Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

The round is led by Subtraction Capital, and includes investments from PayPal co­founder Peter Thiel , Indicator Ventures, and venture debt lender Western Technology Investment (WTI). The California-based team plans to use the new round to grow their team, marketing efforts, and further grow the company. Gigs and gigs of data.

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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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AUGUST 28, 2012

I have seen some entrepreneurs go into first meetings willing to share almost anything about their company. So I have taken to recommending to some of my portfolio companies a small addition to my statement above to say, very casually. ” But very few companies can get away with this. Have you invested money directly?

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Technical Review Venture Capital Customer Custom 316

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. But trust me when I say that my observations across many startups (and other companies, frankly) is that not enough time goes into thinking. Board Meetings. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode. Startups Are for Doers.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Mostly I get company pitches or introductions from friends or people that I know. I get company portfolio requests (review board packs, sign legal docs, help with fund raising, review a new candidates resume, help with press release, request for meeting to discuss topics, etc.). I invest, work deals and do operations.

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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.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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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.

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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

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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. In the video I describe how to best play this meeting and why, without a champion going into the meeting, you’re unlikely to get an investment. Bio of top 3 people in the company. Demo could go here].

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Venture Capital Slides Doc Startup 340

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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.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Doc 279

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government. Doubling basic research in the physical sciences is largely an NSF, Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, and Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) matter.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

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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. Many companies that were in the process of raising money did not. Let me start with a story.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301

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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. And then eBay bought them for $2.6

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