Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. Connections?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

And my company is hugely relevant to what they’re doing so having an advocate at senior levels there is certainly a help.” Adam played a hands-on role in helping many of our last class through funding and even took some board seats and advisory roles. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now?

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. After 20+ years of building my own businesses from scratch, I finally figured out that I love helping entrepreneurs build their businesses! Help build many companies! We build and invest in startups with impact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Don’t forget business writing and communication.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. After 20+ years of building my own businesses from scratch, I finally figured out that I love helping entrepreneurs build their businesses! Help build many companies! We build and invest in startups with impact.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I just finished a new book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools and navigators that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It helped balance the forces between people trying to create value and create jobs and create companies and people trying to make money from those initiatives. The Founder Institute was set up to help entrepreneurs around the world be more successful at launching companies that have a shot at changing the world. Instead) we focus on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Today’s announcement will go a long way to help us foster innovation and help entrepreneurs create wearable technologies that will define a new era in tech.”. Entrepreneurs will also be able to communicate with the Bloggerati and showcase their products to the world. Over 100 Applications.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We will collaborate on ideas and projects and we created the Superfriends together, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Between the group of us we were probably helping launch 75-100 companies / year. So we went for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I recently found an interesting book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I’m honored. We will collaborate on ideas and projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 30, 2015

For many years after Microsoft became highly successful, its executives (yes, including Mr. Gates) flew coach. The following simple (and admittedly obvious) tactics will result in real savings and will help to ensure that your employees spend the company’s money as if it were their own. Bill Gates, Founder Microsoft [Tweet this quote].

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. To help with the capital shortage, we have to tap the Angel community. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Tyler Crowley, of Sqweal, Launch, ThisWeekInStartups, Open Angel Forum, and Mahalo, stopped by to give a quick coaching session on pitch prep.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I favor the more cautious approach, and would offer the following insights to help you make the right decisions: Join a startup or take a role in an existing business. Check out local sources for coaching and assistance. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. It’s one thing to invest in a later-stage (say a C round) to help with growth, it’s another to fund companies who are already valued in the billions.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. Maybe off-shoring could become more on-shoring and helping drum up employment in places like Detroit.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

This simple question will result in real savings and will help to ensure that your employees spend the company’s money as if it were their own. For many years after Microsoft became highly successful, its executives (yes, including Mr. Gates) flew coach. Encourage all of your employees to ask, “Is that your best price?”

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