Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 21, 2009
On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# But everything has intrinsic value.
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
How you convinced them to pay up when code review at that stage was nonexistent? But this was 2002 when AdWords was affordable and I had no competitors, so you can’t repeat that — it doesn’t matter how I did it. I think you meant this ? It’s rarely true that your first customer will be big. I had a $39.95
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 2, 2010
Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Why does vintage matter to you?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? Social Networking in Web 2.0.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 2, 2019
A refrain I often hear from technology entrepreneurs to investors is that their product or solution is so innovative that it will cause a “paradigm shift” in the industry. Due to qualms of customers and governments, he sold less than 30,000 of the devices over the next five years.
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