SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? What stage?

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

When the plan is all in your head, and elements are undefined, it’s important to monitor every step of the progress, in order to make quick corrections. Investors and alliances are looking for partners who have a strategic focus, and can find the right consultants to solve their tactical issues.

Social Network 59

Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships. This approach to growth, usually called “coopetition,” capitalizes on the unique strengths of close competitors for a win-win situation for both. You need to explore all these growth choices and others, and plan experiments to measure their value and timing. Don’t let it be yours.

Examples 67

Examples Customer Custom Software Review 67

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

99.9999% of you won’t be contemplating raising capital at $500 million any time soon or selling for a billion. My friend Christin Herron of Intel Capital weighed in on the issue. to justify a “strategic” price. We plan to double-down and build the huge company we know we can.”

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Venture Capital Pricing Social Network Acquisition 316

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

Poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.”. However, in cards and real-life, you can have a dramatic impact on your ultimate success by ensuring that you recognize when good fortune presents itself, and augment your luck with sound, strategic decisions. Walter Matthau, American Actor.

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Startup Entrepreneur Competition Guide 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks.

Statistics 415

Statistics Startup Report Research 415

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. Tags: Entrepreneur Strategic Planning The Fringe. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. Meredith Publishing.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. Often when I meet them the idea seems at odds with what others are doing and as long as it’s the right team with a well-thought-through plan I kinda like that.

Technical Review 302

Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

We started planning our fund raising as much as 14 months ago. Did he want to see whether a strategic buyers made sense in the next couple of years? Invoca is the market leader in a hot and growing category: marketing automation for telephony driven by the explosion in smart phones where a phone call is a single click of a button.

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Funding Startup SaaS Venture Capital 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Many might say Donald Trump epitomizes this category. After that, it’s all about capitalizing on your strengths, shoring up your weaknesses, and building a personal plan that doesn’t work against you. The drivers for your strategic plan come from at least four directions: World of experts (books, consultants, webinars).

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Entrepreneur Mentor Framework Web 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Investors are human and subject to human tendencies, whether they are your rich uncle, an angel investor with personal funds or a venture capital investor with institutional money. These are investors with such massive egos that they expect to dictate both the terms of the investment as well as all future strategic decisions of your startup.

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Entrepreneur Coach Invest Sample 108