Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. ” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” But even this is changing.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

One, is we give them software--known as an ad server--which helps them manage different ad streams they have. The software helps them manage all of that, so that they can target campaigns, optimize ads, and report out in different ways. They can sell those ads on a CPM, CPC, or CPA basis.

OpenX 242

OpenX Advertising Yahoo Pasadena 242

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. On the other side, we had about one third of our investments in early stage, technology driven companies.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers. If you benefit from true word-of-mouth marketing, consider yourself lucky.

Custom 164

Custom Customer Advertising SEM 164