SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? As Shervin said, it’s just email. A few reasons.

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Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

A personal story as an investor … [Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life.

Invest 296

Invest Capital Startup Entrepreneur 296

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

As a teenager he experimented with writing & producing his own rap music and received a lot of feedback from elders that he had a talent with words. He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. His email list became his power.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

Companies 166

Companies Company Writing Education 166

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2013

I’ll write you an angel check, then. Please don’t email David Hornik. ” Bill Price wrote. Is it true that you have 3% body fat? I know, I know. I shouldn’t eat the carbs. But this is Lemon Moon – at least we know it’s healthy. As long as you promise to stop pitching me! Yes, Jody.

Venture Capital 406

Venture Capital Study Writing News 406

Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life. This money is personal, an investment in you as much or more than in your company.

Invest 243

Invest Entrepreneur Sales Startup 243

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

Kara on one side of the table showing me market sizes, competitive dynamics, product roadmaps, pricing plans for physical products with COGS and gross margins. Soleil returns emails at 1.30am. She helps write press releases. Didn’t I make myself clear about celebrities & startups ? ladies, show me what you got.

Startup 398

Startup Design Downey Activity 398

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support.

Startup 319

Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. Often, grants require that you partner with other organizations to deliver the results or measure the effectiveness of your special project. Other sources of grants.

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk. Will the public respond in numbers to buy, license or rent your offering? And fifth: Competitive risk.

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] They told me all about why this is such a good idea: hard to manage price discovery in the commercial real estate market; fragmented information about vacancies obtained from landlords and brokers; and the large scale of transactions. Story seems to be an artifact of the human brain, and soul.

Invest 237

Invest Examples Networking Writing 237

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. For instance, in a section describing the ramifications of a No-Shop clause, Matt writes, “Insist on spelling out key terms prior to a signed term sheet if it has a no-shop clause in it.

Venture Capital 205

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

These have the benefit to VCs of not cross-collateralizing returns and to LPs of being able to know the underlying asset before they write the check. this seems like amongst the most valuable investment available because it’s not necessarily fully priced like a public-market investment. But there are clear pro’s and con’s.

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital Capital Startup Funding 292

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Juno provided a free email service. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Working at Juno.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. Enter the famous Sequoia “RIP Good Times” presentation and Ron Conway’s publicly leaked emails calling for big slashes in burn rates. Short answer – yes. The deal was done in late 2007.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Big thank you to Darius Vasefi , of EyeOnJewels for the write up. People want to invest in people they trust – once you’ve made money for someone you can always go back, and even get better pricing. o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing. Here’s a summary of our interview.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. She went on to write, “Dee and Josh are the exact right team to tackle it.

Product 191

Product Funding Technical Review Equity 191

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market. Third: Management risk. .

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

InfoChachkie

MARCH 18, 2013

Ideally, such early-stage investors should have the experiences and motivation to help their ventures establish a sustainable business model, rather than simply writing a check before moving on to their next investment. Angel investors are often the sole source of funding for startups at the critical pre-launch stage. Share and Enjoy.

Angel 217

Angel Technical Review RSS Entrepreneur 217

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The degree of care you take increases with the reduced distance between you and your investor. . [Email readers continue here.] The rest of us were shocked and disappointed that after weeks of work and a fair price, we were left with nothing but to follow his lead and disengage.

Resource 149

Resource Startup Invest Entrepreneur 149

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. He launched a business called Unsubscribe, which helped consumers deal with the deluge of email lists that one gets signed up to and get rid of them all.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. Dave is ex-Amazon and is a tireless advocate for the Seattle community. How do we make that happen?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. We made lots of assertions about what features we thought people would want, how to price them and how to overcome the objections that people have to managing data in the cloud.

Entrepreneur 267

Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. We will white label the system, and not only that, we’ll allow you to set your own pricing.” For example, if you were to send someone 10 emails per day and that person never responds, Hashable would know the connection isn’t as strong as the numbers may indicate.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Some companies, especially those financed by angel or VC investors, have good, formal stock option plans with properly priced options set to reward all employees and managers in the event of a corporate sale. Email readers, continue here…] Now, there are three kinds of exits. Formal option plans for some.

Sales 480

Sales Venture Capital Writing Email 480

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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Startup 194

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 194

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. After all, entry price registration question aside, they are all expensive once you factor in airfare, hotels, ground transportation, booths (if you have one), meals and – especially – time away from your day jobs?

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Web Conference Technical Review Class 150

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Second: Market risk. . And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

We have a very unique capability in scalability, but at an agreeable price point. The traditional way to handle that is to write code. We can take all those search results, put them into a spreadsheet, and automatically email it to interested parties. About 30 to 45 percent of our business is international.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

I was fortunate that I could write software and doubly fortunate that my despair at working for ‘the Man’ – and feeling compelled to strike out on my own – coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era. For me I had few alternatives; working for someone else had proved to be a frustrating experience.

Customer 120

Customer Custom Writing Southern California 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Even if one disagrees with the premise, why would anyone feel the need to attack Mike for writing it? I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. This is a hard one. Information leaks.

Angel 150

Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary. They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Who is your customer, what is the price, and how much does it cost you to build one?

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 97