SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. The company was called Red Beacon. He was seeking $500k.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO). Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. Barry and I worked together to create Beatshare as a business and go out for funding. That funding was geared towards development of our product.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 23, 2012
Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. For example, if your rich uncle is providing all the initial funding, but has no active business role, it might be smart to offer him a 20% slice of the pie.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. For example, if your rich uncle is providing all the initial funding, but has no active business role, it might be smart to offer him a 20% slice of the pie.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2016
In my case, I had a mentor at the time who helped me understand how there was a parallel between the printing press and the Renaissance, and the Internet as the next step in information and communications. From NetZero, I went to Demand Media, where I was EVP of IT. Our wallet name is only used to route funds. How did that go?
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