Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. A sample of three views is adequate.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

At theend of last year, we decided we needed to get into the business, because of that demand. That's a lot of pain in an engineered network. The piece of technology we did--the middleware we cann Openload, is user level networking, our own TCP/UDP stack, loaded into the user space. Russell Stern: We still are.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The firm’s portfolio includes Detroit’s direct-to-consumer plant startup Bloomscape , Chicago-based Paro , which provides a network of on-demand finance professionals, DC’s custom framing business Framebridge , Milwaukee-based monthly wine club Bright Cellars and New York insurtech company Policygenius.

Venture Capital 211

Venture Capital Funding Seed Funding Activity 211

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations!

Funding 125

Funding Startup Ideas Equity 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 126

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel. The business has closed a $3.85 The business has closed a $3.85

Services 207

Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the developer of online advertising optimization tools funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund, said today that it has rolled out a new product called REVV for demand.

Product 133

Product Clearstone Advertising Demand 133

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Some of the specific features in the app include ability to assign sales rights for inventory depending on country and region; limiting what geographies, site, and ad sizes specific advertising demand partners can sell; and specific pricing limits on demand partners. READ MORE>>.

Product 140

Product Clearstone SaaS Advertising 140

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2018

In startup-land, however, the presumptions about where housing demand is going looks a bit different. Mostly, the aim seems to be providing something affordable for working professionals willing to accept a smaller private living space in exchange for a choice location, easy move-in and a ready-made social network.

Startup 272

Startup Los Angeles Demand Social Network 272

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. You have very little money, and you don’t want to give away your equity. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. The right investors and right time dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Venture backers : Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., Tags: cocodot dewolfe chris spinout media demand demandmedia sodahead mindjolt platformg startup myspace. www.demandmedia.com). Generation Partners.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? We talked through what went wrong on the Celsius network and how it’s surprisingly intertwined with the rest of crypto. debt, equity, derivatives) or sectors (e.g., Since then, the firm, which claimed to have 1.7

Newsletter 278

Newsletter Platform Capital Marketing 278

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations!

Startup 148

Startup Ideas Equity Invest 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Sales 147

Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Mark tells us: there is a lot of demand for developers right here in L.A. reduced salary, partial equity, good experience, etc. I’ll give you equity in the company.” While the cost of hardware, hosting and networks rapidly falls, software gets easier to build at a much slower rate. who would love to talk with you.

Software Development 150

Software Development Develop Development Software 150

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity. We also provide a lot of other training, such as here's how you form an entity, how equity works, etc., We're optimistic that will be with the new school year, in the September time frame. but the key thing is customer discovery.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks.

Social Media 131

Social Media Media Startup Mobile 131

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Often speakers will donate their fees to scholarship and childcare funds, she added.

Mentor 297

Mentor Training Startup Course 297

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform. They can then make money from that video-on-demand, and people can pay them to watch that content. In between that, I was formerly at the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, out of Santa Monica, which manages 8 billion in private equity investments.

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. We're privately funded today, with some equity from Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures.

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. A sample of three views is adequate.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. You have very little money, and you don’t want to give away your equity. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. The right investors and right time dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. A sample of three views is adequate.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Social network app developer and ad network. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Total raised: $56.3mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

It is also a result of pent-up demand. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. 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. Consumer spending is where I’m dubious. So why the ’09 bounce? See point 2 below.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

There''s always more demand than capital. The reason for that, is one of the key capital components for solar leasing is tax equity investments, where the institutional investors can monetize those federal tax benefits. To date, we''ve raise money on a tax equity fund from U.S. David Field: It''s always an issue.

Equity 234

Equity Invest Marketing Product 234

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations!

Startup 73

Startup Ideas Equity Invest 73

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

The demand is there. They love Flippy, and it allows them to keep up with demand despite social distancing, making what would otherwise be impossible. What I did, is I went to every single event I could go to, and networked my way into a small investor base. What is Miso Robotics?

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.

Funding 60

Funding Startup Ideas Slides 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. You have very little money, and you don’t want to give away your equity. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. The right investors and right time dilemma.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. Even Sequoia. goes into a startup.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

OPEC (the organization of petroleum exporting countries) is a cartel that was set up in the 1960′s and represents the interests of the 12 biggest oil producing countries in the world with the goal of increasing prices of oil, a good supplied in limited quantities to a world that had insatiable demand for the product.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Shared clients and objectives (networked organization). They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93