Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

We’ve been delighted with 8VC as a co-investor. So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? In short — how the hell did we raise $30 million?

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Technical Review Funding Software Review Artificial Inteligence 268

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

The two-day Summit encompassed 70 company presentations from successful founders, 30 featured speakers, 40 early stage award nominees, 50 renowned judges, a series of roundtable discussions, and networking and relationship-building opportunities. “Our Impact Zone Award – Data & Analytics. Dmitri Williams, Co-Founder & CEO.

Media 84

Media Technology Truecar Southern California 84

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Just like executive recruiters recognize the best executives, a technical expert in your business domain will recognize the right combination of skill, creativity, and experience you need for a co-founder or key team member. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Are you there?

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2019

Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. Why don't these companies just go do this themselves? How does your company succeed with those constraints?

Pepperdine 124

Pepperdine Startup West Los Angeles Long Beach 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I believe that first-time entrepreneurs also benefit hugely from working in close proximity to other companies. A tech lab is a perfect hub for this kind of cross-company fertilization. I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Incubator Entrepreneur 285

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

People welcomed us with open arms, and always wanted us to co-invest, because they didn't see us as competitive. We're not going to be investing in a B2B or analytical company. Back in Atlanta, I'd run into maintaining a level of complacency, which never would have pushed me out of my comfort zone. It just worked from day one.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Too many entrepreneurs (engineers) I know define the ultimate system and processes that even a large company can’t afford, and no startup has the money or time to execute. Understand what makes you tick, and be willing to courageously move past your comfort zone. Opt for easy, broad strokes instead of detailed, complicated solutions.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Guide Social Media 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Much like executive recruiters recognize the best executives, a technical expert in your business domain will recognize the right combination of skill, creativity and experience you need for a co-founder or key team member. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Are you there?

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions. They relish getting out of their comfort zone, and into the unknown. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. But there is a big difference between orbit-shifting intentions and orbit shifting results.

Tips 55

Tips Organization Ideas Social Network 55

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Just like executive recruiters recognize the best executives, a technical expert in your business domain will recognize the right combination of skill, creativity, and experience you need for a co-founder or key team member. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Are you there?

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions. They relish getting out of their comfort zone, and into the unknown. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. But there is a big difference between orbit-shifting intentions and orbit shifting results.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Tips Organization Ideas 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

If you’re talking with a typical Seed/A/B round firm they often have ownership targets in the company in which they invest. Since they have limited capital and limited time availability they often try to make concentrated investments across companies in which they have the highest conviction. thank you!” million.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 324

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Its easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions. They relish getting out of their comfort zone, and into the unknown. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. But there is a big difference between orbit-shifting intentions and orbit shifting results.

Ideas 105

Ideas Tips Organization Entrepreneur 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2015

Too many entrepreneurs (engineers) I know define the ultimate system and processes that even a large company can’t afford, and no startup has the money or time to execute. Understand what makes you tick, and be willing to courageously move past your comfort zone. Opt for easy, broad strokes instead of detailed, complicated solutions.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Guide Social Media Ideas 109

LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

Up to seven companies will be selected for this year’s program, which launches right after Labor Day, and wraps in the middle of November. Trakfire : a platform that enables its community to curate the best music from emerging artists, the third company founded founded by 19 year old USC Iovine Young Academy sophomore Arjun Mehta.

Mentor 75

Mentor Venture Capital Draper USC 75

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Every entrepreneur and every company I know has orbit-shifting intentions. They relish getting out of their comfort zone, and into the unknown. True innovators tip stakeholders into adopting and even co-owning the orbit-shifting idea. But there is a big difference between orbit-shifting intentions and orbit shifting results.

Tips 52

Tips Organization Ideas Social Network 52

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. If there are 10 things that make a company successful, you’re only accountable for 1 – 4 of them as an executive. You spend a lot of time outside your comfort zone.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. If there are 10 things that make a company successful, you’re only accountable for 1 – 4 of them as an executive. You spend a lot of time outside your comfort zone.

MyLife 157

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. It’s easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2015

A uStamp study reported 65% of companies allow employees to work remotely and 69 percent of remote employees say they feel liberated being able to work away from the office. Yet there is a sacrifice that comes with working from home or co-working in a shared office away from the rest of your team. Get Up & Dressed for the Day.

Study 40

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2015

Created by Jonathan Wegener and his Co-Founder Benny Wong, the company has over 16M+ users. Co-Founder Benny Wong echoed a similarly positive sentiment, saying, “No commute reduced a lot of the anxiety of running late, especially if I want to exercise in the morning.”. As a company, we always strive for better.

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Tool Product Design Venice 100

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Traditional coworking spaces offer startups the ability to rent a desk, or space to measure (sqft/sqmt) and co-hab with other startups and in some cases also with investors, freelancers and service providers (some communities restrict membership to startups only). 3000+ desks in the startup zone. 8 event spaces.

Startup 70

Startup Google Venture Capital Outsource Development 70

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Too many entrepreneurs (engineers) I know define the ultimate system and processes that even a large company can’t afford, and no startup has the money or time to execute. Understand what makes you tick, and be willing to courageously move past your comfort zone. Opt for easy, broad strokes instead of detailed, complicated solutions.

Startup 59

Startup Entrepreneur Guide Social Media 59

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2014

Too many entrepreneurs (engineers) I know define the ultimate system and processes that even a large company can’t afford, and no startup has the money or time to execute. Understand what makes you tick, and be willing to courageously move past your comfort zone. Opt for easy, broad strokes instead of detailed, complicated solutions.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Guide Social Media Ideas 104

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. PIXELS IN PARADISE | Andrew Frame, founder of the Internet-telephone company Ooma, paid $5.5 Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Jake Wood – Co-Founder and President of Team Rubicon. Jake Wood – Co-Founder and President of Team Rubicon.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. Along the way, I co-authored three books on one-to-one marketing ( [link] ) to help marketers learn how to built and nature relationships with their customers.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I don’t think it takes book smart people to build great companies – sometimes it’s a hindrance. When I was at BuildOnline (my first company) and things went “ pear shaped &# we called all of our customers and said, “I know that we signed contracts with you. The company incinerated cash.

Entrepreneur 306

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

For example, he explained a situation where his company could not meet payroll the next day and was about to go out of business. He then gave some advice to the students, and invited Nanxi Liu , CEO and Co-Founder of an interactive digital billboard startup called Enplug , to the stage. It was a success and the group made payroll.

Startup 107

Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I run a company called Formation Media. So many times when I get off stage after speaking at a conference and people rush up to speak to me they go on-and-on and after the first 2 minutes I start zoning out and thinking “I really should talk to the 20 people behind you – just to be polite.” Even if you’re a more accomplished company.

Startup 315

Startup Content Conference Media 315

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2015

In her early twenties, a friend launched a co-working space which she helped to promote in Santa Cruz and Rustrum found herself interested in communities and building communities through shared experiences. Through couch surfing, she was able to push the boundaries of her comfort zone by forcing herself to trust strangers.

Resource 40

Resource Outsource Development Guide Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

How did your company get its initial funding? We were a TechStars 2009 company, and we have raised 1M since “graduating&# the program. Every company shifts focus. It’s rare that we make drastic “pivots&# because that, to me, is a desperate move of a company in trouble. Todd Burry (my co-founder).

Startup 58

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Framework 58

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. Whereas lots of companies allow you to upload content, we've got deep integration to those sites, including bidirectional publishing of content.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. A company presents. If it’s such an obvious deal then won’t 10 other companies being doing this? I’m not a fan of co-CEOs. conviction > consensus. Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. The same is true at startups.

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