Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. Lots of asking.

Venture Capital 407

Venture Capital Press GRP Partners Blogging 407

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

What was most striking was the diversity and breadth of the node-network that defines the region--so complex and at times, overwhelming. In my home we have a network of Alexas that provide news, information and music but have also become our de facto home intercom system.

Southern California 113

Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

Xconomy

OCTOBER 31, 2017

People are building mentoring networks. To close the healthcare and life sciences gender gap, there have been programs to move women into the boardroom. And there have been public pledges to do better.

Equity 49

Equity Mentor Report Mobile 49

Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers.

San Diego 68

San Diego Screening Equity Mobile 68

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. billion in a round led by the private equity firm GPI Capital this week. Equity drops every Friday at 6:00 am PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , and all the casts.

Services 207

Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re surveying business and technology leaders from around our network to get their perspectives on the year in tech—and what’s next. Andy Palmer: I think that increased awareness of gender equity issues. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Equity 87

Equity Software Networking Entrepreneur 87

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Convoy , an online marketplace that connects shippers with freight truck fleets and independent drivers, announced today it raised $185 million in a Series C fundraising round led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. With the online network covering more ground, it can offer more options.

Equity 54

Equity Networking Funding Artificial Inteligence 54

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. Now, more and more, we''re extending our use cases into not just websites and blogs, but also to lots of web application use cases.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2009

Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. To be clear – it is not about being stingy with or hoarding equity – it is about having a prenuptial agreement. I believe that it very important to spread the equity. In fact, most go through tough times at some point.

Startup 251

Startup Equity Venture Capital Entrepreneur 251

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

First it was street-style photography, then came the launch of her popular fashion blog WeWoreWhat. Robertson is the founder of Influence , a networking tool for influencers that’s expected to announce its Series A financing in the coming weeks. million Series A led by Puma Private Equity, a U.K.-focused focused fund.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

We spent our future since the equity was artificial. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) It is also a result of pent-up demand. So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Xconomy

JUNE 9, 2017

With this week’s buyout of GreatCall , the Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR just placed a big bet that healthtech for the aging wave of baby boomers will be a big business.

Equity 45

Equity Training Mobile Networking 45

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself. Use your equity for key executives and business partners.

Social Media 60

Social Media Startup Equity Entrepreneur 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity.

Organization 111

Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. I get paid to network – I love meeting people. I get to network with angels, VCs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc. The upside for entrepreneurs is the equity in their business. That’s true. Here’s why: 1. I love it.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. There's a lot on my blog already around this topic. I have a great network of fellow CTOs, especially in the Los Angeles area.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. But if you want it in it’s full V1 glory read on … You’ve never been a CEO but might like to be one some day.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. Marketing is top priority.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This dedicated portion of our website, featuring its own home page, will bring together all articles about education and edtech from across our 11-market network. We’d like to offer a big thank you to our launch sponsors/underwriters who have joined us to support this new channel: the Lumina Foundation and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

Education 40

Education Newsletter Training High Tech 40

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Social Network Startup Patents 98

Xconomy

JULY 2, 2018

The San Jose, CA-based company, begun in 2003 by four co-founders who bootstrapped its funding, has built a customer base of 1,100 firms including Google, GM, Siemens, Cisco Systems, LinkedIn, Comcast, and Juniper Networks. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Google 68

Google Startup Networking Funding 68

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. They did it entirely through social networking. 20k from StartEngine, and a lot of sweat equity from the founders. New companies are being created at stunning speed by today’s founders.

Incubator 91

Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

This channel of our website, with its own home page, will feature all articles about these subjects and related topics from across our 11-market network. Xconomy editors around our network will be contributing to the new channel. and Cybersecurity. Today we have three articles to kick off our coverage.

Newsletter 40

Newsletter Research Technology Equity 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. I advocate treating them like a co-founder in every way except when they join and how much equity they get. You might be great at networking and leading but bad at planning and managing.

Startup 289

Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur Sales 289

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2019

You’ll find a few of our favorite stories in this review of some of the year’s best from across the Xconomy network. In 2018, my Exome colleagues and I published hundreds of stories about health, medicine, the biopharma industry, government policy, and more.

Pricing 69

Pricing Email Networking Silver Lake 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Network big to get connections and ideas, but do the work yourself. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity.

Tips 96

Tips Startup Summary Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

Guide 92

Guide Startup Social Network Patents 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. Even tech blogs know this. Tech blogs can theoretically scale, tech conferences are pure service businesses. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter. The idea of a “retweet” as an endorsement and as a way to “share” someone else’s content within your feed and with your followers, was relatively new (outside of blogging). montanatriplett nice, which Pinot Grigio.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Fancy websites are expensive, but blogs and Facebook pages are free. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses. He has published extensively on branding, and often shares his thoughts on the Logogarden.com blog. People can help you if you help them.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. If your business is a new job site for boomers, you need to establish yourself as the expert on this subject in the press, on social networks, and join related organizations.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112