Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing (it is since down even further). ==> Aside, we also have a NEW LA-based partner I’m thrilled to announce: Nick Kim. First in late-stage tech companies and then it will filter back to Growth and then A and ultimately Seed Rounds.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
I have a vivid memory of bombing a pitch that I was delivering to a group of angel investors in Seattle. Offend your investors by over using acronyms and technical terms. Unless you’re delivering your pitch to a highly technical group of investors who have deep industry knowledge and experience in your space, keep it simple.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.
dashes.com
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Its great that were in such a fertile phase for the tech industry that lots of people have new ideas, and Im very flattered that people value my input or ideas enough to want to share their projects with me. I have to pay a lawyer to review a document without having any idea why Im making that investment. or Seattle.
konamoxt.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
January 18, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To Hire a CTO Before Founding Konamoxt, my last gig was the Chief Technology Officer for a local Seattle Startup. I’m on the Board of Advisers of several other startup companies in the Seattle area. Sometimes, this “gut reaction&# is correct. this story.
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