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socalTECH
JUNE 6, 2011
Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. A little Groucho Marx always helps.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
In the original version of his post, Andy writes. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But the people whom I consider best in this industry are quite helpful indeed. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! They see how hard she does her job.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2009
Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We'll even write a half a million check. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. So I was on the front line of this very aggressive rollup and I got involved in helping with the technical due diligence…”. “As And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big? . Was it David Cohen’ Idea?
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