socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Robin Richards: After selling Notification Technology to Blackboard, we kind of sat around and said--where is there a marketplace, that can do some good, really needs to be developed using technology, and where there is no major player involved. There's a gigantic need for the demand side of the marketplace. Describe that further?

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Rationale: I am busy and do not have time to accomplish all of my mission-critical tasks. When a consultant attempts to earn your business, they will tell you that they adamantly believe in you and your venture.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2013

Being really good at what you do doesn’t matter if your firm is broke. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. That’s the way capitalism works.

Startup 98

Startup Satisfaction Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2012

Being really good at what you do doesn’t matter if your firm is broke. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. That’s the way capitalism works.

Startup 93

Startup Satisfaction Customer Custom 93

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Rationale: I am busy and do not have time to accomplish all of my critical tasks. When a consultant attempts to earn your business, they will tell you that they adamantly believe in you and your adVenture.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

The reality is that investors, including myself, believe that the entrepreneur is more key to business success than the idea. But they do expect you to take them seriously, as follows: Proactively and sincerely engage each potential investor. Yet they tend to ignore this problem, and move on quickly to professional investors.

Funding 60

Funding Startup Ideas Slides 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2011

Being really good at what you do doesn’t matter if your firm is broke. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. Every company needs to promote equity among all employee levels, and relate benefit levels to profit levels. That’s the way capitalism works.

Funding 96

Funding Startup Satisfaction Customer 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Investors who have dealt with LendingClub, in terms of returns, are similar to what we are doing, with the key differentiator in that we are secured by real estate. What's different from what you are doing from other real estate marketplaces? There's a huge differentiator on how we're doing things.

Southern California 100

Southern California Google Technical Review Manhattan Beach 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

What we found is that there was no present solution to do this. ’ OP: Of course we had to do a lot of research to figure out if this was a viable solution. It was great to relive a moment when I was in my dorm room at Harvard and watching Toy Story 3 on my laptop and seeing something that we built with no cash, just sweat equity.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Johnnie Cochran was an effective, albeit smarmy, defense lawyer who would say or do anything to defend his clients (anyone up for a glass of OJ?). Do not be swayed by the hundreds of other startups the firm represents. Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

Startup 354

Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

” Residents of Northern California (everyone north of Bakersfield) don’t understand how we do it, constantly touting Palo Alto’s tech scene. ” Residents of Northern California (everyone north of Bakersfield) don’t understand how we do it, constantly touting Palo Alto’s tech scene. I’d say yes.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I want to emphasize that this is “blind” data (I do not know which person or firm said what making this confidential and less biased) and nobody responding had any motive other than just telling us how they were feeling. I do 2-3 deals per year and our firm does maybe 10-15 maximum. Do Investors WANT Valuations to Drop?

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I just want to state that up front because while I believe that this post will apply to most startup technology companies out there, I’m sure there will be exceptions. By all means light up my comments sections with any cases you believe where this advice doesn’t apply. Full Stop for you Brits.)

Startup 293

Startup Sales Marketing Product 293

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have always loved watching videos there but always believed that any company controlled by a consortia of interests would be doomed in the long run – especially by established, large incumbents with an interest in protecting the past more than innovating the future. So what does this have to do with OPEC?

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’ve always been a big believer that just a couple of key individuals make all of the difference in a company’s success. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Give them all a quick look over and the ones you believe would be the best to see give them a vote. How to create a technology start-up inside a large organization - based on how we are doing it right. How do successful web properties delight fans, earn revenue, and achieve self-sufficiency via a vibr. Chris Ennis, OneRecovery.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

But life would have been much easier if we could have just gone to EcoMom and let them do the vetting for us. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. We talk about all of this in the video.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292