SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 m pleased.

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VC Adventure

MAY 19, 2010

My partner Jason has an impassioned post up about the carried interest debate currently taking place in Congress. I have many of the same concerns that Jason outlines in his blog post about the move to change the tax treatment on carried interest. Obviously this issue is important to me and to all VCs.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 30, 2023

Engineering Stereotypes Create Permission Structure How do you tell an extroverted engineer from an introverted one? The extroverted engineer looks at *your* shoes when he talks. But sometimes it’s not just about an answer, it’s about feeling respected and served. I quipped that besides good phrasing we needed actions too.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 13, 2009

The budget proposal is wide ranging, and includes, for example, proposed changes with respect to the taxation of “carried interests&# in partnerships, as well as sweeping reform of the international tax area. This week, the Obama Administration released the first comprehensive summary of its budget proposal.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Interestingly enough, Fred Terman, Dean of Stanford Engineering was tied to all three companies. But the biggest innovation was the “carried interest” (called the “carry”.) Aligning their interests with their limited investors and the entrepreneurs they were investing in.

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