Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. So I believe that now is the perfect time to build a company and the perfect time for early-stage investors to bet on innovation. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

But more importantly, the labor of moving software around by humans and physical media and even the Internet has been taken down to almost zero. The way we do things today is very different because of SaaS and the Internet. I can even build server based websites with Drupal and MySQL now on an iPad in a coffee shop.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle).

Silicon Valley 228

Silicon Valley Cofounder Hawaii Semantic 228

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Hawaii Angels. Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. Fargo/Morehead Angels. Maple Leaf Angels. Toronto, ON. New Mexico Angels. Albuquerque.

Angel Groups 125

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In the startup world, it seems to be winning over the bits and bytes style. Meetup.com and Eventbrite , founded on this principle of meeting in person as a response to too much Internet meeting, has helped to spawn, grow and change thousands of startups. He had on a name tag, I didn’t. Barriers will melt. @tomnora.

Hawaii 20

Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage Lean 20

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

20 years ago, the classic startup model was to have young founders start a breakthrough company, then bring in “grey hair” in the form of experienced executives once it was time to scale the business. In the last decade, however, that common wisdom has shifted, at least for consumer internet companies. During the dot com era, Yahoo!’s

Founder 78

Founder Hiring Cofounder Hawaii 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308