Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Stanford was also the right place because of nearby Silicon Valley. Meebo angel investors also include Marc Andreessen and Auren Hoffman. We then captured this conversation again on camera. We then spoke about startups.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. Have an account?

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. On November 28, 2012. November 29, 2012.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. It’s important moving forward that they expand their reach to other regions (particularly Silicon Valley).

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Blogs (VC): Antonio Rodriguez [link] – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code. Blogs (web development): Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – [link] Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. are investors better just rolling the dice. Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

He chairs New York Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the country, which has invested over $60 million into nearly 70 companies. It sounds like you could be a full-time Angel investor, but I know you have other activities as well. Marty: Welcome to Startup Professionals interviews.

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The Next Web

JULY 6, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. You don’t have to be located in Silicon Valley to take part in a great startup community. Get online and start connecting.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs. Venture Hacks Angel List â?? raise money with angel investors. Guide to Super Angels -Â Chubby Brain.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures. With a limited number of these opportunities and 10-year fund cycles, there wasnt a lot of transition among partners in firms.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. If you are not transparent with your investors, you won't raise money the second time around, regardless of whether you were successful or not successful the first time. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. ProfessorVC. June 3, 2010 9:50 AM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

With the prevalence of social media, there is almost no excuse for a cold-call or cold-email anymore. As Mark Suster, a prominent venture capitalist, put it very aptly at my Founder Showcase event, “in the era of social networks, if you can’t figure out how to get access to a venture capitalist, hang up your cleats now.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting. I been trying it for a while.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. Post-Mortem Title : Untitled Partners Post-Mortem. Company : Untitled Partners. Title: Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure. I realized that money was not the issue. Company: Go.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. Do you know of any VC or angel investors that are interested in targeting the Hispanic Market? Google won’t care.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? “10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ? This is how VCs feel. So when prices go down their first reaction is, “S**t.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

I asked Alfred what about any of our angel investors, so we went through them and none seemed likely to be able to pull this off. Alfred said, “Well there is this one other investor, Ron Conway.&# I didn’t know Ron at the time, and his investment was quite small.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Naturally, a big part of the go-to-market includes partnering with other players in the market. Build Your Own Silicon Valley?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Ok, so I think Im the last guy in Silicon Valley to start a blog. I put up my Bodega Partners web site in 1995 and it served its purpose for a number of years, but I just didnt spend the energy to keep it current and finally just took it down last month. ProfessorVC. at 3:10 PM.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital 31

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. My colleague, Anu Basu , Director of the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State , recently completed a paper on this topic, "Does Experience Matter? ProfessorVC. ▼ 2010.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. Our lead investor, Triangle Peak Partners closed on a $170 million first fund in late 2008.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. CFOs - More Guardian, Less Angel? The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals. The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals.

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Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor 28

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Number one is, a lot of companies need to actually educate their customers or their partners, and a lot of that has to happen online.

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