Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. We have invested $17.3 All great communication companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2021

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to the Voice of Microenterprise (AEO) website, if one in three micro-enterprises in the United States hired an additional employee, the US would soon be at full employment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s most admired entrepreneurs, primarily because of his humble style and his growth from a regular person background to a current net worth in the neighborhood of $200 billion dollars. Among Bezos’s strengths is his ability to stick to a strategy by being exuberantly patient and patiently exuberant.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. com, and was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. As an angel, do you reserve money for follow-on investments?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. Where are you planning making investments? It all starts there.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2018

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and cover the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to the Voice of Microenterprise (AEO) website, if one in three micro-enterprises in the United States hired an additional employee, the US would soon be at full employment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Facebook is making big money today, but only after a $150 million investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Facebook is making money today, but only after a $150 million investment. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

While a laptop or computer’s keyboard lends itself to the relative complexity of completing a transaction – entering text details and navigating between form fields – with technology improvements in mobile commerce this is changing. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2 percent of digital buyers in the U.S. The Continued Growth of Cloud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

Networking 100

Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to the Voice of Microenterprise (AEO) website, if one in three micro-enterprises in the United States hired an additional employee, the US would soon be at full employment.

Writing 96

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.”

Startup 77

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment. Overall, they show bullish investment, but remain strategically cautious. Getting Things Started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.”

Entrepreneur 69

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Course 69

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

Networking 97

Networking Startup Activity Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2013

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to the Voice of Microenterprise (AEO) website, if one in three micro-enterprises in the United States hired an additional employee, the US would soon be at full employment.

Startup 98

Startup Writing .Net Commerce 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.”

Startup 92

Startup Entrepreneur Equity Course 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

These businesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut from consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to the Voice of Microenterprise (AEO) website, if one in three micro-enterprises in the United States hired an additional employee, the US would soon be at full employment.

Writing 99

Writing .Net Commerce Entrepreneur 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Of course, even lifestyle entrepreneurs want to be happy, and want their business to be “successful.”

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Course 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Microbusinesses are usually run out of the home, and range the gamut of consulting services to e-commerce. Don't invest in anything you don't need. According to The Association for Enterprise Learning in Chicago, microbusinesses added more than 2.5 million jobs to our economy in the last two years. Don't spend money you don't have.

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Writing Entrepreneur .Net Commerce 103

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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