venture-debt 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? People were building.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 21, 2020
As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often feel the frustration of someone trying to build a startup in the wrong place and time, and wrongly attributing their struggle to personal limitations. You need partners, mentors, and investors who can complement your own resources to make it a win-win for all involved.
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socalTECH
JULY 13, 2009
This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. The answer? Something so simple.
Berkonomics
JANUARY 16, 2014
community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Access to new markets. Example: salary, equity, joint venture, etc… Can the business afford it? Review long term company debt, goals, objectives and financial projections.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
The debt market has pretty much shut down for people, though there is some money coming out of the SBAs that have been somewhat helpful. And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. The venture capitalists we look at to fund our deals are certainly tightening down, there's no question about that.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2014
I reviewed an email from Kara Nortman, the CEO of Moonfrye who is working on putting together venture debt. Let’s say your a junior developer, marketer, product manager, biz dev person at a startup or well-established technology company. Finally, I think it’s worth meeting “mentors.”
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