InfoChachkie

JANUARY 29, 2013

Proper Context – If the context of the intro is the least bit unclear, I ask the person requesting the introduction to write a paragraph or two that I can forward to the target contact. Not only will this approach save everyone time, it will allow you to reserve your social capital to facilitate more impactful introductions.

Email 256

Email RSS Social Media .Net 256

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. ” He was writing to people. To get on his radar screen. Many people. Any people.

Social Media 307

Social Media Blogging Media Startup 307

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. Is that when it became big?

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. The process of raising capital IS part of running a business.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Tell us about your Series A round and your relationship with Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha. Series A round.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price?

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. In our regions?

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital. Suddenly I look at the screen and 45 minutes have passed. Noom worked really well initially because it dealt with the psychology of why people make bad food choices and forced me to write down what some of my bad behaviors actually were.

Coach 538

Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

Struggling to get time with First Round Capital? After dinner with a film distributor dear friend of mine, Janet Brown (check out FilmBuff ) I caught an interesting screening of a new film, Surrogate Valentine with Gary Chou of USV. Dave Morin of Path? SimpleGeo – in da house. Want to talk Twitter integration? Hanging out.

Ideas 294

Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I still think it’s best to take money from Dave when you’re also partnered with a more focused, hands-on seed-stage VC who brings different things to the table – like more ability to write larger checks in a downturn (for one) or solving a deep crisis that involves super hands-on involvement.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

I was fortunate that I could write software and doubly fortunate that my despair at working for ‘the Man’ – and feeling compelled to strike out on my own – coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era. For me I had few alternatives; working for someone else had proved to be a frustrating experience.

Customer 120

Customer Custom Writing Southern California 120

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

It''s more than showing up every two months and writing that dues check so they can say they''re an angel--it''s having them pitch in and grab the oars, and help move the group forward. To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. Why the name? We liked the Z on the beginning and the Z on the end.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

That's a huge capital savings per employee. Gabe Grifoni: I had actually transitioned to the writing side, and focusing on tech. That got me to CES for some technical writing and journalism, and I started checking out the scene. Those are some of the benefits of wearables. What's your background and experience in the industry?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. We write and create our own content for the game. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Silver Sponsor.

CalTech 91

CalTech Companies Company Idealab 91

Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

They have to be aggressive, and they have to be willing to write a check. Getting Angel funding can be a challenge–you have to submit a business plan/presentation, survive the screening process, and then deliver a compelling presentation. Everyone makes their own decisions, and sometimes with very individual criteria.

Tech Coast Angels 40

Tech Coast Angels Angel Pasadena Angels Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. Then the message in the inbox arrived… “Hey, we have a request to sit down and interview Jim Farley, Ford’s CMO.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. The conversation moves from consuming images on a screen in lean back mode, to active engagement.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill. We are in phase three of the influencer economy,” Bain Capital Ventures senior principal Jamison Hill, who led the firm’s investment in the influencer shoutout marketplace Cameo , tells TechCrunch. Podfund , for example, writes checks sized between $25,000 to $50,000 to emerging podcasters.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

This week I was preparing for my weekly This Week in Venture Capital web show and was researching some of the deals that were announced for the week. I registered it in my mind at the time, “hmm, a screen cast while you’re on Skype, that’s pretty clever.&# CloudShare as a product also sounded like a great idea to me.

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Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient. But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Shivani Siroya – CEO and Founder of InVenture.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78