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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. Thus is venture capital. Tempus Fugit.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. Go to any of the LinkedIn profiles of entrepreneurs in Bay Area and you see names like Google, eBay, Apple, Yahoo, PayPal, and Facebook littered throughout. Diversity” and “Domain Experience”.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few. But you can do some focused Internet-based research before approaching the firms.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Naming a Business. Internet and Online Business. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Tools & Research. Newsletters.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. Home to the Internet’s first true “accelerator,” Idealab led by Bill Gross. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. We discussed: 1.

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