Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

We're a technology company headquartered in Fresno, California, and together with the Kapor Center in Oakland have partnered to deliver Onward US, which is an initiative to put thousands of Americans back to work. I had no network on the West coast. Jake Soberal : Hi, my name is Jake Soberal. And I lived in rural California.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

She and Raylene Young, who you'll hear in a minute, have collaborated to form the USDR, The United States Digital Response, activating an entire network of government technologists, lean and agile practitioners, to bring them together with state and local governments solving problems of immediate need. How are you both doing? Let's start."

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 15, 2013

That’s also why this is the second company (the other is Editorially ) I’ve invested in from that network. Through this investment, I met Mitch for the first time, and I admire his efforts in the education space and his interest in turning Oakland into the “next Brooklyn.”

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 22, 2014

Satya and I visited Blue Bottle’s Oakland HQ a few weeks back and I love talking with retailers about the way technology is changing their business (such as this previous post with a SF-based bakery owner ). Good people know good people, so a lot of our hiring comes through internal networks.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2014

It’s imperative to keep communications strong after purchase to earn loyal customers who will spread the word about your business to their own networks. Brad graduated from Dartmouth College and currently resides in Oakland, California, with his wife and their two children, both of whom are stars of his frequent Animoto video creations.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 18, 2018

Those are the words of investor Bill Marcus of the networking business Green Table talking about the cannabis business as part of an interview broadcast Monday on the National Public Radio show Hear and Now. With medicinal cannabis now accepted in a majority of U.S.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

These groups include Astia Angels, a global network of angel investors focusing on women-led ventures, and the Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, which focuses on minority entrepreneurs. VCs often invest in entrepreneurs within their personal networks, and women and minority entrepreneurs are less likely to inhabit those same personal networks.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you were watching the Oakland Raiders beating the hapless New York Giants (so sad about Eli) this past Sunday, you surely saw a scene like this one: Quarterback Geno Smith using his Microsoft Surface tablet to figure out how he added two more fumbles to this career total of 43. I bumped into the lesson thanks to their NFL sponsorship.

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