socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2009

eteamz specializes in designing custom Web sites for amateur athletic teams, which, in turn, use those sites to help collect money from players and parents for everyday team expenses. Financial impact of the win with eteamz was not disclosed; CircleUp launched its online payment service last week. READ MORE>>.

Coach 100

Coach Web Sites Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ? ” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. Perception = reality.

Blogging 309

Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Seed Funding Incubator 101

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. When Suite Arrival launches, you will be able to login to their site, choose your travel period, destination and toiletry needs and a box will show up at your hotel before you arrive. I love Namechk.com for this.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. When Suite Arrival launches, you will be able to login to their site, choose your travel period, destination and toiletry needs and a box will show up at your hotel before you arrive. I love Namechk.com for this.

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Referrals carry weight, but for those without a long list of angel contacts, getting access to angels via entrepreneurs they’ve already funded can be equally powerful. million in 2010. million in 2010. Recognize that investors come from unlikely places.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100