socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Woodland Hills-based Gumiyo , the mobile publishing software firm led by Shuki Lehavi, reported this week that it saw a surge in mobile traffic due to Hurricane Irene. Gumiyo develops software which helps publishers create mobile apps. West/Crosspoint VC), and Chuck Abronson (Amplica/CAP Wireless/Accordance Ventures).

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Woodland Hills Software Review Mobile Venture Capital 174

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

CapLinked , the online, cloud-based service which helps startups and others manage their fundraising, has added a new sharing feature which makes it easier for users to share their information via email, Skype, and AngelList.

Software Review 153

Software Review Email Organization Startup 153

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

They can read reviews, see pictures and even talk to the family before confirming. I typed in my brothers zip code and ton of houses popped up in his area and I was able to search out on a map view. I then clicked on reviews, looked at pictures and read the owners descriptions of what they were looking for. I registered.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review San Diego 344

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M. billion invested in Q2.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2012

The new round included Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Andrej Henkler (formerly of Bertelsman), and early stage technology investor Joe Kalfa. Jackson, and allows companies to share due diligence documents, updates, and other information to investors. The firm said the funding brings its total raised to $1.8M.

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Technical Review Software Review Yammer Funding 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA.

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Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

A quick analysis of venture capital deals in Q1, tracked by socalTECH, finds that there was around $1.4 billion in venture activity here in Q1, up significantly from around $997M tallied in Q4. Tags: southern california angeles venture capital diego santa barbara startup investment finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. That died with waterfall software development. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. Maybe this is reverse “hanging around the rim” where if you keep you VC process going long enough you’ll eventually get to “yes?” What information did they request?

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Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Venture Capital 189

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Reviewing financial & operational performance. In the Early Days.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Xconomy

JULY 31, 2019

Levin built Millennium Pharmaceuticals—inspiring a generation of future executives/entrepreneurs along the way—and also helped reinvent the venture capital market for early stage biotechs by founding Third Rock, where his work has helped bring a slew of important new companies and new drugs to market.

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Venture Capital Capital Entrepreneur Help 97

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

An external consultant helping the procurement team overturned the decision and got the company to select a small software company owned by the consultancy. Quite honestly they may even resort to feeding your competitor information about your proposal or your product to help them better fight. That is, until I lost.

Startup 247

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Writing 247

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

West Hills-based Peloton Document Solutions , a company developing software which helps investment bankers, private equity investors, and companies to communicate financial information via interactive documents, has scored a strategic investment from R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. According to R.R. According to R.R.

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Invest Software Review Equity Sales 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. They might be as hard as raising VC. And just like with VC’s – it is as much the partner your working wit as the group more broadly. But for most businesses it is.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We're also aggregating lots of information about products, not just from companies, but also from our own point of view and experts, as well as parents who are our customers, in addition to bloggers from all over the Internet. We also are bringing together a community of like-minded people, so that they can share and exchange information.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. Some larger VCs felt they were being “scooped&# by some younger, nimbler and smaller VCs.

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Seed Funding Venture Capital Funding Software Review 283

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It allows you to share private and confidential information about your company, and have a dialog with your investors, within a walled garden where you can put the documents you need for diligence. For entrepreneurs raising capital, the tool makes it easier to be transparent and share information. Thanks, and good luck!

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

There's the problem with finding the right instructor, finding other friends who wanted to learn surfing with me, finding something that would fit my schedule, getting information about pricing, all of those things. My brother is in charge of the development team, and is very focused on development and coding.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

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JUNE 28, 2018

I’m not providing actual financial information or predicting a number or a date but I will tell you that the revenue growth to date has been astounding. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” You enter your credit card information and driver’s license once and then it’s $1 to start in and currently 15 cents per minute.

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

This year we’re in > 100+ cities and 100+ campuses and we’re operational with street teams, better software, better bikes and a more informed ridership. While the ride-hailing market sees autonomous vehicles as nirvana due to no driver costs, the e-scooter market already has this built in.

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Santa Monica Venice Competition Software Review 250

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. Due Diligence. For more information on their services, be sure to visit their website to learn more!

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2011

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow.

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Angel Keiretsu Organization Template 102

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In attendance we had startups galore with VC's and Angle's mixing and mingling all through the night. TechZulu captured the entire VC/Angle panel and we also had a chance to interview every StartupDemo startup company that participated. VC/Angel Panel. However, you know we always bring a little something back just in case.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As I have pointed out in previous posts , 91% of VCs surveyed believe prices are declining (30% believe substantially) and 77% believe that funding will take longer than it has in the past. I also wrote this primer that is more how to find, target and close VC investment. More Reading. So I have no time to edit or word check.

Startup 150

Startup Capital Funding Invest 150

Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2018

You’ve made it to Friday—it’s time to take a step back, prepare for a relaxing weekend, and read a few stories about the endless ways in which your personal information can be stolen.

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Report Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 45

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2010

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

Invest 50

Invest Technical Review Software Review High Tech 50

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. We facilitate the most productive business-to-consumer relationship with a pioneering solution that finally makes proactive information updates useful.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You are constantly faced with decisions and there is always incomplete information. I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. &# ) I believe that being successful as an entrepreneur requires you to get lots of things done. This paralyzes most people.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). What does it do? it has built in iPad support from Day 1.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. It’s that simple. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

LinkedIn has been great to keep track of people I know and their current contact information. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0

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Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150