TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

.” This historical look at Uber and its self-driving tech unit, Uber ATG, should be considered alongside more recent news, including that it’s in negotiations with investors, including the SoftBank Vision Fund, to secure an investment as large as $1 billion for its autonomous vehicles unit. billion investment in 2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Invest in selective strategic alliances. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted. Don’t use alliances for core competencies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. I think they were all brand new or just forming.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When should a VC invest? It’s the only way forward in capitalism, and it’s worth every investment you can make. 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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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. We like to know that when we call our peers they truly are the best fit for the company in which we’ve invested.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Here’s overall what you need to know.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

There is much talk these days that startup valuations have decreased and may continue to do so and that the amount of time it takes to fund raise may take longer. months for fund raising start to finish and make sure you have at least 6 month’s of cash if it takes longer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When times are bad many cease investment activity all together. Investing is our core business. One month after investing the guy who invested left his firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. It seems to me that we obsess too much with product features, sales pipelines, competitive pressures, fund raising and such.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. You're received some funding lately? David Loo: Yes, we recently landed our Series B, our second round of funding. What is Perspectium? How did you get into this?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

It’s pretty tricky to make money without understanding where that money is coming from and what kind of cost investment it will take to become cash-flow positive. It also lets potential investors know why you’re asking for the funds that you are asking for—and how much they can expect to get as a return on their investment.

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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. I’ve paraphrased a few of their key points here that I support and often recommend: Invest team member time as carefully as you invest money.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Perhaps the best they can do is to help fund their successors. It is not a beach novel to be sure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done. They over think the decision framework. Check your legal framework. But here’s the thing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Fred Wilson also wrote on a similar topic in his usual more succinct manner , with a great quote being: “One thing I know for sure is that those who advise and invest in startups cannot and should not meddle in the day to day decision making. It’s harmful and hurtful to the startup and those that lead it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Invest in selective strategic alliances. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted. Don’t use alliances for core competencies.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. We approached them, explained to them what the opportunity was, and also approached them about investment. Finally, what are you doing with that new funding?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

They outline the following framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. Invest in selective strategic alliances. Both of these qualms are wrong and shortsighted. Don’t use alliances for core competencies.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Los Angeles-based Science37 (www.science37.com)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

An obvious reason is limited funds, but a more important reason is the need to know and intimately understand what is really going on in the business and the market. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Balance the long-term with the short.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. We've done very well, and are funded 100 percent with revenues. What has the consumer response been to all of that tracking of their data? That's the hard part.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. think his strategy is essentially the Ron Conway strategy , and at his rate ("34-ish investments" in 1-2yr?)

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2012

An obvious reason is limited funds, but a more important reason is the need to know and intimately understand what is really going on in the business and the market. Instead, set long-term business objectives and develop a framework for the trajectory your team needs to get there. Balance the long-term with the short.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. So back to MBAs.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle framework “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” Simon Sinek If your customers believe in your mission, then they’ll warm to you and listen to what you offer and how. Chasing investors, not customers Just because you have a great idea, this doesn’t mean that you’ll get funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

Daryl is also an angel investor, and has invested in such companies as MindBody Software and YouMail. We have some very good competitors--EchoSign and DocuSign are the two bigs ones, and are both venture funded--who have spent a lot of money educating the market. Explain to me how your service works? and the E.U.,

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2011

We’ve had artists who are just starting up and have funding, startup artist, to rock band called Hell Yeah and everything in between. We know that social media is an investment. So we want to show our customers how to invest correctly in it and grow with it. We’ve worked with wide a range of clients.

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Social Media Startup Media Writing 99

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I funded them 8 weeks later. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. Use something like, “I noticed you invested in a couple of companies in the x,y,z space. I called the meeting a 10/10 because we had a great 90-minute discussion in which we had great rapport. It’s subtle.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide. He does see the opportunity for some broadly applicable frameworks though.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. Plus, if you need more money it’s far less for each to dip into their respective pockets to fund you. These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. I love that.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Both companies were in Los Angeles. I agree with him.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. ” Keval Desai, InterWest Partners - a firm investing across the entire mobile stack. Drives both discoverability and monetization. ” He notes that 1.2

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