Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 9, 2019

The only other significant cost item that I see in some early-stage startups is inventory (for hardware or eCommerce companies). In the earliest stages of a company a startup will often cram as many people into small rooms as is possible in order to conserve on office costs. this is rarely because companies don’t have enough space.

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Berkonomics

MAY 23, 2024

Pay early-stage board members of companies that are not lifestyle businesses one percent of the fully diluted equity in the form of an option that vests over two to four years of service. You do not pay professional investors who are serving on behalf of an investment company or VC and paid by that company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. In my opinion no amount of clever marketing or chest beating at conferences can create a market if you don’t have an amazing product to begin with. CROSSING THE CHASM.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- LA Games Conference. Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA. I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. And after one meeting they started asking for his advice about marketing, customer engagement, product design, monetization – whatever.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. It’s why opt-in marketing databases can be so incredibly valuable for companies like Gilt Groupe, One King’s Lane and AdoreMe. Much more data in the full post. Google knows it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2012

” I’ve written about similar topics: 1. And this is the point of this post – be careful about your chip. I was at a conference 18 monts ago or so. But the more he spoke the more he kept complaining about his existing investor. It’s starting to show in how he talks about his company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Big difference.].

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 -- LA Games Conference. Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. What will be the hot games and gaming platforms in 2011 and beyond?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 22, 2020

Talking about sex with potential investors? Her company recently submitted Amphora, a non-hormonal contraceptive gel, to the FDA for review. Pelletier was among a handful of executives at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco last week pushing ahead in a sector of life sciences in.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 14, 2019

Morgan Healthcare Conference started out as a clubby get-together hosted by investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. Back in the days of H&Q, bankers and entrepreneurs flocked to San Francisco to get information about biotech companies that was otherwise hard to come by.

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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. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. If they didn’t care about him they certainly didn’t care about me or Jason Lemkin or Jason Calacanis or any of us.

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Tech.Co

JULY 28, 2020

The cancelling of tech conferences was one of the first signs that the pandemic was going to be disruptive, and not in a fun, entrepreneurial way. CES is the largest trade show in the world, so you can bet there are going to be some exciting additions to the online-only conference experience. The Rise of All-Digital Conferences.

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Tech.Co

JULY 21, 2016

The UCLA Conference to Advance Women in Technology will take place on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm (w/Networking Reception 3:00 – 5:00 pm) at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion Club. Our conferences are 100% supported by sponsors and donors. To submit questions for the panelists, please visit this page. Registration.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Friday, October 12, 2012 -- Smithers Apex's 13th Annual LEDs Conference. Companies participating in the LEDs exhibit hall include American Bright Optoelectronic Corp., Bergquist Company, Cree, Gamma Scientific, Palomar Technologies, Seren Photonics Ltd, TUV SUD and many others. Book your free exhibit pass to LEDs 2012!

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. conference shares what’s new in the location space. She gave us a great presentation about context. The Where 2.0

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Thursday, October 11, 2012 -- Smithers Apex's 13th Annual LEDs Conference. Companies participating in the LEDs exhibit hall include American Bright Optoelectronic Corp., Bergquist Company, Cree, Gamma Scientific, Palomar Technologies, Seren Photonics Ltd, TUV SUD and many others. Book your free exhibit pass to LEDs 2012!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- LA Games Conference. Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. See [link] (more).

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A Futurist Conference, AI & The Singularity will be held this Saturday, September 20, from 9:30am-5:00pm at Piedmont Veterans Hall, 401 Highland Avenue, in Piedmont, California. The conference will discuss, debate and imagine potential scenarios that could develop due to advances in Aritifical Intelligence. an AI research company.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Let’s talk about lawyers… Over the years in business and as a member of over forty boards, I have received good advice from corporate attorneys and on occasion bad advice as well. We appealed to the business development executive, who deferred to the attorney restating that the terms were unchangeable as far as the big company was concerned.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 4, 2024

I have a friend who was a CEO of a recruiting firm who “virtualized” her company after a decade of maintaining a fixed office location. Much larger recruiting companies were in trouble, with high fixed costs for facilities that could be shed quickly. How about the employee unable to self-motivate in a home environment?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 20, 2020

Talking about sex with potential investors? Her company recently submitted Amphora, a non-hormonal contraceptive gel, to the FDA for review. Pelletier was among a handful of executives at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco last week pushing ahead in a sector of life sciences in.

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San Diego Company Companies Invest 52

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. What's the biggest lesson you've learned about retaining and keeping your customers using the subscription model? A company brand is built on the promises it makes and the experiences it delivers.

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Custom Customer Conference Social Media 166

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. conference shares what’s new in the location space. She gave us a great presentation about context. The Where 2.0

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many of us belong to industry associations and find ourselves at conferences and trade shows with time to spend with competitors. Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 -- How To Build Your Company's Board. A half-day conference by ACG 101 on how and why to create a Board of Directors or Board of Advisors to make your company more successful. Three panels will talk about how to build a board; how a board should operate; and how to join a board. See [link] (more)

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ACG Company Companies Conference 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. Melinda Moore: If you think about it, guys have golf courses, and you have things like the PayPal Mafia, and poker games. How do your events work?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 28, 2009

LA Film Conference. The event brings together top executives, creators and professionals from major and indie movie studios, film distributors, talent agencies, law firms, financiers and digital media companies for high-level discussions and debate, intimate meetings and unrivaled networking about the future of the movie business.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2019

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. The revelation about the launch target came at a conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Berkonomics

JULY 7, 2022

Skip or stay with me; but think about your balance in your leadership methods either way. It must be the lifeblood of a company that is going to make a difference in an industry or the world. Another leadership development bit? But if you have no time or are impatient, here are the three levels: visionary, strategic and tactical.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. I really got to know the team well, and had grown an appreciation for the companies and portfolio they have built.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

The 17th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference wrapped up last month at the luxurious Beverly Hilton Hotel. He also briefly talked about a smart watch he was wearing that his team created which is due to launch this year. He told us a story about growing up with his brother, Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motorsports.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

Thankfully gamers and the media were able to experience what would be coming in the next couple days at E3 and beyond from Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA Games, and Sony’s press conferences. Here’s a quick look and grades of each of the press conferences. Microsoft E3 Press Conference. EA Games E3 Press Conference. Grade: B- .

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Xconomy

JANUARY 17, 2018

At the National Retail Federation’s three-day conference, which ended Tuesday, the discussion centered on both the disruptive effects and potential promise of e-commerce technologies. Technology took center stage this week as the nation’s retailers made their annual pilgrimage to New York. How that identity expands will.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. Was that a blip?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Basically, don’t be cavalier about rescheduling meetings. As the day approached I noticed that there was a conference in LA that I wanted to attend. The day before the conference I thought about rescheduling this meeting but then thought, “oh, well. ” So I didn’t go to the conference.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Today's Insights and Opinions article comes from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker and investor, who says: yes, it's a bubble, and gives her top ten reason to start a company, and ten reasons not to. Start up conferences and competitions. Rich valuations and venture capitalists throwing money at early stage companies.

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