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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

What price? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” What kind of deals should I be doing?

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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What price? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. ” Therefore one goal of Y Combinator appears to be “get the highest price and best terms.” What kind of deals should I be doing?

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9 Transaction Models Shape Your Customer Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

The biggest danger is to think that nothing matters except price, in an age where service is king. Brands such as Mercedes, Brooks Brothers, and Yale University confer prestige and power to their customers, and imply excellence. Well-recognized users of this model include Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, and Oracle.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly.

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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

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In fact, I said as much in September 09 at a Twitter conference in LA on a panel that Guy Kawasaki was moderating. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. So how does this all relate to the upcoming Twitter Chirp conference next week?

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

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So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle. We cut price and doubled down on an aggressive campaign to call back people who had been on the fence given the economic climate of prices dropping.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip. Median single-family home price increase, Jan.-Aug. the entertainment industry.