Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Our custom designed craft beverages are similarly priced to what our clients would otherwise buy off-the-shelf, but they allow our clients to deliver a very personal message, in a beautifully designed can, turning cans into targeted conversations. We are thrilled to have opened up a new. marketing channel for our clients!

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

You might think I’m referring to the time spent with a founder before deciding to make an investment in their startup, and certainly, there are moments where an in-person conversation can be the difference between Deal or No Deal. Perhaps San Francisco rents are positively correlated with VC’s internal rate of return!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

I’ve had this conversation so many times it’s painful. A friend calls me up from “you name it&# city: Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and says, “I’m thinking about moving to Los Angeles (or SF, NY, etc) and I’d love to start interviewing. And there are other reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Provides electronic book services for content publishers; services include digital scanning and conversion, distribution to leading e-book retailers, monetization and royalty management. Mobile gifting service. Company still in beta. Founded in 1999 in Austin, Texas.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

When none came to light, he followed a lead to Los Angeles and by Wednesday he was signing a contract with a lab there that usually does anti-doping testing. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. But a colleague turned him on to a lead in Los Angeles.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It After years of the San Francisco Bay Area dominating the tech start-up scene, with huge smashes such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, entrepreneurs are finding they can go elsewhere to grow and prosper. But there will be," Citron says.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

8: San Francisco, CA Oct. 16: Los Angeles, CA Oct. 17: Los Angeles, CA Oct. Entrepreneurs make connections with other entrepreneurs, mentors, corporate partners, and investors who will help their company succeed. Washington D.C. 18: Startup Week?—?Denver, Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept. RSVP here Oct.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

This time I told him I’d run it by my partners and get their feedback. Seth, Jason, Ryan, and I had a long conversation about it after going through the AvidXchange financing deck and monthly financial package. I expected that we’d decide to pass and set up the conversation with them this way.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I know it’s not single-handed as he has both fantastic partners at Foundry Group and many other community leaders. But he has helped put Boulder on the consciousness of so many young, aspiring entrepreneurs in search of somewhere other than the San Francisco Bay Area to work & live. But who know? Marketing Muscle.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

Kobie Fuller, Partner at Upfront Ventures We set out to build a venture capital firm that would not only be a beacon for the rapidly growing LA tech ecosystem but also one that would compete and collaborate nationally with the best firms in the country. Kobie scored highly on all fronts. Read the responses to this story on Medium.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

These managers have a tendency to steamroll conversations. I pitched potential teammates to join me, investors to fund us, businesses to partner with us and customers to use us. Be sure to take each conversation in the direction of the specific job for which you are applying. When it comes to interviewing, similar logic applies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve also worked with our Partner, Dana Kibler who is also our CFO for nearly 20 years. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? Just like you’d go to the Mission in San Francisco to find a hipster, you need to identify where these people are hanging out both online and offline. Every conversation that I had was very high quality. This was the ‘one’!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I know it’s an uncomfortable contradiction because every time I talk to Andy Baio about it, the conversation starts with, oh, that name. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. Today I want to talk about this thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

And I think that's why we have a large ecosystem of partners that, that help you. You know, we're seeing multiple companies use it for product development and they're, they're using what they're hearing in their communities to make their product better and have a, a continuous conversation with, with a customer.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We expanded to Houston, San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles within months, and we were generally doing all the things and seeing all the things that a startup needed to do and see in order to feel good about VC funding prospects. Most definitely. I’d likely have a sit-down with people like Bryce Roberts at Indie.vc

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

With a partner, I built and sold my second company to a Fortune 500 in about two and a half years. The money from the sale went into a temporary bank account my partner and I set up. (We My first “major tour” was in California, from Los Angeles to San Francisco for five speaking gigs. Starter checks people!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Gordon is also operating director of Zynga and director at Amazon, both sFund partners.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. 12:30 PM: Conversation with Michel Gondry 18ABCD – Elvis Mitchell, film critic at tthe New York Times interviews the director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind&# Cool. Let me show you how to rework that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Ultimately, the company partnered with the City of Los Angeles , and as Eren recalls, "seven days after the original handshake and launch into a scheduling website, we helped launch Dodger Stadium, which was the single largest mass vaccination site in the country." Here's my conversation with Eren Bali.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2020

You can listen to my conversation with Robert Schooley on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. Now he is on the leading edge of infectious disease research at the University of California, San Diego, and has been a leader in the civic response to the pandemic. Here's my conversation with Dr. Robert Schooley.

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