Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. Mentorship.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. Now they are partners. Who in the auto industry believed Tesla, a totally electric car, was a good idea?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

By Daniel Sokolovksy, Co-Founder and CEO, WARP and Troy Lester, Co-Founder and CRO, WARP The dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was more than just a bank collapse, it was a reality check for both startups and the VCs that fund them. That includes us. As an early-stage company that just closed our seed round at $8.1

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles. And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2017

by Shane Cragun, founding partner at SweetmanCragun Group and coauthor of “ Reinvention: Accelerating Results in the Age of Disruption “ Two years ago, Boston Dynamics released a video showing a 6’ tall, 320 lb. He suggests an AI apocalypse could happen if new technologies aren’t used wisely. And he has inside knowledge.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 24, 2014

If you’re an investor or a developer looking for work, London and Greater Los Angeles actually offer favorable conditions. For example, they found out that startups seeking talent, as opposed to funding, should look at cities like Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.

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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. SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s 10:30AM Hilton?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Mike Lincoln (on my list) had previously had huge success with Cooley (long considered a platinum-status Silicon Valley firm as depicted in the image in this post highlighting some of their clients) in expanding their presence outside their traditional NorCal stronghold. And he’ll be heading the Business & Technology Group.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. I hate Silicon Whatever. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. An innovator in technology, especially monetization. LA should be LA.”

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we partnered with the Indian Angel Network (IAN). He also wants to build optimization technology to make the delivery process - today managed largely by hand - better optimized. Upwardly mobile consumers, I am sure, would welcome a service like Delyver.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

-->. About | Mentors | Companies | Curriculum | FAQ | Partners | Apply Now. Globalizing Silicon Valley - See the Worldwide Schedule - Lead a Local Chapter. -->. Los Angeles. Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2015

Launched in January this year, individual Battlehack competitions will be held in cities like Melbourne, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Berlin and many others, and developers can enter as individuals or as a team – or even team up randomly onsite – to compete in the 24-hour event.

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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 was also born here and went to UT Austin before heading out to Silicon Valley for a stint.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

examined over 20,000 VC-backed companies and found that women’s positions have primarily been in sales and marketing, rather than more “heavy-hitting” roles like chief technology officer and so on. Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake, via the Los Angeles Times. An incompatibility of product with venture capitalist.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. I know it’s not single-handed as he has both fantastic partners at Foundry Group and many other community leaders.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Tech: Blogs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

When he realized that the technology the company had built could potentially be used to test for COVID-19, he jumped in feet first. When none came to light, he followed a lead to Los Angeles and by Wednesday he was signing a contract with a lab there that usually does anti-doping testing. This came together incredibly quickly.

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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. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. He plans new NestGSV campuses in New York, Los Angeles, Texas and North Carolina. well, you know.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. He plans new NestGSV campuses in New York, Los Angeles, Texas and North Carolina. well, you know.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We knew Austin was a growing market that was quickly becoming the new Silicon Valley outside the valley. When we started Pei in Los Angeles, we felt that we were fighting the tide by ourselves. The partners were welcoming and ecstatic. Sputnik wanted to learn more behind our technology.

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www.jasonnazar.com

MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. It’s a chicken and egg problem.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Like an accelerator or incubator program, NestGSV gives its resident startups office space, advice and lots of other amenities (even a beach volleyball court) at its Redwood City, California, campus near Silicon Valley. He plans new NestGSV campuses in New York, Los Angeles, Texas and North Carolina.

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Incubator North Carolina Los Angeles Startup 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2018

I additionally want to expand Cinqe into Silicon Valley and welcome new clients within and surrounding that area. In 2018, our goal is to expand our service to additional markets via licensing / joint-ventures, and investigate novel crude hemp plant oil purification technologies. Capitalism works in the music business.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country. That was probably one step further away from the Silicon Valley ethos than even Shark Tank! He did all of these and more. his insights and track record are looking stellar.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? but it’s true. Most definitely.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? Prior to that, she worked in venture capital at OpenView Venture Partners. Partner Events. Partner Events. Our mission is to increase the number of female founders of technology startups. Tell us at partners@women2.org.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I had the good fortune to moderate a panel at last week''s IBA Silicon Valley from Start-up to IPO / Exit Conference. start-ups that turn into “Unicorns” - businesses with exits via IPO or acquisition of greater than $1 Billion - emanate almost exclusively from the United States, and far more specifically from Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Crosscut Ventures has just announced their 3rd fund and clocking in at $75 million , which will be focused heavily on Los Angeles – FTW. Rick was a partner there having previously been a Managing Director and founding member of Sun America’s venture capital practice and having been graduated from Harvard Law School.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? A former partner in two leading Los Angeles media law firms, Lee holds a J.D.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review IP 76

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. It is certainly possible to build a portfolio one company at a time.

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Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. It is certainly possible to build a portfolio one company at a time.

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Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

But, somehow, Silicon Valley didnt get the memo. From the Work Less Institute of Technology, “ Psychophysics in Cyberia ” (written in response to the ea_spouse posting): It was over a century ago that Dr. Ernst Abbe conducted his observations on working time and output at the Zeiss Optical Works in Jena, Germany.

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Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us.

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