Xconomy

JUNE 24, 2019

These can be positive attributes in an entrepreneur, but in a more rational world, technology investors wouldn’t overvalue them. Risk capital would be allocated based mostly on evidence, data, progress towards milestones—in short, on proof. In the real world, of course, proof is hard to come by. Fearlessness. Ruthless focus.

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Technical Review Course Capital Entrepreneur 107

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Of course not. ” Your VC friends have been egging you on. You have a runway that would make San Diego Airport’s look long. Of course you need to be open. The don’t understand VC liquidation preferences or multiple return expectations. CEO transparency. It almost sounds uncontroversial.

Startup 417

Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

Xconomy

JULY 10, 2016

When I told Larry Bock in an email about four months ago that I had been diagnosed with cancer, the renowned San Diego life sciences investor asked if he might see me at UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center. I got off relatively easy with a short course of chemotherapy and radiation.

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Avalon Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. it would make more sense than “me.” My mom grew up in the States.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide. As Xconomy reported at the time, entrepreneurs and young ventures that set up shop in. The Adecco Group, the global staffing and worker training giant, has inked a $412.5

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Training Incubator Demand Course 59

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. Now, despite bootstrapping, you actually have some connections to the venture capital world, don't you?

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Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But of course all of these things are intertwined. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Empowerment is hard for most startup entrepreneurs.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

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JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

Over the course of the two-day event, drones and the sharing economy came up again and again as game-changing technologies with the power to improve our lives. Experts in cutting-edge technology huddled with business leaders and investors in the California wine country to explore what’s on, and just over, the technological horizon.

Examples 40

Examples Services Technology Study 40

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms.

Google 40

Google Technical Review News Research 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

When I counsel startup entrepreneurs I give them my blunt dose of reality, “If you can’t easily identify target leads who have a problem you can solve then hang up your cleats – you’re not going to succeed.” Let me give you another simple example from my experience as a VC at Upfront Ventures.

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150