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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 8, 2022
The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive. Most entrepreneurs realize that doubling their revenue each year puts them in a premium category with investors, so that may be your first target. Investors will test your savvy by asking where your business breaks.
socalTECH
JULY 21, 2014
Very few Southern California startups make it from seed funding all the way up through an IPO, and rarely do they do so with their original founder. One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2020
The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive. Most entrepreneurs realize that doubling their revenue each year puts them in a premium category with investors, so that may be your first target. Investors will test your savvy by asking where your business breaks.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2010
It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2016
Cedars Sinai has a wide range of networks, from providers, payers, and other key stakeholders, and Techstars has a wide network of investors, entrepreneurs, and leaders in the startup space, and being able to connect those people creates and amazing opportunity. Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net.
socalTECH
JANUARY 7, 2016
Cedars Sinai has a wide range of networks, from providers, payers, and other key stakeholders, and Techstars has a wide network of investors, entrepreneurs, and leaders in the startup space, and being able to connect those people creates and amazing opportunity. Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. You may have leverage when you DO need to fund raise. There is a healthy tension between profits & growth.
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