Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. Hope you all enjoy.
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InfoChachkie
JUNE 9, 2015
Obtaining funding is a key milestone, but equally important is helping fledgling companies build institutional mass once they leave the relatively safe confines of an accelerator. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. But they do small, seed like investments when they like the entrepreneurs.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 15, 2017
Each time I mentor an entrepreneur, I learn new things about their technology, customers, and business domain. In the words of an ancient Buddhist proverb, “If you light a lamp for someone, it will also brighten your own path.” A mentor/mentee relationship must be a win-win and learning experience for both.
socalTECH
JUNE 25, 2012
The service was created by experience serial entrepreneurs Mark Sylvester and KymberleeWeil, who some might know from creating service introNetworks. We're entrepreneurs, and we like to build our business, and wish we were known a little more. Our roots are in Flash, and in fact the company came about as a project for Macromedia.
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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