InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS. As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. What’s So Cool About Coull?

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Unfortunately, successful musicians seldom have the luxury of market testing their subsequent albums. Lesson: As described in Go For The Quick Buck , wily startups also devise creative ways to secure funding from their customers, rather than from investors. This audience feedback allowed the band to iteratively modify their creation.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Market Tested - The night before their recording date, the Kingsmen performed the song for an hour and a half (yes, a 90-minute version of the song) at a small club. This field test with their target market solidified the band's desire to record and release the song. Lean startups often need to ignore the wisdom of industry experts.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Whenever a VC assesses a potential investment opportunity, they attempt to match the entrepreneur(s), their solution, and intended markets with a pattern they have previously encountered. It represents a deal in which the management team has deep domain expertise and the venture’s value proposition has been market validated.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." By drawing upon their practical experiences, such former entrepreneurs can reliably assess the venture team's capabilities, the company's value proposition and the size and accessibility of the startup's market opportunity.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 18, 2013

Angel investors are often the sole source of funding for startups at the critical pre-launch stage. I promise I will never tweet about the Clueless Angel Investors or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. . Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Share and Enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

I’ve talked about how Twitter is a new form of RSS (curated RSS), it’s a a new form of IM / SMS , it’s a place where business is conducted and it’s a place where advertising will drive leads due to the link sharing nature of Twitter. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. before having 300k followers!).

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. It’s simply about a team of dedicated individuals that failed. The launch would be larger, broader and was to be supported by marketing to Costco members. We were certain the funding would come through.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? A large US company filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against MySQL while the company was in the midst of raising its first round of funding. It was the best marketing campaign ever. They all invested. We spent 1.6M

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes. Human Computer Interaction.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. As such, speak in terms of company types, such as, “I anticipate that our company will be attractive to companies like Google and Facebook, which have a history of paying a premium to enter emerging market segments.”.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

<JG change the link in first sentence to the infoChachkie post> As noted in YouTube Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. What’s So Cool About Coull? Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. <JG

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

an email) to about 35 people. Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding. We weren''t marketing the newsletter, it was just out there, sort of growing organically.". I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem. Crowdsourced Advisors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? There is little likelihood that the value proposition you initially explore is the go-to-market strategy your venture will ultimately pursue.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. As such, speak in terms of company types, such as, “I anticipate that our company will be attractive to companies like Google and Facebook, which have a history of paying a premium to enter emerging market segments.”.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Now up: Craig Ogg Co-Founder Freshly Grated Software former VP of R&D, Stamps.com Have had to make choices about platforms many times. Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

FreedomSpeaks is a startup developing a business around connecting people with information about their political representatives, and also enabling organizations and others to do the same. We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. You did find some angel funding, didn't you? Kurt and I are pretty Web 2.0

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JUNE 24, 2015

By now most of you know that Chris Sacca invested in what is now thought to be one of the best performing VC funds of all time having invested an $8.4 million fund in: Uber, Instagram, Docker and Twitter, amongst others. I wrote about my own experiences with these late-night debates four years ago: The Magic Midnight Mind Meld.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. My fund was an early investor in Overture.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

People are much more likely to buy into you as a person and us as a firm when they’ve been involved in a discussion with you about their problems, your solutions, who else has been using your product, etc. It’s OK to say things like, “I could see why you might think that Google would go into our market.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. The Twitter pest that costs you hard earned money WTF I’m ranting about?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. And it is most certainly not about me, it is about the CTO, the technology and the company. Click to email him.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. I know it sounds crazy because you’re talking about friends or colleagues here. Research your market. And you’re probably right. Pick the founding members.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. UFA Widows and Childrens Fund The Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York distributes donations directly to the families of fallen firefighters. SEO Mofo ! )

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). I’m on the record as saying I’m 70% management, 30% market. Today’s post is about my investment thesis. He was telling me about a deal he had done.

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