Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The funding came from L Squared Capital Partners. Edlio's content management software lets schools manage and update their websites, and includes such features as news, calendar, text and email notifications, individual class websites, and more. Edlio is led by CEO Ali Arsan. Edlio is led by CEO Ali Arsan.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 7, 2012

Although it is tempting to overly intellectualize modern-day venture capital, its underlying construct has been part of human society for thousands of years. Modern venture capital differs only slightly from the grubstaking that was commonplace in the Western United States during the latter portion of the 1800s.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. We sort of think of ourselves as an “accelerator” who provides strong education & mentorship. TechForward – Raises $7 million from NEA & First Round Capital. So we went ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

This move is indicative of the possibility that the traditional ways of going about making a living through a college education, an entry-level position at a firm, and steady promotion through the ranks is a dead model. Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. You get to call the shots.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. However, the recent surge in startup activity has attracted a lot more capital into the area, including a significant amount of capital from LA's latest fund: Karlin Ventures (www.karlinvc.com).

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

This year, we're again sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. One of our big mantras, internally, is to be the fastest responder when you see a customer email us. The second, was investing in relationship management and support. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. The royalty investor providing capital is a third party who makes a financial transaction with you, investing in you to receive a portion of the royalties from your IP.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. The royalty investor providing capital is a third party who makes a financial transaction with you, investing in you to receive a portion of the royalties from your IP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Beware of any offer that asks you to spend money before you can make money, to buy a starter kit, education, or tools. Chain emails leading to a windfall. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Delete the message.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. He hit me from two very trusted sources. Get more cash even before end proof.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. Healthcare is a really obvious vertical, where there is data inefficiency and a tremendous amount of opportunity, but there''s also education, human capital and talent.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 18, 2012

He was primarily motivated by the educational potential of his invention, not the wealth it might generate. Numerous innovators capitalized upon them as well, creating dozens of multi-billion-dollar enterprises. Philo’s fellow researchers were not the only people who benefitted from his discoveries. TV photo by gbaku.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. Fallacy: An entrepreneur’s two most precious assets are time and money. Grant Exclusivity.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

The show would be more educational (and realistic) if it allowed viewers who are looking to be educated and entertained to watch/listen to entire pitches online or via podcasts. In the real world, entrepreneurs should seek capital from sophisticated investors after they have proven their underlying value proposition.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Aaron Hawkey: Cramster is an online study community, built around students and educational subjects. We were at the tail end of it, and not until the 11th hour with one venture capital firm, when Shai just showed up. Editor's note: Shai Reshef is the firm's angel investor, and sold his last company to educational firm Kaplan).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

You just finished your education so you know the value of investing in yourself and your knowledge. If I never emailed anybody back after our meeting I can tell you something that would shock you. You can’t get mad if people don’t return your emails or calls. I assure you if I asked I never would have made it.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures, and also which also included Experian Ventures, Cherry Tree Investments, Dig Ventures, Mucker Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, TechStars and Wavemaker Partners. Stackin recentlyraised $12.6M What is Stackin'? Scott Grimes: We are the simplest entry point into finance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Beware of any offer that asks you to spend money before you can make money, to buy a starter kit, education, or tools. Chain emails leading to a windfall. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Delete the message.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Email Tool 55

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia not only wants to increase the number of women in investment, but bring more people in total to help startups and other businesses get the capital they need. Natalia Oberti Noguera: Pipeline Fellowship is a program to educate and bring more women into the investment side of business. What is Pipeline Fellowship about?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

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Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

I sat on two panels in the past week – once at LeadsCon (** see appendix if you’re interested in a back story here) and today at the America’s Growth Capital conference. Educate – Your primary role on stage is to educate the audience. So it’s fresh on my mind. Hope I won’t be too repetitive.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Email readers continue here.] Once again, there is a need to educate board members that in conflict of interest cases, the corporation comes first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Beware of any offer that asks you to spend money before you can make money, to buy a starter kit, education, or tools. Chain emails leading to a windfall. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Ignore these. Won the lottery.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. It''s a highly educated, English speaking workforce, and they love working for American companies. It''s all over the map, from content moderation for applications like Whisper and Tinder, to photo retouching for e-commerce websites.

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

The company just raised $6M in a Series A funding, led by Pelion Venture Partners, and also included Next Ventures, First Trust Capital Partners, The Daube Family office, Crosscut Ventures, M25 Group, Wild Ventures, and Hyde Park Venture Partners. Guy Friedman: I'm a startup guy, I had a previous startup in the educational technology space.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

The presentation is meant to give an unbiased overview of how to get involved in the tech community; what blogs to read, who to follow on Twitter, who the angel investors are, what areas in LA are home to the most startups and what resources there are to further educate yourself.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put your social network links on your stationery, business cards, and email. This is the time to get creative, run pilot projects to look at ROI, and educate the whole team on objectives and activities. Now is the time to capitalize on this fundamental shift in power to the customer, who now has real control over your brand message.

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Social Media Media Startup Blogging 95

InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

They often identify expeditious ways to make money in the early days of their adVentures, which allow them to reduce the amount of capital they must raise from outside investors. In the spirit of Conventional Wisdom Isn’t , the founders of Campus Explorer did not, “flow with the go” when they founded their higher-education website.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

We send you reminders by email, and deliver as many times a year as you prefer. Participating in the round is Quest Venture Partners, Siemer Ventures here in Los Angeles, Telegraph Hill Capital, and a number of great angel investors. We also have Just Because, which schedules random deliveries. million round.

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Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I spent the last year at a venture capital fund, helping people to prepare broken businesses. We thought it was time to jump in, and thankfully, the company had spent a significant amount of time educating the market, and we though the timing was perfect. I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have started five companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

We had flash sales and group sales sites coming to us with the same general business idea: shoot out a couple million emails to potential customers saying they have tickets on sale. So they can educate there members around what we do and United was a great partner to team up with. We have great access to capital.

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Xconomy

MAY 31, 2016

We communicate worldwide via email or Skype. This cutting-edge human capital is the true measure of any region’s innovative progress and potential, as opposed to the number of start-ups or licenses. Because it’s the forward march of technology that allows us to do more with less, improving our lives in the process.

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Technology Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Examples 72

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

Marty: Which do you enjoy most - the entrepreneur role, author, or speaker/educator? You've got to have capital or know how to bootstrap it. For more, you can contact Lon directly via email or his personal website. That's mine. Lon: You know I enjoyed all of it! You've got to know how to market; you've got to know how to sell.

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