Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. Always seek input.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

Dr. Dickson Chen, an optometrist in Los Angeles, had been running Davich Optical with his wife for fewer than two years when a fire at the supermarket next door damaged his office. In order to make up for this, he increased marketing efforts in local newspapers and radio ads and even made promotional pens to give away. “Do

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. → Learn More.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The shrewd marketing tactics of an experienced business executive transformed what had been a regional sunglasses maker into an international company that is focused on disrupting the industry. With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Growing Hawkers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Time will tell.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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David Teten

MAY 8, 2014

It was very worthwhile, a chance to connect primarily with other investors (mostly public markets/private equity), and a range of other people (media, tech, academics, etc.) I definitely recommend attending if you have the chance. Financial Services Los Angeles'

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

Todd Gitlin is one of the best executive recruiters the technology & startup market in Los Angeles. On many occasions over the years I’ve called him with a request, “I’m not looking for an X right now but if I were, who is good in the market.” Who cares what my equity is.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles. Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. I was asked a question last week about co-founder compensation - specifically about guidance around splitting equity and salary requirements for the early contributors of a new startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. But it’s more atypical for investors located in this market. If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.] Try Google.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake, via the Los Angeles Times.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Currently Los Angeles is in what could be a startup renaissance or an apocalypse, dependent on how long the hype goes on. Many investors now advertise that want only developers, they will cover all business/marketing/etc. I’ve been harping about this a lot (too much?) for over a year: [link]. Balance, humility, hard work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Whether they be Wall Street investment analysts, venture capitalists, or even plain old stockbrokers, the bull markets of the 80s and 90s raised all boats and reputations. Now THAT was a bull market. The muted reaction to the major U.S. Since then, not so much.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Most small and mid-sized businesses fight an ongoing, Sisyphean battle with money - pushing the cash flow boulder up the hill month after month, only to see payrolls, rents, insurance, materials and marketing & sales expenses drag bank balances down again and again. Model (Business). Management. Marketplace.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky has spoken extensively on the value of domain names and has appeared on CNN and CNBC and has been quoted by numerous print sources including Investors Business Daily , The New York Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Mr. Barhydt holds a BA from the University of Puget Sound and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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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. Revenue is driven by children’s parties, which cost $600-$4,000 for a two hour party for 15 kids, which apparently is the market price for kids parties in LA.

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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

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Because of these changes and their impact on what Austin actually is vs. what it’s marketed as, I know without a doubt that Austin needs newcomers. I’ve had police pull me over just because and I’ve hosted events raising tens of thousands for charity. I’d also love Austin to be on the international radar.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Before I jump in and share the secrets of how to impress angel investors, I should tell you what an angel investor is, and how they differ from venture capitalists. An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. The market is over bloated with solutions of all sorts claiming that they’ll improve your business routine, but very few of them succeed at that. We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They bought high-end car brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover thinking they would be able to successfully grow these brands using the same marketing and operational methods that made Ford so successful. The key learning here was that the techniques that work for mass-market products don’t work for luxury goods or services.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country.

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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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2020

Transcript of Business Lessons Learned on the Baseball Field written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Zephyr CMS. John Jantsch: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

BookRenter – plus a discussion about Chegg … what is going on in the university book market? We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. We got scrutiny within weeks of going into markets when we were little. That's not an easy total adjustable market. I think a million, a million and a half to Los Angeles. What if it works?

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

My job is to look for new opportunities and new markets. And it seems obvious that more venture investors should also be pursuing this market opportunity. I published in 2010 a research study on best practices in how private equity and VC funds source investments. I break down the opportunity set this way: Target Market.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I set out to address the environmental hazard of single use plastic bags and all the waste they were (and still are) by introducing a better solution, ECOBAGS®, to the market; a reusable bag made both ethically and sustainably. 8-Provide high-quality personalized marketing. I’ve always had a strong passion for online marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

So I was delighted that he was recently in Los Angeles and I had a chance to have one of our typical private meetings but this time we did it with a camera on. billion market cap so he has a history of weighing in early and being right. His views are expansive and his approach non-traditional. Count that two lessons from John.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Its solutions target the home video network market. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry. through its GE Healthymagination Fund, an equity fund of GE Capital and GE Healthcare. The Petah Tikva-based company was founded in 2005. ATX Networks Corp.

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Transformify

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

A COO based in the US would probably demand $200K+ a year and equity options. I live in Los Angeles. I pay my workers far above market rate, I let them work whenever and wherever they want as long as they get the job done. Even those members of our team that are based in the US are working remotely.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Its solutions target the home video network market. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry. through its GE Healthymagination Fund, an equity fund of GE Capital and GE Healthcare. The Petah Tikva-based company was founded in 2005. ATX Networks Corp.

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