Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. As an angel you can look for the social proof in deals “Dave Morin is investing …” to make your decision. They will have to negotiate price and terms. Less investments, more active.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Despite the proliferation of entrepreneurial courses within Business Administration programs, business schools are essentially vocational training grounds for consultants and investment bankers. Entrepreneurs should leverage the screening performed by B-schools and not dismiss MBA applicants outright. Look For MBA Outliers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

We are investing heavily in these changes. Give people massive price increases on most media and they’ll abandon it. We believe this is why Google Ventures invested in Pixazza. This has proved far more effective than small crappy banners at the bottom of each screen. But even for the consumer reality sets in.

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This is the killer feature for the giant YouTuber base invested in sub-$2,000 cameras, of which most lack HD-SDI required from previous TriCaster models. Green screen keying, real time editable lower thirds, no-latency video switching, quicktime video playback and vector scopes come standard. Even Leo LaPorte’s TWiT.tv

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Screening Entertainment Content Platform 103

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. If you don’t believe in your bones that you’re amazing then it’s no wonder you don’t want to sell them on making the investment.”

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

At any rate, here is my own list of red flags, from my years of experience advising and investing in aspiring entrepreneurs, which cause me to lose interest and start looking for a way out the door: Omit the facts on key management team experience and skills. The average valuation for Angel investments is about $2.5

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Funding Startup Innocal Entrepreneur 98

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient. The first investment I ever made as a VC was in a company now called Invoca. Not so fast.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2018

The price of drugs is certainly on a lot of minds these days, including the mind of President Trump, as he reportedly will make a. While pembrolizumab notched the headline-grabbing data, others are also working to develop options for various subsets of patients. Who will be able to afford all these options?

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Pricing News Report Develop 52

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Companies that have invested in drone technology has seen stock prices climb quickly with no signs of slowing. The remote for the Typhoon, has its own screen, which allows you to fly for an afternoon without worrying about burning out your phone’s battery. For a couple hundred bucks, you can protect your investment.

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Screening Startup Pricing Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

But I find that the more informed your board is and the more you’re staying on their radar screen the more effective they’ll be for you. I’m usually more able to see their laptops than you can at the front and I promise you — best will the world — they are sneaking a peek at their email, stock prices, web, etc. It’s human nature.

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Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I had come off of a Hashable party and dinner with Naval Ravikant , Farb Nivi (Grockit) & John Price (Vast). And so as Steve is apt to do, he consolidated this midnight mind meld, added it to his linear thinking on the investment phases of tech companies and turned it into one of the most cogent pieces on the topic that I’ve seen.

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Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

Park had a screen-printing business in 2004, starting with his own $4,000 investment. Rather than figure it out and reverse engineer a price strategy, they simply asked their customers what they would be willing to pay for shipping. They took everyone’s response and averaged the price, which came to about $5.

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Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. Some quick numbers: In 2013, $100M was invested into Bitcoin-related ventures. Projection for 2014?

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

And the starting price for WW is $18 / month … DailyBurn is free. Then I found out that Dave McClure had already invested along with many others in a Silicon Valley seed round even though the company is in Alabama. It is really a pleasure to use the tool compared with WW. There is, of course, a paid version. Pretty cool stuff.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

You could get the price, learn more about that furniture, and figure out the retail outlets and stores that carry that chair. I ended up going to Harvard for college, and worked at JP Morgan in investment banking, and went to Harvard Law School. It's an LA institution, which my parents started in 1969.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

For example, we support promotions for Sony movies, a combination of database and telecom work for interactive TV shows like the Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, the Game Show Network, and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. We understand your service also connects into Skype?

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises. Utility: Envoy Now. Best of REACH NeXT: Parlor.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. No matter how much large clients tell you they want transparency in pricing, they always seem to fall for the same old trick. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. They stopped allowing us to contact them directly.

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Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

When I recently wrote about how excited I was about investing in “ The Digital Living Room ,&# Hulu was only mentioned in the context of how Clicker.com was a much better metaphor for content discovery and search. So what does this have to do with OPEC? Because they are anti-competitive most countries ban cartels. Why the limitation?

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

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. We have a great screening process. Either way, it’s natural that buyers “shop around” so expect it as a healthy part of the process. We are hands on.

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

► 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! We ended up choosing a space that would last us 6-9 months, based on price, the "feeling of the space" and availability.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For Oliver, that was when he and his partner were looking at IVF as a way to screen for the BRCA1 gene from her embryos after she found out that she was a carrier. You’re not creating software, you’re creating life,” said Adam Struck, the founder of Mate Fertility’s lead investment firm, Struck Capital. Bakersfield, Calif.

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Lancaster Screening Startup Los Angeles 201

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011).

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303