Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. I was pretty sure we were going to raise another round of capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Stories are the grist reporters look for, and they make you unique and memorable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Every business I know is intimately familiar with outbound marketing, or pushing your message out to customers through email, newspaper, and television advertising. Only a few really understand the process and value of inbound marketing, for pulling customers to your brand. Pull marketing is less expensive than push marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2013

In my view, entrepreneurship has always been the ultimate embodiment of capitalism, and quite synonymous with free enterprise. Yet I find that more and more young entrepreneurs are uncomfortable with the term “capitalism”, somehow thinking that it prioritizes “making money” above all else. What about the truly greedy business folks?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We all know that funding markets have changed for startups. I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Has written a book on venture capital. You betcha.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

billion valuation from Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia, Forerunner Ventures and others. E-commerce sales typically account for 80% of Glossier’s revenue, the Business of Fashion reported last July. . Despite its fundraising success, Glossier’s ascent has oftentimes been far from smooth.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. That’s likely due to a continually expanding toolkit that now boasts a customer relationship management system, efficient dispatching and routing, invoice management, mobile applications for field professionals and marketing analytics and reporting tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Acorda Therapeutics’ rebuilding plan just suffered another setback, leaving the fate of one of the experimental Parkinson’s disease drugs that is closest to market unclear. Acorda reported cases of arangulocytosis, dangerously low levels of infection-fighting white blood cells, and some of them have led to sepsis and death.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

billion in new capital Thursday as the company completed an IPO that set its market capitalization at $24.3 billion, The New York Times reported. million shares at $72 apiece, according to Renaissance Capital —the top of a new range that Lyft originally set at $62 to $68. Lyft sold 30.8

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. was starting.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Marketing , Costello and Sons Insurance , Deloitte , The City of. Venture capital for innovators. Venture capital for innovators. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Think Glendale.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2019

The US Federal Trade Commission wants yet more information about the buyout, and overseas, the UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a separate investigation. As Reuters reports, Roche and Spark remain committed to the. The FTC doesn’t comment on cases it’s currently reviewing, so it’s unclear what is causing the delay.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. I kind of think LA is just LA and doesn’t need some clever marketing term. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. Goldman release a report on us. DO capitalize on the moment in time while you’re still part of the news cycle.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

Showing little concern for stock-market volatility or worries over the Brexit, venture capital firms pumped $15.3 billion into 961 deals across the United States during the three months that ended June 30, according to the MoneyTree Report on venture capital activity. billion in 379 deals. billion in 161 deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Stories are the grist reporters look for, and they make you unique and memorable. Marty Zwilling.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

After being what I assume is the subject of one or more of Seth David’s emotionally charged blog posts, I’ve decided it’s time to respond. This blog post is for information purposes only and my only intention is to move forward. I had no issue with this and actually helped him by marketing his offerings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2016

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Stories are the grist reporters look for, and they make you unique and memorable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

That means that you need to overtly market yourself, rather than wait and hope that the right people or customers will find you. Of course, she assumes that you are confident and courageous, and willing to capitalize on all your strengths and opportunities to market yourself. You will learn more by listening rather than talking.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2017

Improving economic fundamentals are stoking the IPO pipeline in the United States and elsewhere, according to a report issued Tuesday by the global consultant and accounting firm EY. exchanges during the first half of 2017, according to the report EY Global IPO Trends. Eighty companies raised a total of $22 billion on U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The firm also reports that partnerships span 25 categories with more than 600 leading brands including Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Sephora, Nordstrom, Pier 1 Imports, Red Envelope, Harry and David, Wayfair and the GAP and its user base has doubled every 2 months since launch. Doubling user base & top-tier clients.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

As the capital needed to start a small business continues to fall, the number of software companies being started is exploding. For example, a startup may hire you as an accountant, but you may also be asked to do social media marketing content gearing towards finance for the company blog.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Educational technology companies are augmenting the traditional educational system with their online coursework offerings, but they’re also creating a competing universe where students can find alternate learning experiences that may qualify them for a job, even if they don’t have an academic degree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capital firms raised $4.1 Venture capital firms raised $4.1 New focus on a sustainable planet.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

It’s not that often in a VC career you get to work with teams you’re sure will be featured in documentaries about how major industries changed,” wrote Matt Ocko of Data Collective Venture Capital , which joined DFJ in Nervana’s initial venture funding. (In In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. The results were so encouraging, we’re doing it again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kaufmann Foundation , the numbers are finally here to show it. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. Background: GRP Partners is a Los Angeles based Venture Capital firm with additional operations in London and Paris. Monitoring & reporting on company performance. Contributing overall with marketing and community outreach activities.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Venture capital firms have increased their agtech investments by 80 percent since 2012, bringing total VC investment in the sector to a total of $3 billion in 2015, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group and AgFunder, an online investment marketplace for agriculture technology. They also queried 15 VC firms.

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CEO Flow

JANUARY 30, 2009

I’ve always really liked the team over at Marketo, which offers lead management software for email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, sales lead insight, and closed-loop reporting. Jon Miller has a popular and excellent blog, “Modern B2B Marketing&#. Getting into lead generation was an accident.

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