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MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

I know that’s obvious but I find that many management teams aren’t disciplined about how they measure success (other than standard financial reporting?—?and You can write this as a narrative in 3–5 key bullet points. and even that can be “seat of the pants” sometimes). But what are the KEY ISSUES management is grappling with.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Pricing information. A program manager would traditionally be responsible for: Writing the detailed specification for how the software should work. Communicating with the developers who write code.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. Marketing Muscle.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s April report on the state of the U.S. LinkedIn’s April report on the state of the U.S. And, as it turns out, reports of Silicon Valley’s destination demise have been greatly exaggerated. San Francisco Skills Gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. He writes “Half of all venture funds outperform the stock market which is the benchmark most institutions measure VC funds against.” The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. One thing I learned from the book is that real estate agents always sell their personal property at higher relative prices than their clients’ properties. As your candidate for at least 5 references.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Some companies, especially those financed by angel or VC investors, have good, formal stock option plans with properly priced options set to reward all employees and managers in the event of a corporate sale. And those that are total write-offs in which no one except perhaps the bank and lenders receive anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

It also means that the publisher (person writing the status update) can share in the monetization. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices. Think about the creative tension. I believe this is important because it means that Ad.ly

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

We have a very unique capability in scalability, but at an agreeable price point. Ultimately, what that means is customers want to enter their data once, and have that carry through clearing, to back office settlement, to system reporting, to confirmation delivery, to trading partners you are involved with, and all of that.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I write these words I’m aware that I could practically change the words AOL and Facebook for much of this section and with a few factual tweaks it might not be noticeable to the reader which of the firms I was talking about. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es They controlled distribution to the masses.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Entrepreneurs tend to write business plans that are difficult to read, heavy on technology, and give little thought to the business model and commercialization strategy. Our board member monitors the company’s progress monthly and reports back to the members.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

According to the Reuters report , Levinsohn has not left the company empty handed. “In In his 2010 offer letter and 2011 Levinsohn will receive severance payments, plus an equity award of 67,000 restricted stock units with stock options of 250,000 which at an exercise price of $15.80 His compensation. Do Not Forward.

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Yahoo Pricing Writing Entertainment 74

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Jones Graduate School of Business found that 66 percent of the 150 businesses surveyed reported that Groupon promotions [were] profitable. For example, Cornell University reported that many Groupon users see themselves as “marketing mavens”… “on the front edge of market trends and price information.”

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It has been reported by Google that 77% of viewers use a companion device while watching TV. Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML). Coincident.TV

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

If you have a strong-minded sponsoring partner who has a high degree of influence at his or her firm they will often be able to overcome any objections and will just report back what they found to answer the doubters. ” Some firms are collegiate. .”

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. With booth prices up to $9,500 , it blew my mind how vague the taglines were. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. That taught us what we personally wanted to accomplish?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

For college, or maybe even high school, you can take a look at what courses you've taken, how we'll you've done, and you can even submit your report card or portfolio to college. If you've taken a course, and need an application to do chemistry or math analysis, there's a store where you can write, share, sell, or buy those applications.

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

Today, major media prognosticators including market research company Forrester and the Interactive Advertising Bureau foresee podcasting as the next billion-dollar media market , with a report from the latter saying that one-billion-dollar mark could be surpassed as soon as 2021. In other words, there's no better time to launch a podcast.

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RSS Startup Media Template 103

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I read reports this week that when he was unhappy with some actions of his players he sent in an emissary to deal with them because he didn’t have the time or patience to deal with the drama that comes from having talented, high-paid professionals with opinions (as opposed to college players who have little choice). I like writing.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Valu e and Exp erience versus Price and Product. On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. Can you talk about the pricing and how the business model works? But, it didn't seem scalable. We have patents filed on this process. Milo Sindell: It's a monthly subscription, ranging from $24.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

By far the most effective technique for improving your writing is simply carrying out user readability tests on every piece of content, and really listening to feedback. Test your pricing and packaging options, and tune them regularly. Effective guarantees include: price-match, satisfaction, payment-deferral—even weather.

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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! We write and create our own content for the game. Price: $25 (Early Bird). Followed by a FREE cocktail and apps reception for all attendees. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2016

Many retailers report $100,000 is the minimum price of entry. The price of a retail app varies depending on the developer and features; nevertheless, it’s a big number. The report notes that in general, the companies that prioritize mobile had modest budgets. This is certainly on the high end of the spectrum.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? Step 5: Formal in-house reporting. How many reports should you generate? Pricing and revenue?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). DVDs won’t die quickly – As Mark Twain would say, “ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.&# this service will continue.

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Netflix Evite Pricing Hulu 329

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

of all Statistics are Made Up ” My summary is an example I use often: when I consumed reports from Goldman Sachs about the future predictions of mobile phone penetration for a report I was working on for a client I would call the analyst to ask how she calculated her data because I wanted to be sure of my conclusions.

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Venture Capital Statistics Writing Report 182

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I have long tried to raise awareness of the trade-off between growth & profits as outlined in this much read blog post on the topic (and please forward to your favorite journalist who often simply report that companies that aren’t profitable are bad). I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. This post is an accusation.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. Unfortunately, those providers decided the gold leads were expensive, and decided to use a Chinese vendor which would provide them at half price.

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As I have pointed out in previous posts , 91% of VCs surveyed believe prices are declining (30% believe substantially) and 77% believe that funding will take longer than it has in the past. Remember those party rounds that became so popular over the past few years because they allowed higher prices and more favorable terms for entrepreneurs?

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