Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. His checklists cover everything from building a vision, to consistently delivering results, for entrepreneurs up to mature business executives. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

A common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. His checklists cover everything from building a vision, to consistently delivering results, for entrepreneurs up to mature business executives. Cloud Computing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Don't miss it!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or would you like me to sell you a story on how cloud computing is green because these large datacenters are more energy efficient than the same number of computers run in ad-hoc ways? Let me answer ‘why computing needs RightScale.’ Computing is going the way of the electric grid. It’s contagious!”. 5) It is 2015.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. The audience is now the actors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

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. We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. It’s really not as pejorative as it sounds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. business Dave Power entrepreneur s-curve startup' Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, my background up until then had been in digital media, computer generated movies, and video games. Scott's background was really the Internet, and content distribution networks, and media on the web. It is the accessibility of cloud computing which has enabled you to create this?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. Do you have any words of caution or advice for entrepreneurs who attempt to “Get Their Band Back Together”? “In

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. exabytes per month at the end of the year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2013

The trough of disillusionment includes NFC for mobile payments, cloud computing, gesture control, virtual worlds, and more. Others say Software Defined Networking (SDN) is still on the rise. Gartner entrepreneur startup technology investor Hype Cycle business' Great startups know the hype, then set out to beat it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3 Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. zettabytes by the year 2016. The audience is now the actors.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

When evaluating a potential Institutional Investor, entrepreneurs should consider what they are not , as much as what they are. Entrepreneurs in search of startup capital are well served to seek an UnVentureCapitalist (UnVC), an investor who understands and appreciates the unique benefits of capital efficiency.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Apply to be one of 32 cloud computing. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Email us at info@socaltech.com. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). April 24, 2009.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Per the latest study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 18-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 7.2 Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. More and more company and personal services are being virtualized to the Cloud. The audience is now the actors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Customer Custom 52

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. But they do small, seed like investments when they like the entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. This is a structural shift in our industry few have talked about publicly. The iPhone was released.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My macro theme was “great entrepreneurs&# who mapped to my belief system about the kind of entrepreneurs I wanted to work with. My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given.

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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. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Bootstrapping entrepeneurship, entrepreneur, startups. .

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. 9:00 – 10:30pm – cocktail reception and networking.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. If you missed it, or simply want to relive the moment, check out the rebroadcast above.

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Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2018

Mythic, based in both Redwood City, CA, and Austin, TX, is one of the upstart companies benefiting from a surge of investing in the chip-making field, where the growing computational demands due to the use of AI are creating an opening for young entrepreneurs with out-of-the-box ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. If you missed it, or simply want to relive the moment, check out the rebroadcast above.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Set up your computer and network. Speak to entrepreneurs and leaders in your industry and consider asking them to be your mentor. Create and manage your social media presence.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

There are job boards for resumes, and sites like LinkedIn to network and connect with each other, and they do have recommendations, but what they lack is the scoring element. If someone you have worked with and trust recommends someone, that goes a long way to determining if that person is good or not.

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