Remove Capital Remove Custom Development Remove Customer
article thumbnail

This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. mm in Series A; IdealLab ( Bill Gross ), Index Ventures ( Danny Rimer ), Revolution LLC ( Steve Case ), First Round Capital , BetaWorks , Jason Calcanis. He’ll discover the value. He’ll get deals done. M&A Discussion.

article thumbnail

Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup 378
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc.

Startup 279
article thumbnail

How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

SoCal CTO

A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). Because of this, I've always tried to stay up-to-speed on how early-stage investors look at valuation of companies.

Startup 198
article thumbnail

LA’s Replicated looks to increase R&D and hiring for its operations management software after raising $25 million

TechCrunch LA

The funding, which was led by Two Sigma Ventures and included existing investors like Plexo Capital, Amplify, and BoldStart values the company at over $100 million. ” Replicated now counts 85 customers who pay for access to the platform and for every on-premise deployment that customers develop through the platform.

Software 224
article thumbnail

StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups

SoCal CTO

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

Content 175
article thumbnail

Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation? Steve, thanks so much for joining us today! What brings you to LA?

Startup 350