Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Let me not bury the lede. Nice sweep!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

tevye2009 , Q: “can you briefly explain why it’s best to get a small valuation when getting investment.&# Mike Stern (wasn’t sure which one so leave a comment if it’s you): Q: “is it possible to sell your startup without venture investment if the company has big traction and a large user base?&#

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Crew32 , a stealth startup founded by Docstoc founder Jason Nazar, Betterworks, Geni, and Yammer co-founder George Ishii, and InvestedIn and MySpace co-founder Yadid Ramot, has raised $5.2M, as part of an ongoing $6.0M The filing indicates that 11 investors have so far invested in the company. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left?”

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 9, 2018

“It feels like investing in Uber when it first launched.” ” That’s what one investor said of the hot new Santa Monica, Calif.-based

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 8, 2019

The company has raised $11 million in financing from undisclosed strategic investors and Craft Ventures, the investment firm set up by former Yammer founder, David Sacks. “This idea was seeded within GumGum,” says Tanz. “I started the process of collecting dental x-rays over three years ago.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. A great opportunity for more visible networking. I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. Love the minis!

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

We collaborate using Zoom, Teams, Salesforce, Yammer, Skype, GoToMeeting, Fuze and hundreds of other tools not available to the last generation of whiteboard, personal meeting or teleconference users. An estimated $180 billion will be invested in data analytics by 2024. We read increasingly using our digital devices.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. Current round: $11mm in Series B by Accel (lead), Khosla Ventures, Trilogy Partnership. Total raised: $16.5mm. Read more: VentureBeat. OTHER DEALS (Cont): 5. File sharing?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why Invest? And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. Why Invest?

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that. I think that, because of software-as-a-service and the cloud, companies no longer have to invest $50,000 or $100,000 in software, that geographically, you don't have to be as close to Bay Area companies. That said, we still have a lot of Bay Area customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. million Raised. Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 million, brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to $2.5 25 Years of Writing Code.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Co-founder of Yammer, and Geni. Judges Prize: $250. Sizhao Yang: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Co-creator of Farmville and the technical platform for Zynga. George Ishii: Co-founder of BetterWorks. Early designer of Paypal. Josh Woods: Senior Engineer at BetterWorks. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

Its investors include Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Joe Lonsdale (founder of Palantir Technologies), David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), 7th Rig, and Wasabi Ventures. Founded in 2010 by Eric M.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Ability to Pivot – I don’t like to invest in people that I’ve never met before who come through my office wanting to have a term sheet within 30 days. VCs often tell entrepreneurs that they want to see “traction&# before they’re ready to invest. Geni.com beget Yammer. I could go on and on.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I’m often asked by people what investment areas interest me. I try to invest in things that I know and that I believe I might have better knowledge and relationships than the masses of VCs. But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. Here’s what I mean.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. How come you guys only invest when you have proof of success?&# Lately the topic of leadership & teams has been coming up a lot in my daily life.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. Help them better do their job – I’ve always been a big believer that relationships with journalists are a long-term investment. Many other great companies are not. - Might be true, but not in your best interests.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

Dig deeper and you see that they do: project management (like 37 Signals), share and store files online (like DropBox and Box.net), create and edit documents online (like Google Docs & Zoho), Wikis (like SocialText) and Discussions (like Yammer). If Skype continues its growth eBay should at least see a return on its investment.

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