Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. After leaving Juno, he founded his own software company, Fog Creek Software. Defensibility in Software.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 9, 2019

I fund startups for a living and before that I ran two software startups that I founded. With a standard tech startup I can tell you in my sleep that your two biggest cost items by a long shot are people (between 60–75% of total costs) and space (10–20% of total costs). Unintended use cases By now, we’ve seen a lot!

Product 214

Product Software Review Technical Review Startup 214

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Apply for contests and business grants. Barter your services for their services.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

The firm recently raised a $15M series C funding, and we caught up with Kevin to learn more about why its customers, and investors, are interested in its technology. We have created a wireless technology and solution, end-to-end, that allows you to cost effectively connect devices that can be very, very remote.

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Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

com) recently , announced a new healthcare focused venture capital fund, worth $25M. The Affordable Care Act is part of that, but there are also many examples of healthcare systems recognizing that in order to afford our healthcare system, we have to change the way the economics work. We even are looking at service companies.

Startup 113

Startup Technical Review Software Review Artificial Inteligence 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

Visions pan of endless cold emails and long days attending meetups and pitch nights while your operations/tech team grind away. The formation of SeedInvest was deeply rooted in Ryan’s background in venture capital and investment. You’ve built a great business, your customers love you. 116,105,000.

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Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The company was founded by Bong Koh, a former EIR at Prism VentureWorks and venture capitalist at Advanced Technology Ventures; he also co-founded ibeatyou. Another guy who is helping is Richard Yen, who is at Saban Capital, and has joined as an advisor. We caught up with Bong to hear more about his new startup. What is LifeCrowd?

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

If you want a sense of their content, an example is their “Epic Rap Battles of History” channel including Stephen Hawkins vs. Einstein , Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Napoleon Dynamite and my favorite Mr. T vs. Mr. Rogers [this last one NSFW]. Yet nearly every major tech company or major company hiring tech people have open recs.

Invest 295

Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

While the epicenter of tech innovation is undeniably Silicon Valley, a tide of new hubs emerging across the globe are gaining recognition. Ron Spreeuwenberg is the founder of edtech mobile software HiMama , the company has headquarters in Toronto, Canada and Baltimore, MD. Financial technology here is years behind the U.S.

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Technical Review Startup Incubator Media 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com), which develops web application firewall software, just inked a big, $35M series C funding round a few weeks ago, and now has plans to dramatically expand its hiring in Los Angeles. The easiest example is for an online banking system. Tell us a little bit about this round?

Startup 113

Startup Funding Technical Review Software Review 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. For those not familiar with Saban Capital, tell us about the fund?

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Capital Southern California Media Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Internet scale.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. For example, difficult solutions that speed and flexibility are also a priority. Due Diligence. Investor Decks.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. With our software, our clients just inherited the ability to use Ceph, and there was nothing they had to do to get that.

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CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Technology Drives Carbon Reduction. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. After all, most people don’t understand that “venture capital is a get rich slowly&# scheme.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. It’s funny how scarcity of capital can focus one’s mind. So if you’re able to raise easily no problem. End of story.

Metrics 150

Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Apply for contests and business grants. Barter your services for their services.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. A couple of quick stories / examples: 1.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It has long been believed that people from lower-income neighborhoods can’t learn as well as middle & upper class ones due to environment issues such as problems at home and trouble in the neighborhood. It is a country that by foundation believes in capitalism as the best model of producing an equal society. By a teacher.

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Or as I picked up from Bruce Dunlevie at Benchmark Capital (who I’m told took the quote from elsewhere). An external consultant helping the procurement team overturned the decision and got the company to select a small software company owned by the consultancy. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.

Startup 247

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Writing 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

There is a common belief in the angel and venture capital community that you put your money on the best team, rather than the best idea. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Solo entrepreneurs rarely find an investor. Focus on prior results, not titles.

Startup 60

Startup Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 60

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

One is obvious, without protection, such IP might prove to be of little worth, as other companies can mimic the technology without recourse. The very nature of formal IP approval process ensures that some level of vetting has been performed to assess whether the IP is infringing on another company’s technology. Provisional Approach.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. source: Capital IQ.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Bartering technically means exchanging goods or services as a substitute for money. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113