Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The tech market is filled with many stories of early-stage funding. We have two big winners in France, one in the UK and a couple in San Francisco. It’s even more exciting when you can report an exit of a company that is a major win. ” Let me explain all three.

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Partner Las Vegas San Francisco Baltimore 285

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

This was one of the reasons entrepreneur Justin Yoshimura ( founder of the start-up 500friends ) found his way there: Compared to San Francisco in particular, it’s very cheap. and I have a yard with a pool and a beautiful home for less than what I would pay for an equivalent-sized condo in San Francisco.

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I looked up his bio, “UVA, banking analyst, doing some early startup work” and thought – sure – come meet me for a coffee. I don’t believe in distributed teams in early-stage business. I told him my strong biases. Sure, there are exceptions. Of course – some people can be remote. Not for me.

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San Francisco Jordan Angel Investor Partner 372

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We back very early stage companies and work alongside executive teams as their build their teams, launch their products, announce their companies and raise their first downstream capital rounds. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. Seksom Suriyapa ?—?he

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Early Stage. Historically we were near Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and throughout the 1990s and early 2000s this was fine since there was not strong locus in LA with some great deals in Pasadena, downtown, San Fernando Valley as well as on the Westside in Santa Monica. Transparent. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Jordan Los Angeles Technical Review 150

View from Seed

JULY 13, 2022

RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? CN: I generally enjoy all parts of being an early-stage founder, you’re all kinds of free and perhaps really naive, which is just a really great mindset for innovation. I had an itch to ship off across the country, so to San Francisco I drove a trusty Kia.

Early Stage 156

Early Stage Cofounder San Francisco Philadelphia 156

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. As a result, for a lot of these companies, Boulder is just a gateway to San Francisco. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Bring your questions.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. We lived together in a crappy apartment in San Francisco and commuted together from SF down to the peninsula every day. We were effectively together 24/7.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

So we got a space in San Francisco, we launched the founders space accelerator, and it just spread from there. That is the role of the CEO in an early stage company. John Jantsch (14:46): So Steve, you, you're still in San. Steve Hoffman (14:47): Francisco, right? I am actually near San Francisco.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. If you dont have customers, a product, investors, or a board of directors, you can pretty much stay focused on just one thing at a time. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

This was one of the reasons entrepreneur Justin Yoshimura ( founder of the start-up 500friends ) found his way there: Compared to San Francisco in particular, it’s very cheap. and I have a yard with a pool and a beautiful home for less than what I would pay for an equivalent-sized condo in San Francisco.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

View from Seed

JULY 21, 2022

EP: I went off to the University of Michigan for college and last year made my way back to Santa Monica after 4 years of working at Meta in Digital Marketing in Austin and San Francisco. RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? And your least?

Early Stage 156

Early Stage San Francisco Michigan Portfolio 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Founded in December 2006 in San Francisco by Farb Nivi (ex-Princeton Review/Kaplan top instructor). It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Competitors: Knewton.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I spent time talking to many mentors and friends, investors and founders alike, about what drives them, what makes an effective partnership, the evolution of early-stage investing, and what’s possible for the future of our industry.

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North America San Francisco Cap Table Cofounder 156

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Having to invent ad hoc terms to work together, negotiating terms, and throwing money into hiring lawyers can really hamstring the formation of productive founder-advisor relationships — something that can really make or break a startup in its early stages. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco, California.

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Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand. billion.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 17, 2015

That’s still true in less developed parts of the world, but in San Francisco and increasingly in London there are multiple sources of venture capital working very hard to find good investments and entrepreneurs sitting on quality opportunities have lots of options.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Venture Capital San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

Lean 68

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? If youre still very early stage, then you need to know what a true early adopter looks like. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. For example, my experience with teenagers is that they are very reluctant to call or email asking for support, even when they have a severe problem. They just dont need another authority figure in their life.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

However, it is important to remember that this market is still in its early stages and that there is a lot of volatility. Another popular option is Kraken, which is based in San Francisco. This type of trading allows investors to speculate on the future price of Bitcoin without actually owning any of the digital currency.

North Carolina 147

North Carolina San Francisco Government Early Stage 147

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I recently attended and presented at Dave McClure’s PreMoney conference in San Francisco. Video 2 is here : In part two of the group discussion Dave asked us about the trend of founders and early investors being able to liquidation some of their position in later-stage venture rounds. tl;dr version. And we ended.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Later Stage Non-Compete 309

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In San Francisco alone, according to Mayor Ed Lee, the technology industry added 13,000 out of the 25,000 new jobs created in the past two years, bringing the city’s unemployment rate to the third-lowest in California. Reasonable minds can differ on all of the above topics.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Accredited Investor San Francisco 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. If you’re super hot / successful you can resist. Otherwise, good luck! And not that I blame them. And with thousands if your backyard, why would you go to far flung places to find deals?

Community 378

Community San Diego Silicon Valley Los Angeles 378

Early Growth Financial Services

MAY 19, 2015

Co-hosted by First Ascent Associates and Runway Incubator, “Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges” will take place on May 26, 2015 at Runway Incubator in San Francisco, California. Founder and CEO … Continue reading →

San Francisco 28

San Francisco San Jose Silicon Valley Incubator 28

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

Unfortunately, they are disinterested in doing the hard work to help early stage entrepreneurs and companies. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. That fostering and encourage entrepreneurs to bring companies and products to market is a great source of innovation, job creation, etc. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Tampa Continuous Deployment Lean 60

mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Were seeing 3D printing start to take off, and were in the very early stages of this revolution. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. . - Erik Severinghaus , SimpleRelevance. 3D Printing for Clothing. I think well eventually be able to print our own clothes.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

You can apply using the links below: Feb 22nd in San Francisco Feb 27th in Boston March 13th in Upfront’s offices in Los Angeles (bonus?—?ocean And April 12th back in San Francisco. Take Action You’ll see from the website that Female Founder Office Hours have several dates set. ocean views!) Tell a friend. Take action.

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Founder San Francisco Deal Flow Los Angeles 256

Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Canada Founder Early Stage 114

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2014

“I’m looking forward to seeing this cohort of early stage entrepreneurs take the stage at the Orpheum Theater to showcase their work and share their experiences from the Summer of Acceleration with the community,” shared Mathews. The Honorable Edward B. teams were guided by Start Co.

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Memphis St. Louis San Francisco Tennessee 170

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Second, embrace that early stage fundraising is always a search for true believers. They probably wouldn’t have to do this to the same degree if they were based in San Francisco. The payoff of getting more potential customers over the hump, and the fundraising benefits as a very nice second-order effect.

San Francisco 243

San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2009

In fact, early stage companies shouldnt be able to get time from anyone else - who else would be crazy enough to try an truly innovative new product? christinelu : if youre building a disruptive innovation.the only people who you want to talk to are early adopters. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Amazon PostRank

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Japan Continuous Deployment 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2021

Capital Factory has been the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2010, investing in hundreds of startups and collecting more than $100 million in pre-emptive investment rights to invest in hundreds more. A “who’s who” list of Silicon Valley leaders moving to ATX This shift did not happen overnight?—?it

Accredited Investor 106

Accredited Investor Texas San Antonio San Francisco 106

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The solution is to change our focus from outputs to inputs. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

But in the early stages of a startup you are still trying to hone in on what exactly the problem is. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. There is no iteration in the process, in fact the SBCE serves to remove iterations (rework). Startup Lessons Learned season two : Every post from the blogs second year in print form.

Software Review 87

Software Review Design Software San Francisco 87