Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. And build from there.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. I have an idea for how to connect user social web conversations to 2-way search and contextual advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

As an aside, I worked with JEGI two years ago and they did a fantastic job helping us sell Moreover Technologies to Verisign. Venture Capital firms continue to invest in companies that are providing answers to key disruptive market forces and are exiting those investments via M&A. The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 11, 2010

Firsthand perspectives from Semantic Technology in action Semantic technologies promise to change the landscape of the web and enhance the user experience. Like many evolving technologies, there remains a gap between theory and practice. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 8, 2010

Last week an uncommon thing happened, 20 women working in technology got together to talk shop. These include anything from venture capital procurement to coding. Yes everyone, women do exist in tech. It’s not all greasy haired programmers and shiny suit wearing entreps. She’s reachable at carla@guidewiregroup.com.

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