SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 You would have met many smart people who live a mediocre life. The Exit Disconnect - Ask the Angels , March 25, 2010 I’ll admit to having a bias towards exits and focus my review of a potential investment on the exit potential. There are MANY of them.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. In data analysis you want to look for “primary&# research, which means the person who initially gathered the data. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what?

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It’s true that we also fund more mundane stuff like B2B software aimed at productivity improvements but we want some big bets in every fund where we feel we can contribute to “making our own little dent in the universe” as the saying goes – by backing ambitious entrepreneurs with that same goal. We loved the idea.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments. Felicia is the cofounder of Black Tech Week, Code Fever, Tribe Cowork and Urban Innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched 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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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world. The Case Foundation (Washington, DC). Pipeline Angels (National Network).

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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.

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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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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

His message was that he realized he needed to move his girlfriend’s stuff into a storage facility due to apartment flooding. They built the software. They researched storage solutions and logistics. On my meeting he told me about the impact Hurricane Sandy had had on him and his loved ones. I felt bad. Life sucks.

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UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

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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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Jody--an experienced entrepreneur who was most recently co-founder of a firm he sold to the Virgin Group, and has been involved with such firms as Lycos, Buydirect.com, and Xoom--told us the story of EcoMom, plus how he connected with McClure on the investment. Between 1991 and 1995, I was in enterprise software and computer distribution.

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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?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. BUT … try doing proper restaurant research on a mobile device. Thus I endorse Web Second.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

VC’s don’t invest 100% of their own money. They raise money from institutions who want to have some allocation of their investment dollars in a category known as “alternatives,&# which is supposed to mean higher risk, higher returns. And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm.

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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.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Develop Development Product Startup 70

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Google is making major improvements to Android Studio, while Apple is continuing to invest in Swift and announced Playgrounds, an exciting new way to learn how to program in Swift. Two customer-focused announcements stood out: the reviews API and the customer case studies. Success of the app stores starts with developers.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Software Review Case Study 55

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

I think there is something very encouraging and sustaining about getting income from an investment, and participating in a loan, and where you''re paid immediately, rather than waiting for three to five years for a startup to hopefully exit, get to an IPO, or go raise more capital. We also liked the idea that people would get repaid.

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Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: It was officially May 9 of 2012, when David and I and others within YP and AT&T decided that given where we were with AT&T, their core focus on wireless, we should figure out how to take the business out of AT&T, so that we would not be constrained on our investments, and we could go after markets in a more strategic way.

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Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Yelp has great consumer research, but it''s been a challenge for them to reach advertisers. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path. But, going down that review path was not where we wanted to take it, or at least, not where we wanted to start. 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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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. If you have an iPhone you can scan the UPC code on the food you eat and they will be entered directly into DailyBurn done through a partnership with a company called Occipital. I’m not that public about my weight.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

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. They say they have run Hadoop jobs and built VM farms.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? But not doing basic research makes no sense.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

due to a less developed financial system, lack of credit tracking, and oftentimes and informal economy. We've developed software, which seamlessly brings that information in, and it's really accurate, valid information. Shivani Siroya: I started out pretty traditionally in investment banking, doing equity research at UBS.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Go research it. They know that the money they invest may be lost. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. Product : You should build a product or a prototype. They exist in every town.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. It’s that simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

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. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

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 CTO

JULY 13, 2010

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. had two occasions recently to review products which had clear market leadership. " The Bible Code predicted the Sept 11 attacks 5,000 years ago." The sunk costs trap. This pitcher has retired 5 of the last 7 batters."

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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. First, for our readers who aren't familiar with your software, can you explain what it does?

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