InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. They all invested. We took an investment of 2M Euros. On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Note: I am a micro-Angel investor in Eucalyptus. You must not pull out now. We spent 1.6M

Oracle 229

Oracle Startup News Press 229

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

I told him that our market was absolutely booming and was worthy of a commensurate investment. Not that I’ll take credit for what I’m about to announce, but I knew that if somebody could commit to building out LA and making the investments required to kick ass in this market it would be Cooley. Invest they have.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

There were many moments in each space when pioneers were funding startups and the press hadn’t written much about them and if you were a typical investor you were still funding the last trend while some VCs were trailblazing into new categories. Almost nobody believed and now look at it. Online education. 6SensorLabs.

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

It's a diverse group, both entertainment and technology. Investors were really excited, and in the weeks following we took investment meeting after investment meeting. We had them lead the round, and after that, we had a pretty ridiculous conversion rate from our meetings to investments. How did you find those investors?

Media 267

Media Education Google Startup 267

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you making investments in those firms as part of the program? Los Angeles is an amazing place, and we have fashion, e-commerce, advertising, games, media, entertainment companies which I think make Los Angeles a phenomenal place. Our mission was to build the best online entertainment company in the world.

CTO Coach 194

CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Well in a few weeks, Mike Gramling , CEO of PopRox Entertainment, plans to knock your socks off with unheard of real world rewards! In order to try to recoup some of his investment, Mike decided to see if he could find a creative way to sell his properties. Shortly following, PopRox was able to raise a significant chunk of money.

Study 71

Study Entertainment Press Marketing 71

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). Jason’s cutting wit and insightful commentary made for entertaining listening on topics ranging from the Microsoft / Yahoo!

Twiistup 228

Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. When businesses really work – they explode financially at a pace that we haven’t seen in history and with limited investments to prove out this case.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. Robin Kaminsky, who’s spent extensive time in the investment and business world, says no. The investment flocks to social because that’s where retention (or addiction) resides.

Mobile 93

Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. from university professors, to VCs, to entertainers, the bankers, to other entrepreneurs, and that''s what the media picked up on.".

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. These are all creative processes.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Rich Raddon: When Zach and I came together, I had been working in LA for fifteen years in entertainment and traditional media. I ended up taking a real job at Credit Suisse as an investment banker, where I spent time studying and finding hot new Internet companies that were in Silicon Valley at the time.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. I would also note that they claim 2.1 Total raised: $16.5mm.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. from university professors, to VCs, to entertainers, the bankers, to other entrepreneurs, and that''s what the media picked up on.".

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Founder and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, the visionary multimedia venture spanning movies, TV, sports, and new media, Peter Guber is among the most successful executives in the entertainment and communications industries. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996).

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40