socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Culver City-based Bestofmedia Group, publisher of gadget and electronics blog site Tom's Guide, has acquired Computing.net, a provider of high tech information and technical support. According to Bestofmedia, Computing.Net is now part of Tom's Guide. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

I offer these pragmatic recommendations: Buffer your funding requirements. Consider both the money you need before funding, and the size of investor funding requests. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. You should buffer the first by 50%, and the second by 25%. Create intellectual property.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Removing the Middleman: Embedding Shopping on Your Blog. In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. .

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

The major battle for press is a battle for “mindshare” and it’s exactly the reason I blog. Because they produce the “ LUMAscapes ” which are essentially visually guides to all of the major players in a technology market. I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that? ” Of course not.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Angel investors from San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels discuss how entrepreneurs in the San Diego-Tijuana region can position themselves to win seed-stage and Series A funding. A Fire Side Chat with San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. 1 Columbia Place, 401 West A Street. —Tuesday 6/14 at 4 pm.

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San Diego Guide Tech Coast Angels Startup 74

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2021

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Foursquare has raised more than $390 million in outside funding, on $100 million in revenue.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Xconomy

MAY 18, 2017

Aira takes advantage of the gig economy by connecting online independent contractors (via dedicated wireless bandwidth provided by AT&T) to guide low-vision users equipped with a modified version of Google Glass, the Internet-connected eyewear.

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Services San Diego Guide Google 92

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Actually, it was originally called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web&# (true story) – it was basically a way for newbies to find information that had been curated by experts. I read all sorts of blogs that I never even knew existed. We visited portals or the handful of websites that we could remember.

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RSS News Blogging Yahoo 349

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all.

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

As the authors make clear in the book’s preface, their goal is to create a “definitive guide to venture capital deals” and “demystify the venture capital financing process.” Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. What Not To Do.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Xconomy

DECEMBER 14, 2018

MabVax Therapeutics says it doesn’t have enough money to continue funding its operations. As of Sept. 30, the company had nearly $1 million in cash and a working capital deficit of about $6.3 million, according to its latest quarterly regulatory filing.

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San Diego Guide Platform Sales 57

Both Sides of the Table

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. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. I’m sorry, but that’s dumb.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2019

I’ll paraphrase several of his guiding principles here: Recognize when fear is disguising itself as procrastination. One of the best ways to improve as a decision maker and leader is to ask people you trust to analyze your failures, and guide your learning. Build relationships with advisors who see your blind spots.

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Guide Examples Ideas Blogging 70

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Dave manages angel funds Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC and Kodiak Ventures, L.P. Dave has recently started blogging on his site at Berkonomics.com. A vision must be solid and flexible enough to pass a number of critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. and is a partner in Trenchant Ventures, LLC.

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High Tech Guide Blogging Angel 124

Xconomy

JANUARY 28, 2019

All this is done while they guide startups through other external challenges such as fundraising droughts and overall market downturns. Venture capital firms invest in potentially disruptive technologies with the hope of profit, then keep watch for further advances that could overtake their existing portfolio companies.

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Venture Capital Marketing Guide Invest 67

Xconomy

JANUARY 25, 2019

After guiding the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing startup from scientific breakthrough toward the development of a potential cutting-edge medicine, slogging victoriously through a legendary patent fight , and reaching the cusp of an historic clinical trial , the well-traveled Bosley is cutting out, the company said Tuesday.

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Guide Patents Startup Develop 63

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Dave manages angel funds Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC and Kodiak Ventures, L.P. Dave has recently started blogging on his site at Berkonomics.com. A vision must be solid and flexible enough to pass a number of critical tests if it is to guide a business enterprise to greatness. and is a partner in Trenchant Ventures, LLC.

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High Tech Guide Blogging Angel 100

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. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. ” I highly recommend reading it. Profitability.

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Startup Company Companies .Net 383

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

and if you can’t then you better start thinking of ways to raise enough funds to be able to pay them something. So before you ask someone to even spend an hour of their time writing code or reviewing specs make sure you can pay them in some form (coffee, dinner, laptop, etc.), Don’t expect someone to work for nothing endlessly.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances.

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Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

At first this was limited to news sites that concentrated on a segment of a community, like West Seattle, but the concept is now being applied to advertising and promotion sites, blogging sites, and even legal services sites. Foursquare has raised more than $112 million in outside funding, on $2 million in revenue in 2012.

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Sites Content Sales Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances.

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Startup Outsource Development Sales Social Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. Hopefully it’s not as a way of avoiding fund raising or finding quick pockets of money. ” Photo credit Food52.

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Software Review Software Services Company 321

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Like in all cities there is the guided tour then the “Real Tour&#. iGottaGuide connects local and visiting tourists to professional and amateur tour guides for an authentic local experience. We want to save you from a vacation wasted on big-box tours where the guides walk backwards with gaggle of tourists in tow.

Startup 63

Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. You could just outspend. Innovative. Disruptive. We get it!

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. Yet their next fund had Facebook in it. billion in returns.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

Rose, author of the New York Times best-selling textbook on the subject, Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups : “I love watching the show, but Shark Tan k has about as much to do with angel investing as Indiana Jones has to do with archeology. According to David S. Publicity cuts both ways.

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Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any funding yet? Challenges?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

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. TripTrotting recruited thousands of local travel guides for their site. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch. If you can’t keep up, you are dead.

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Incubator Web Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Then came blogs. We have it to filter blog comments. was the 2-way web. is Sean Rad.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances.

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Tips Startup Services Outsource Development 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I funded them 8 weeks later. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy.

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Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

While increasing funding for network-related upgrades and maintenance may not be an option for smaller businesses, they can leverage a more cost-effective network to reduce operating costs and free up revenue for other business-critical aspects of their business.

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Networking Company Companies Organization 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Fancy websites are expensive, but blogs and Facebook pages are free. But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone. A local fishing guide might make friends with folks at the bed and breakfast, each referring clients to each other.

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Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. blog comments powered by Disqus. Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels. Editor’s picks.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Remember that most fund raising takes time. And they have responsibilities for helping to manage their fund. Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! Not to mention what happens in years where they also need to raise a new fund. Read the following as a guide.

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Venture Capital Startup Email News 277