Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

"I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. His first instinct was that "somebody" should rethink how a doctor operates, how they communicate with the patient, and basically how the whole concept of care delivery works.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

When none came to light, he followed a lead to Los Angeles and by Wednesday he was signing a contract with a lab there that usually does anti-doping testing. But a colleague turned him on to a lead in Los Angeles. I, before Curative, worked on a company called Shield that operated a CLIA lab for about two years.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Over time if you produce compelling content you can package it up and repurpose it to distribute through other channels. They have to.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I have been saying privately for years now that I believe online video will evolve into fragmented distribution (my next online video post) and vertical production. Nobody has figured this out better than AwesomenessTV who not only has built an enormous online media presence but also packages and distributes shows for Nickelodeon.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Applicaster helps content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile broadcast experiences. Our mission is to help content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile experiences.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

From a young age, I watched him start a company from scratch and build it to a NASDAQ company operating in many countries. There are thousands of incredible bartenders, servers and wait staff in Los Angeles who want to pick up extra work. Photo Credit: Graham Beck. My inspiration to be a business owner came from my father.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). Notably I said: You have to have owned & operated websites (O&O) to drive traffic to.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Splitting time between Austin and Los Angeles, Amber is a whirlwind of energy and is always working on an exciting new project with some mega-brand using her latest tech. Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, also known as “The Bean” to loyal customers, is a Los Angeles based, family-run coffee and tea company that’s owned and operated by International Coffee & Tea, LLC. The idea took off and Bikoff responded to the success by expanding the drinks to national distribution.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Just last week, the following email went out to all users in Los Angeles (see graphic below). Because of the magical ordering system and the ability to efficiently organize a distributed set of drivers, Uber can operate effectively in markets where it simply didn’t make sense to have a dense supply of taxis.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 1, 2016

Anneke Jong took that question head-on when she joined Reserve , to lead business operations. HW: VP of Operations & Marketing is a pretty broad role. We decided to take a risk and pursue a path of running private betas and launching simultaneously in three cities: New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 1, 2016

Anneke Jong took that question head-on when she joined Reserve , to lead business operations. HW: VP of Operations & Marketing is a pretty broad role. We decided to take a risk and pursue a path of running private betas and launching simultaneously in three cities: New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The most interesting company to present was The Coop , a modern, design-focused, indoor-outdoor children’s playspace in Los Angeles. Banks often have operating covenants for their loans that require the company to be hitting plan, or close to it. By all accounts, the Coop is quite successful.

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

The Los Angeles-based market research firm estimates that growth rate to hit nearly12 percent annually over the next five years. While Atlanta has B2C “operational talent” — evident by the city’s cluster of major media and marketing companies — it lacks B2C “entrepreneurial talent,” Cummings said. “We

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Transformify

MARCH 24, 2020

’’ as they were aware of talent scarcity and ever-increasing rents in tech hubs like New York, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, etc. Examples include online distribution of makeup that requires job seekers to pay a small amount for a makeup test kit and the like. Avoid Remote Jobs That Require Upfront Payment.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 7, 2011

Finally, founders should watch-out for unusual redemption rights, such as a “MAC” redemption pursuant to which investors are given the right to redeem their shares if the company “experiences a material adverse change to its business, operations, financial position or prospects.” What Does a Redemption Rights Provision Look Like?

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

As a venture funded startup, you’re supposed to operate a certain way. In that case, if you want to pay yourself more than 150% of a market salary, we would consider that a distribution. If you continue to make those distributions it flips- 80 percent to the creator and then 20 percent to us.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

John also spent several years at The New York Times Company at NYTimes.com running strategy, marketing, and operations. He also spent a number of years at the New York times company at NYT, I guess it's NY times dot com, running strategy, marketing, and operations. And, and that third piece is really the insights piece.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

They bought high-end car brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover thinking they would be able to successfully grow these brands using the same marketing and operational methods that made Ford so successful. Take this segment of a description for a $2000/night villa in Los Angeles from luxury rental site Luxury Retreats.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Content, of course, is the same!].

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. If I Tweet about the Wynn Hotel while I’m in Las Vegas that Tweet has a different value to local business than if I Tweet it from my office in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. And you can now negotiate for fees for cable and satellite operators to carry your channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Note that I didn’t say there will be total “convergence&# – but I believe the services will inter-operate. “Over the Top&# video distribution – Apple TV comes out in November and is priced at $99. The digital living room battle will take place over the next 5-10 years, not just the next 1-2.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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