socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The startup--founded and led by Alon Goren--said it has signed up Sperry Van Ness, DealPoint Merrill; Canyon Creek Capital; and Benhamou Global Ventures as clients of the company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

billion invested in venture capital in Q4 of 2015, according to the latest numbers released over the weekend by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Southern California bucked the national trend, where venture investing dollars were down 32 percent in Q4 compared with Q3. in San Diego.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Formed specifically to roll up Pearson’s virtual and augmented reality assets, GIGXR is helmed by David King Lassman, the founder of streaming media company Vyclone and the Southern Californian venture capital firm White Hart Ventures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 14, 2012

Adam Draper knows Venture Capital. His dad, Tim, is a venture capitalist and so is his grandfather, William who is credited for starting the venture capital industry in tech. The Draper Family is a dynasty in the Venture Capital world (see recent Fast Company article) like no other. It's in his blood.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2022

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. The best attribute of a real entrepreneur is acceptance of the fact that “the buck stops here.” There must be something deeper that slows people down.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

Southern California venture capital investments totaled $686.5M Southern California's investment totals bucked the national trend, which found that there was a 9 percent drop in dollars to $4.7 in 29 venture capital deals for Q1. According to the report, released today, Southern California investments totaled $686.5M

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2019

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. The best attribute of a real entrepreneur is acceptance of the fact that “the buck stops here.” There must be something deeper that slows people down.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Knowledge Base 126

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

in my eight startups, I was CEO and Founder once, meaning the buck stopped with me unequivocally…the role of the CEO is so different than the role of an operating exec, they’re not even on the same planet. Steve notes that venture capital is still a “craft industry” and thus there are a variety of career paths which lead to Venture Partner.

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Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur SaaS 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2013

That quality can help you capitalize on competitors vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Hit ‘em where they ain’t. Whenever possible, set your sights on areas that your competitors have neglected or ignored.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. And because it is this function which is the scarcest of all, it is this function that (adjusting for the cost of capital) ends up with the lion’s share of the money from a successful venture. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

One is the “denominator problem&# which says that if an LP invests X% (the denominator) into “alternative investments&# such as venture capital and if their total amount available to invest (the numerator) goes down by 30% then the amount they allocate to VC will by definition need to go down by 30% to stay the same percentage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2012

That quality can help you capitalize on competitors vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Hit ‘em where they ain’t. Whenever possible, set your sights on areas that your competitors have neglected or ignored.

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Entrepreneur Advertising Social Media Competition 101

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And when you see Brooke & Dena work with companies behind the scenes you know it goes way beyond just trying to earn a buck. VENTURE CAPITAL. And finally that brings me to obvious topic of venture capital. I would gladly part with equity (actually, I have) to work with people like her on deals. EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2009

Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2 billion in deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. ” I believe firmly in capital efficiency in the early days.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. First Round Capital & True Ventures seem to spend as much time cultivated relationships with “second round capital” as they do entrepreneurs. First Round Capital requires Second Round Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

That quality can help you capitalize on competitors vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Hit ‘em where they ain’t. Whenever possible, set your sights on areas that your competitors have neglected or ignored.

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Tips Entrepreneur Advertising Social Media 89

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 3, 2017

If you just want something cool to pop in a stocking (or just need to bring up your shopping cart price tag high enough to qualify for free shipping), look no further than the Resistance X-Wing Fighter , which costs a paltry six bucks. They produced a functioning toy version of the astromech droid, which sold out in 24 hours.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2015

People can build great ecommerce sites with free tools, smartphone apps in their spare time and use crowdfunding to bypass the dreaded angel funding and venture capital penalties. The best attribute of a real entrepreneur is acceptance of the fact that “the buck stops here.” There must be something deeper that slows people down.

Startup 114

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Knowledge Base 114

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2010

If you are an entrepreneur seeking capital to grow your business, let me explain why this simple concept should drive some important choices you will need to make. Chances are, acquiring capital is an important part of your growth strategy. If you don’t succeed at raising capital, there’s not much point in trying to build the business.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Second, both Jason and I felt there was a lot of timeless information…the state of the art of the Venture Capital Term Sheet hasn’t changed that much in the last 30-years. One is we really try to shift the discussion from a negotiation with the venture capital firm to a negotiation with an individual. There were a couple motivations.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 14, 2012

You know, Jesus, a hundred thousand bucks down the drain.”. His logo, not the blank page, is what represented “a hundred thousand bucks down the drain.”. I groaned when the egregiously over-paid logo designer, Paul Rand, holds up a blank book and says, “Don’t get scared, this is not the design. The reason I did this was to floor Steve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are his key points and mine on how to capitalize on office politics: Identify the political players and stakeholders. It is never legitimate or appropriate to tread on other people’s faces, or revert to buck-passing, memoranda wars, or back-stabbing.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Myths such as &# real companies raise venture capital,&# &# you’re selling out if you sell your company for JUST $15 million,&# or “companies need two co-founders&# need closer examination. But I think that the “group think&# that can sometimes form there creates a sense that there is but one way to skin a cat.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

In a VC business when you raise additional capital you need to “level up” and act the round you are. You paid him the big bucks because he wasn’t the kind of person ready to take a risk with no pay when you started. And while this might sound to the inexperienced person like a sensible idea – it is not.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

– while the other might want a quick sale and pocket some bucks while the tech market is hot. It either needed to get more aggressive in pricing, pivot to a new business or business model or raise more capital (and take the dilution) in order to have more time to figure things out. Those are the easy cases.

Startup 340

Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

In B-to-B marketing, it ends up that there were people at GE Capital doing the same jobs at GE Healthcare. From the team perspective, I've also aged�I'm not a young buck anymore, I'm 47 this year, so we've hired the best and empowered the best to build a team. For Kaleo, it's all about how we're spending our cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. First Round Capital & True Ventures seem to spend as much time cultivated relationships with “second round capital” as they do entrepreneurs. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Plus, just last week we closed our first round of funding, worth $2M, including Peter Lee from Baroda Ventures, Paul Martino at Bullpen Capital--he was the founder of Aggregate Knowledge and Tribe, and also seeded Zynga--and Prism Ventureworks. Another guy who is helping is Richard Yen, who is at Saban Capital, and has joined as an advisor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

There was an explosion in number of startups both because it was cheap and there was tons of available capital. The other major trend of 2012–2015 was the entrance of “non VCs” into late-stages of venture capital , which mostly consisted of hedge funds, mutual funds, corporate investors, sovereign wealth funds and even LPs doing direct deals.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Seed Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That quality can help you capitalize on competitors vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Buck the conventional wisdom. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising. Hit ‘em where they ain’t. Whenever possible, set your sights on areas that your competitors have neglected or ignored.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Advertising Social Media Competition 48

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

Seed stage, venture capital fund DFJ Frontier (www.dfjfrontier.com) announced this morning that it has raised its second fund, worth $55M. In boom times, folks think they'll just make a fast buck. Tags: frontier capital venture interview lenet scott. Congrats on the new fund.

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Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Funding Invest 124

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2009

People are still going, but instead of spending big bucks, they're taking a value oriented approach. We saw that the company was starting to have some potential to take venture capital, and got a little more involved, recognizing the need to step up management.

Startup 113

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Both companies were spending big bucks to advertise yet the offer left me cold and I must not be alone in this as both companies have slumping sales. The result is that I, the reader, had no interest in what was being sold in the ad yet I am a consumer in both verticals. IMVU wasted time and money building stuff that did not drive sales.

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Customer Custom Blogging Startup 72

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

His story…with the starting capital provided from some large angel investors in California he ran a fast growing business in the tech space, ended up growing into a multi million dollar company with two locations in less than two years. He wasn’t in business just to make a quick buck, he was building genuine relationships.

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Startup Technical Review Search Engine Optimization Los Angeles 104

Xconomy

AUGUST 7, 2020

The novel coronavirus has driven the pharmaceutical industry to upend its research priorities. Big Pharma companies are focusing on vaccine development and a slew of biotechs are testing compounds, previously intended for a wide range of indications, as potential COVID-19 treatments. billion merger in the digital health sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2023

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited angel investors. The amounts from angels start as low as $25K, while minimum venture capital amounts usually start in the $2M range. In fact, the reality is quite the opposite.

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