InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Invest more in training and optimizing the usage of existing staff. Third-party resources provide help in two ways: training and outsourcing. For training, consider partnering with outside organizations, such as SANS, CERT, or NICCS, or other online educational resources. Explore Outside Help.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

However, if you talk to a lot of people about who Vantage Media is, a lot of them think we''re still an agency, specifically focused on for-profit education marketing. That technology underpins marketplaces in auto, health, life insurance, and even education. After the acquisition, we have been investing dramatically in that team.

Media 162

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

Here are three of the most common: When you’re incorporating — Business structure is an important decision with financial, investment, and tax implications. I always recommend that early-stage startup founders outsource non-critical functions and take on part-time contractors for as long as possible. But you do need financial guidance.

Startup 40

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. Disruption of Education. “Online education is truly going to kill us.” Internationalization of Technology.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”. Mark Twain.

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