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). The tone of the panel was set by David’s announcement that he was relocating to Silicon Valley (and dragging Geni & Yammer with him).

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JULY 29, 2010

tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# Mike Stern (wasn’t sure which one so leave a comment if it’s you): Q: “is it possible to sell your startup without venture investment if the company has big traction and a large user base?&#

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that. I have never raised outside funding with those companies, and all those companies targeted an acute pain point, but those markets were not as massive. With Kaleo, I figured out from day one that we would need to raise outside funding.

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APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. Xobni’s main competitor that I know about is Gist, funded by Brad Feld at Foundry Group. Enter Xobni.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 million, brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to $2.5 25 Years of Writing Code.

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MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. A great opportunity for more visible networking. I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. Love the minis!

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Co-founder of Yammer, and Geni. Judges Prize: $250. Sizhao Yang: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Co-creator of Farmville and the technical platform for Zynga. George Ishii: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Early designer of Paypal. Josh Woods: Senior Engineer at BetterWorks. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The timing of the announcement of this investment couldn’t have been timed more perfectly if we tried. And before that you might enjoy this longer analysis on why I invested in DataSift in the first place , which was written 2.5 and so on and we do private implementations with the likes of Yammer and others. Asymmetric.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why Invest? And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. Why Invest?

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JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. What results must you have in order to raise venture capital or garner good press coverage that helps drive customer acquisition (and also more funding!)?

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MAY 22, 2010

One of the companies that just announced $10 million in funding was a company I had never heard of called Huddle. If Skype continues its growth eBay should at least see a return on its investment. I wanted to look at what they actually did so in looking at their website I saw this positioning. I’m spotting another trend.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

I’m often asked by people what investment areas interest me. I try to invest in things that I know and that I believe I might have better knowledge and relationships than the masses of VCs. But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. Here’s what I mean.

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