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NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I interviewed Eric for an hour for - This Week in Venture Capital. what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 26:44 Too much capital is not good. 35:29 Why people use social media. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital.

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MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. 5 years ago.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: Panorama Capital (Chris Albinson)(lead), Greycroft Partners, Metamorphic Ventures, iNovia Capital, Disruptive Ventures, Newport Coast Investments (Chad Steelberg), W Media Ventures (Boris Wertz), Joe Apprendi (Collective Media), Allen Morgan (Mayfield Partners), Erik Matlick (Madison Logic), Yen Lee (Uptake.com).

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. On JFDI (play on Just Do It) - Chamillionaire talked a lot about social media.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The chosen candidate will probably have worked for a very reputable firm that is either in technology, consulting, investment banking, media or a startup. What is the future of social media, digital television or mobile computing. We want somebody who is ready, willing and able to debate tech with us. It was nearly identical.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). with only 19% saying they would decrease levels.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets. As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Photo credit: D.

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MAY 24, 2021

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. With the set of cards we had at the time we sold, but what I wouldn’t give to still be working with and going long these two. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. In the Early Days.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. Lindel is no stranger to thorny venture capital issues — he was arguably amongst the most successful LPs of his generation. Maybe that’s USV, too.

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MARCH 21, 2013

In the Ad Tech world PS revenue often means providing “media services” as a value-add to using your product. It also is a great way to finance your business without facing dilution before you actually raise venture capital and when the valuation you might get from angels is less than you’d want. configuration.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. I really enjoyed learning more about Buddy Media and meeting Michael Lazerow. I’m typing this from the lawn of Alan Patricof’s “Greycroft” home in East Hampton – my first time in the Hamptons.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

In case you don’t know, they are one of the biggest media companies in the world. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. Do you feel protected from new media? 27:45 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show!

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MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. What stage?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. in fact we still look at many deals in the media sector whose main objective is to entertain people. If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. Far from it.

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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. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

The headlines in the media are filled with that latest stats. How to Interpret Analyst Reports. Stats sell. The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. People then parrot them around like they’re fact when most of them are complete bullsh*t. People throw them around at cocktail parties. of all statistics are made up.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & IPOd Demand Media. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company. What stage?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.)

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APRIL 27, 2013

It would be easier in terms of getting access to angels, VCs, the media, whatever. Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. So if you’re really indifferent you might consider it.” Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. Media relationships. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it.

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JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. I’m looking at how the digital living room will change media consumption. The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on.

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JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Independents: Millennial Media , Greystripe , Medialets , JumpTap , Mojiva.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

I titled this post “We Must Have Zero Tolerance in Venture Capital” but of course I could just say “zero tolerance anywhere” because that’s true. Aside from media tweets and pony jokes, the silence from prominent tech figures on this story is deafening. Men must speak up, too. I first saw it from fellow VC Ashley Mayer.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery. Just don’t spam people.

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JUNE 28, 2018

The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. When you think about the category of scooters you think about Bird and that becomes a brand your friends want to try. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Brand matters.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. Of course the media doesn’t do nuance well so this is an emotional topic.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Danny became a small investor in Recycled Media (the parent company of Recycled Bride) and became one of Tracy’s lead advisors. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). Hamet is a 3x entrepreneur and also former EIR with True Ventures. Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us.

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APRIL 19, 2011

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc. Running up big losses or trying to grow extraordinarily fast through paid marketing initiatives that have long payback periods will be the kiss of death for you.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. So Troy and Lady Gaga were amongst the earliest artists that turned to social media and tech platforms to break out. If you haven’t read my post about how Justin Bieber broke out , you should.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

We put together this really short, music video (less than 2 minutes)that gives you a great aerial view of the LA Tech ecosystem (plus a great aerial shot of Upfront Ventures HQ if you are interested) all shot with our portfolio company DroneBase.

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