Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

People who believe the former believe that you should see the market demand before too many people know you’re “in market.” In any event this is a “screening meeting” or as I’ve called on my graphics an “introduction” to the firm. Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). I think there’s some truth in this.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2015

Yet too often, entrepreneurs embrace giving away their products and services for the wrong reason - they are simply reticent to ask for payment. In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we encouraged usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Mindshare LA set out to gather intriguing speakers from fascinating backgrounds to present unique topics to a community of intellectuals, scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, and the general public via a monthly evening of “enlightened debauchery.”. “I The next Mindshare L.A. will be held in Santa Monica April 26 th at the V Lounge.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. We spent our future since the equity was artificial.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Despite a tremendous price increase, overall demand jumped substantially while churn dropped dramatically. The customer is always king.”.

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Tech.Co

JULY 31, 2017

Yet as an entrepreneur, you can rarely hide under the rock and pretend there’s nothing else happening around you and no one is demanding your attention. After being disrupted with an email notification, an average person will need 23 minutes and 15 seconds to regain their focus again.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. So being an entrepreneur is a lot like being a student. You have deliverables.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time. It’s two young guys who both dropped out of college to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. Pretty cool stuff. The other reason I loved this company was the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

We could update small portions of the screen rather than an entire refresh. Because over time users will demand open. Mark Zuckerberg (despite all criticisms he gets) has proved to be the most nimble and decisive entrepreneur of this generation. Not the same as how I use Twitter, which is open, but I use it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur. So your journey to fund raising begins by strengthening your relationships with other entrepreneurs.

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MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. We are entering the age of “second screen&# TV viewing. This narrative has been confirmed to me by several senior studio executives.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. raise money now to weather any storms). We took $2.3

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