From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000.

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

As a fourteen-year veteran of the venture industry I have often heard the phrase, “value added investors”, which is usually touted by certain VC’s as their biggest differentiating quality. Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. But make it competitive. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling. Our lives are intertwined.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Entrepreneurism / Monetization competition, ecommerce, small business. . The web is constantly changing—ne. Entrepreneurism / Monetization collaboration, Side-Projects, web design. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Angel vs VC? - Here’s why. Make it unique.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217