SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 29, 2017
Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. Build a culture guided by principles, not rules. Like most investors in startups, I rank the credentials of the team well above the value of an idea in deciding where to put my money.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Let’s set up a framework. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2016
We track which investment firms and which investment partners are a good fit for each company we have back so that we don’t have a scattergun approach to fund raising. The reality is the best angels, the best seed funds and the best A-round investors have choices about whom they will refer deals to and are very selective.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
Consultants should provide you data & frameworks – not decisions. In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. Crowd funding now exists. At best they can be your history guide. They are your sparring partners. Marketing channels have changed. Mobile is now more important than desktop computer for many apps.
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
There are CEOs that always seem to guide their companies to the right place at the right time and drive their stock valuations up. From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund.
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