Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Do a simple Google search like you would on any company or individual before signing a contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

I first heard the term from Chris Fralic at First Round Capital. It’s intended in a discussion with an entrepreneur to get them to question whether there is really amazing underlying value in the product or service they’re offering. Awesome for these talented young entrepreneurs and awesome for their investors.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2018

Tech startups are always looking to capitalize on the next big thing. Entrepreneurs preparing to launch a startup in 2019 should be aware of the latest trends that will guide their successes or failures. Voice startups can accomplish tasks and streamline user’s lives all from within an Echo or Google Home device.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. Competitors: Google. You’ll hear this story in the video.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, People were not just going to Google, they were looking all over the place. That provides a lot of efficiency in how we deploy capital, and simply just makes it work better.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. You don’t.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Silicon Valley may still be the capital of technology with a mix of new (Google, Facebook) and old (Apple, HP) sprinkling the landscape. “As corny as it sounds, Tony Hsieh is a seller of dreams,” said Sarah Evans, founder of PR firm Sevans Strategy and social media venture FAVES + CO. “So

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. My friend Christin Herron of Intel Capital weighed in on the issue. Christin goes on.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2013

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups, a great success like Google causes busts by stimulating more supply, without regard to demand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2013

Google did it with search engines, Apple did it with a personal computer, and even Wal-Mart did it through low prices. A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. entrepreneur startup investor focus job one business' Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We support various translation gateways from Google, Microsoft, and other third party translation engines. There's Google, Microsoft, Lionbridge, SYSTRAN, all of whom are spending huge amounts of money to be able to become the dominant language translation vendor. You could use it to break down language silos in those social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2011

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. In startups, a great success like Google causes busts by stimulating more supply, without regard to demand.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. So with no real barometer for reliable talent and a fast-evaporating social network, where should early founders snag that elusive star talent. Tap Into Your Employees’ Networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Do a simple Google search like you would on any company or individual before signing a contract.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What they do, is accelerate that team or company to get them to the next level, and then go through and put in some investment money, help them build out the management team, and help with vendor relationships, help with overall strategy, and then help those companies riase their next round of capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2012

Google did it with search engines, Apple did it with a personal computer, and even Wal-Mart did it through low prices. A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Keep infrastructure costs low.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., In addition, we use primary and secondary social networking information, in order to verify they are who they say they are. How did you end up starting Tala?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

All that combined is what lead us to the amazing group of participating companies that follow: CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Check Google , Yellow Pages , and local directories to ensure your business name is not taken. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Set up your computer and network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Google did it with search engines, Apple did it with a personal computer, and even Wal-Mart did it through low prices. A business plan I saw a while back to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Keep infrastructure costs low.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. It's a whole new paradigm of social media monitoring and campaign management. Rob Reed: I've learned it is not easy.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Entrepreneurism / Monetization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Google did it with search engines, Apple did it with a personal computer, and even Wal-Mart did it through low prices. A business plan I saw recently to combine all the good features of several popular social networks on one site does not do it. Tags: micro focus grand vision entrepreneur startup. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

We told you about young twins behind Social network LAGbook , Today we caught up with two 19 year-old entrepreneurs from Naperville, Illinois. At the moment we have not raised any funds yet but we started with Founders Capital. By Kolin on the Google Play store. Juckins and Jeremy A. Any Funding Yet and How Much?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more). Venture capital. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Social media. Google Plus. Social networking. Social games. 20 hrs ago. Apple event rumor round-up: iPad Mini, iPad 3.5, Cloud services. Cloud storage.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. It's a full-blown, B2B social network. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria. Angel Capital Association (ACA). AngelList.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. The Startups. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. Together they do amazing things.

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