Screening Writing Yahoo 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2009
This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. You think that anybody really believed 1999 that two young kids out of Stanford had a shot at unseating Yahoo!, The picture above is from the actual event courtesy of Dan Farber who was writing for ZDNet. What attributes am I looking for during the process?
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APRIL 17, 2010
The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens.
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FEBRUARY 15, 2011
In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. You have huge hiring volume coming from the new growth firms (Twitter, Zynga, Facebook) and huge retention battles & hiring from Google, Apple, Cisco, Yahoo!,
socalTECH
OCTOBER 4, 2012
YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. Those teachers are what set us apart. What's your background?
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NOVEMBER 25, 2010
There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. I will embrace my losses.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. I will embrace my losses.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. And they made an early investment in Yahoo.“ “….a If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Is that when it became big?
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