With a limited budget I've had to get creative by investing through syndicates, low-minimum funds, a venture studio, some crowd funding, and more.
My Path to Investing in 100 Companies in 5 Years
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San Diego Tech News on the Tacos and Tech Podcast
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I sat down with Neal Bloom and Amy Chang to discuss all kinds of amazing San Diego startup news, milestones, fundings, and more.
Early Stage Startup Advice – Interviewed by Eric Weiss
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We cover all kinds of topics focused around product development in a wandering conversation.
Co-Founders, it’s Time to Split that Equity
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Every so often while talking to startups, I start to notice trends in questions that come up. Recently, one of those frequently-asked questions has been: How do we split equity between us co-founders? It’s a very fair question to ask. Bryan and I asked the same question of ourselves when we started Embarke 3 years ago. Bryan and I had only known each other for a couple months, yet it was...
San Diego’s Start-Up Scene is Out of Control
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It’s the middle of 2013, and I’m incredibly excited at where San Diego is from a start-up ecosystem perspective. When I first dove into the start-up scene in San Diego 3 years ago…there wasn’t a whole lot going on. There were a handful of events, and most of them were attended by the usual suspects. About 2 years ago, things started to change. More...
Demo Booth – 12 Tips to Make Your Table a Success
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I get asked pretty frequently how I manage a successful “demo booth” at an event. Through my company, Embarke, I’ve had tables at two Founder Showcases, one Launch Conference, two San Diego Venture Summit (Cool Company) events, a March Mingle, and many others… I’ve met with people that eventually became customers, investors, mentors, and advisors…sometimes...
3 Crazy Months in the TechStars Accelerator
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Everyone keeps asking me what it’s like to go through an accelerator program. I got asked after we graduated from The Founder Institute, and I’ve gotten asked repeatedly as we’ve been going through TechStars. The long answer is below (as best I can put to words)…but the short answer is: You can’t describe it with words. That should make this an interesting post...
Microsoft BizSpark Plus and My Company Embarke
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So, a lot has happened this year with Embarke…and one of the most substantial things is Embarke being accepted into the Microsoft BizSpark Plus program. If you don’t feel like clicking that link, here’s the Cliff’s Notes: We get $60k of free Azure Cloud services. Nice! We’re so excited, we shot a video for it. Bryan and I chatted for about 15 minutes, then I...
Bootcamp for Your Brain – What I got from The Founder Institute
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I’ve been an entrepreneur and involved in startups most of my 15-year career. I started my own ecommerce company, helped grow a network management and SaaS organization which was eventually sold, and I’ve built communities to a million page views per month. Because of this you’d think I might have a clue what I’ve been doing all these years. I’m confident enough in...
I was on This Week In Startups asking about Co-Founders
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You can see my mug on ThisWeekIn.com Web TV Network today, on their Startups show with Jason Calacanis and Tyler Crowley. Amazing guys with amazing insights, been watching their podcast for some time now.
I asked some questions about co-founders and how best to find the good ones.
Have a watch of the show here! I come on at around the 22 minute mark.