Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago: Venture capital funds are still regaining momentum. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) They’re primarily thinking about 7 AM?—?7

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JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Much more data in the full post. 94% of all online adults use email.

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MARCH 12, 2013

Because my role as a VC requires me to take and endless stream of meetings I long ago decided I need to learn as much as I can from the meetings I attend so I often just ask tons of questions and assimilate knowledge. When I think about what defines us as a VC I think: Operationally knowledgeable / strong startup competence.

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MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

I watched him jump on a plane regularly to be down at all of our board meetings and while I know that sounds like an obvious commitment from a VC, I’ve watched other scenarios where NorCal VCs find reasons to always dial in via Google Hangouts or ask non-Silicon Valley investments to travel to Menlo Park or San Francisco for meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Announce at the start of the meeting that you’d like the board meeting to be “electronics free” including mobile phones, laptops or tablets. Most likely you’d be wrong.

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JANUARY 25, 2014

” “ end quote (some people on mobile devices having a hard time seeing where quote starts / ends so I want to be sure I’m not attributed with Mr. Perkins letter). Danielle Steel of course being Tom Perkins ex wife. The venture capital firm that bears his name. Of course not. Kleiner Perkins.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Of course, neither this original mission statement, nor its current one, actually reflect how Facebook profits as a business — it primarily sells adverts to users. The company mission statement is, of course, a way to seize attention externally, and focus team members on the end destination.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

of all Statistics are Made Up ” My summary is an example I use often: when I consumed reports from Goldman Sachs about the future predictions of mobile phone penetration for a report I was working on for a client I would call the analyst to ask how she calculated her data because I wanted to be sure of my conclusions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

I am a VC. But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. ” Of course not. I hand out money.

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JULY 12, 2010

I suppose there’s some truth to that but of course it’s an over simplification. I used to work for Andersen Consulting (for > 8 years) – mostly building computer systems for large companies in the fixed telecoms, mobile and Internet sectors. And that’s how I view VC today. Such is leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recent recession: Venture capital funds are still recovering from the recession. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It’s not easy to catch up with Bill Maris at Section 32, the venture firm he founded last year near San Diego. It took a while to arrange a call to discuss how Foundation Medicine’s Michael Pellini had joined Section 32 as Maris’s first investing partner, and what they plan to do together.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

He's also a Venture Partner at venture capital firm Greycroft Partners, and is EVP and a member of the Board of Directors at William Morris Agency, and was Founder of the Mailroom Fund. In LA in particular, I would keep an eye on Factual, Scopely, GraphEffect (and of course our Amplify graduates ;->). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Since the majority of VC returns come from a small number of deals, “obvious” investments seldom return such incredible multiples. We look at stage, geography and of course sector. And of course many more of us are gluten intolerant or want to live gluten-reduced lives.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

These are industries where structural impediments to technology adoption have only recently been broken down by the advent of incredibly powerful mobile devices. over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. .

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

Of course not. I remember a discussion with an older VC who told me that in the early 90′s they wondered whether the VC industry had a future. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). Is Facebook unstoppable?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

In another report more specifically on Venture Capital Activity for 2012 , CB Insights noted relatively flat but still healthy funding levels, compared to the previous year (down in total dollars by 7.5%, but up in total deals by 7%). Top five states for venture capital. Most active venture capital firm.

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MARCH 23, 2015

We talk a lot about his schooling, his early jobs as a developer and then as a VC and we talk about his decision to spend winters in Los Angeles. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.”

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 13, 2011

Of course, if you are developing native mobile apps or building something on top of a particular code base or you need to integrate tightly with something, all of those factors may push you directly towards a particular language and framework. desktop, mobile, browser). Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Of course the dirty one took the shower.’ I did a study for a large European mobile operator on whether they should bid for 3G spectrum and if so how much was it worth. In my experience many VC’s fall into this “I’m expected to know all the answers” trap. ’ ‘No. How can you say that?

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JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. This allowed Bird to then raise $300 million from some of the top VCs in the country. Yes, everybody should wear helmets and of course Bird reminds riders of this. Are the scooters safe?

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). Structural.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. And of course we had, TheMan. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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MAY 14, 2015

You feel very unique when you pitch your business yet three weeks later when you follow up on your VC pitches each partner has probably seen 15-20 more companies in that time and while she remembers you, she can’t quite, exactly remember what was unique about you. Since of course software isn’t dead. You’d be wrong.

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MARCH 14, 2015

I ran a VC AMA (ask me anything) last Monday on Meerkat and had > 1,000 simultaneous people asking me questions. For years when I did This Week in VC (now BothSides TV ) and one of the most magic parts was the people who watched the show live and could ask questions in realtime. The best mobile companies do this.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

But of course there are always exceptions. We also built two very high-quality mobile apps that we were experimenting with in terms of building better customer acquisition toools. Something in both companies isn’t working, which is why they come together. And that’s when a private-to-private merger works.

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JANUARY 25, 2015

This is true in mobile games where some products (think: Words With Friends, Angry Birds, Clash of Clans) where the game is used to get friends connecting, where the characters resonate and draw people back again or something else sustainable beyond the initial rush of a new game. Push yourself hard to be honest with yourself.

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MAY 13, 2013

So why not announce big, hairy audacious goals on recruiting the best mobile talent with sign-on bonuses and retention plans? Acquihires and Venture Capital. I’m a VC. But that’s not how you make money in the venture capital business. And reward your existing top 10% of employees handsomely.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. Our very own Amanda Coolong will be moderating the Attracting Venture Capital, Social TV, Social Media and Mobile Trends panel.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. In the Early Days.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

Among Degreed’s goals is to help businesses keep up with technological change by offering workers easy access to online courses and other materials that can fill knowledge gaps or add new areas of. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Not that enthusiasm and passion aren’t encouraged of course, but it is important to be real.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

*. What is the role of a VC for entrepreneurs? I suppose it can be different for every founder and for different VCs but I’d like to offer you some context on what I think it is and it isn’t. Of course as a frequently traveler I know this, too. Mobile is now more important than desktop computer for many apps.

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