners provided products and services including: Uber, Here on Biz, ParkMe, Simply Petals, Triptrotting, Bloodhound, Planana, Pop-Up Pantry, EventSorbet, ROC, Startup Car, Pulsoviral, TrueCar, PopChips, ONE Coconut water, Gamer Food, Zevia. & #celebrity to pull off anything! RT @urlgrl @DigitalLA had an amazing time at #SBF.

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