socalTECH
JUNE 28, 2011
Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides testing and engineering services, said today that it has raised $14M in a private placement. The firm said it raised the debt and equity with Mill Road Capital. The firm said it was advised by B. Riley & Co. in the financing. READ MORE>>.
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JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. ” F**k.
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OCTOBER 5, 2014
But as I rose in my career (and post MBA) I moved into a role in which I was to advise board-level executives on topics where I was expected to rapidly become an expert. Some areas were easy because they were technical and the answer was knowable or estimate-able. It is unknowable. Any true disruption will change all the rules.
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AUGUST 17, 2009
If not, at least find someone really technical that you trust to help act as an adviser to you. If you can’t find somebody any technical resources at all through networking please consider keeping your day job. Founder vesting. Yesterday I wrote a blog posting on founder vesting (see here ).
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Let’s assume that the company raised it at a normal VC valuation, which means it gave up 33% of the company and thus $5 million / 33% = $15 million post-money valuation. I advised against the SF role because it was a bigger company and his role would be pushing paper from one side of his desk to the other.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. I didn’t have to make many serious decisions. I said that was my point.
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