Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Elect 1-2 representatives and even invite a local VC to invest personally and sit on the investment committee or be an advisor.
socalTECH
AUGUST 21, 2012
Path.To , which operates a service to match up companies with software engineers, interactive designers, and other IT professionals by matching personalities, skills, and social graph, said Tuesday that it has expanded support into the Los Angeles area.
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socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2009
Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has staked a developer of a video game software engine, Blade Games , with a $4M investment. Alex Suh of California Technology Ventures was involved in the funding.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Los Angeles-based nstartup HealthTensor, which is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software aimed at helping to augment medical decision making, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Calibrate Ventures, TenOneTen Ventures, and Susa Ventures, along with angels.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Irony, hey?).
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. You should implement restricted stock with vesting at the earliest stages in your company -even before the VC’s ask. Ask if they’d be willing to pay for a solution like that if it existed. Ask them how much they think such a solution would cost them.
Xconomy
JULY 26, 2019
There were a host of reasons—she wasn’t a software engineer, she had no product development experience, and she wanted to launch a consumer item that was already sold widely by established enterprises. From the moment Talia Frenkel resolved to found a company after a kitchen-table talk with her parents, the odds were against her.
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