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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. On the other hand, the biggest winners will turn out to be much larger than the prices people paid for them and this will happen faster than at any time in human history. That used to be called A-round investing. of the fund.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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 —  @jasonlk How the Long Game Has Benefitted Upfront I was thinking about it this morning in particular and thinking about my own personal investment history. sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. Maker Studios?—?sold

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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

InfoChachkie

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

InfoChachkie

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We then turned Citrix’s question around, saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

socalTECH

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. We evolved and expanded from there. READ MORE>>.

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Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results

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You might look at higher quality / higher price solutions like BMW or Mercedes or you try to see if you can find a bargain with the similar features like a Kia. I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. It is the opposite of what SaaS is supposed to be. So we took a stand.

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Interview with Zareh Baghdasarian, 15desks

socalTECH

After that, I was involved in a lot of angel investing, starting companies, and helping entrepreneurs to get going. I have my degree in engineering from the University of Santa Clara, and also have executive management degree from the Anderson School of Business, along with a Global Executive MBA from the London School of Economics/NYU Paris.

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