Xconomy

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At the American Trucking Association Management Conference in Orlando, FL, this week, San Diego’s SmartDrive Systems announced that Michelin North America has led a new investment round in the company, though SmartDrive wouldn’t say how much it has raised. The sensors monitor. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Once you have achieved some success as an idea person who has implemented a business, you can broaden your positive impact by mentoring and coaching other aspiring entrepreneurs, supporting worthy causes, writing a book, and speaking at leadership conferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. So it is now publicly known that we have closed $150 million in our 4th fund. You’re not.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. You have to figure out when to be the up-beat coach, “It will all get better, stay confident, keep the course” or the honest voice in one’s ear, “Listen mate, you’ve been protecting your head of product for far too long. Web Summit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. Yet their next fund had Facebook in it. And Coach Campbell.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 and Schlumberger.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. A couple of weeks ago, I met the infamous @jeffpulver, co-founder of Vonage, author of the Pulver Order , and creator of the #140 Conference (the premier conference on Twitter and the real-time Internet.) About a month ago, I met @lewishowes at the Perfect Pitch conference in LA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

For example, as a member of an angel investment group, I sometimes do some “due diligence” on promising startups looking for funding. Facilitate participation in industry conferences and networking. Thus, when you participate in trade shows and conferences, staff the booth from development and other organizations, as well as marketing.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. A couple of weeks ago, I met the infamous @jeffpulver, co-founder of Vonage, author of the Pulver Order , and creator of the #140 Conference (the premier conference on Twitter and the real-time Internet.) About a month ago, I met @lewishowes at the Perfect Pitch conference in LA.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. Having the pitches and showcase as part of the conference is a nice feature for the startups, so the whole thing isn’t just about the pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

We are judging how well you are coached on stage. And for the record, GRP has funded YC alum. ” I love businesses that don’t lend themselves well to VC Panels at conferences or Demo Days. Getting excited about a company at a conference and investing is a sucker’s bet. Do you have good quips?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Of course not every VC has the fund size or the fee size to build services at this scale yet many provide extremely well-regarded programs that are valuable. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. So I find that less “management” happens at these firms.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

Morgan conference in January. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. It was not immediately clear how much LifeSci Advisors and the other sponsors are paying to fund the program. But not all costs: Attendees are on the hook for about $4,000, according to organizers.)

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Both Sides of the Table

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. So if all I need to do is make some customer calls, interview potential employees or help with his fund-raising decks – hallelujah. And improve.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. We like to hire people and fund people who are deeply ethical and we try to be long-term in our investment thinking. This is something I try to coach against. They attend conferences and do marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

We are judging how well you are coached on stage. And for the record, GRP has funded YC alum. ” I love businesses that don’t lend themselves well to VC Panels at conferences or Demo Days. I don’t think they serve investors well. I feel like I’m attending theater rather than looking for deals.

Startup 361

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

So, I came back into the ecosystem, started attending the game and developer conferences, and really started asking the hard questions to executives in the industry, and figuring out where the underserved areas were in the industry. This bigger calling came back to me, and I say�hey, what are you doing with your life Jon?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica. At least 100 companies secured funding of at least $1 million, and 43 were acquired. In 2012 over $3.2 Social Media.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

When I was running FUEL, I really did not have advisors – I did have a coach the entire time, who was a sounding board, but we worked on more esoteric concepts like ‘creating space’ (much longer convo) and on interpersonal relations and how to inspire growth, etc… That worked. He is my week-by-week advisor and it’s a more formal structure.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. In addition to coaching and mentoring, I want to put them in the game of investing into startups. NON: I judge a lot of pitch competitions and speak at a lot of conferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. The problem with the company that I described above was that there was somebody willing to fund ongoing losses and the board continued to believe that good times were just around the corner. Entrepreneurs have a way of doing that.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. John Wooden, US basketball coach. People are free or cheap because of the recession. Measure Thrice, Cut Once.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Mark Suster: First of all, the good news, is GRP has a $200 million fund, which we've only done three investments on. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. We often hear from entrepreneurs who say--I'll hire a great team, as soon as I get funded. We're really excited about 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

There are people like Gus Tai who any entrepreneur who’s worked with him well tell you is that he has helped coach them into building a great business. Below is a quote about Gus from The Funded. They work for a prestigious firm, have sat on big boards, went to HBS and speak at lots of conferences. Gus has been amazing.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 297

Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

Those were some of the topics of a question-and-answer panel held at Xconomy’s Robo Madness West 2016 conference last month. What are some examples of government-funded research in AI and robotics that is happening today that will set the stage for tomorrow’s products? What are the risks and ethics around AI systems?

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