Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2020

For those that don’t know, I live in downtown Oakland which has been one of the protest flashpoints. Beyond my own personal fear, I received a call from my friend, a young Black man who lives above that Target and works in finance at Google. That is true now. And as a team we’ve vowed to face pain with purpose.

Oakland 83

Oakland Minneapolis Louisville Community 83

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Accountant – Someone needs to pay attention to the money. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Mo & I both have double majors with one being finance / econ. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Silicon Valley and NY vs. Boston. Total: $41.0mm plus undisclosed Series A.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217