Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Because I invest in “ lines, not dots ” it’s actually the delta that I’m investing in.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

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MAY 2, 2015

One area I’ve had much discussion with the companies in which I’ve invested in is bringing on board an operationally focused CFO. What I used to do is pencil out my plans for the board deck and strategy topics and my CFO would then pull together the slides and analysis. Legal threats from other IP holders?

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

What we learned, is there is so much more demand from existing retailers and platforms that sell directly to consumers, and discovery platforms like Foursquare, who wanted to user our IP as a layer, versus a standalone product. So, we stopped our B-to-C product about a yaer ago, and since then have exclusively been licensing our technology.

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Pricing Startup North Hollywood Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. If I feel a priori that the CEO can’t cut it I’m highly unlikely to invest.

Startup 360

Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360