socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Dat Do: We produce valuation software that solves a lot of complex valuation issues for privately held companies, backed by venture capital and private equity. Who would be purchasing the software? Audit firms like PwC, potentially a client, they would use it to review it when they received the valuation. How to price it.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Software 193

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review. Unlike typical review sites, our platform does not use star ratings or long reviews. What is myfab5?

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Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. How will we find and interview developers? Accounting?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. In a very real sense, we funded him, and he superseded even IBM.

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IBM IBM Ideas Technical Review 87

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 18, 2015

It probably sounds obvious, but plenty of startup founders have been surprised to learn that “their” IP was owned by the software developer who just jumped ship, an academic institution one of the cofounders graduated from, or the company one of the founders worked at before she came onboard. with intellectual property.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup IP 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2010

It makes no sense to meet in August or December due to travel schedules of most investors. For the record, this is not a secret, coded messages to companies for which I am on the board! Feel free to have color coding for each member with companies for which you think they might be able to help with intros.

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Startup Venture Capital Software Review Email 301

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman. No less than Oprah Winfrey endorsed it and Stephen Colbert & Fred Wilson are both on the board.

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Invest Carson Technical Review Education 295

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Pitching one or two of your smartest friends and getting them to join your startup (or at least champion it) is crucial in those early days when nobody talented wants to join a no-name fledgling company with little to no funding. But oftentimes, due to their large network, superconnectors are overwhelmed with opportunities.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. They are not just for fund raising. Each quarter you should review your model. Do so at your peril. Don’t know what LTV is?

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Darrius Thompson--who was also a co-founder at DivX--to learn more about the startup, the saga behind how the company started, and the funding. Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M

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Software Review Software Startup Examples 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

For parents, if you're interested in how your kids are doing, you can find out what their schedule is like, what homework is due when, what their grades are, and how they are progressing, plus you can communicate with their teachers. In the meantime, I was getting frustrated with the software being used at my son's school.

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. For obvious reasons, you need to keep your burn rate low. Great strategy.

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Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 92

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Investors assume it will only go up with more funding. As a rule, you need to review your burn rate every month, and manage it every day. Another one to avoid cash burn for software development is a contract for percent of future revenue. Tags: entrepreneur startup angel funding burn rate. Great strategy.

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Startup Outsource Development Development Team Review Equity 48