Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

VC's love to talk about their successes. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Because my role as a VC requires me to take and endless stream of meetings I long ago decided I need to learn as much as I can from the meetings I attend so I often just ask tons of questions and assimilate knowledge. When I think about what defines us as a VC I think: Operationally knowledgeable / strong startup competence.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2017

More importantly, the tools that already exist on the web, just don't exist on mobile. My side was really the publishing business, the technology, and monetization, the technology platform itself. The hardest part is building a platform that can scale across all of these priorities, for different apps. That was Walter's job.

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Mobile Develop Development Tool 178

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Overall, he remains optimistic towards Bitcoin prices and cues the Dogecoin community’s phrase “to the moon! E-Commerce ventures utilizing Bitcoin.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Codeita is a powerful, easy to use, cloud-based, web development environment. It allows users to code, develop, brainstorm, communicate and then publish projects and files to your web server. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. Price: FREE. Or your personal laptop with your business laptop. to 11:00 p.m.

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Company Companies Web Evite 106

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We want to create the right mix of the types of activities, price points, and make sure we have high quality content and high quality activities. Enter the light bulb, which was that this was a real opportunity to create a new platform, which can facilitate connecting experts with users. Who are your other cofounders?

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There have been a lot of entrepreneurs here in software and other industries, and interestingly enough there seem to be more self-funded, bootstrapped firms here, rather than those looking for venture capital to get off the group. We have a very unique capability in scalability, but at an agreeable price point.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I don’t think most VC’s do. But in most situations a VC will want to be able to judge how you perform over time. It’s what prompted my post on how to build relationships with VCs. Seemic (now a Twitter client) was originally a video blogging platform. I’m sure that happens. I could go on and on.

Entrepreneur 291

Entrepreneur Startup Google Yammer 291

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value! Mobile Web America, Inc. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups. Price: $25 (Early Bird). CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement platform. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). We see big data storage solutions and processing platforms.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Sizhao “Zao&# Yang is currently the COO/co-founder at BetterWorks, Inc.,

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Price: $15 (Early Bird). When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. What: Spotlight Series Event.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. Why buy me?

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Develop Development Conference 287

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Price: $25 (Early Bird). Early-stage companies in the web, mobile and ecommerce space are encouraged to apply for the program which completes four cycles per year, culminating in Demo Days that are attended by the region’s top angel investors and VCs. Event Details. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I'm Tired of Creating Your Content - Babbling VC , November 12, 2010 Jeff triggered this post in regards to his Check-in Fatigue on Foursquare. I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed. By doing the job. Where is it? You got it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with an additional $34 billion in 2017, and VCs poured around $150 billion more into private growth companies last year.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Zondigo, Inc.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. All of this was supported by the technology platform (adMonitor) that I invented at ReaXions, Inc. Be scrappy.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. So, what Quigo would do is analyze a web page for Overture and tell them what they thought it was about. We can do better.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Every web product ultimately has a bunch of user flows contained within it. Pricing and revenue? « Open mobile platforms and Facebook developer refugees. Very interesting roadmap to building a robust web analytics capability. My professional background is in online ads, social media, and venture capital.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

My partnership was pretty bearish and scratched our heads a bit at price tags. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. But I guess you could say the same about VC. VC Ice Age Part 3 – What The Future Holds.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2014

I considered changing to a blog publishing platform that would allow me to change the visual design more easily myself. You get highly talented people to design infographics and other visual stuff at reasonable prices. He runs platform for Upfront Ventures and is doing an amazing job. This Week in Venture Capital'

Blogging 294

Blogging Design Venture Capital Screening 294

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

If that bond isn’t there or if it feels like I’m in a bidding process for the highest price, I might as well be Wells Fargo. Socially connected individuals and platforms that enable faster roll-outs of successful products. Often it turns out that the market is greatly expanded by having a lower price point new entrant.

Startup 386

Startup Pricing Marketing Product 386

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging. The Importance of Twitter.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Pricing information. Marketing materials.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. It’s certainly food for thought.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280