socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based Email Copilot , which develops visualization, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of email deliverability data, has been acquired by Return Path , a New York-based developer of email data software. Return Path said it acquired all of Email Copilot, including technical ssets and existing book of business.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital. You betcha.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 8, 2024

Vision, risk and capital, oh my! And few think of the risks that increase over time as initial capital is expended. Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Everyone has a vision when starting a business.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

If fixed expenses, especially payroll, are paid out before cash is received from services or shipments, the company is financing its growth with ever-increasing working capital needs. And oil is a lubricant [Email readers, continue here…] But the most important lesson to remember is that cash is the great lubricant for businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. He would do anything he could to capture people’s email addresses because he knew that they served as a valuable tool for future marketing purposes. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said this morning that it has created a new company, Newfold Digital, through the acquisition of Endurance International Group, plus strategic investment transactions with both Web.com and affiliates of Siris. Web.com owns Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.co, and CrazyDomains.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

near real-time automated intelligence gathering systems that scour public and private data sources like websites, blogs, social media and email to unearth information businesses can use for competitive advantage. bitvore data intelligence gathering venture capital yuri pikover' Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2019

For our interview today, we have Noramay Cadena , a Partner at MILA Capital , who spoke to us earlier this year about the venture capital investment firm and what it looks for in entrepreneurs. What is MiLA Capital? The video version of this interview is here. What's the best way for an entrepreneur to reach out to you?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2024

and if you miss projections [Email readers, continue here…] The reaction to bad news by Vs controlling the board by virtue of their power to supply additional money, often includes the threat – or reality – of starting the process to find a replacement CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

They spoke of a need to prove out revenues in order to raise capital and a stark contrast to many Silicon Valley firms whose goal is user numbers over revenues. In the age of Skype, email, cheap telephony and collaboration tools it’s all too easy to sit in your office and connect with people remotely. In that sense it felt very LA.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The days of being able to trust that there will be an investor or lender on the other end of a call or email whenever needed ended with the 2000 and 2008 bursts of those respective bubbles. Cash is everything to a new business. How many times do we have to say this? Recast your projections using cash, not accrual, as the measure for planning.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. billion valuation from Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia, Forerunner Ventures and others.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. You have said outloud anyone can send you an email, is that fair?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

I see it on email even more. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. Early in his days when he was raising capital for DocStoc he came to see me a lot. It seems we live in an era of “ask.” ” I see it on Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. I am inspired by the constant innovation in our industry by First Round Capital like the Dorm Room Fund , their expansion to Philadelphia (I hope they also have a secret plot to replace Andy Reid while there), the exchange fund and other initiative. I know, I’m weird.

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] One day Tom came to me and said, “I want to transfer to marketing. Five years later, I received an email from Tom. An email to preserve and show. In one of the most understated several word paragraphs in history, I responded by email, “Gee, Tom. Hello again, Dave,” it began.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts. Weblife was venture backed by a new, venture capital investment firm in Los Angeles, Nordic Eye, which has offices in both LA and Copenhagen. Nordic Eye said it invested $3.0M

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 16, 2010

I always try my best to take meetings like this since my friend had clearly committed some political capital to his friend in saying he could help him get a meeting. In this case it warrants a personal email (or better yet a phone call) from you and a Herculean effort to reschedule the meeting. Here is how you cancel a meeting: 1.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. He responded by emailing the COO and asking him to lunch. I get emails all the time from people asking me on a first date and saying, “how about if I buy you dinner.” A guy I would love to work with – maybe even hire myself.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 5, 2014

But, the working capital and management team necessary to grow a company quickly to sufficient revenues to justify a $200 million valuation will require raising lots more capital. Email readers, continue here.] It is possible to grow a company to a valuation of $30 million on one or two angel rounds of investment.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

I always try my best to take meetings like this since my friend had clearly committed some political capital to his friend in saying he could help him get a meeting. I wrote him the following email. In this case it warrants a personal email (or better yet a phone call) from you and a Herculean effort to reschedule the meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

Most board members don’t have the intention of checking email, reading the news or sending a quick text message but just like most smokers don’t want to pull out a cigarette?—?the It’s super distracting when your executives are typing away at email while the rest of the board is meant to be engaged in a discussion.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2014

Whether you should raise a big round of capital and from whom. Can we do an inside round of capital? Can we spend $500,000 on capital equipment? The day after your board meeting I would recommend you send out an email with a summary of your understanding of the key decisions reached so that it is memorialized.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As noted in 6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital , as you accomplish your previously communicated milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text). The Three P's: Positive, Polite And Persistent. So what do you do once your venture has traction? Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

I think that’s the beauty of both capitalism and innovation. That was back when VCs weren’t so quick to respond to emails. As with tonight I got my kids to bed, did some email, caught 30 minutes of the news then sat down to type. If you were reading the headlines from only 2.5 So which is it? Feast or famine?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology. million. .

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2020

A new initiative from a Los Angeles investor is taking stock of venture firms and their ability to commit capital in an effort to match firms that are still open for business and cutting checks to startups that are fundraising in the age of COVID-19.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Email readers, continue here.] The IRS could see that you are not paying yourself interest on the accrued debt, and consider it invested capital, eliminating your ability to repay yourself in the future. Ultimately, the accrued difference will amount to a large enough liability that several things could happen, all of them negative.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital. Hell, I often can’t even get to email during the day.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

The company was always seeking capital. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. Venture capital firms have a distaste for the smaller multiples earned by services businesses, along with the challenge to scale such a business. It was over. Of course).

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2025

Accepting venture capital or angel money is to create a contract between the investors and the entrepreneur that the business will someday be sold or even go public to create an exit for the investors. Is your business one that may be sold for profit someday? What if you’ve taken outside investors over the years?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Including ff Venture Capital’s unique approach to finding deals and the services they provide to their startups. 500px is in Toronto. SHOW NOTES.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 3, 2018

24 hrs) and users receive a text/email notification regarding the execution,” Wan wrote to me an email. . “The SDK is analogous to an arbitration clause in code form — when the smart contract executes a function, that execution is delayed for a pre-set amount of time (i.e.,

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