socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. There have been a few major changes in the industry, which make space a compelling investment these days. Is this the usual three month format for a Techstars accelerator?

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We build and invest in startups with impact. We have a Startup Studio and Early Stage Investment Fund. A number of years ago, I did a case study for Harvard Business School. We provide a startup studio which incubates and accelerates businesses and a pre-seed / seed investment fund. We call it TinkerBarn Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Are you ready to start? Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? But I’m investing on the assumption you will be successful, of course. What is the CPM of ads in this industry (should I even be ad supported?).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So those resources have been fantastic. level technicians there to help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

According to my experience and a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. Nikhil Jain: The concept behind Artilient Labs is it's a way to take a business, from the ground up, with very low capitalization. What is the site all about?

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA. ” And the Kauffman Foundation just published a major study pointing out that all but the top 10% of VC firms fail to create value. .” The conflict is built in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software. If you want to go into investment banking above a certain level you’ll need one.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to. It's generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo. Joshua Baer, Capital Factory.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. I’ve laid out my policy on seed investing pretty clearly and publicly.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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