socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

A report Tuesday in the Financial Times said that investment giant Fidelity has written its investment in Los Angeles-based Snapchat by 25 percent, citing data from a Morningstar report. Snapchat--arguably, the most visible "unicorn" startup in Southern California--had been valued at $15 billion in its last fundraising round.

Snapchat 100

Snapchat Writing Invest Report 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” I hope to publish that deck and a full write up in the next 10 days in partnership with Dan Primack at Fortune (if my write up doesn’t suck, I guess ;-)).

Venture Capital 362

Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I don’t feel like canceling LinkedIn just because occasionally a well-meaning but slightly not-clued-in person from a faraway place wants me to be their personal mentor, answer 3-questions for their high-school entrepreneurship project or take a sales pitch for their recruiting services. In Adam’s world, I’m rude. Twitter messages?

Email 250

Email Writing Conference Mobile 250

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? Right now, when people are communicating using Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and others, those businesses are principally using display advertising and sponsored listings to monetize those users. We're taking a different approach.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. That's anyone building a product, service, or application which can be delivered to a connected device. Where are you planning making investments? We have a very entrepreneurial LP base.

Invest 145

Invest Funding Capital Startup 145

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Product is simply about defining a physical good or service that would be valued by consumers of the product more than existing alternatives based on functionality, quality and/or price. While many tech startups do this intuitively (say, SnapChat thinking it would be much better if our photos out partying disappeared) it still happens.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

” Case in point: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, SnapChat. Should I write off my $2.5 Once you roll out your ad product, your subscription service, your paid version – whatever – and it delivers a real number you’re done with theoretical valuations. But that’s not what happens to most of you.

Venture Capital 412

Venture Capital Startup Funding Snapchat 412