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Reflections on 2018: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

socalTECH

We are so excited to have done 25 deals, many in the SoCal area, with many more to come. Industries are being shaken up by technology and SaaS companies at an incomparable rate. Lexus studied customers in the US and predicted that car buyers had just had it with clunky US cars. Remember the exploding Ford Pinto?

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

socalTECH

Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.” I was a guy who had built 2 SaaS companies and had sold to and worked for Salesforce.com. I could become the SaaS guy.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. You should, too. (no,

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. I got a taste of that within my first weeks on the job.

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