Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. She put all of her savings into her company. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Both sets of mentors re really united to help drive the pace of growth of these startups, must faster than they might have grown traditionally.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

The money that went into them was usually very inefficiently deployed because it was deployed against infrastructure, it was deployed against a longer arc of build-up and you were into a company a while before you knew whether something was going to work or not. We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

In my perspective as an advisor and mentor to many entrepreneurs, there are a set of basic strategies that can be applied to every startup to dramatically improve the odds of success, no matter what the business domain. Funding is only one of the critical resources you need to start a business.

Startup 101

Startup Metrics Resource Mentor 101

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. Understand how to value you company (more to come in a future blog!) Come to the table with a reasonable equity offer based on your company’s true value. Remember, help is only a mentor away.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Pitch your company, not your product. Executive summary glossy. Written business plan.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Pitch your company, not your product. Executive summary glossy. Written business plan.

Startup 104

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Pitch your company, not your product. Executive summary glossy. Written business plan.

Startup 65

Startup Entrepreneur Slides Content 65

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. But how do you go about pitching your friends?

Networking 82

Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. We get a lot more emails from women entrepreneurs who say they are a high net worth in their community and we should come and help boost the number of angel investors in their companies.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Referrals carry weight, but for those without a long list of angel contacts, getting access to angels via entrepreneurs they’ve already funded can be equally powerful. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” million in 2010.

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Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Have you raised any funding yet? Our team is very well-rounded, so we don’t worry too much about the competition.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. All great communication companies.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Equity Incubator 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. Many potential investors asked me, “Aren’t you just going to leave and form your own fund?” The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Invest 89

Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted about three years ago to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Angel investor. Interim executive. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y.

Startup 98

Startup Mentor Demand High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Invest 73

Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 87

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 91

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91