SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. What's keeping you up at night?

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Yes, there is the mythical company you all heard about that walked into Sequoia and had a term sheet 24 hours later. Every entrepreneur starts with an idea that they believe makes sense. Geni.com beget Yammer. But year 5?

Entrepreneur 291

Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

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JULY 29, 2010

I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. Down rounds are psychologically really difficult on companies and can make it harder to do later rounds. In the video I also covered why you shouldn’t raise too much money too early in your company’s existence. I eventually needed more money.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

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AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left?”

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

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AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. Twiistup 6 featured 12 showoff companies as the opening act of a 2-day conference. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

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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.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

He also gave us some of his thoughts on why the "Paypal Mafia"--former PayPal employees--have gotten so much success from their startups. Jackson: The story behind the company, is we're trying to solve a real world problem. The company was about to close their Series B funding, and the company had just launched the website.

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Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I was skeptical and had a lot of issues with giving up control of my inbox, but I’m hooked now. Note: the tilda “~” is there so that when sorted alphabetically, these folders always show up at the top. Start every to do with an “action” word (hence the name, read their best practices) . It works amazing well. Tips: Trust it.

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Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Before jumping into the post I wanted to point out one thing about doing TWiVC and posting my notes here on BSOTT. LendingClub.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

In a move to improve protect data for firms, business transaction company CapLinked has today announced that it will offer military-strength protection to its clients data-in-transit. CapLinked’s online platform helps companies manage and close complex business transactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million in a new round of financing from Peter Thiel, FF Angel , Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups , Andrej Henkler (former Bertelsmann executive), and Alexsis de Raadt-St. For years now, companies have been forced to choose between cumbersome, expensive Virtual Data Rooms and decentralized, unsecure email to manage their complex transactions.

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Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

He's again set his sights on contact management with a new company, based in Santa Monica, called Nimble (www.nimble.com). It should include all of your communications, no matter what social network, and no matter who on your team has done it. Why did you decide to again set your sights on contact management?

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Google Tool Email Sales 216

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

That means a slew of companies will be preparing to launch their new products or announcing their companies at the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. ” I get asked many PR questions which is why I started this stream of posts on PR at Startups. .” ” You are a shitty little startup.

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MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Too many startup execs place too much emphasis on the big stage launch. When you are selected you share the stage with 49 other companies (in the case of TechCrunch50. Many other great companies are not. -

Tips 307

Tips Startup Press Blogging 307

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. If you’re a startup and you haven’t read my summary of Clay Christensen’s seminal work please do. And this approach to looking at startup industries is what I call “deflationary economics.”. Here’s what I mean.

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Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. You can think of even your PC as a stack in which the hardware manufacturers handled physical layers, Microsoft handled the OS layer and application companies built higher up in the stack.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343