SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. SlideShare: VC signaling in seed rounds.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Amazon attracts third-party sellers with tools and processes that make then all winners in the marketplace. That means that many companies are now forgoing the rush to go public (IPO), in favor of major equity investments from specialized venture capital funds, such as Japan’s SoftBank.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

The technology packs particular appeal for grassroots political outreach, empowering virtual “armies” of volunteer advocates and voice/text marketers at a fraction of the cost of previous technology support tools. Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

It''s not a programming tool, even though it uses a lot of big data. We''re using state of the art tools. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. out of UC Irvine.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending. As a former VC, why'd you decide to get involved with BigStage and back to the operating side? However, I've only spent 5 and a half years of the last thirty in venture capital.

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175