Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

million since its January 2019 inception. For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. And there’s also Root Insurance , an Ohio-based car insurance startup that uses smartpho ne technology to understand individual driver behavior.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Startup tech businesses used to land on the scene with big ideas about how their tech could change the world. However, in recent years, there have been precious few startups with such grand ambitions from an early stage. But the trend for world-changing mission statements is waning in the startup sphere.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Every new business dreams of growing from a startup to a global market leader in a few years, like Amazon.com, but that goal is elusive. In my view, every startup in today’s world would do well to adopt a management system with the same key objectives: Start with a customer-obsessed business model.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Opendoor has opened the door, so to speak, for startups to apply their technical expertise in search, marketplaces and audience segmentation to rethink the very antiquated and analogue world of property. All are previous investors from the startup’s last round, a $16.55 million Series A also led by QED.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

We caught up with Pluto TV's co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Ilya Pozin , to hear about how the company started, and its path to acquisitionas well as to get some tips on startup success. Ilya also founded Coplex, a startup development studio. What's your story and how did you end up founding Pluto TV?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

The biggest challenge these days doesn’t seem to be in starting a new business, but sustaining it against the onslaught of market changes and new competitors that emerge every day. In my other role of business advisor, I see examples often of startups that may have taken success for granted too early.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

How did the company start? Luke Fox: We started out a few years back, as a high-performance drone manufacturer. What were doing in 2019, is scaling the company. That will inevitably open up the drone industry, and all the opportunities to use drones for good. Thats a similar analogy with drones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2022

We all have to communicate and collaborate with other people at work, but most of us start out instinctively trying to maintain an emotional distance from others in the work environment. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. So explain where you are now with the taking your technology to market?

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MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Follow-up on receivables and watch the terms of big orders.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2020

The relationship with XRC Labs’ Pano Anthos began after a small pilot integration between Joymode and Walmart launched in late 2019. Joymode’s founder Joe Fernandez will continue on as an advisor to Joymode as the company moves to pivot its business to focus on retail partnerships.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bytedance owns the Resso trademark , so it’s a good bet that it will make its way to more markets soon. Possibly with features that differentiate this later entrant from others in the market? Recall Bytedance acquired an AI-based music startup called Jukedeck last year.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2019

Image via Pixabay After a frustrating meeting with a small business client recently who didn’t “have time” for social media, I was surprised to find evidence on the Internet that up to one quarter of small business owners are still hesitant to invest time, money, and effort into a social media strategy.

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JULY 31, 2019

For example, I recently picked up my phone to call a well-advertised local company for a TV repair. Accelerating worldwide competition and financial upheavals are undermining established market positions. Start now looking for and providing advanced training and tools for all team members.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Catch up by reading the first edition here or check out last week’s edition , which offered the gamut of mobility news from Lyft and Bird to Waymo’s laser bears and cybersecurity. The framework of the agreement is expected to include VW making an investment into Ford-backed autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

We all have to communicate and collaborate with other people at work, but most of us start out instinctively trying to maintain an emotional distance from others in the work environment. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. by Jan Yager, who has a Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2019

Starting a new business is fraught with challenges, and none of us has the bandwidth to kill them all. I remember first seeing a good summary of these risk-reduction myths a while back in a classic book, “ How to Start a Business & Ignite Your Life ,” by Ernesto Sirolli, PhD. Partner with experts who share the risk.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. “We’ve spoken to what amounts to billions of dollars in potential demand for the company over time… They need a faster, better, cheaper solution.” ” . .

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. Finally, podcasting is a growing market. The podcast will look even more like an on-demand version of radio than it already does.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2019

Is your marketing focus product-centric or customer-centric ? For a cohort of customers all acquired at the same time, the retention rate for those who stay longer actually goes up over time. With the advice in this book, and by avoiding the mistakes discussed here, you can get started today with a big leg up on your competition.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Raise as much as you can so long as you can keep the growth up. Amazon has razor thin profits compared to their revenue but Bezos doesn't care he just wants growth and world domination and has a market cap of $763B. On Demand). What was the biggest news for your company in 2018?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Based on my experience and data from the field, over seventy-five percent of new startups fail, even with venture backing. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2019

A business with a coaching culture needs to start with well-defined and documented roadmap, and leaders who are able to communicate these goals clearly and often. Both good coaches and good businesses are strong enough to change course quickly as the needs change and the market changes. Expect it and plan for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2019

I’m convinced this is happening because most companies don’t have the courage to keep up with the escalating rate of change in the market today. They marched firmly ahead with their existing model, rather than reinvent themselves in the face of customers demanding change. Business as usual is no longer good enough.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

Ida was well positioned to expand her market from upscale clients purchasing custom dresses to mass market consumers. Unlike Ida and Enid, Mary Jacobs was a wealthy socialite who did nothing to market or sell her bra design. As such, it had no impact on the fashion market. Fast Followers Usually Beat First Movers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

You probably think that the fact that you have started your own business validates your leadership ability. Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world. It’s not about a title, raw intelligence, or domination.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Contrary to a popular myth, word-of-mouth and viral marketing are not a substitute for more basic branding activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A theme I often hear from the entrepreneurs and startups I advise is that once they see that first surge of traction from customers, they can relax and enjoy life for a change. Treat employees like your most demanding customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/13/2019. Don’t let your competitor get there first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs had many faults, but he was perhaps best known for his marketing slogan “ Think Different ” and his commitment to a vision of new and better products, inspiring consumers to demand products and services they never even knew they needed. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/16/2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2019

As a startup, you need to build a large customer base quickly, as Airbnb did with social media work around oversubscribed big-city conferences. Uber and Airbnb managed to remain “under the radar” of the giants by snatching up excess demand until they had their own foothold in the market.

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