SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years.

Business Model 150

Business Model SEM IP Syndicate 150

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

Their business model was to provide retailers with a new interface for shopping for soft goods — something that hasn’t changed a whole lot since Web 1.0. On future occasions, whenever I expressed an interest to invest, the founders came back and told me that they had an acquisition offer on the table!

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60