InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.

Entrepreneur 140

Entrepreneur Cloud Computing Invest Funding 140

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AUGUST 22, 2011

I first heard the term from Chris Fralic at First Round Capital. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. Feature, not a company. It has always stood out in my mind. Whether something is a feature or a company is clearly subjective. And sometimes features (say, Twitter) turn into companies.

Company 295

Company Companies Gogii Google 295

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency. The disappearance of these legacy costs has spawned a legion of Capital Efficient Startups (CESs), described more fully in Pour And Stir.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Capital 157

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? “In What did you learn from that experience and what advice would you give an entrepreneur who is trying to figure out their next gig? You have tremendous momentum and clearly could have raised capital from a variety of sources.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing. Spark Capital, Flybridge, Founder Collective, NextView Ventures … all in Boston or Cambridge not west of the city. And with startups so go VCs.

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. Look at Josh Kopelman over at First Round Capital.

Seed Funding 283

Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

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AUGUST 11, 2009

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Larger online game market ($1 billion) than Japan despite 1/3 population and 1/2 GDP per capital (slide 99). Tags: SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice VC Industry. All have been fascinating.

Slides 188

Slides Southern California Social Network Startup 188