Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

So I would go to lunch with our senior architect and ask 50 questions about the differences between Postgres , MySQL and Oracle databases. At my first company we went with Oracle because it had better handling of “ clustering &# at the time where we could have multiple instances of databases that we could keep synchronized.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth. We have invested $17.3

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. “We want low-touch or zero-touch businesses” was the mantra.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes. I hustled.

Startup

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

There are many silos, and several big players (Adobe, Salesforce, Oracle, etc.), David Cremin is a founder and Managing Director of DFJ Frontier, a DFJ Network partner fund and early stage venture capital firm focused on west coast media and information services investments. My hunch is data aggregation is key. READ MORE>>.

Oracle

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. You can register for the event at Digital Family Reunion. event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013'

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Please don’t also confuse this with whether a VC should invest in a CEO who’s done it before – that’s a given. Shouldn’t you just hire the most senior guy you can out of Oracle, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, EA or whatever your relevant industry is? I’m a big believer in only hiring A+ team members.

Startup

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based early stage investment fund Bonfire Ventures said Monday morning that it has added a new Venture Partner to the firm, Brett Queener. He also has served at Siebel Systems (now Oracle). According to Bonfire, Queener was most recently the COO at SmartRecruiters, and also spent more than a decade at Salesforec.com.

Oracle

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

One of the questions I’m most often asked as a VC is what I’m looking for in an investment. For me I’ve stated publicly that 70% of my investment decision is the team and most of this is skewed toward the founders. You no longer work for Google, Oracle, Salesforce.com or McKinsey where everybody calls you back.

Entrepreneur

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. billion in recurring run-rate revenue and growing while Siebel is sold to Oracle for a mere $5.8 It is not a beach novel to be sure.

Startup

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2018

At our next Orange County FundingPost event at the Eureka Building in Irvine, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing (VCs and Angel investors), and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! ICOs raised a global record 6.7

Orange County

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. The magic that is Silicon Valley is that every tech entrepreneur who has made a bit of money chooses to “recycle&# it by investing back into the startup community. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). I plowed it back into 9 deals.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

But wait, aren’t you the guy who invested in Ad.ly, the in-stream advertising company? Two things : 1) when I invested in Ad.ly Naturally every other CMS company was pissed off and felt that they had wasted all of their investment in integration with Salesforce. No, I don’t think so.

Acquisition

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. When you look at the likes of Cisco, HP and Oracle (note they bought Sun) it seems a return to this model. We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

Venture Capital

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. For example, if they own 15% of the company in a Series A round, then they will only invest an amount in the Series B round such that their overall investment remains 15%.

Entrepreneur

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 invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

GRP Partners

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. LA investors are more pragmatic.

Company

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We also incurred substantial software licensing charges from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Oracle. For example, if they own 15% of the company in a Series A round, then they will only invest an amount in the Series B round such that their overall investment remains 15%.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

Construction information is not exactly a sexy area--how is it that Garry Winnick became interested in your app, and how did that investment happen? Todd Davis: I''m a veteran of Oracle, and had been CEO of an equipment finance company for the construction industry globally. What''s your background, and how did you get into this?

Mobile

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers. Unless you represent one of the huge brands in the services arena, such as Accenture or Oracle , clients today want to hear why you personally are the right answer for them.

Services

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I had the former head of Oracle, UK, Philip Crawford , on my first board and I found his advice and experience invaluable. The way that I like to structure this is that for every dollar they write they get a free “penny warrant” for the same amount, so essentially when they invest they pay 50% less than anybody else at that stage has paid.

Startup

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. How much competition is there in this space with people like Oracle, SAP, etc? You'd think that SAP would have a module, or surely Oracle has a module. Plus, it makes their auditors and compliance people much happier.

Startup

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

I had worked before at BEA Systems, the middleware company which was acquired by Oracle in 2004 or 2005, and we used to joke that the company had been built entirely by acquisitions. After the acquisition, we have been investing dramatically in that team. It was a question of build versus buy.

Media

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle. Mutual funds had begun marking down the valuations of their private investments in high-profile deals. Fall turned to winter. 2015 turned to 2016.

Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Before investing a lot of time and money into any idea, entrepreneurs should assess the commercial viability. Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page. Hence the pressure to deliver.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2013

Before investing a lot of time and money into any idea, entrepreneurs should assess the commercial viability. Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page. Hence the pressure to deliver.

Entrepreneur

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The firm is not new; the fund has been around for two years with investments in more than 45 firms as listed here. Data Collective based in San Francisco was launched by Zachary Bogue, Matt Ocko, Michael Driscoll and Bradford Cross. Doors open. The good news is Data Collective fund is now open to the public.

Technical Review

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Get to know them now before they become household names. Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Incubator: Amplify LA.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises. Their distribution footprint consists of: Over 400 million Page Likes on Facebook. Millions of followers on Twitter. Billions of video views on YouTube. Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse.

Fractional VPE

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2010

How much investment capital will you need to pull this off? What could go wrong, and what can you do to mitigate the risks? How will you carve out a profitable niche and keep competitors at bay? What kinds of variable and fixed expenses will you incur to make this happen?

Startup

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

The 80-year-old is a local living legend, equally so for The Towbes Group, his investment, property management and real estate development firm and for the $955 million community bank of which he’s the sole shareholder. • Jeff Henley , chairman of the board of multi-billion dollar software firm Oracle Corp.,

Santa Barbara

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. One is the traditional buyer, the Microsofts, Oracles, Googles, and Ciscos of the world, with their cash. There are four kinds of buyers in M&A. That will cause a real boom in M&A.

Technical Review

InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. They all invested. We took an investment of 2M Euros. We spent 1.6M

Oracle

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!,

Company

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2014

Irvine-based online real estate marketplace Auction.com --fresh off a massive funding round from Google--is further bolstering its board, with the addition of former Oracle Chief Financial Officer Jeff Epstein. auctioncom auction real estate marketplace venture capital google investment realestate commercial executive board oracle'

Oracle