TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market. If there was a process or bidding war or something resembling a competition, he would just walk,” the employee said.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.

Startup 120

Startup Examples Metrics Marketing 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Competition 113

Competition Metrics Startup Invest 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

When you are starting a business with an exciting new idea, it’s easy to dismiss potential competitors as not being in the same space, or too fat, dumb, and happy to be concerned that you even exist. What metrics should you use to measure success? Make sure all the elements are aligned before you commit.

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Metrics Resource Startup Training 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Competition 116

Competition Metrics Startup Sales 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Over the last few years, there''s been an explosion in startup accelerators in Southern California, and in particular along "Silicon Beach" on the Los Angeles westside. We continue to see a ton of interest not only from great companies in Los Angeles, bu companies from all over the world and the country. There''s many forms of data.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: How did you come up with the idea for ProductPlan? Semick: It wasn’t our first idea. and what we wanted to avoid.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. Below are 50 ideas for step 2. We get it!

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

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Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching. We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition.

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Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2015

As an angel investor, I get requests almost every day to review a new product or website, and provide feedback on its potential success. These people are the ultimate chess players in the game of startups, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. It is people who drive successful businesses.

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Startup Incubator Entrepreneur Metrics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Having a great idea in the wrong place won’t get you the funding you need, the experienced domain experts you want, or the pilot market results you need for survival.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. We have been able to build deep customer insights on product, pricing, service, geography, competition, etc.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process. Manage human resources.

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Startup Outsource Development Training Outsource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. First of all, any good business plan should demonstrate that you have done the homework to be an expert in your industry, and in what it takes to build a successful business from your idea.

Invest 74

Invest Tips Competition Metrics 74

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? A lot of what we've been looking at are the metrics.

Media 153

Media Mobile Startup Acquisition 153

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

You don’t raise as a way to test your idea. There’s plenty of capital out there, but there’s also a lot of competition for startup funding. Angels (invest their own money) and super angels. If you’re raising funds from angels you’ll likely need to get investments from several different players.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process. Manage human resources.

Outsource Development 92

Outsource Development Training Outsource Metrics 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Through ongoing analysis and refinement of existing processes, establishment of standards and metrics, team building and mentoring, Sergey has established a foundation and culture in which developers can flourish. Any competition in LA? We haven’t identified any competition in LA, specifically. Athletes can join for free.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process. Manage human resources.

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Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 102

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you. Internet scale.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Otherwise you will find yourself a year later being no closer to a product that you were yesterday, with no idea why. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Funding process. Manage human resources.

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Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 95

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Competition. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Matt Weghorst got in touch with TechZulu to explain the idea of Cojoin, LA, and the advantages of business intelligence software. Where did the idea come about in the first place? That portion we call data aggregation where you are looking at one metric across a lot of different data sources.

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Nevertheless, it was fantastic showcase of new ideas and a glimpse into the future of tech. Alex Taub – Social Rank , Twitter metrics and engagement tool. Micki Krimmel – Creative District , combining idea makers with creative professionals. The brainchild idea of our very own live stream and PR wiz, Justin Sewell.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? Here in Los Angeles, it's the LA CTO Forum - a private, invite only group of 250+. How can we address this risk?

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CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. What if someone copies your awesome business idea?

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