Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I made many classic first-time mistakes which serves both as my warning signal of which teams to avoid funding (if I perceive they will make critical mistakes often led by hubris) and also as my source for coaching others. Stop reading their press releases or hearing their founder talk about he is crushing it. believing our own hype.

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Startup Press Course Entrepreneur 412

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. But it’s hard to know that from the press. And why I woke up at 4.50am. Entrepreneurshit.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But VC is like congress. “I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. Their data looks at tech VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2015

I’ve tried over the years to write many times about the realism of the downsides of being an entrepreneur because there is a complete cognitive dissidence between what you read about yourself in the press and what you feel internally about where you’re at in the journey. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors.

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Press Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Full press release with more details is here. When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. Today we announced Launchpad LA V2. The rest is history.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 259

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. What stage?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Your goal should be to turn your VCs into extended members of your team to get real value from them. 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. Ask for help reviewing your press release.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

One of the interesting things about being a VC is that you often see companies in transition. In a VC business when you raise additional capital you need to “level up” and act the round you are. You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. But your job isn’t to make every decision for him.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s why I believe executive coaches are so important for startups who have the financial resources to afford them. I have seen it first-hand in my VC career many, many times. I learned these lessons at a very young age and they etched permanently into my psyche.

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Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to SGL, developers can now submit their apps for review and have their press releases and updates distributed on the Stained Glass Labs website, which gives them the quick feedback from other developers and the ability to submit press releases, which are sent to members of the media interested in Google Glass and wearable technologies.

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Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. The second thing I learned as a VC, is that data paralyzes people.

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Coach Startup Study Venture Capital 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

And yes, VC’s, too. I doubt they’d be willing to press harder in questioning and/or be more attuned to negative signals that the reference might be implying but not actually saying. Negotiate directly with your VC or acquirer with lawyers present in the room. What might the VC do against your interest?

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. In the Early Days. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

Participants will also be paired with coaches and will network for board seats after the course is over. percent of partners in traditional VC firms were women, Liftstream found. McDonald deferred questions about that goal and his firm’s contributions to a spokeswoman, who did not reply by press time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. This is something I try to coach against. Happy New Year.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

Right now we offer one-on-one physical therapy online in California, and we’re offering health coaching in other states and are expanding our coverage in the coming weeks. Early growth in visits is running at 100%, month over month, per Carmy. and several others, including some individuals specifically focused on the healthcare space.

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Startup Los Angeles Platform Research 140

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Neither can any VC. Executive Summary. Why buy me?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Seth is one of the most decent human beings in the venture industry so the rant was off base. But even if a VC is nasty a rant email back isn’t the right way to channel your frustration. You got your tech press and your parents are proud. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding.

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