Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. What better than to have capital from somebody who has actually done it in the trenches? we both love Jason). combination of factors –.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful tech leaders talking about the qualities that make for great entrepreneurs. Johnson CEO/founder Lunch.com. We are also going to be offering 2 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. My favorite example is Jason Nazar , the CEO of DocStoc. If I’m up super late trying to crank out work I often get IM messages from Jason at 1am. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 14, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the legal questions that face start-ups and issues like incorporation, stock options, hiring employees, and much more. This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Legal Advice for Startups”. We are joined this month by David Young a Partner at DLA Piper.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Let's talk a bit about your background. Can you talk about your experience? Brian Garrett: Rick and I worked together since 2001.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Tell them about what you’re up to in your business, show them your product or prototype, tell them your strategy, talk about the deals you’re working on and seek feedback. Some of the masters at this VC relationship business are Jason Nazar (DocStoc), Jon Bischke (EduFire) and Ophir Tanz / Ari Mir (GumGum).

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service. Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. Why did you decide to launch the Docstore now?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Jason Nazar is CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com), the online document sharing site, and a fixture at Los Angeles technology events. Jason Nazar: There are many different stages of entrepreneurs, but in the very beginning stages, stop thinking about it, planning, and talking about it, and start doing it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!) Here is the link to the video interview. No other reason.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Jason Calacanis – Mahalo Jason Calacanis was CEO and co-founder of Weblogs, Inc.,

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Also, I consider ways to find and recruit world class team members and strategies for talking with investors--although mainly I focus on the product because ultimately everything starts with that. They will tell you how they are going to build the greatest thing ever and so the audience will talk about it. It sounds interesting.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Check out Lori’s talk at IdeaMensch LA. Shivani Siroya is the CEO and Founder of InVenture , which helps to expand small businesses around the world by providing access to growth capital and business tracking tools via the Internet and mobile technology. Check out Dan Gould’s talk at IdeaMensch Los Angeles.

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