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. For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve?

CTO Hire 248

CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

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. If these factors impact earnings the stock market may be headed South – If unemployment rises housing prices won’t. Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

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

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

But, since it''s priced against the local utility, that investors can get a 9, 10, 11, or 12 percent yield. 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.

Equity 234

Equity Invest Marketing Product 234

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

The demand is there. We are going to price down the hardware, up the AI, and start cooking more foods, helping out with restaurant inventory management, and help our customers better utilize their kitchen space. What I did, is I went to every single event I could go to, and networked my way into a small investor base.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

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 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

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 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

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 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. Over demand led the SV Angel team to double the size of the fund to $20 million.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Businesses can be built on sweat equity. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses. But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping. What hogwash.

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

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Ben Huh, Cheezburger Network. Name Your Price: Influencing Customer's Purchasing Decisions.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. There is a long tradition of these and it’s what formed the original angel network groups. It takes both to build a community. The business leaders need to do their parts.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317