Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

This is part of my Startup Advice series. So I was surprised at the sheer volumes of decisions that had to be made when I became a startup CEO. Somebody asks whether you plan to set up 401k’s and do contribution matching. I would far rather have some messes to clean up than to never have them cross the line trying.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we are featuring a podcast from Andrew Warner founder of Mixergy, which runs a popular series of technology networking events in Los Angeles. Dont start with your masterpiece. When he launched eteamz, Brians vision was for a comprehensive site that organized youth sports.

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Mixergy Slides Company Companies 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Last week, I attended an event hosted by The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. He is the Content Strategist and CEO of FatDUX, headquartered in Copahagen, Denmark, a global company specializing in user experience with offices worldwide in Los Angeles, Budapest, Zagreb and Prague.

Social Media 101

Social Media Design Los Angeles Media 101

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour frenzy in which a group of strangers can come together to form a company and compete for prizes.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2013

Users explore their future plans by either spinning the Ribbon Reel or sliding an intuitive time bar. Ribbon believes that users will feel more comfortable sharing a future location such as “Los Angeles” or “Chicago” as opposed to sharing a specific place and address. Show as slideshow].

Mobile 76

Mobile Funding Slides Class 76

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I started out with a handful of dimes making cold calls from a phone booth in Grand Central Station. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. So cheer up everybody, this too will pass.

Marketing 150

Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Millions of people are still making up their minds. There has been only a little slide , however, in the state’s projected rejection of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.). Supporters have pitched in $17 million, mainly from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles and the California Nurses Association.

Company 40

Company Companies Pricing Slides 40

CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

It’s time to start taking regular breaths to reflect on what we’re missing – there is a better way to increase growth more productively. Note that companies are not pull OR push…there would be a sliding scale (such as 70/30 push/pull). Anyone can work hard, hire people and raise more money. Push System. *

Metrics 66

Metrics Startup Slides Activity 66

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. It shows a lack of interest.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Should you have 7 people doing your seed round and why Ron Conway is the S&P 500 of Venture Capital (this discussion starts at minute 59). Online travel guide that is served up in-stream with restricted data size in the same was as Twitter. -

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So I decided to change up our format a bit. In Los Angeles the venture community is very collaborative.

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Venture Capital Startup Course Funding 150