Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. THe investmente was made through Dr. Soon-Shiong’s investment firm, Nant Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. When you don't accept capital from someone else, you aren't beholden to anyone else's input. But when your only capital is your hard-earned seed money, every penny that goes out will be scrutinized painfully. You can keep overhead low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

Every first-time entrepreneur who has raised millions in VC will know the surrealism of people calling you a millionaire while you are figuring out whether you can really afford to pay for a vacation since your credit card is already a little bit bruised. And in all seriousness the article prompted his relative to hit him up for money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2015

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Even getting $10,000 out of someone who’s already a millionaire and super successful gets you emotional buy in and therefore you’re more likely to get value. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Others must echo my experiences. What do you think? Did I get this about right or am I in left field?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA. It’s not getting easier to find capital, particularly for A rounds. To help with the capital shortage, we have to tap the Angel community. The conflict is built in.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Sending the zeros and ones into the air was the same and sending nutrients into your mitochondria, except that at Visalus, it was not capital intensive like it was at SkyPipeline. It was really the same business, but with less capital. Ryan Blair: I took $20M of personal capital to start the fund. So where is the fund now?

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Snap is venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, along with others. The IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit Suisse, and Allen & Company LLC. Snap's IPO priced above its initial estimated pricing range, which had been between $14.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2011

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Microsoft when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. Dave McClure argued passionately that since the overwhelming majority of exits are sub $100 million we need to readjust how much capital goes in. Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

In addition, if venture capital funding were secured, the company’s ability to control the scope, nature and timing of its exit would have been greatly reduced. As I point out in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? institutional investors generally do not invest in quick flips. million.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

If a multi-millionaire writes even a $25,000 I assure you that it has a psychological impact on how they’re thinking about the company. I really like it when independent directors write a check into the company. As I like to remind people, “rich people don’t get rich by being cavalier about money.” 25,000 is still skin in the game to them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2010

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Microsoft when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? Any offers of equity compensation before the first round of institutional capital should be considered purely speculative.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Combine this significant pool of sophisticated Angel capital and expertise with UC Santa Barbara’s world-class entrepreneurial program and throw in a critical mass of entrepreneurs bold enough to build businesses around their passions, it’s understandable how a modest-sized community has produced so many successful tech startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2013

Realize you’re in it for the long haul and won’t become a millionaire overnight. Crawford is a retired influential investment fund manager best known for his 40-year career at Capital Group and dispensing wisdom to the titans of media, entertainment and technology.” ” So gain courage female entrepreneurs.

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SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

The self-made millionaire was a major donor to California Lutheran University, giving a then-record $5 million to the school for construction and modernization of the campus. His son, Rod, today continues in the TOLD Corp. family business. Taking the helm as president in 1969, Pruett became chairman of the board in 1999.

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