socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

Michael Greenberg: We like to be more of an open book. We were acquired in 2014 by Summit Partners, and I ended up in private equity, post-acquisition at Summit Partners. I will say, is that private equity was almost like my MBA, in that it taught me how to scale a business efficiently. Machine learning is a bit of a buzzword.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 15, 2015

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. Also, if things go south, they are more likely to remember that you weren’t pushy and that you gave them three or more separate opportunities to say no.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

You should expect to get glowing references unless the candidate has told you in advance something like, “Look, I’m listing Susan as a reference. We had some great moments working together and some tough ones. You expected no less. Another great technique is to have an accomplice make some of the tough calls.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Working at large, well-known companies definitely look great on your resume, but startups offer something very valuable: a wide set of skills beyond your job description. This is especially great if you’re someone who gets bored easily and wants to learn new tasks. Startups offer more job variety. Startups are hiring.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. previously explained that it usually requires some equity, but here is some more step by step practical advice. Fred has a great post up last week in his MBA Mondays series caled “ What a CEO Does.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Facebook had to resolve expensive and time-consuming litigation related to promising early hires senior positions and substantial equity stakes. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. I couldn’t resist the opportunity.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. equity debate. The speakers are great and have enough stage time to really get into the topic they’re passionate about.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara. I chalk up our success to doing a great job validating the opportunity before we started to build the business. It’s a relatively small entrepreneurial community, and Greg has a great reputation. I have always worked on early stage products.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. So I tell you this because if you build a strong relationship with an early-stage VC they can be a great source to help you with your funding.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

It seems like every day I hear from an aspiring entrepreneur who doesn’t know where to start, or doesn’t have the time or expertise for all the mechanics of starting a business based on their great idea. And then on an ongoing basis, our partners provide basic bookkeeping, legal, accounting and equity management services.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I saw a few friends politely suggesting that “now was a great stock buying opportunity” meaning that given the stock market is off by 10% it was a great chance to buy and lock in presumably low prices before the market rises again. If markets continue to drop expect fund-raising timeframes to elongate.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 27, 2011

Thus, my goal is to highlight a few books, games and other activities parents can share with their children. In addition to eliminating your children’s allowance, there are a number of books which reinforce entrepreneurial messages. By conservatively forecasting your achievements, you will consistently exceed the VC’s expectations.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Resource 270

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. This came in part due to the huge influx of money into VC but also because hedge funds and private equity shops with no VC experience wanted part of the action. Short answer – yes.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 But this strategy great depends on point 3. Think: If you raise $10 million at a $30 million pre ($40 million post) that investor needs you to exist for at least $120 million (3x) to hit his or her MINIMUM return target his or her investor’s are expecting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

61% of the VCs survey said that prices in Q4 last year had started to drop and 91% said they expected them to continue to drop in the first 6 months of this year (with 30% expecting serious drops). ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” The Motive for Speaking Up. goes into a startup.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Even though their business model was tweaked a little while ago to give customers additional leniency, the business is still expecting to break $100 million in revenue this year, up from $25 million in 2010. Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To say that the tech elite were cynical of Hulu’s launch would be an understatement , but by the time it launched just a few months later it was getting great reviews. Slow innovation: When Hulu launched I think it’s fair to say that it exceeded nearly everybody’s expectations. Hulu hinted at greatness.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

It was a great learning time for me. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. Expect it to spread.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

I say define a strategy, test it up front and pivot if you’re not getting the traction you had expected. It’s intellectually lazy and I doubt many great companies are born this way. Don’t get me wrong – failure is OK in my book. Who started this meme? Fail fast on your own dime.&#.

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