Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. “My we are not going to invest. Brad on blogging.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. What drove you move from investing to starting up BetterWorks? Paige Craig: It was a couple of things. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. Tom Soto – Managing Director/Investment Committee Member, TCW/Craton.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) BUT … try doing proper restaurant research on a mobile device. They are limited in size.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

I know it sounds obvious but just so you understand: There are more capital sources available for earlier-stage capital, the information on which they are evaluating the investment is less (it is almost certainly just team and product) and the risk of the investor getting things wrong is diminished.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

The consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertiser experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

A consumer piece is a big part of our business, and the next big piece is the advertiser platform, plus everything we wrap around the advertisers experience, helping them to manage their content, and provide great reporting, and helping them to understand the ROI of doing business with us. We''re connecting those two parties. READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. MYTH 4: Research institutions are stronger in NorCal. Windows Phone. Social media. Google Plus. Social networking. Social games.

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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. ” Matt Ocko also revealed to Silicon Beat that they have been getting a lot more press inquiries due to the number of deals they were doing. Big Data Shift. They say they have run Hadoop jobs and built VM farms.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. Initially, our software focused on wealth management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors. The National Science Foundation mainly funds professors to do research. This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government. government. And what is the Department of Education doing?

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

” It’s hard to really find fault with the reporting. According to Forrester Research (2011 report) 77% users who abandoned an online purchase cite the inability to speak to some as their primary reason for leaving. Here are some data provided by a BIA / Kelsey report (2012).

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SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

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Web 29

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What technology research is required? What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? Accounting?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - lament the coverage they get from journalists who reported the details unfairly. Maybe 10.

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