Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy teaches them personal finance like how to keep a checking account, the difference between debt and equity, what cashflow is and so forth. She was smart (she started her career in private equity!) I promised her I would write about this experience for the LinkedIn platform so I didn’t write about yesterday’s trip here.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 25 Years of Writing Code. Adam Sroka, an agile software innovator, is a self-taught programmer with 25 years of writing code and previously combined his coding skills with his knowledge of agile and lean management techniques as a coach and technical trainer. million Raised.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

It’s not that they’re particularly negative but the fact is that supporting roles at investment firms are designed to show the partners the risks in deals and the “upside case” always requires huge assumptions to be believed. He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs.

Funding 336

Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2017

So before you quit your day job, tax all your friends and investors for money, or max out your credit cards to design and build a product, I recommend that you seriously contemplate the following more basic questions: Are you prepared to adopt the entrepreneur lifestyle? Have you mapped out a realistic plan? Money is not a substitute.

Mentor 90

Mentor Entrepreneur Ideas Writing 90

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. How can you practice timing?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Now, you’re handling payroll and doing writing as well. You may even discover that you enjoy writing more than crunching numbers. Piaw Na, who spent over six years at Google, writes on Quora that she recommends fresh grads to join a startup instead of big companies. Evernote office image courtesy of Design Milk via Pinterest.

Startup 102

Startup Social Media Writing Google 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2015

So before you quit your day job, tax all your friends and investors for money, or max out your credit cards to design and build a product, I recommend that you seriously contemplate the following more basic questions: Are you prepared to adopt the entrepreneur lifestyle? Have you mapped out a complete plan? Money is not a substitute.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Mentor Ideas Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. He added that current Internet trends favor NYC, given the reliance on creativity, design, and the importance of consumers – all areas in which NYC excels. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

Technical Review 281

Technical Review Venture Capital Startup Artificial Inteligence 281

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Instead, after a private equity firm offered to buy YLighting, we negotiated to keep the technology that we had developed. We sold it to a private equity group. Though the company moved well beyond those days, it's essentially the software I had designed, the same product. Jeff Zwelling. The other one was pretty good too.

Startup 210

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 210

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Many people start companies arse backwards.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? When I say “get personal,” I am referring to non-typical questions designed to determine who the candidate really is. Sample Personal Questions. If so, did you enjoy relocating?

Entrepreneur 219

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. equity debate. Converts versus equity deals - Chris Dixon , August 31, 2010 There has been a debate going on the past few days over whether seed deals should be funded using equity or convertible notes (converts). What’s going to happen in the future?' Developer.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

One, is this fund is really designed to pile onto its winners. We can now write $20M, $25M, and $30M checks to existing, breakout companies in our portfolio. Each and everyone is creating their own equity scenario. To me, there are a couple of elements of the fund we're very excited about. That's a sea change.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

Awkward topics such as equity share come into play and everyone’s roles and what value they bring to the table are questioned. RED FLAG #2 : This person came in saying he was a designer, disappeared for a few hours and said he was working on some iOS mockups but by the time we were ready to pitch, he delivered nothing.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). I believe that. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

It was great to relive a moment when I was in my dorm room at Harvard and watching Toy Story 3 on my laptop and seeing something that we built with no cash, just sweat equity. I’d write to my professors and say “I’m so sorry, I have this meeting or I had this phone call that I had to take.”. I was just working on the company.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Smart move on Googles part and congratulations to the geniuses at the private equity firms (Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity) that identified this hole in the market and bought DoubleClick for a fraction of what they sold it for. After writing this, I think I smell something. Ahh, maybe Im just being paranoid.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. When you hit the inevitable bumps in the road, a lawyer who has an equity stake in your business is more likely to be flexible with respect to payment terms and more willing to give you quick, off-the-clock feedback and guidance.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. We still have no experience on how well this will work.

Startup 100

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. We still have no experience on how well this will work.

Startup 151

Startup Equity Funding Demand 151

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. We still have no experience on how well this will work.

Startup 53

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 53

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : SocialStay is: "An easy to set up & manage mobile platform designed for the hospitality industry. Great design/ user experience carries more and more weight these days and I have been lucky to touch some of the world’s most visible brands. Write it down…. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233