InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Doers : Those more inclined to pick up spreadsheets, code, marketing docs, product designs or even the telephone or hop on a plane to solve a problem vs somebody who tells you all the things wrong with the world. Company culture matters such a great deal. I want to be around people with a sense of humor.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. VCs (and LPs) have a vested interest in having more data, whether they want to invest in your company / firm or not.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. It's little known, but we were going to sign the docs on a Series A two days after we got the LOI for TeleNav.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

The California-based team plans to use the new round to grow their team, marketing efforts, and further grow the company. CapLinked is founded by two successful entrepreneurs: CEO Eric Jackson, former marketing lead at PayPal ; and COO Christopher Grey, two time founder including Crestridge Investments.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Glass developers simply upload their applications and marketing collateral, the SGL team reviews it, and then places it on the directory. Confirming the partnership, Jacob Mullins, founder of Exitround said it provide SGL companies access to its active marketplace to find great business and corporate development opportunities.

Google 87

Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

He defines this as new products that are dramatically cheaper, lower quality, lower margin but larger markets. The reason that incumbents can’t react is that their revenue and defensibility are continued by serving the high-end of the market for which it would take too much time & money for any competitors to effectively challenge.

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Netflix Evite Pricing Hulu 329

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

But knowing so many people who were there I would find it VERY hard to believe that it was anything other than people BS’ing about trends in the market. They don’t have market power. Mostly I get company pitches or introductions from friends or people that I know. I also do marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Set up an interview room, stocked with current docs. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. During that period, it is very difficult for either party to get out of the deal, since there is no public market for the stock, and business divorces normally mean bankruptcy.

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Invest Startup Doc Slides 59

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Even though they usually end up innovating and creating at the idea level, they usually need to have a business partner or someone else, to either become CEO of a company, or help them translate their innovation into practical use. Then, I went and founded a company called Intelisense. They'll even help them with presentation skills.

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2012

It’s the first functional series I’ve done since sales & marketing. The very first time I ever negotiated a term sheet (and then legal docs for closing the round) I found the experience very frustrating. The other law firm gets the docs. He concedes on one point and sends over our doc re-marked up.

Doc 301

Doc Venture Capital Startup Press 301

Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It’s a fun company, but customer acquisition is the biggest challenge we face. It’s a bit much, I know, but when the company sells, they both go in the ocean. That’s all the doc could tell us. I’m the CEO of Make It Work, Inc. We have 34,000 customers already, but we need more more more.

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Blogging Email Yammer Doc 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This is great for open floor offices, collaboration, travel, and other things that new companies often find necessary as they build their brand. Plus, when compared to the other laptops on the market, Chromebooks tend to offer the most features for the lowest prices, making them a sweet deal.

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Startup Doc Cloud Computing Design 40

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Now, that is a nice market to have. A market Check Mate. With less than 45% browser market share and dropping Microsoft is not even situated to control the browser market. Google was smart and fast to promote their Chrome browser, which is biting at Microsoft’s IE market share like nothing we’ve seen in the past.

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Web 2.0 Google Doc Software 74

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They have a wide set of existing relationships, they have teams of junior staff that cull databases (or increasing pile through LinkedIn), they are skilled in approaching prospective talent and they can “pre sell&# your company to get the recruit to the table in the first place. They’re also good at screening candidates.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Not to worry because we’ll recap the night with some information on the demos from these up and coming companies located in LA. Besides using excel sheets and word docs to organize, there was no other easy way. Make sure to check out their companies and clear your schedules for other upcoming tech events in town.

Startup 73

Startup Doc Ideas Mobile 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

If they did they would be in constant violation because VCs often see 3-4+ companies in every market that they operation. If they say yes you get a term sheet and once this is signed it is usually 3-6 weeks until your legal docs get signed and you’re funded. Bio of top 3 people in the company. Market sizing.

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Venture Capital Slides Doc Startup 340

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? LowerMyBills, Inc.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There is a lot of chatter about companies that own > 20%. I am not claiming to be the world expert on this.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Doc 279

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

Yes, I always imagined announcing the company that way. The mission for the company is to to help people communicate clearly and memorably using visual information. Just as we use Google Docs for writing or AirTable for spreadsheets, the world finally has an amazing in-browser tool for visual presentations.

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Startup Social Media Slides Design 191

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now. What investor would put money into a company and then agree a price later based on success? million cap I am assuming when I write the check that I will own 10% of your company. Investors call Bull Cap.

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Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

One of the companies that just announced $10 million in funding was a company I had never heard of called Huddle. With Huddle, you can manage people, projects and information inside and outside your company, securely.&#. I always worry about companies that spread themselves too broadly. So Skype was ubiquitous.

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Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. But we weren’t optimizing for dilution – we were building a $1 billion+ company and we wanted the runway to succeed. If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. Let me start with a story.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

A colleague working at the National Science Foundation said to me, "The lag time between fundamental idea and marketable product is usually longer than policymakers are willing to consider." As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45