Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

This is smart because amazing board members can be transformative with important advice and access and can also help attract other great board members (and team members). I actually think having a formal board can really help you. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? Some seed investors are amazing.

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Startup Venture Capital Tips Capital 236

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. We’ve been blown away by the performance of the eight companies in this class.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

Often these communities are built around special interest groups, where the members interact through social media, help each other, and trust each other, and the relationships go well beyond the transactions. Fertility can be helped by less restrictive ways for people to share their sperm and eggs. Healthcare. Restaurants.

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Marketing Commerce Social Media Entrepreneur 52

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. Defy Ventures graduates have a 3.2% I wasn’t verklempt — I wept.

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Writing Startup Design Training 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You imagined him as the kid in your class at school at the front of the room raising his hand at every question and saying, “Oooh, me. We started talking about how in a country with so much consumer debt she could help women unlock the value of the clothes already in their closets. Before that he was a US senator.

Entrepreneur 370

Entrepreneur Startup Press Venture Capital 370

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# They helped Overture become smarter about what type of ads to serve.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I programed macros to help my mom with her Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets for work. I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. Has convertible debt won? More tiers = more complication = more confusion. As my friend Stuart Scott would say, most people have brilliant “outsight&# and all they lack is some “insight.&#.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Neerg puts the spotlight on all the great ecopreneurs and merchants creating products that will help us easily lesson the impact we have on our wold. VC/Angel Panel.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Neerg puts the spotlight on all the great ecopreneurs and merchants creating products that will help us easily lesson the impact we have on our wold. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

With this philosophy in mind it is easy to understand how one buyer would never dream of spending a grand on one thing and then rush into credit card debt to spend a $1,000 dollars on something else. Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties.

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