Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Biokind Analytics had initial success in helping Alzheimer’s Los Angeles analyze geospatial trends in its donorship and interpreting the previous year’s donation trends. Adopt Smart Partnerships The earlier examples, both around fundraising, can tie their success to the right partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. Los Angeles Tech Market Analysis' And he has truly been a pleasure to work with. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. New Online Video Trends.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. OTHER DEALS: 1. Total raised: $15.0mm.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”). Ability” vs. “Knowledge”.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hauser Private Equity partnered with the Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners to make a growth investment in DataLink Fund Solutions, a leading provider of integrated population health management applications. Digital Transformation. with whom they co-invested in the data integrity software company Precisely.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2020

If your community attracts top talent and businesses, then your company’s resources, networking opportunities, and growth partners all improve. Similarly, Los Angeles just announced a PPP to address sustainable transportation issues.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A few thing as we move into Week 2 of my book tour: I'm now in Los Angeles and San Francisco to promote The Startup Way. If this week is anything like the last, attendees are in for great events.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. And none of our partners actually worked for any of these firms. I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. Often these jobs aren’t even publicized.&#.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Biokind Analytics had initial success in helping Alzheimer’s Los Angeles analyze geospatial trends in its donorship and interpreting the previous year’s donation trends. Adopt Smart Partnerships The earlier examples, both around fundraising, can tie their success to the right partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

My job as a VC isn’t to beat myself up or any other partner up for the one deal we didn’t do. We are hugely appreciative of their successes because it’s helped grow technology talent in Los Angeles and some time down the line we know the “Snapchat Mafia” will be armed with millions of dollars and fund and create startups all over LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. You won’t regret it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

Not just the $20 million round at Invoca, the $70 million I helped us raise at Maker Studios , but I was intimately involved with the earliest funding round at DataSift and every subsequent round which has recently announced $42 million led by Insight Venture Partners and $70 million in total.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 23, 2022

I founded What's Good Los Angeles to be a cultural and entertainment source that focuses on the best of the best that Los Angeles has to offer. Thanks to Chandler Sterling, What's Good Los Angeles ! #27- I remember moving to California almost 10 years ago and was completely overwhelmed. 29- Use auto sales.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 18, 2012

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners - a go to resource here in LA for recruiting C-level positions at startups - was nice enough to compile some data again this year (see last year's Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data ). What I had not realized is that this had translated into escalating salaries for CTOs and VP Engineering.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

When you play with a partner, you must focus on playing your part while simultaneously supporting your teammate. It can be a mental challenge, particularly if your partner just double-faulted and you feel like you’ve won every point for your team. About 65 percent of startups fail because of conflict between co-founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 18th we were ready to bring them to a full partner meeting and as a group we were bought into the vision and the experience of this exact team to pull things off. We funded about $2 million, which allowed a full team in Finland to be recruited for building the app and an international management team led from Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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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. In one weekend, his assumption was proved correct. This came together incredibly quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

They had been introduced by my friend Brian Garrett, a partner at Crosscut Ventures and the ambition outlined in their deck seemed almost unbelievable, “to make wireless charging of phones (and other devices) as easy as WiFi” that I had to see it for myself. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Develop Relationships with Supply Chain Partners. Develop relationships with each of your supply chain partners and make communication a top priority.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. When I look at the one thing I’m still waiting to see in Los Angeles – it’s the tent-pole company that lifts up all else.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius. He has also sailed a boat across the Atlantic.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. Charles Edge :: Partner, 318 Author :: Mac Tiger Server Little Black Book April 16, 2007 1:37 AM Shashank said. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 3, 2019

Furthermore, when you are in a business environment, it will be much easier to find the perfect business partner for your startup. Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles is undoubtedly one of the best US cities for startups. The result of this mixture is the increase in investments and investors in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There was so much great content at the Upfront Summit but I think one held a special place in minds of most people I talked to – our panel on diversity led by my partner Hamet Watt (<– what? We want to partner with you to make money.” you’re not following him?). ” – Earvin Magic Johnson.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2022

Companies right now are looking for one partner to handle all of their in-office food, snacking, and beverage needs, and now more than ever, HUNGRY is that complete partner for them.”. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The functions of an early-stage board are pretty obvious and well understood: Providing introductions to customers, biz dev partners, recruits, the press, other investors, etc. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. Mentorship.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2020

You may be familiar with this Los Angeles-based digital agency; Nettra has partnered with Google and Facebook, managing over 19 million dollars with both of these powerhouses. Gifting goodies is a great way to maintain relationships between clients, partners, and associate brands that you collaborate with.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2021

Cody Simms is presently SVP of Climate and Sustainability at Techstars, before which he was a Partner and SVP on Techstars’ investment team and was Techstars’ first Managing Director in Los Angeles. And Troy Henikoff was formerly the founding member of Techstars Chicago and is now General Partner at Math Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

Now it’s time to convince them why they need to invest in your fund, when they could invest in other funds with more proven returns or partners. For Upfront, it’s about Los Angeles. And again, just like in enterprise sales, this is all about differentiation ?—?what What’s your unique selling proposition?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

About the Authors: Troy Lester Troy Lester is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and the co-founder and president of WARP. His vision is to create a logistics company that curates trust from its employees to the shippers and carriers they partner with. As CRO, Lester is responsible for sales, client success and marketing at WARP.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Media and event company Women 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “Top deal maker in Los Angeles… Continue reading on Medium »

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