Tech.Co
JULY 24, 2017
And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. So with no real barometer for reliable talent and a fast-evaporating social network, where should early founders snag that elusive star talent. Tap Into Your Network. Tap Into Your Employees’ Networks.
socalTECH
JUNE 2, 2011
Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. Backers: Fayez Sarofim & Co, Sequoia Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures. SpaceX [ profile ]. Those firms are: 1. eHarmony [ profile ]. Business: Online matchmaking/dating. READ MORE>>.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 10, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. Persuasive and empowering. Consistently produce results.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2021
This is Venture Capital. Let’s assume that you’re a reasonably well-connected person, you have a strong network of friends & colleagues who work in the technology sector and you have many friends who are investors either professionally or as individuals. Focus a lot on the denominator. to start their next company.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 21, 2019
Successful businesses require innovative people, who have built an abundance of innovation capital, to win support and resources for their ideas. Professional investors are adept at looking for innovation capital, beyond the passionate pitch. Social capital: influencers, leaders, investor relationships.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
All schmoozing and networking aside, what are investors, entrepreneurs, and others in the industry thinking about? Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2018
Today the company officially announced its most recent round of capital ?—?having Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. Not really.
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