Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2013
'No. The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. I said it. Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA in Sacramento. From this I saw civic involvement and leadership first hand.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 28, 2013
'The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom. There was a CTO in the room who had a fifty plus person tech team and so I asked him, "How many of your developers learned their trade in the classroom versus being essentially self taught?".
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Berkonomics
MAY 16, 2013
'Surely you’ve heard the buggy whip analogy. A business making those necessary items ignored the signs of progress and found itself without a market. Perhaps that happened to sword smiths upon the invention of the rifle, and certainly to the makers of cassette tapes upon the dawn of the CD. fast payday loans for every one. I found myself in the middle of such a slow-rolling change twice in my career.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 21, 2013
Reading through the tech press since the Facebook IPO, you might get the impression venture capitalists are still reeling from that apocalyptic offering, believe no further successes can be had in the consumer web, and so are fleeing the consumer web in droves to pursue enterprise investments. That’s because in the past year or so most major tech publications have swung from focusing on consumer products to enterprise companies.
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abovethecrowd.com
MAY 20, 2013
'Today, Seamless and Grubhub announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge two of the nation’s premier services for ordering takeout online. As Benchmark is a large institutional investor in Grubhub, we were actively involved in the merger process, and we are quite excited about the potential of the two companies coming together. There are many synergies – different geographic strengths, different core customer bases, and different product strengths.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
'For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! has now employed the same strategy. And who cares, right? A couple of tech giants throw millions around in either cash (for which they have hoards) or part with some publicly traded stock.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 6, 2013
'Board meetings are a pain in the ass. Unless you''re a well funded, growth stage company that has lots of hands on deck--tons of instrumentation that easily dumps out pretty charts and metrics, or luxury emenities like, well, time, most entrepreneurs probably feel like they could be doing more productive things than telling their investors what they did last month.
Berkonomics
MAY 2, 2013
'As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to your industry. These include ensuring the continued health of the organization, setting the moral compass for your stakeholders, providing for succession by training and documenting, leading the effort in compliance of regulations and safety needs, and … elimination of all possible bottlenecks that impede the efficiency of your organization.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 19, 2013
I started working in ad tech in 2005 and during the past eight years, the ad tech ecosystem has progressively become more sophisticated, competitive and oligopolistic. It’s hard to innovate in ad tech. But if you’re looking to start a company in the sector, you’ll need to amass proprietary data or develop a market place with unassailable liquidity to vie successfully in the market.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
'Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. You should read it. In his post he asserts, “You get the VCs you deserve” and the corollary “You get the performance out of your board that you deserve.” His argument is as follows. Spend time building investor relationship long before you raise money. .
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
'Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 30, 2013
'This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. It is always a stellar event. The good and great of the tech industry were there: Tim Cook, Sheryl Sandberg, Dick Costolo, Max Levchin, etc. But Elon Musk stole the show. I thought Michael Lazerow’s Tweet best captured the mood of the crowd. I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrument
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
'My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” But lately I’m more swayed by the wise words of Reid Hoffman.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
'By now you will likely have read Andy Dunn’s scathing post about Venture Capitalists in which he decries the industry’s masses. I read Andy’s post with a knowing smile on my face. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2013
'When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? With which other investors? Should I focus on geographies or industries? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2013
'When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? With which other investors? Should I focus on geographies or industries? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
'On Tuesday Los Angeles will elect a new mayor. And while Eric Garcetti is leading in the polls by 7%, according to recent articles a victory is not certain. LA needs Garcetti. He would be the first tech mayor of our city. He understands our issues as a community and vows to help keep LA Tech on the map. From his opponent I have heard crickets in the past year.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2013
'Yesterday I wrote a post about “ proprietary dealflow for VCs.” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. In the comments section Siqi Chen wrote a great question. “Whenever I hear advice about pricing a round too high for the next round, I can’t help but think: well, i
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 31, 2013
'Tomorrow LA is hosting an important tech event - please consider registering and coming by. A special thanks to Jason Lehmbeck , founder & ceo of DataPop , a great LA startup of which I have been a long-standing fan, for championing this event and bringing it to my attention. A couple weeks back I laid out the tech case for Eric Garcetti for LA mayor.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 2, 2013
'Yesterday, I got profiled in Crain''s about my investment philosophies. They do this cool lunch series where they try a new place and profile both a person and a place. We went to Brick , which is a sorely needed lunch spot by City Hall. I made the following comment: "I''ve looked at 2,000 companies, and I''m funding eight. It''s not about picking the eight.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 31, 2013
'I don''t need to explain what Dots is, because you''re already playing it. Don''t lie. In fact, you''re playing it so much, that it better teach you some lessons as a founder, otherwise, it''s probably distracting you from your startup. Here''s a list to defend your high score from your investors: 1) Reset the Board : Don''t fall in love with your first idea.
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Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 12, 2013
We’re looking for an analyst to join the early stage consumer investment team at Redpoint. This person will help us find and evaluate investments and work closely with the early stage team. If you know anyone who is a recent grad, is passionate about technology and is looking to work hard and learn a ton, please send them our way. Details are below: Job Specification: Redpoint Ventures is looking for a full-time analyst to join our investment team.
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MAY 1, 2013
'I hear a lot of funny things about other VCs. This one doesn''t really do early stage, that one doesn''t really get consumer. It usually stems from entrepreneurs who have been passed up on. Often times, I''ve literally just closed on an early stage opportunity with that VC--so I''m quite sure they go early. Beware of the intel you get on VCs from other startups.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 8, 2013
Craigslist’s generic market place gave rise to fifty or more single-purpose alternatives some of which are quite valuable companies: AirBnB, Care.com, 99Designs, oDesk, CustomMade, Gazelle. Each of these startups operates verticalized market places that solve customer problems better than Craigslist’s generic platform. In so doing, these startups have grown their observed markets.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 23, 2013
About a year ago, Peter Thiel spoke at a PandoDaily event where he extolled the last mover advantage : “First mover isn’t what’s important — it’s the last mover. Like Microsoft was the last operating system, and Google was the last search engine.”. I hear this refrain more and more in pitches. The thinking goes the last entrant to the market benefit from mistakes made by earlier entrants.
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