SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? For consulting work, I have done several projects with Lou Sokolovskiy of Genero Capital , a boutique private equity firm. I'm looking forward to exploring this a bit with you over time. What was the best one you’ve been to recently?

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

so I feel I have an unbiased appreciation for BOTH Californias. Side note: LA seems to have had some success in mega deals led by private equity firms as evidenced by DemandMedia and Chris DeWolf’s latest company backed by more than $20 million in private equity. Go on, have a bit of fun down memory lane!).

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

SiliconHills

MAY 22, 2016

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, last week announced its acquisition of Austin-based Accruent, which makes real estate, facilities and asset management software. Accruent, founded in 1995 in California, had raised $32 million from two investors in two rounds, according to its Crunchbase profile.

Austin 53

Austin Private Equity California Acquisition 53

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Thanks to Robert Davidson, California Title Loans ! #12- I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business. The market value of the home repair and improvement sector is around $500 billion. 12- Online fashion boutique. Photo Credit: Susannah Harmon.

Affiliate 62

Affiliate Entrepreneur United States Software Review 62

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. Texas provides the red carpet for businesses to succeed while California puts up walls of red tape! What’s bringing them here?

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Fort Worth 90

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

Prior to that, he worked for an integrated trading company in which he built several new businesses by collaborating with high-tech startups in California. Prior to that, he worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan and General Electric specializing in deliberative trading, private equity investment, and post merger integration.

Channel 120

Channel Japan Bosnia Silicon Valley 120

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Technical Review Social Media 83

David Teten

MARCH 22, 2011

The Committee received and continues to receive valuable feedback from the HBS Angels of Northern California via conference calls. Monday, 04/4/11 at 6:00pm: Innovation in Private Company Liquidity: Online M&A, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO. RSVP: [link].

New York 114

New York Private Equity LLC Cofounder 114

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. The 3-year recidivism rate in California for comparison is more than 50%.

California 150

California Programming Private Equity Equity 150

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). Carlos PublicWorksAgency.com CitizenRequest.com ChubbyBrain Ben - Nice article and def some very interesting changes occurring in the funding landscape. Carlos - Here is a list of super angels along with what they invest in and where.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

LLC’s are geared for private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate guys, not startups, for a number of reasons: (i) extremely complicated tax partnership rules; (ii) creates capitalization/capital raising problems – e.g., essentially does not allow for stock options plans and convertible notes, etc.; (iii)

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

.  At $20-30 billion per year, the venture capital industry as a whole remains a “drop in the bucket” in terms of capital deployed relative to the over trillion dollars sitting in private equity firms.    In the private equity world, the industry leaders hang around forever well past their 50s and 60s. 

Private Equity 20

Private Equity Boston Massachusetts IPO 20

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?

Software Review 111

Software Review Delaware Accredited Investor Due Diligence 111

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

PeterLongBSCF : Peter Long is the President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, tweeting about making quality health care accessible for all. jcanales : Jim Canales, President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, shares how they’re working to expand opportunities for the people of California.

Cofounder 216

Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 216

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This is effectively a sequel to my study of best practices in deal origination , published last year in the Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , and Business Insider. A team in California is already creating a offshore seastead for non-US citizens who want to build companies in the US.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. And half our clubs were in the state of California in 2008, so was a very interesting time to be a CEO and learned a lot.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

According to Pitchbook, the data and technology provider for the global private equity and venture capital markets, the year’s total for this region was a record $2.4 Southern California. The Pacific Northwest had a great overall year for venture capital activity in 2015—even if you count the 59 percent dip in Q4.

Southern California 60

Southern California Silicon Valley Venture Capital Early Stage 60

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. Most investor groups specialize by geography, stage, and/or industry.

New York 114

New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I sold the first company I founded, a computer technology integrator, to private equity in 2002. My first “major tour” was in California, from Los Angeles to San Francisco for five speaking gigs. It kicked off with UCI (The University of California – Irvine). Here’s the problem. We’ll get to that in a moment.

.Net 167

.Net Securities and Exchange Commission California Angel Investor 167

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

One of the drivers for that growth is that for European, Israeli, Latin American, and Eastern Canada-linked companies, the East Coast is much closer than California. New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area.

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

Palo Alto, California-based VMware has purchased Israel’s Wanova for between $70-80 million. billion in venture capital and private equity funds. Based in San Francisco, California, the fund operates worldwide. VMWARE ACQUIRES WANOVA FOR $70-80M. Burrill already manages $1.5

San Francisco 90

San Francisco New Jersey Private Equity 90

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Broadcom, headquartered in Irvine, California, is one of the world’s largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, and addresses both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia. YAHOO BUYS ISRAELI WEB ADVERTISING FIRM DAPPER. In early October, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

10:30 Question from the chat: How do you define the difference between traditional VC and private equity? 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. 12:45 Describe the structural, cyclical trends you’re seeing in technology. 16:00 What should government be doing?

Los Angeles 303

Los Angeles Detroit Venture Capital Lean 303

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Company Guides : They specialize in helping high growth companies and entrepreneurs seeking corporate finance advice and private equity investment. Argonaut Private Equity. California Israel Chamber of Commerce. Israel Private Equity. Private equity. Private Equity in Israel.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53