Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. WOW, right? has accomplished.

Screening 109

Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. NEVER lead with features.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. But I have to catch a flight to New York for a two-day computer vision conference and 2 board meetings, 2 board dinners and a catch up with my LPs to tell them how our fund is going. You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

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. The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

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. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing. I love complexity.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. even if it’s just a web conference call walk through.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332