SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price? Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? kind of like a board for a VC firm). The founders of a company are fighting. Can we help them get along? I practice what I preach.

Startup 269

Startup Venture Capital Layoffs Resource 269

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Handling PR with VCs. This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. In your VC pitch your PR page should take no longer than 30 seconds – Wait.

Venture Capital 291

Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists against the VC industry. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284