Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. So that didn’t last very long.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success. You can register here.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

identify financing vehicles before you need them. This has been nearly a 4-year journey,” said Schonthal who prior to moving back to Chicago in 2011 had been working in healthcare venture capital in San Diego. One of the noticeable things about the San Diego health tech community is that it feels like a community.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The sudden rise of prominence of the super angels has shaken the very foundations of the venture capital industry, according to Graham.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Note that I merged the two Southern California regions (LA/Orange County and San Diego) into one. Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . All Seed-VC. Silicon Valley. .

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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. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Yes, great leaders need to travel more than programmers or finance directors. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

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Leadership Southern California Hiring San Diego 150

Growthink Blog

MAY 21, 2014

There were some great responses to my post last week as to the poor returns experienced by venture capital fund investors. Now Berkshire Model companies, as entities with fundamentally investment vs. operating mindsets more naturally position, language, and network their businesses in finance contexts.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

I attended the ACA Summit in San Diego earlier this month. The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) was also represented at the conference and is forging closer links with the ACA. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

But now more and more tech companies cite a pool of talent and the Irish Venture Capital Association ’s investment tendencies as reasons for the city’s appeal. Lower taxes and living costs, in comparison to its English neighbour, are what urged this move originally. Malmö, Sweden.

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North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

The new hot spots are San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, the east bay, etc. San Francisco - San Francisco has actually successfully co-opted the Silicon Valley magic and even surpassed it in some ways (Twitter, Salesforce.com); it’s again a very hot place to be right now and this will continue.

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