Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

In a post on Kik’s blog on Friday the MediaLab said that it has “finalized an agreement” to acquire Kik Messenger. “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read. In acquiring Kik, the holding company is expanding its mobile app portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. It’s not free, but it’s an investment that you can’t afford not to make.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

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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. They are an investment bank that targets the technology & media sectors. Their website proclaims, “LUMA Partners is a different kind of investment bank. I am a VC. I hand out money. How differentiated is that?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

I wrote about this in a blog post last year titled “ It’s Morning in VC ” but I never made the full deck available until now. The opportunity set is much bigger than ever (50x more users, 10x time online, mobile, social, credit-card enabled, global) … when things work they work faster and at an unprecedented scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

I wanted to spend the rest of the blog post telling you why we decided to fund the company, how we settled on the final product design and our unique way of launching the app. So Why Did We Invest? The challenge is that many mobile video apps with editing tools have proved to complex to users and thus slowed adoption.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. Mobile devices and apps enhance social interactivity. That trend is growing every day.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. in Computer Science.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Now following a $62 million round of funding led by Battery Ventures last month, the company is worth roughly $800 million, according to people with knowledge of the investment, and is on its way to becoming Los Angeles’ next billion-dollar business.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lindzon led StockTwits as CEO until last year, and continues as chairman.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. But how to mobilize same-day deliver cost effectively? I wrote about him here. That’s where Deliv comes in.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Much more data in the full post. Enter phone calls. Not so fast.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

This was in direct response to the implosion of the tech bubble and the fall out of Enron, Worldcom and the questionable research produced by the investment banks in general and Blodget in particular. In 2003 Blodget struck a civil settlement deal with the SEC that cost him $4 million. Blodget also agreed never to work on the Street again.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

But Slager says that’s starting to change as construction companies realize that technology isn’t just an expense; it can represent an investment in money-saving efficiencies. As Slager puts it, even bankers and insurers spend more on technology as a percentage of revenue than building contractors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

This was in direct response to the implosion of the tech bubble and the fall out of Enron, Worldcom and the questionable research produced by the investment banks in general and Blodget in particular. In 2003 Blodget struck a civil settlement deal with the SEC that cost him $4 million. Blodget also agreed never to work on the Street again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

What Muhammad takes for granted is that every company that starts out immediately knows what he has learned over many years – that marketing is a long, hard slog of continually investing in repeatable, testable channels. Doesn’t. Success begets success.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

Vertical Software To Mobile First. Rather, the software companies I’ve invested in, such as JazzHR , TaxJar and SimpleLegal , compete with Web 1.0 desktop oriented dinosaurs which utilize the cloud, but offer a poor user experience, especially on mobile devices.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2019

San Diego is one of two metropolitan areas in which ride-hailing giant Uber has reformatted its mobile app to make it simpler for users to rent an electric bicycle or scooter. Now it’s faster and easier for users to select a scooter. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. Developer and publisher of social mobile games.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

According to a recent ScoreStream statement , San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, a longtime ScoreStream investor, led the round, and was joined by Sinclair Broadcasting, Verizon Ventures, and R/GA Ventures, the investment arm of the advertising agency R/GA. Including the latest round, ScoreStream has raised a total of $6.8

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Xconomy

JULY 10, 2017

Altogether, venture firms invested a total of $406.4 million that venture firms invested in San Diego startups during the first quarter, although the number of deals in the second quarter, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS. That was down slightly from the $411.2

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Ben Katz about the company''s prepaid debit cards and mobile apps (featuring such brands as The Walking Dead, The Three Stooges, Star Trek, and Garfield), and more. We think the future of payments is in the palm of someone''s hand, in the form of their mobile phone. What is Card.com? How are you different?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

By the way, I don’t spell check my blog posts either. I’d sooner people have my mobile phone number than my email address because as a society we know the social norm that just calling or texting somebody you don’t know isn’t acceptable. It’s why the only rude or unexpected mobile phone calls I get are from telemarketers.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

From a scale perspective, we process anywhere from 11 to 12 million desktop requests daily, and on the mobile side, 22 million requests a day. We've also really been investing in the tech community. The second part, is the investment in the tech community here. Those are just numbers for Walmart.com. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

From a scale perspective, we process anywhere from 11 to 12 million desktop requests daily, and on the mobile side, 22 million requests a day. We've also really been investing in the tech community. The second part, is the investment in the tech community here. Those are just numbers for Walmart.com. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The latest salvo in the increasingly competitive sector is a $50 million investment in Alto Pharmacy, a San Francisco-based “digital pharmacy” startup that has offices in Denver. In conjunction with a $23 million venture investment it. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Most consumers now research online product reviews, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, for authoritative guidance. Scarcity – less is more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2017

Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. Return-On-Investment metrics are not new, but the tools are different. It’s not free, but it’s an investment that you can’t afford not to make.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. We wanted to emphasize the number of truly big wins that have been created by the partners at GRP in their 20+ years of investing. Yet we wanted to be clear that we invest heavily in digital media, mobile & software companies. That’s here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment to be hard hitting – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time. For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The new version of Lyft’s app shows every mobility option and makes suggestions based on user behavior, location and other data. The company, through its Motivate bike-share brand, has invested $100 million in Citi Bike, expanding the fleet to 40,000 bikes over the next five years. It’s scaling up bike sharing, as well.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. As we've built this relationship with them, we let them see the mobile and social metrics, and make it so that they're able to create a campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Any reader of this blog for a period of time will know that I’ve been long YouTube for years. We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. 40% of all of YouTube is viewed on mobile devices and of high-quality content I believe it is between 60-70% based on my insider data.

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