Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). OTHER DEALS: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

What Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley | by Om Malik – [link]. Follow the money: AngelList has blown open early-stage investments | Wired UK – [link]. “Why Silicon Valley is not the second coming of the Gilded Age.” ” – [link].

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM March 10, 2018 9:30AM?—?11:30AM

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. Having to invent ad hoc terms to work together, negotiating terms, and throwing money into hiring lawyers can really hamstring the formation of productive founder-advisor relationships — something that can really make or break a startup in its early stages.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 7, 2019

Microsoft had one of the strongest monopolies in history on desktop software, but it couldn’t block the rise of iOS and Android on mobile phones. As an early-stage startup, your fundamental competitive advantage is speed. Here, your network can be a key part of your offensive strategy. Use speed as a weapon.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2010

. “Currently, both consumers and mobile professionals can benefit from our service using our iPhone app, however, we intend to launch other advanced features and expand to additional platforms in the fall which will more directly target business users.&#.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. We have just entered the mania phase.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. and no, we didn’t. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. All of these things aside, one of its biggest attractions may be what is not: Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? Here’s how. Because We’ve Always Done It This Way.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 290

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams? Here’s how. Because We’ve Always Done It This Way.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are up to Silicon Valley standards. Africa ahead in mobile.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. Monday, September 26, 2011. at 2:32 PM.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities. Federal government.

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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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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 27, 2011. ► 2010. (7).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) Irving is home to many companies like Exxon Mobil (#3 no Fortune 500), 7–11 (including 7-Ventures), NEC Corporation of America, and the Microsoft campus (one of the largest campuses in the country).

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0). Project Coordinator at Mobile Agency. Oregon Entrepreneur Network (OEN). Silicon Forest. Silicon Forest Network. Silicon Prairie News. Systems Analyst.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The difference matters, because while there are more than enough conferences aimed at startups—more of them every year it seems—so many of them look the same: a succession of speakers who are on the conference circuit, and a series of fast pitches and demos from early-stage startups. The fine art of experimentation.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Brentwood Associates [Silicon Valley] –> Founded in the early 70s and focused primarily on VC, Brentwood had big wins in both IT like Wellfleet Communications (big chunk of what eventually became Nortel) and WebTV (part of Microsoft) and healthcare (various businesses that make up a big chunk of what is now Medtronic and Baxter).

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. Why don't we have standards for what metrics VCs want to see from their early stage startup teams? Here's how. It's an obligation that came with the check.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. The ingredients are all here. It takes both to build a community. People do want to help.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Highly entrepreneurial, well-educated, upwardly mobile?—?a a lot of them are moving here from Silicon Valley! Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013. Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio are four of the fastest growing cities in the country and have been for the past decade.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 1, 2010.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. We recently had our Neat Ideas Fair, which is my favorite annual event of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at SJSU. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. Thursday, December 18, 2008. ► January. (1).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Meet early.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. And my specialty was computer networks. There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. It was all technical.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. It turns out that there are many, many, many flavors of this.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We both tapped into our respective networks, asking (almost pleading with) people to join our team and vision. Here is the original post: Early Stage Web Application Start-Up Seeking Developer/Designer. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising. Silicon Valley Bank seems interesting.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ProfessorVC. Thursday, April 7, 2011.

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