Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The offer puts together two of Southern California's most watched entrepreneurs--FamilyFinds.com is. Coffin sold his last company, LowerMyBills, in 2005 for $330M; Winebaum sold Business.com for $345M in 2007. headed by LowerMyBills.com founder Matt Coffin, and Brighter is headed by Jake Winebaum, of Business.com. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Marty Zwilling.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Gross is a serial entrepreneur, having successfully founded online advertising firm Fastclick, which he took IPO in 2005, and later sold to ValueClick for over $200M. Gross said the funding will go towards sales and technology. As part of the funding, John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners has joined the company's board.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Here's Marc Averitt of Okapi Venture Capital (www.okapivc.com).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Fjord Ventures LLC was founded in mid-2005 and is committed to providing strategic vision and operational excellence to emerging life sciences companies. The focus of the Firm is to partner with entrepreneurs to maximize value creation. See [link] (more)

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MARCH 21, 2022

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 Every entrepreneur needs to understand that people and populations drive business opportunities, as well as society.

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APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. Startup Business Plans Are Oxymoronic.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2016

John is also very involved in providing advice to young startups and entrepreneurs. I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. What was the biggest news from you or your firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. I never lived beyond my means and it’s always a warning sign for me when evaluating companies and entrepreneurs. Note to said entrepreneurs – you’re not missing anything. I asked him what percentage of cars on his lot were done as leases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In my experience mentoring new entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders, I see far too many who seem to be driven by all the wrong reasons. He makes a convincing argument that the best leaders and entrepreneurs follow their intrinsic rather than extrinsic motivations. To be a successful entrepreneur, one can never stand still.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Dynamic entrepreneurs attract talent and outside capital, both vital resources to every startup. in 2005 for $680M. After leaving News Corp.,

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Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow. Kevin McDonald is the new TCVN President, a position Foley held for the past year and Greenberg held before that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2010

No one would call Carly Fiorina, the head of Hewlett Packard from 1999 to 2005, a wilting lily. Some would argue that the growing success rate of women entrepreneurs shows that they are resourceful, and better able to succeed, despite the odds. Every entrepreneur needs to prioritize the important tasks ahead of urgent tasks.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Their primary intended reader is a “first-time entrepreneur”, but clearly other stakeholders within the startup universe can also benefit from the book’s hands-on advice. Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. Things I Loved.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs. Since joining SVB in 2005, Rob has led debt transactions for more than 100 public and private companies. Though we bank companies large and small around the globe, here in L.A.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. He later earned his JD/MBA degrees from UCLA.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 30, 2011

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The recent purchase of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 Their utter stupidity is a bit disheartening, but highly instructional.

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JUNE 16, 2019

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 Every entrepreneur needs to understand that people and populations drive business opportunities, as well as society.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

5) When I interviewed people at my past startups, I rejected them if they asked me about our dental plan, as true entrepreneurs don’t care about such pedestrian benefits. 4) What lessons from launching the Lincoln Group in Baghdad in 2005 are transferable to today’s LA startup scene? Smaller businesses gravitate to the cost savings.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target. Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg, while attending Harvard as a sophomore, concocted “Facemash” in 2003 to get a lost girlfriend off his mind. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

I thought then that the best way to value a start-up is to give value to those elements of progress by the entrepreneur or team that reduce risk of success. So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable?

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

When I bought house, this was a non-issue as the value had increased a tremendous percentage from when I bought back it in 2005. Ferocious entrepreneur. I of course paid only the negative amortization amount of $8,000 per month tacking the difference back on to the principal each month. Now that’s the crazy part.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock. Office Hours – Two or three partners post a sign-up sheet to meet with entrepreneurs. and Half.com.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The fund has been about two years of development with Peter Warnoe, who is a serial entrepreneur who is very famous in the Nordics. Lars Tvede has written fifteen books on entrepreneurship, is a serial entrepreneur himself, and has been uber-succcessful. What things are you looking at when you consider a company or entrepreneur?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And that that cycle continues so as the early stage first time entrepreneurs get experience…” “They turn into the mentors for the next generation. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And if I were an entrepreneur I’d rather find investors who understood “my space&# so that in tough times they felt comfortable about “doubling down.&#. Not everybody agreed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Many entrepreneurs think they are running, but find themselves falling farther and farther behind a rapidly moving target. overnight success entrepreneur startup Seth Godin business' He later changed the name to Facebook. But that''s no excuse to move slowly.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. ” 31:45 Is there truth to the idea that you shouldn’t force change upon entrepreneurs? I remember this lesson well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. For starters, David had once been an entrepreneur himself so it seemed like such a natural fit. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.” He was a mensch.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping.

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