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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. We not only have our Series A funds that can write $500k?—?$15 Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital IP Startup Google 223

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MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. What should be in your deck?

Funding 239

Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Expect to hear a lot more about Maker technology in the next 18 months.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Custom 366

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures wrote a great post the other day that reminded me I’ve been meaning to write about this topic. I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it. To ignore FourSquare would be dumb.

Startup 313

Startup Press Writing News 313

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? The Confident authentication suite of software, which also includes out of band technology.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. One was for our PhoneID product, which is extremely important to us.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, follow the guidelines outlined in IP – Worthless To A Startup and only spend significant time and effort protecting your intellectual property when it is clear what you are trying to protect. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Thus, I will let my Big Dumb Company (BDC) partner write our agreement.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Chris Lyman: The way the technology manifests itself, is we have a database of two million names. When you stick that plugin on a blog you are writing, it scans the article for names. For example, if you are writing about Barack Obama, you can, with a single click, vote him up or down in the article.

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company?

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. One of them is profitability.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

We write checks from $500K to a million dollars, and we like to fund engineers turned entrepreneurs. We all have backgrounds in technology, and it's what we understand the best. We aren't just technology, exclusively, but we're definitely on that side of it. What's the most exciting part of technology excites you as an investor?

Southern California 133

Southern California Startup Layoffs Venture Capital 133

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

” It was meant both as a call to those writing angel checks into other people’s companies that they ought to think about putting that capital toward themselves either by becoming a startup founder or (and this was my real point) by taking an under-market salary in a company where they can learn the right skills to do it in the future.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital IP 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. I learned how to establish a technology center in India and how to manage disparate development teams (and this has drive my thoughts also about what does NOT work.). Finally, I made clear that there are ALWAYS exceptions to the rule. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. The money you pay your IP lawyer should be judiciously spent, but you should not attempt to save money by working with someone without the appropriate experience in your technical domain.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2016

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction.

Artificial Inteligence 62

Artificial Inteligence San Diego CTO Hire Outsource Development 62

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2015

The rate at which technology increases is sometimes frustrating. Of course, it’s nice to have new things that work better and faster, but it seems like the moment we finally understand one technology, it’s replaced by something else. IPv6 is the latest Internet Protocol (IP).

Training 40

Training Organization Networking IP 40

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

As featured in technology and news publications: Are you new? Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts?&# Block IP address. Block IP address.

Startup 29

Startup IP Email Report 29

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). Patience is also important for market and customers.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302