Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. The power of large screen real estate. Try writing long reviews of a restaurant. I would love to see FourSquare double down on web development and market it harder to its user base.

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Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. As of this writing nearly 50,000 versions have been created and uploaded and watched by some 200,000,000 people. I repeat – free marketing.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

You’re writing a freaking blog post! I never get grumpy that people write. If you do randomly write me I have advice. Marketing. Or ask Tasha to send you a screen shot of my weekly calendar. But what kind of business person would I be if I allocated 100% of my time to customer service and zero to marketing?

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Email Product Startup Writing 314

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. million round I might write $1.8 – 2.2 I have a slightly different take on why I find it valuable.

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

And it’s the latest in a series of investments we’ve made in building out our practice as the LA technology market continues to grow robustly and attract entrepreneurs and investors. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. Jordan Hudson. So what is an EIR and why Sam? I thought that was the end of it.

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Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList. No cookies for guessing which reason they use to market to us. So what are you waiting for?

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

We don’t mind investing earlier if the situation warrants and we don’t mind leading a B-Round if we know the team well or the market. Overall we write about $100 million of investment checks every year. And anybody who works with us of course knows Kerry Bennett who runs marketing and our CFO Dana Kibler.

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Funding Venture Capital Santa Monica Invest 287

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Companies Company Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. That target market is huge, and includes sites like YouTube, you also have Revision3, and other sites doing short videos. What's Scripped? That is the way to attract writers.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

If I were writing about the most important attributes of a VC (hmmm) one of the things that would make my list is “ability to spot patterns.&# I see the same things over-and-over again and being able to spot things and compartmentalize them is important – it helps with short-handing analysis and learning. I’m sorry.

Entrepreneur 306

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

On the other hand, 10 years ago when we all felt like this last time the total market size for any company was at maximum 100 million potential users. So you’re saying that a decade ago we had 100 million addressable market connected some of the time and now we have 2+ billion connected all of the time. Let’s repeat that.

Ideas 294

Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

Outsource Development 328

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 328

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. People who believe the former believe that you should see the market demand before too many people know you’re “in market.”

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. I live in the city of Santa Monica. In our regions?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. What price?

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. WakeMate has you record things like the last time you had caffeine before sleeping, your last meal and when you last had computer or TV screen time. Tags: SoCal Stuff Tech Market Analysis. We’ll see. Enter Withings.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup Southern California 278

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. What price?

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. He noticed their extremely social tendencies and the potential of a very large market. We talk about all of this in the video.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I ran program and marketing for MySpace for a little over three years. Prior to that, I was at a marketing company, Fanscape, one of the early guys in the online marketing space. Prior to that, I was at a marketing company, Fanscape, one of the early guys in the online marketing space. They're still around.

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Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high. For Meebo 1.3%

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Or, as always, summary notes available below.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 23, 2012

If you forget everything else I write about creating an app, remember this: every app needs a hook. From your name, to your user interface, to the tone in your on-screen instructions, you promote the concept of being wealthy and not being ashamed of it. The Hook Brings You back. Call your app 1% and embrace your audience.

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Marketing Software Review Tips Competition 84

Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

I was fortunate that I could write software and doubly fortunate that my despair at working for ‘the Man’ – and feeling compelled to strike out on my own – coincided with the dawn of the personal computer era. For me I had few alternatives; working for someone else had proved to be a frustrating experience.

Customer 120

Customer Custom Writing Southern California 120

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

It''s more than showing up every two months and writing that dues check so they can say they''re an angel--it''s having them pitch in and grab the oars, and help move the group forward. When things get super heated like they have, with the IPO markets and incubators, you end up with a group of people who end up overpaying for stuff.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

They are nicely placed, well thought out and my man-sized hands have no problems navigating the screen. My HTC Hero has a 5mp camera that would crash a couple other Twitter apps on the Android market. for Android has a very smart and well thought out interface. The tabs are not tiny like in Twidroid. So far, it looked promising.

Marketing 60

Marketing Software Review Screening Social Media 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. It isn’t written by them or any marketing department – so please take it for what it is. I’ll explain in detail below. Yeah, that’s me. So I’ll try to be clear.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Companies Company 282

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They’re also good at screening candidates. They know what is “market&# for your recruits in terms of base, bonus & stock options. But when they’re trying to get David Pogue, Walt Mossberg or Kara Swisher to write a story for you, they’re also thinking about their other clients – now and in the future.

Venture Capital 319

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

So, I switched to a degree in business and marketing. After college, I didn't go into engineer, I went into the marketing and entertainment side. I actually spent a decade working in advertising and marketing. How did you go from marketing and advertising to a hardware startup? READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review CTO Hire 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. This stimulates additional marketing and revenue for merchants.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. ” CHANGING THE FACE OF AUTOMOTIVE MARKETING. 2) “The second piece is the transformation of marketing thanks to the digital media companies.

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Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2014

Remount your devices /system directory as read/write. $ If you don’t have any additional GDK app content inserted into the “ok glass” menu you might only see a blank screen on the “ok glass” menu. The enterprise app market for Glass is exciting, and enterprises will need to lock down Glass.

Google 89

Google Design Content Screening 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

A slew of app-enabled, Wi-Fi-connected kitchen gadgets are spilling onto the market, including Belkin’s WeMo Crock-Pot and the iKettle , but these are just upgrades on existing kitchen gadgets; they are not disrupting the way we think about our kitchen. We will be able to do things like place items on hold (e.g.,

Belkin 92

Belkin Startup Google Press 92

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Plus, there's always shoulder surfing--when people write them down, and are grabbing for your daytimer or spreadsheet for passwords--that's treating passwords like it's the 1950's, and leaving your front door key under a door mat. That might be a car, boat, or an airplane. That enables a truly unique login every time.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. We write and create our own content for the game. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Diamond Sponsor.

CalTech 91

CalTech Companies Company Idealab 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

It’s easier to use screen-captures and notes on existing processes, rather than write detailed manuals. To get maximum business autonomy, you need to match the inherent strength traits of employees to key jobs, always adjusting for market change and people growth. Adjust roles and shift resources for optimal performance.

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Resource Examples Design Entrepreneur 60