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JULY 29, 2013

In our Insights and Opinions section, we feature the advice, opinions, and commentary of leaders in the Southern California technology community. Today, we feature an article from investment banker and investor Ivan Nikkhoo , on why--even in a world where technical skills are highly in demand-- communications is just as important.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Mark framed his comments around the major mistakes he made during his early ventures.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2013

In our Insights and Opinions section, we regularly feature useful advice, opinions, and more from the local community. However, I often wish that I had someone more experienced both in marketing and working in a startup environment that I could go to for advice. Read the rest of Tony's advice on Finding A Startup Mentor.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. During its heyday, Tin Pan Alley musicians devised an inexpensive yet effective method to obtain free, expert advice – they played their songs to elderly doormen. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Today''s Insights and Opinions article comes from longtime socalTECH reader Frank Addante --who recently took Rubicon Project public. Read more of Frank''s advice at Two Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know. entrepreneur startup insights advice project rubicon addante frank' Unfortunately, those days are over. Continued.).

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JUNE 9, 2017

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature advice, editorials, and more from Southern California's high tech leaders, comes from Sid Mohasseb , a serial entrepreneur, venture investor, adviser, teacher, speaker, and author of The Caterpillar's Edge: Don't Leave Change to Chance! Ask yourself: Are you evolving fast enough?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! New York Times columnist David Brooks notes in this article that, "Lovers face each other, but friends stand side-by-side, facing the world." The Power Of Adult Friendships.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2013

For today''s Insights and Opinions article, we share the cautionary advice of Sean Pervical , the former founder/CEO of WittleBee, in How to Survive the Series A Crunch--From Someone Who Didn''t. I tend to give a healthy mixture of both good and bad advice to other founders, this post has a little of both I''m sure.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. A good friend of mine was features on the front cover of the LA Times business section with a glowing article. Just notice how many VC emails you get after your TechCrunch article or after you were on stage at TC50.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

Our Insights and Opinions article today comes from Ryan Born , who is CEO of both AudioMicro and Audioo , both Los Angeles area startups. Read the rest of Ryan's advice in his article, The 3 Ways To Get Traffic To Your Website. Tags: advice internet traffic startup opinions insights. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2013

For our Friday afternoon, we thought we''d share this advice article from Ben Belser , who is head of recruiting at Pasadena-based Spokeo , in our Insights and Opinions section. Read Ben''s entire article at 8 Recruiting Tips for the LA Tech Scene. Ben tels us all about recruiting tips for the LA tech scene. LA has (More.).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we share an article by John Shiple , who provides technology consulting to CEOs, helps outline some of the key things startup (and other) CEOs ought to know in dealing with their CTO. Read the rest of John's advice in Turbo-charging your CTO. Start at the top  with the CEO and CTO.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2020

All corporate governance documents, from incorporation articles to minutes of all meetings of the board are maintained in the deal room. Because deal rooms have multiple applications, the best advice is to begin the process right after incorporation and make keeping it current a continuing job of your financial senior management.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

This morning in our Insights and Opinions section, we're featuring another article from Dave Berkus , an early stage investor here who has been sharing his advice via both his blog, Berkonomics.com , as well as through a new book, BASIC BERKONOMICS. Read the rest of Dave's article, What's In It For Me? Be a (Continued.).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. What I learned from the article? Here is the article from the LA Times. Startup Advice' If you don’t like it hot, use less,” he said.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 25, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. During the intervening 20-years, Jeff has offered business executives numerous valuable tips, including the following: If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! We got some good advice, we ignored it, and it was a mistake.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

This article is part of our ongoing series covering the early-stage startup lawyers who founders love to work with, based on this survey (which we’re keeping open for more recommendations) and our own research. ‘Hey, are there skeletons in the closet? Because if there are…’ ”. The Interview.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

For Friday''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re again featuring a tidbit of advice from investor and author Dave Berkus, who talks about entrepreneurial DNA. Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. insights opinions dave berkus entrepreneur startup advice' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2021

If you want people to invest in your idea, then my best advice is first write a business plan, and keep it simple. For minimum content, see my original article “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable.” Don't confuse your business plan with a doctoral thesis or the back of a napkin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2013

.” In the article I discussed the downside of raising capital at a too high of a price and referred people to a previous article I had written encouraging founders to raise “ At the Top end of Normal ” as opposed to stratospheric prices. Startup Advice' In the comments section Siqi Chen wrote a great question.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

In our Insights and Opinions section--where we feature various opinions, advice, and thoughts from our readers--we have an article from, Matt Fitz-Henry , who works at a competitor, prognosticates about the social media marketing world. Read Matt Fitz-Henry's article, Social at Scale. billion dollars. Continued.).

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc , and a self-professed "Mentee Whore," discusses his secrets to finding and keeping a mentor in this compelling article. You can obtain generic career advice from almost anyone.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

For the past few months I’ve been doing nearly daily “Snapstorms” or short videos with startup advice released on Snapchat. If you’re not on Snapchat — but still want video advice — Snapstorms.com is for you. It’s a quick, easy way to share advice to masses of people. Today I’ve made all of them available on Snapstorms.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I agree with every part of the article, but I was hoping for some discussion about inspiration in the idealism/activism sense, and less the charisma sense. I retweeted this article and get some people in Europe telling me it was unfair. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. It’s not.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

I often get asked for advice on Business Development. Embed this article on your website or blog with Docstoc. I’ve spent most of my career in sales (or some sales like function), and here are my thoughts on how to be better with your BD. This post is geared toward folks looking to do BD deals in the online world.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

For today's Insights and Opinions section--where we share useful advice, opinions, and more from the community--we have an article from attorney Jonathan Hodes , of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. Read the entirety of Jonathan's article in How To Position Your Company For A Sale. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2014

He explains in his article, Calling all engineering grads: There''s lots of work in LA. Read the entirely of Eric''s advice to new graduates. Out of the top 20 schools for engineering, five of those are located in Southern California , but many of the graduates of these schools have felt the need to move north to pursue their careers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

And while Eric Garcetti is leading in the polls by 7%, according to recent articles a victory is not certain. But more damning is that LegalZoom decided to open its next big center of innovation in Austin, Texas, along with 600 new jobs and a $21 million office purchase according to this article. Startup Advice'

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For instance, if a user seeks advice on a particular topic, instead of just presenting pre-existing articles or references, an LLM can synthesize its vast knowledge base to produce a coherent, contextually apt, and unique response on the spot.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Not only will your children understand it, it is even accessible by the average salesperson. Our protagonist, Sam, is an androgynous creature, which fits well with his / her asexual name.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Megan Jones , of Hadley Partners. Read the rest of Megan's article in Due diligence: better to identify problems early on. Tags: banking investment diligence advice opinions insights. The topic was Venture Funding, Investment and Mergers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

eHow said the new channel will provide user-friendly, reliable advice about consumer technology and tech-related tasks and projects. The site said it launched the channel after figuring out that around 10 million consumers, out of the 71 million visiting eHow each month, are looking for answers to technology related questions.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2015

For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share advice, thoughts, and more from the local community, we have a piece from Nick Hedges , the President and CEO of Los Angeles-based Velocify. Read the rest of Nick''s article on The 3 Technologies Driving The New Sales Force. Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

As part of our Insights and Opinions section on our site, we regularly feature advice from entrepreneurs, investors, attorneys, and many others on a variety of topics of interest to high tech companies. Read all of Greg's advice on Co-Marketing or Joint Venture? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

I have been reading your articles but wonder with our type of dream the same rules apply since it would be tied into the government. Tags: entrepreneur investor Dear Abby advice business. We live in East Texas were the education level is low and dropout rates are around 17%. Where to start for funding and does a business plan differ?

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

In this morning's Insights & Opinions section, where we feature insights from local thought leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, and others, we have an article from Joe Platnick of the Pasadena Angels , talks about getting a quick "yes or no" from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online advice site owned by Demand Media , said this morning that it has further boosted its content efforts by launching a new video series. The firm also recently redesigned the eHow site to put more focus on its original articles and categories. READ MORE>>.

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