Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Entrepreneurs should look for ideas from anyone, inside the organization or outside, top down or bottoms up, but the implementation responsibility is all yours.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- So you want to start a company. Essentials of Company Formation. If you've ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur, this program is for you. Favorito will present a business case study on QuantumSphere, and you'll get to hear first-hand from Maloney about starting and growing a company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Friday, December 5, 2008 -- OCTANe Entrepreneurs Forum- Interview. The Entrepreneurs Forum at UC Irvine provides an intimate and informative setting for faculty and researchers who are interested in the entrepreneurial process. See [link] (more).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008 -- "Successful Companies Through Incubation: SoCal Incubators Serve the High Tech Industry" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. What type of entrepreneurial companies benefit from those incubators? Why do entrepreneurs apply? Do they think it was worthwhile after they graduate? Would they do it again?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- "Building a Virtually Integrated Life Sciences Company" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. How, and when, does the fledgling company develop relationships with other companies with complementary strengths? What is the essential core of a life sciences business? See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. It's a comprehensive bucket. That's the framework we've build with Evolution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Entrepreneurs should look for ideas from anyone, inside the organization or outside, top down or bottoms up, but the implementation responsibility is all yours.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

Brian Garrett: The fund is really continuing what we started back in 2008. We'll do about eight to ten deals a year, which will enable our four full time managing directors to have the time to work with our entrepreneurs, and help them hit milestones and attract follow-on funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. Here are ten key messages that I would like to leave you with: I continue to gain respect for entrepreneurs. I’m sure you know what I mean.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. Most estimates of the expense for compliance and accounting procedures of a public company are at least double, or maybe quadruple those of a private company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

born, technology founders when they started their companies was 39. The study also said that the nation might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom, because both of an aging population, decline of lifetime employment, and the effects of the 2008-2009 recession on established sectors of the economy.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The Los Angeles Mayor's Council on Innovation and Industry (LAMCII) has been meeting since March, to help identify the top issues facing growth companies in the region, and to propose activity to spur additional entrepreneurial activity and innovation, according to the group.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. He’s founded 3 companies and I’ll bet he has 3-5 more in him. I stayed close.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Wouldn’t we be a bit hypocritical if we talked with entrepreneurs about innovation and change but we weren’t willing to take it on ourselves? We also saw that the same types of entrepreneurs were repeatedly getting funded.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We are pleased to host Basil Peters, perhaps the best known name in the world of early stage company exits. His groundbreaking book, “Early Exits” has become a textbook for angel groups and entrepreneurs throughout the world. Email readers, continue here…] How Long Does It Take to Sell a Company? By Basil Peters.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Home Sweet Home In October of 2008, I was sitting in front of Quicken about to make my mortgage payment. I have a great company that I hope to sell some day and cash out, so I had to take the chance. I’m an entrepreneur, I’m used to living on the edge. I didn’t make a mortgage payment for 11 months.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

Watson Foundation , which will support entrepreneurism in the San Diego region. Watson had been a member of the TCA since 2008, after a career at companies including Dow Chemical, Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth Laboratories, and ICN Pharmaceuticals. The fund has been started by a $1M gift from the family of John G.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2021

In the last few years, perhaps in reaction to the business integrity issues leading to the recession way back in 2008, I am seeing a renewed focus on other less tangible attributes which can set your startup apart. Relevancy for an early-stage company is the discovery and understanding of the real addressable market for a product or service.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2011

Aliso Viejo-based OCTANe , the industry group which is looking to help spur new companies and innovation in Orange County, said this morning that it has named a new Chairman. Grant has previously served at Allergan, and has been a board member since 2008. According to the group, Robert E. OCTANe also said it has added Andrew J.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Make It Work was an amazing company. With over 38,000 cult-like testimonials, one cannot dispute the company delivered a valuable service in a way like no other company has come close. We failed because we tried.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

CROSSCUT IS THE COMPANY-BUILDING CAPITAL OF LA AND A CATALYST FOR INNOVATION ACROSS THE SOCAL TECH ECOSYSTEM. WE STARTED CROSSCUT IN 2008 AS WE SAW THE SOCAL ECOSYSTEM START TO EMERGE – SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATIVE IDEAS, BUT WITHOUT MUCH PROFESSIONALLY-MANAGED EARLY STAGE CAPITAL AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT IT.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

How did the company start? That's what we were trying to build into our product at H&R Block, and that's what I envisioned when I started my own company in 2003. I left H&R Block, and this company was the perfect place to come. I decided to get back to startups in August of 2008. How are you funded?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

A few days ago I met a 26 year-old entrepreneur with an attitude that exemplifies what I believe it takes to succeed in this new economy and new world. Most recently, I was selected to be one of seven entrepreneurs for the upcoming reality TV show "Good Fellas Of Baltimore" which centers around businessmen giving back.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. They had no mantra, and a limited vision to connect mainframe computers to share academic information.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

And it happened again in early 2008, as CEOs reported the first evidence of order slowdowns and issues with customer payments – right before the ‘great recession.’. Just recently, one of our own had raised over twenty million dollars to grow his company and wanted advice about filling out his senior ranks to best accelerate growth.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. We failed because the economy has drastically fallen since 2008, particularly in the consumer sector. Make It Work was an amazing company.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser. billion).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In October of 2008, I was sitting in front of Quicken about to make my mortgage payment. I have a great company that I hope to sell some day and cash out, so I had to take the chance. I’m an entrepreneur, I’m used to living on the edge. Posted in Crazy entrepreneur tricks, Daily Diary, eric david greenspan.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 10, 2014

It was 2008. I paid my mortgage until that day in 2008 when I started getting nervous about my business, my property value and the economy in general. To handle this process, I found a hokey company in Westlake Village, home to Countrywide’s HQ and a plethora of mortgage “professionals.” Ferocious entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Mark Suster of GRP Ventures , who talks about the great "VC Ice Age" triggered in September of 2008, and how it's started to thaw (a little bit). But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.” 5 years ago. ” Still.

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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’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. Always have been.

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