Xconomy

APRIL 22, 2020

In every new (drug) class there’s always been people. Given the number of late-stage and mid-stage studies expected to report data in 2020—assuming they stay on track amid the COVID-19 pandemic—this could be a pivotal year for the field, said Isabelle de Cremoux, CEO and managing partner of Seventure Partners.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2010

I recently read a book I'd highly recommend to every reader of this blog called "Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive” by Robert B. Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Customer feedback is required to get it right, and hidden time is wasted time.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6. What is a founder to do? I triangulate in nearly every important decision I make.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A just-announced partnership between the social giant TikTok and the ecommerce giant Shopify could mint a brand-new class of TikTok-friendly ecommerce stores. The new team-up has a lot of moving parts: Shopify even termed it a “first-of-its-kind” partnership in its announcement blog post. How the Partnership Works.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList.

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APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog.

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Xconomy

APRIL 4, 2018

The advent of big fundraising rounds for startup chip innovators—a class shunned by most venture capital firms only a few years ago—seems to mark a turnaround in recent VC attitudes about semiconductor investments.

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MAY 17, 2011

Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took. By the end of my sophomore year I had taken on the role of education for our new freshman pledges and by the first quarter of my junior year I led the pledge class entirely.

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital. return (on paper).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Each of your angels or seed investors may have 20-30 investments.

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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. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. So his Twitter handle is @infoarbitrage and his excellent (must read) blog is Information Arbitrage.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The company is developing antibody drug conjugates, a class of cancer drug that links antibodies to potent cancer-fighting toxins. The new VelosBio cash, a Series A round of financing, was led by Arix Bioscience (LSE: ARIX ) and Sofinnova Ventures. VelosBio joined Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS @ San Diego incubator in January.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In this blog, we discuss the key differences between our Dark Fiber and best-in-class Wavelength Services in order to help businesses determine the right option for their requirements. As a result, we helped them save money and resources while supplying them with a best-in-class dedicated pipeline at an attractive rate.

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JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. Hell, I can barely manage 10 investments – how could anybody do 500? Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. I’ve been told so. Sounds obvious.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style.

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Southern California Edison Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Below, you will find insights into what office amenity investments will help drive profitability at your property, bring in more businesses, and boost tenant happiness. . For property managers that want to go above and beyond, consider offering your tenants classes that they can join throughout the week, such as yoga.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. Simply take enough to live on, but not to the point of your detriment. Act big, behave small. Do it yourself.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

But I’m not one to take on the big investment banks – I’ll save that for somebody else. But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers. See this article talking about previous class action lawsuits. … should I avoid blog posts like this that might be outside my normal remit?

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Backed by $20 million in Series A funding from Versant Ventures, San Diego-based Jecure aims to develop a new class of drugs to treat an advanced form of fatty liver disease called. Feldstein has been studying the liver for nearly 20 years, and his research now forms the basis of a newly launched company called Jecure Therapeutics.

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MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. I have a very public seed stage investment policy and awe.sm So give up the CEO role?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

With modest variations on Paul’s pattern, this new class of mentors-plus-capital programs has grown to include TechStars operating in Boston, Boulder, and Seattle, Austin Capital Factory , deep in the heart of Texas, LaunchBox in the DC area, and a number of others. He blogs at www.startwithmoxie.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Use voicemail, a world-class website, and personal customer service, with small expenses, to beat your big competitors. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. Simply take enough to live on, but not to the point of your detriment. Act big, behave small. Do it yourself.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Student messaging is increasing collaboration between classes and different schools, while online portals are connecting parents with the schools themselves. Online parent portals can display school announcements, emails from teachers, or updates on assignments that allow parents to be more involved in their child’s classes and workload.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

According to the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook , this past quarter $15 billion was invested in 1,810 deals , which compares unfavorably to both the prior quarter ($22.1 billion, 2,559 deals), signaling perhaps a period of digestion given how much had been invested during the 2014-2015 window.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Customer feedback is required to get it right, and hidden time is wasted time.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

A new program to prepare high-ranking women in the biotech industry for corporate board seats has unveiled its first class of 20. The discussion came to a boil earlier this year after a small New York investment bank hired scantily-clad women to attend its cocktail party at the J.P. Morgan conference in January.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. I was used to being allowed to fly business class and staying at nice hotels. Using Balsamiq instead of SnagIt, Website Optimizer over just Google Analytics and FTP).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Even if you have heard some of the new terms, but can’t explain how, when, and why they are relevant to your startup, you may be in jeopardy. Super-angels.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. Customer feedback is required to get it right, and hidden time is wasted time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Reading it felt like read a university book for an economics class and no wonder since he’s a professor at Harvard Business School. The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital.

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JUNE 21, 2014

And the fact that we’ve all worked for a decade with Dana Kibler who is our long-time CFO and now helping run Investment Operations & Platform Services we have a truly senior & killer internal team. David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog. Back together.

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