Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Would they build a world class team. With Meredith I did every on-reference-sheet call I could make and many off-reference-list calls. I followed my playbook on reference calls making sure to ask both positively worded as well as skeptical questions. And then the most important factor for me – who were these people?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We got over 400 applications for the ten slots we had open in this class, and we picked ten amazing companies. So far, eight of the ten companies in our current class have raised outside funding, and we're really happy with how it's gone so far. Our current class has performed incredibly well. So when is the next class?

Class 261

Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

So perhaps his king reference was fitting. In tech circles one refers to the firm as either Kleiner Perkins, KP or Kleiner. Having a highly functional middle class is good policy for long-term economic growth. One only need watch Downtown Abbey to see what the wealthy classes of Europe thought of “businessmen.”

Education 417

Education Venture Capital UCSD Class 417

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

At Twitter, for example, even though everyone gets great perks, including meals, yoga classes, and unlimited vacations for some, employees can’t stop talking about how they love working with other motivated people, where no one leaves until the work gets done. Be patient when filling open positions. Avoid surprises through proactive homework.

Training 135

Training Case Study Resource Statistics 135

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to continue to build a world-class staff at GRP from which to build future leaders in either tech startups or in our investment firm. I made some reference calls. We both wanted to invest in a select number of companies and spend more time with those companies rather than invest too broadly. They were effusive.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 12, 2013

At the Wizard, classes are offered for: computers, software, tablets, phones, setup on stereo receivers, DVDs, cabling, and even how to make a patch cable. The classes are posted online and members can sign up. They are often referred to as “Best Browse or “Amazon’s Showroom.”

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Course Class Education Screening 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Neither class of people should give up easily. If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Here’s how you reference check a VC (link to post with longer version). Commitment.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Just literally this week I had breakfast with a guy giving a reference who said, “He’s brilliant. In fact, just a short Google search reveals that I’ve referred to him frequently through the years. But he knows it.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

Obviously to understand a “class” of people you have to make broad generalizations. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. Please call our references.

Sales 382

Sales Help Startup Pricing 382

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2014

Within reason, the larger your intern class, the greater the volume of creative ideas and more talented recruits you will subsequently hire full-time. Academic Setting – Your interns’ frame-of-reference is the school, so facilitate the transition from the classroom.

Startup 257

Startup Santa Barbara Competition Class 257

InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

Reginald Martinez Jackson was also often referred to as a “hotdog” for his self-promotional antics and lackadaisical on-field play. Seek CALs: Players with Class, Ability And Longevity. Some People Are Indispensable, But No One Is Irreplaceable. Share and Enjoy.

Startup 182

Startup Class RSS Statistics 182

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. Below you can see social sharing encouraged by Parachute who use this to drive 40% of purchases from direct vs. referred traffic and with much lower marketing budgets are able to drive 500% more content engagement than Bed Bath & Beyond’s social channels.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

While the SBIR does not provide direct funding in Phase III, funding can often be acquired through referred Federal agencies, like the Department of Defense, who may intend to use the innovation once the development is complete. Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Research 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. The best way to do this is to reference actual data from a recent similar startup success. Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. The answer is not “if we build it, they will come.”

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 26, 2019

Student messaging is increasing collaboration between classes and different schools, while online portals are connecting parents with the schools themselves. Online parent portals can display school announcements, emails from teachers, or updates on assignments that allow parents to be more involved in their child’s classes and workload.

Artificial Inteligence 50

Artificial Inteligence Technology Education Networking 50

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2019

At Twitter, for example, even though everyone gets great perks, including meals, yoga classes, and unlimited vacations for some, employees can’t stop talking about how they love working with other motivated people, where no one leaves until the work gets done. Be patient when filling open positions. Avoid surprises through proactive homework.

Training 73

Training Case Study Resource Statistics 73

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. These terms refer to a class of professional investors who invest their own money, like angels, but have the larger resources and scope of venture capitalists with other people’s money. Seed-round investment.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Obviously to understand a “class&# of people you have to make broad generalizations. They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. Please call our references.

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Sales Startup Pricing Customer 316

InfoChachkie

JUNE 20, 2011

Within reason, the larger your “graduating class,” the greater the volume of creative ideas and the larger number of talented recruits from which you can select full-time candidates. At Computer Motion, we regularly allowed engineering classes to tour our facilities. Network with professors who can direct their best students to you.

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Startup Software Review Technical Review Class 244

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. I knew his as he considered becoming a VC and we talked a lot about how it was going for me in my early years. I think my pal Dave is unemployable.

Startup 309

Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Most of the new investments we made this year -- and the ones in the pipeline we're most excited about -- were referred to us by founders with whom we've already invested. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year (good or bad)? Living by "The Golden Rule (do unto others.)" READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: The name is a reference, actually, to Thomas Edison and the research lab he created. However, we think there are probably enough great companies and entrepreneurs in Southern California to full up the classes. The first class will start in late January and run for three months. READ MORE>>.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Xconomy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

We like what Eric calls the boring back-end software,” said co-founder and managing director Jack Scatizzi, referring to a company’s internal, business-related software and the operating system that controls how a consumer-facing website operates. billion in 2015—a number estimated to grow by 25 percent this year to $6.7

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Southern California Invest 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

When you’re sitting in class or meetings, you’re taking notes to further absorb and reference later. Everyday we take notes in someway or form. You may make a mental note of what you need to pick up from the store. Or maybe you have an amazing idea for the next big thing.

Startup 69

Startup Ideas Organization Class 69

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

We have a huge reference customer with SDG&E, and a world class partner with GE in the channel. That said, we have differentiated technology, 38 patents, of which 15 have been granted, a unique positoin, unique technology set, which really provides a huge advantage.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2012

Avoid whatever business jargon is currently hip, like strategic, mission-critical, world-class, synergistic, first-mover, or scalable. It is also known as click-and-mortar, as well as bricks, clicks and flips, with flips referring to catalogs. Try something like, “the product costs $X, and we sell it for $Y.” Razor-and-blades model.

Startup 95

Startup Customer Custom Summary 95

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

Most of them pick it up fairly quickly… but some of them spend their whole careers never understanding what business they are in and think of it as a financial asset class.”. He was worse than useless as his frame of reference seldom synced up with my portfolio company. He kept trying to use a screwdriver as a hammer.”

Venture Capital 239

Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur SaaS 239

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

We discovered that the model didn''t really scale, because the frame of reference of an individual is so unique, and also because business professionals don''t have all that much money to spend. So, we took a look at what we had created after three years, and decided we wanted to open our own office in the Philippines.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

At Twitter, for example, even though everyone gets great perks, including meals, yoga classes, and unlimited vacations for some, employees can’t stop talking about how they love working with other motivated people, where no one leaves until the work gets done. Be patient when filling open positions. Avoid surprises through proactive homework.

Training 58

Training Case Study Resource Statistics 58

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

What forges this bond between the entrepreneur and investor can vary: typically, the connection will stem from something the investor and entrepreneur shares whether that be the same college or fraternity, a love of mountain climbing or surfing, children who attend the same school or ballet class or similar career paths.

Venture Capital 45

Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 45

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Avoid whatever business jargon is currently hip, like strategic, mission-critical, world-class, synergistic, first-mover, or scalable. It is also known as click-and-mortar, as well as bricks, clicks and flips, with flips referring to catalogs. Try something like, “the product costs $X, and we sell it for $Y.” Razor-and-blades model.

Ideas 92

Ideas Startup Customer Custom 92

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

What forges this bond between the entrepreneur and investor can vary: typically, the connection will stem from something the investor and entrepreneur shares whether that be the same college or fraternity, a love of mountain climbing or surfing, children who attend the same school or ballet class or similar career paths.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

Often referred to as the “Godfather of Online Video,” Machinima CEO and new media investor Allen DeBevoise has been focused on investing since 1996 when he was asked by TCI Interactive to lead a new division focused on “interactive online programming.” Allen DeBevoise – Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Machinima, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Artificial Inteligence Venture Capital Santa Monica 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

They are at the tops of their classes and want to get into private equity or venture capital some day. I have nothing against these young people – the dialers. They are often from the best universities: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Princeton, Yale.

Venture Capital 294

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Email Equity 294

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

When you’re sitting in class or meetings, you’re taking notes to further absorb and reference later. Everyday we take notes in someway or form. You may make a mental note of what you need to pick up from the store. Or maybe you have an amazing idea for the next big thing.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Organization Class 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else. We always say that great opportunities are composed of a world-class team addressing a big & disruptive market opportunity. Lines vs. Dots is all about people. Market Opportunity.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. I shall refer to the photographer as “Mac” for the remainder of this article. The photographer (who asked that I not identify him, but was happy for me to share his story) indicated that he knew Steve.

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Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279