InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In addition, I was honored to speak with such notable entrepreneurs as: Kevin O’Connor (Founder DoubleClick and FindTheBest), Brad Feld (Founder TechStars, Partner The Foundry Group), Marten Mickos (Founder MySQL and CEO of Eucalyptus Systems) and Len Short (CMO, (Product) RED, AOL and Charles Schwab). For instance, What Are My Options Worth?

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Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2014

In the past, a struggling entrepreneur''s options for paying the bills were limited. In contrast, the sharing economy affords entrepreneurs the flexibility to work on their ventures during their peak hours of productivity while generating working capital from multiple sources. Sharing While Caring About Your Venture.

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Funding Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 223

InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2016

As noted in What’s Real About Shark Tank , the show can give consumer product companies a significant marketing and revenue boost, as it did for one of my former students, Jeff Overall, Founder of PolarPro. A number of my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students initially model their investment pitches on the show's contrived format.

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Entrepreneur Entertainment Technical Review Ideas 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price? Your memory – they never worked very hard and didn’t want to commit.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Although this option was not attractive to the management team, it was a viable alternative circa 2005 and it would have allowed our institutional investors to liquidate their investments. Open up a “sales process” and solicit bids from multiple companies. Do nothing – continue to run our business “as is”. Get Out Of The Zone.

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Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Sometimes we do this to a fault when quitting may have been an easier or smarter option. They get involved in hard product decisions. We can be blunt but we believe that builds healthier relationships. Conviction. Empowerment.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. But we do 50% of our deals in Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara and we think that’s part of what makes us special. Why Buy Anything ?

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Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150