SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. The Exit Disconnect - Ask the Angels , March 25, 2010 I’ll admit to having a bias towards exits and focus my review of a potential investment on the exit potential. There are MANY of them.

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Thus most investors I know claim to invest in the person, rather than the product. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Some things need to be done whether we like them or not; for example, daily cash-flow analysis and business metrics. Be an optimist, and give everyone a smile.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup Press 57

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347