2012 investing investment 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2012
The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. And on the road out meeting you.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 13, 2015
We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution. I first met Ben on January 29th, 2011 at an SLP mentoring session. He was working on Village Vines, which became Savored.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 20, 2014
MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. She then toured all of the YouTube networks themselves and started forming relationships.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
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. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures.
A Smart Bear
JANUARY 4, 2018
Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. The majority of the funds pay back our early investors who believed in us enough to trust us with their money.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
When I work with community leaders I often encourage them to “pool capital” together from many angels into a fund structure run by a small investment committee that can make more rapid funding decisions, take more risks (it is pooled capital so goes across more investments), and standardize investment terms.
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