techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

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Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ? At Upfront we have always done 40% of our investing in Greater Los Angeles and it’s precisely for this reason. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he We aren’t going to win every great deal in LA?—?there

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors.

Leadership 150

Leadership Southern California Hiring San Diego 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. 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. You can build a team of 100+ people in LA without needing to hire outside of LA. Get over it.

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Los Angeles Technology Southern California 290

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup?

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) And if the departing founder has a huge chunk of equity, it is unlikely that the company will find many sophisticated angels or VC’s interested in investing. Assuming we mess something up, are there any mistakes that can’t be fixed down the road? Vesting Restrictions.

Vesting 89

Vesting Software Review IP Intellectual Property 89

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Splitting time between Austin and Los Angeles, Amber is a whirlwind of energy and is always working on an exciting new project with some mega-brand using her latest tech. He’s one of the first people many execs in town call when they are looking for a key technical hire.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. As O’Leary said, this isn’t an equity investment. The most obvious one would be to hire somebody. By all accounts, the Coop is quite successful.

Covenant 162

Covenant Warrant Southern California Los Angeles 162

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 23, 2011

As I discussed in my recent post “ How To Hire a Superstar Engineer for Your Startup ,” startups may not give employees “sweat equity” in lieu of any ongoing cash payment/salary; nor may startups defer wages and other compensation. Moreover, as Chris Dixon reminded me, it is also unlawful for companies to hire illegal immigrants.

Accredited Investor 82

Accredited Investor Sweat Equity Los Angeles Finder 82

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The of MySpace, Inc.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Vesting Merger 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide. million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. I hire the best, so we’re all able to have it all. Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 127

Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

For $100,000 we actually don’t take any equity in your company unless you raise more venture capital, at which point we’ll convert into that round of funding or if you sell the company, we’ll have a small piece of that acquisition. The nine teams we have people in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin and Atlanta.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Valuation Los Angeles Chicago 40

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2020

Joel Goldberg: If you’re the, I don’t know, if you’re the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, any of those deep pocket, think about in terms of companies, and I don’t know if it’s fair to call the Yankees Amazon, but they can afford to get it wrong at times.

Kansas City 41

Kansas City Kansas St. Louis Leadership 41

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. We went through hundreds of thousands of resumes to hire those 1,900 people and we do so much to bring them in and to have to say goodbye to them, I'd say that was the hardest part. I think a million, a million and a half to Los Angeles. 500,000 to Detroit.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Transformify

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. A COO based in the US would probably demand $200K+ a year and equity options. I live in Los Angeles. Kevin, why did you opt to run an all-remote company ?

Ukraine 56

Ukraine Hiring Technical Review Los Angeles 56

Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I sold the first company I founded, a computer technology integrator, to private equity in 2002. The Angel of Death. I called myself an angel investor. Then I’d hire a team to help manage the infrastructure of all these startups. Here’s the problem. when I tell you my number your are going to judge me and yourself.

.Net 167

.Net Securities and Exchange Commission California Angel Investor 167