Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. Tracy was an artist throughout her 20′s but she watched her then husband found a tech startup. Tracy isn’t your quintessential Silicon Valley startup story.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

And when asked about the topic, I definitely don’t shy away from the topic as you can see in this 8-minute YouTube interview that Pemo Theodore asked me to do on the subject of Women in Entrepreneurship. So the role is a strong woman leader has always been a comfortable idea for me. I love my dad equally, of course.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

I'm way early in my career, so I won't say I've perfected anything yet, but after 8 years on the investing side and 3 in startups, I've come up at least one thing: Be open. dissent stimulates new ideas because it encourages us to engage more fully with the work of others and to reassess our viewpoints.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

As you can imagine, when you have 8 million people who all feel like their individual lives, needs, and tertiary side streets should be top priority, you’re going to wind up with a lot of unhappy people when the reality of limited resources hits home. Here’s the idea.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt. First-time entrepreneurs may find the startup adventure daunting without having the right guidance and perspective. .”He

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

I know the whole ecosystem: VCs, CEOs, tech teams, founders, angels – and I know people who have worked together for 15+ years. I’m in NY 6-8 times. So … Am I looking to add 8 trips / year to [name your location not already on my annual itinerary]. “ Startup Advice' I know local talent. Not easily.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Here are the big things that happened in tech, startups, business, and more in the decade that is ending today, in no particular order of importance. What society does about this situation stands as the most important issue in tech at the start of the 2020s. — Steven Kane (@stevenkane) December 26, 2019. And so I will.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2010

if we don’t solve it I fear we might lose some of our best tech talent as 5 of our 8 developers are currently underpaid and have been with us for 2+ eyars. with the pickup in tech hiring we’re seeing a lot of our developers getting calls from other startups.&#. Tags: Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. Can handle rejection, being told “no&# often and yet still have the confidence in your idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Matt is one of the most transparent, focused & honest startup guys you’ll meet. Or read the quick, informative summary below the image!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

monthly subscription (or $8 ad free) for Quibi? In essence, you’re not intimidated by the size of each episode so you dig in and might just read 8 chapters in a sitting before realizing you read 35 pages. And of course there are the Silicon Valley video startups who think it’s all about the tech and ignore the storytelling.)

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

Launching a startup is an adventure filled with uncertainty, excitement, and plenty of unexpected challenges. We’ve put together eight ways to safeguard your startup—from how you build your team to managing your finances, and choosing the right tech. It means building a resilient, adaptable, and innovative company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

When I was running startups I felt like a horse with blinders on because I was super focused on the content management market and ignored many other markets. Then I spent many years as a startup CEO. The idea that people “report to you&# must validate some primal need. I knew them for 8 years before I joined GRP.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A post shared by Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:06am PST When you're Ample Hills Creamery , the #1 rated ice cream shop in the country you can pretty much throw everything you've been told about fundraising out the window. I pushed that we should just say what it is--an $8 million raise to grow the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. What gets you interested in a startup? (16:35-19:35). 6:00 – 7:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

We then spoke about startups. Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Startups shouldn’t be like this. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. And there you have it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

When he was 7-8 my wife used to sit down with him to do homework and train him the importance of getting it done early and well. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. Startup Advice' I can still hear her giggle at how ridiculous it was in her mind’s eye.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 11, 2021

She was born 10 weeks early, on Labor Day, and like startups never are, has performed up and to the right nearly every single day that she’s been alive. Underlying all of these things is a layer of tech that needs to get faster, more resilient, and more secure. First off, let’s talk about the physical world she is going to live in.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I'm sorry that I missed yesterday's Glamour Magazine panel on women in tech --if nothing else because it featured two of my favorite women in technology, Hilary Mason and Kara Swisher. That's how you win out in the venture and startup world. How did this startup come to be? Not in the slightest.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

How can you get free money and other support for your business idea? . We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. 1) Freebies for Student Tech Founders. 2) Contests for Student Tech Founders. Right here.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2016

Oh, and make someone from your 25 person Moldova tech team your co-founder. If you walk away from a "no" without any ideas on what you could have done better, especially if you're consistently getting turned down, then you're missing out on a learning opportunity. We love early." Getting an investment is very difficult thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

” Please just take 8 seconds to listen to this clip on YouTube – it’s priceless. I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. Let’s say your a junior developer, marketer, product manager, biz dev person at a startup or well-established technology company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2014

Young startups claim they are going to change the world, large companies that dominate that sector scoff at how low quality these new entrants are, until l ike frogs boiling in water they come to the realization that “this s**t is real.” Tech Market Analysis' ” The next step is the industry tries to fight back.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Like a startup we took a very “version 0.9” We liked this idea so much we decided to steal it from True Ventures. We invest in any regional tech center in the US; however, the earlier-stage the company the more likely it will be in CA or NY. I have some ideas. What you’d like to see added, removed or changed. That’s here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

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. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. 50% of them were interested in life sciences, 50% in tech (e.g. But the core idea is right.

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JULY 17, 2018

 —  @msuster 8/ Don't spend undue time advising other people's startups until your business is successful, scaling & stable. Usually a terrible idea as runway extension. Negative employees affect others like a disease and you can't ever turn them around.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

West Michigan is smack dab between Ann Arbor/Detroit’s tech and startup hub emergence and Chicago’s new habit of minting unicorns about once a month. And Grand Rapids, Michigan, is having its own tech renaissance in 2021. Grand Rapids startups and tech companies to watch in 2022. Apply now to Relish Works.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. As we entered 2021, I wrote about the big question on every startup’s mind for 2021: How will a cataclysmic event such as a pandemic show up in post-pandemic innovation? To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

To naysayers who fear a side venture might divert them from an amazing startup or great job down the line, listen close: side hustling is cross-training for your best business performance. More than a few side hustles have become hugely successful startups, starting with Craigslist and Airbnb. The side hustle became the startup.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

And in the next two years, Wavemaker Impact hopes to launch 8 to 12 new sustainability-focused businesses. Quentin Vaquette, one of Wavemaker Impact’s founding partners, said that central to their investment thesis is the idea that successful climatetech companies must focus on value creation for their customers, not just emissions reduction.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

And that’s very different than a firm where you have an IT team and a Clean Tech Team and a Bio Team or an early stage team and a late stage team.”. “My startup business was acquired and I worked for the company that bought us; which was a public company called Ameridata that bought about 40 companies in about three years.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Most of the capital, 60%, will be allocated to early- and seed-stage startups. Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments. Goodwater has a record of issuing checks to 600 seed-stage startups across 50 countries.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. By definition, you read blogs.

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