SoCal CTO
MARCH 11, 2010
Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics. What hurdles do we need to hit for that next round of investment? But the bottom line is that Tim won’t invest and I have a hard time executing when you describe the objective as 5% of a massive market. Good founders will have ideas about all of these at a fine grain.
socalTECH
JANUARY 2, 2020
While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years. Previously he co-founded 3 tech companies, one in computer networks, one in logistics and one in biometric security.
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socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. You have a unique position, being both in the investment banking as well as being an early stage investor.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 9, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool! in Computer Science. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?
SoCal CTO
MARCH 11, 2013
Yes, the investor may literally have said to you: "That is something I'd seriously think about investing in when you have your product built." If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. " But the reality is that they don't mean that.
SoCal CTO
MAY 21, 2012
Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. What do you invest in? We spent six plus years at a local firm, Palomar Ventures, doing Series A and Series B investments. Let's start with an overview of the fund.
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