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FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. Let me not bury the lede.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
I recently got together with Aaron Shechet and an early stage startup to discuss the direction the company might want to take. We also represent a few larger companies with international issues. We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney. Tell me a bit about your background.
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OCTOBER 11, 2016
Most VCs did well academically and had enough career success that a venture firm was willing to give them an investment role or they were able to raise their own fund. Importantly, we recently announced a $30 million financing that gives us the resources we need to build a global enterprise software company.
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FEBRUARY 16, 2015
recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. ” Of course I agree with this.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. Analysis Paralysis.
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MAY 27, 2013
Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. Growth like this, this early in a company’s lifecycle rarely happens. VCs crave the ability to help portfolio companies. Always seek input.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 4, 2010
I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Later he posted about his experience in Challenges of Startups.
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