TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Last week, I wrote about an alternative to venture capital called revenue-based financing and before that, I jotted down some notes on one of VCs’ favorite spaces: cannabis tech. Before I tell you about a few other up-and-coming beverage makers, I must beg the question: Does the beverage industry need disrupting?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2015

According to lynda.com, the round also included investments by existing investors Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, and Meritech. lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

important point of that book, which was written to prompt discussion between entrepreneurs, professional managers, and their boards of directors about issues that could unite them or strain the relationships between them. How about context as a basis for decisions about growth? Extending the Runway book available at Amazon.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 8, 2020

“I love solving problems with design and entrepreneurship. Watt says Share Ventures will operate as a holding company with pooled equity shared across the employees at the company. Watt began talking to investors in 2018 about the idea and spent the bulk of 2019 trying to build out its first few companies. ”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2014

lynda.com is venture backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity and Meritech Capital Partners. Lynda.com offers a wide range of video-based courses to help users learn about everything from application software to hardware, graphic design, business, and more. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The reason why, is the firm has been running ads since January to help get the word out about its service and products. Convertro said it has been working with Media Design Group , a direct response TV advertising agency, to help measure the efficacy of broadcast marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

In fact, there are a few key sites to help you find angels, including AngelList and Gust , but these don’t tell you very much about how angels work, and how to find the right ones for your startup. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. There are no “can’t fail” shortcuts or “get rich quick” scenarios.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles. Su said that shifting to a fully online program was a bit of a shock to the program, which was about one month in when COVID-19’s impact worsened stateside. .” Veam : a social network built around AirDrop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One.” If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

The conversation with Bob was about what the composition of advisors should look like. For me, if I can help you within a couple hours Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions , I’m happy to do that and I don’t expect compensation or equity for that. There are a lot of people in the startup ecosystem that are happy to do this.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've talked about that in lots of other posts, so you can visit some of these to help determine what you specifically need: Startup CTO or Developer Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything Key ingredients in the equation are: How complex is the system? Ask them about your concept. Go to user groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses. There are no “can’t fail” shortcuts or “get rich quick” scenarios.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

Instead of equity, the company is aimed at profiting profitable small businesses with business debt funding from investors, to help those businesses grow and get to the next level. Why did you decide to focus on debt, not equity? Enough people said yes, and I thought about building the company. What is Dealstruck?

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

billion private equity round led by SoftBank , in addition to three other investors. billion private equity round led by SoftBank as well. And Toutiao, the China-based news and information content platform, raised a $2 billion private equity round from General Atlantic. Read more about funding rounds at TechCo .

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It is worth revisiting the most important point of that book, which was written to prompt discussion between entrepreneurs, professional managers and their boards of directors about issues that could unite them or strain the relationships between them. There are five types of resources a great board can add to a company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

We caught up with Field to learn more about solar power leasing, why this segment of the solar power industry has done well--in stark contrast to solar technology developers--and what''s keeping the market from growing faster. But, it''s all about the economics. How did OneRoof Energy come about? That''s what you read about.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

But the reality is that I engage with about 5 new startups each year which means that I end up working with less than 5% of the startups where I provide these free consulting sessions. If we were to engage in paid services with you, then issues about disclosure, confidentiality, work product, etc. will definitely be handled.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. Relativity has also completed tests of its avionics architecture and hardware and conducted an analysis of the vehicle’s design and coupled loads.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

But the reality is that I engage with about 5 new startups each year which means that I end up working with less than 5% of the startups where I provide these free consulting sessions. If we were to engage in paid services with you, then issues about disclosure, confidentiality, work product, etc. will definitely be handled.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. Why you should never have a data room?—?the If you stick through to the end I’m guessing I can persuade most of you. How should I best prepare for that?”

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

While the company was profitable for its first 14 years of life, it has not been profitable the last two, according to Siemiatkowski, and that’s been by design. The company has about 4,000 employees with several hundred in the U.S. With this round, the company is again giving 1% of the equity raised back to the planet.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Shaan Sethi to hear more about the startup, as well as Shaan's journey from investment banking to running an apparel startup. I moved down here to work as a large, $10 billion private equity fund with Ron Burkle, at Yucaipa Companies. Shaan co-founded Jaanuu with his sister, Neela, a pediatrician.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

I sat standing 1 foot away from somebody who’s been in prison for 15 years of his life and I had 60 seconds to open up to him about something that causes me pain in my life while he stairs into my eyes I found myself going deeper than I would with even friends or family. Similar men had just gotten done telling me about their own childhoods.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

In fact, there are a few key sites to help you find angels, including AngelList and Gust , but these don’t tell you very much about how angels work, and how to find the right ones for your startup. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We talked with Eli Aizenstat , the founder and CEO of Beatshare�and still a student--as well as President and longtime technology vet Barry Lieberman about the startup. Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2010

We had a chance to speak with Jerry Fitch , CEO of the firm, about the interest in the electric/smart metering market, his views on where the market is today, as well as a bit about the experience of operating as a private equity backed firm. How has your experience being owned by private equity been? Thanks for the time.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

We sat down with Jeff to learn more about his background, his new startup, Convertro, and how Facebook's once offered more for his office lease than his startup was worth. We sat down with Jeff to learn more about his background, his new startup, Convertro, and how Facebook's once offered more for his office lease than his startup was worth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

If you don’t read it and you care about tech & entrepreneurship, you should. He’s thoughtful about markets, investors, products and is always very well reasoned in his arguments. He and I once took different sides of an debate about whether “VC signaling&# in early-stage deals is a serious problem or not.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog. We'd love to learn about EvoNexus and what you are doing - can you talk about the program a little bit? So, that't the foundation.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

billion acquisition ( disclosed last November ) by the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. million and now has about 30 employees, according to a spokeswoman for the company. The startup does its R&D and design in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

He sat down with us to tell us more about the incubator, plus why--having started an equivalent of what would be called accelerator today, but during the dot com days--he''s a fan of a different model today. What is Greenwings Biomedical? Given the long time to market for medical products, does acceleration make sense?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

JumpStartFund has been built ground up with an interactive social network where members can easily find, follow and network with investors and other startups to fundraise using rewards- or equity-based crowdfunding. Get feedback, collaborate and get funded. Those with market potential are selected and moved into a “work in progress” state.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. Give up a box of clothes and receive one in the size you designate. Online retailer of affordable “accessible luxury” designer fashion. My-Wardrobe.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

For more information about Enplug, visit their homepage and Crunchbase profile. Basic startup perks were a given, but with a familial touch: fully stocked groceries so teammates never worried about meals, and catering options 1-2x a week. We even thought about putting them in individual stalls and performed some test cases.

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