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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

In that post I talked about how to select a law-firm for a startup. Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). And a fourth partner – Jennifer Massey – will join from an entertainment background. I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I began our discussion by asking Kirby about the genesis of Everything Is A Remix. "It I thought I could illustrate how it’s hypocritical to think that you own these things and can litigate about it. A lot of these new laws are about technology. They are all heading to about a million views each. "Partially, yea.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th. Ever hear the saying it’s not about whom you know but who knows you?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. He proceeded to tell me several interesting and entertaining stories about Steve (all flattering), dating back to the early-1980’s. He simply stated his opinion and went about his busy day.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. "Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships." " [Tweet this quote]. Innovations Are More Than Technological Features. "Our

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. I promise I will never tweet about a surfing dog or that killer burrito I just ate. Note: I am a micro-Angel investor in Eucalyptus. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

We caught up with CEO Eric Frankel this week to talk about the firm, his decision to go from the comfortable world of Hollywood as President of Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution, to a startup, how the firm is using the cloud to power it service, as well as where the firm is going next. How did the company come about?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 18, 2014

Bill Grundfest, Founder of the Comedy Cellar, Golden Globe winner and three time Emmy nominee, recently spoke to an audience of entrepreneurial students as part of UC Santa Barbara''s Distinguished Lecture Series. In Bill''s words, "When I was a kid, I was all about comedy. They barely spoke English." Problem Solving.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2011

Earlier this month, Santa Barbara-based zuuka Group , the publisher behind the iStoryTime (www.istorytimeapp.com) line of children's books on the iPhone, announced a first round of funding. First of all, for the folks who haven't run across your children's story books on their iPhone or iPad, talk about what your firm is all about?

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Ever fantasized about climbing Mt. How about hiking in Patagonia without carrying a 60-pound backpack and eating freeze dried food? Kurt and his crew can make these, and about 35 of other once-in-a-lifetime treks, a reality. Kilimanjaro but aren''t on speaking terms with any Tanzanian Sherpas? but we don''t.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Greathouse: You and Brent are currently third and fourth year Computer Science majors at UC Santa Barbara. a correspondent on the show, did an excellent piece about election betting, and how it would increase political participation without the negative externalities associated with other types of gambling. Roy Wood Jr.,

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

I suggest you check out both the video and Seth’s entertaining depiction below. The opening keynote that evening was Randi Zuckerberg talking about Facebook and social media. I told the executives that the ninjas did not follow my directions and our intention was to be outside of the show and be light and entertaining.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. Fan, Not A Fan Boy.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

This all got me thinking about a post on how to best work with lawyers. 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. Shame about that pesky FAS 157 ruling.

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