socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The University of Southern California and wealthy engineer Fariborz Maseeh , now a hedge fund manager in Newport Beach, is announcing this week a $1M endowment, which will fund an annual, $50,000 prize for a business plan competition for the school's engineering students. affiliated event focused on spreading innovative ideas. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They have equipment and smart students that would otherwise cost you a fortune through an outside contract. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone.

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Entrepreneur Class Startup Resource 110

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Competition for access to deals in the Bay Area, however, has priced many investors out of the most sought-after rounds. Sieg recently joined us on Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital podcast, to explain the firm’s “rise of the rest” philosophy. We see more activity there from the traditional East Coast and West Coast firms.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Fortunately, despite their lack of basic business experience, the destined-to-be-great entrepreneurs never give up, following Bill Gates after his first failure with Traf-O-Data, and Jeff Bezos after early failure with his online auction site. Startups don’t come with formal training courses.

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Training Entrepreneur IBM IBM 144

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 31, 2013

Fortunately the LA tech community and Angelenos agreed! With over 350 participants expected, teams will compete in a 2-day coding competition to make local government more accessible and citizen-friendly while also getting a shot at fame, civic glory and cash / tech prizes totaling more than $20,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Starting an entrepreneurial business, or maintaining the competitiveness of a mature business, requires innovation. Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

They have equipment and smart students that would otherwise cost you a fortune through an outside contract. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone.

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Class Startup Resource Mentor 124

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Since 2006, the Startup of the Year competition has been showcasing early-stage startups in a way that only we can. And, fortunately for you and your new venture, applications are open for Startup of the Year 2018. In fact, last year the competition represented 43 US states and 46 countries! The Mission. The Prizes. The Details.

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Startup Competition Resource Networking 71

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there are over 34 million registered developers in 2022.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2022

Fortunately, both can be fixed. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Competition sabotages teamwork and leaves feelings of isolation and alienation. These entrepreneurs find it hard to respect customers or team members, and their ventures usually fail. Make you the base, not others.

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Competition 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2021

Starting an entrepreneurial business, or maintaining the competitiveness of a mature business, requires innovation. Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business.

Organization 172

Organization Ideas Technical Review Research 172

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Conference 159

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes. In one industry I know well, the dominant player with 22% market share was acquired by one of the largest companies in the technology world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2021

Fortunately, the skills and behaviors required to demonstrate the confidence you need can all be learned by focusing on the following strategies: Capitalize on your strengths and never stop learning. Show that others are an inspiration, not competition. Ego and arrogance must never be perceived as covering shortcomings in the plan.

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Mentor Satisfaction Competition Marketing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Their track record is dire, with only twelve percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 from fifty years ago still even in business today. Incubating is not enough; successful new ventures must be quickly scaled to stay ahead of competition and show a level of acceptance by customers as well as your financial executives.

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Incubator Seed Funding Metrics Customer 143

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

I hope to publish that deck and a full write up in the next 10 days in partnership with Dan Primack at Fortune (if my write up doesn’t suck, I guess ;-)). Of course the concentration of capital in growth firms and the intense competition to fund the best deals leads to some risks.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Where Mark Zuckerberg always seems paranoid about competition and industry change – they seemed oblivious to it. And as market enthusiasts we all want strong competition. Look at the chart below of Palm right after they made announcements about their new operating system that was going to revive their fortunes.

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Email Startup Marketing Competition 386

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

At the Upfront Summit this past week there was an electric interview of Fred Wilson led by well-researched and artful Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine that ended up making news. Of course you should read the book so I don’t bastardize his arguments but two (of the six) guiding principles come down to competition and science.

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Competition Venture Capital Invest Organization 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

She is a former Fortune 50 executive and innovation thought leader who developed her own actionable system to overcome obstacles. The business world today is very competitive, and customers are more and more demanding. I urge you to practice the strategies outlined here and maximize your business survival and success today.

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Startup Satisfaction Summary Coach 122

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2022

Fortunately, there are resources available to help, like the classic book by right-brain entrepreneur Jennifer Lee, “ Building Your Business The Right-Brain Way ,” which teaches you to capitalize on these strengths, and still build a business. Creativity is the key word here. Be visual and imaginative, but don’t forget the business details.

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Guide Entrepreneur Social Media Ideas 137

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2019

The hypothesis was, companies are in an extremely competitive environment, and it doesn't matter what company or industry they are in, it's been one of the most competitive environments we've seen in a long time. That competitiveness is driving companies to make better decisions. How are things going with the startup?

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Startup Culver City Competition Customer 113

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2010

The move does not seem to affect the fortunes of Pasadena-based TweetUp , the new startup headed by Idealab's Bill Gross, as that firm's model does not rely on in-stream ads. However, Twitter's own "Promoted Tweets" feature is direct competition to TweetUp's services.

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Idealab GRP Partners Advertising Pasadena 173

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. The industry veteran. The financial suit.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

“This could also be due to changes in the competitive landscape … and there may be changes with First Round Capital itself,” says one investor. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020.

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2014

I have been fortunate to forge several long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships during my career (including my 25-year marriage). Competitive Rivalry - Constructive internal competition that does not derail a startup from achieving its strategic goals will enhance your teams overall performance.

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Startup Santa Barbara Competition Journal 257

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Every business I know needs to be on a constant lookout for new ideas, both in what they offer to customers, and in their internal operations, to stay competitive. Fortunately, there are ways to nurture the creation and capture of new ideas. They don’t realize that it may be keeping revenues down as well.

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Ideas PPC Customer Custom 132

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Demand pull: too much demand for a product or service and not enough supply cause a competition for the product that drives prices higher without increasing the intrinsic value of the product. All of our enterprises have limited resources, even the largest of the Fortune 500, and especially the smallest of competitors in a market.

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Demand Resource Pricing Study 136

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Fortunately, both can be fixed. Identify and redirect unhealthy competition and comparisons. Competition sabotages teamwork and leaves feelings of isolation and alienation. These entrepreneurs find it hard to respect customers or team members, and their ventures usually fail. Make you the base, not others.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2018

The stalwarts should be making the big leaps to be competitive, rather than the other way around. In fact, almost 90 percent of the Fortune 500 firms that existed in 1955 are gone. Competitive advantage depends most critically on the assimilation of new knowledge and the timely creation of new markets and new businesses.

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Startup Competition IBM IBM 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. Fortunately we have Facebook, Skype, and other social media, with video, voice, and easy travel to help you build and maintain connections, anywhere in the world. Sorting it all out is the challenge. Make the investment today.

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Social Media News Tool Email 96

Tech.Co

JUNE 1, 2017

. “Since 95 percent of mainstream VCs won’t touch the category today, valuations are rational and you face little competition for access – so place your bets before the party gets crowded.”. Even with little competition and an unprecedented ROI opportunity, investing in cannabis has its risks. The Unique Risks.

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Invest Competition Training Media 75

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. The new publication would not be a stretch for Calacanis--who, like Arrington, made his own fortune by selling his last company, blog network Weblogs, Inc.

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Mahalo Web 2.0 Blogging Technical Review 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

In the summer of 1985, he was in Jobs’ office when a photographer for Fortune magazine arrived to shoot Steve for an upcoming cover. At the time the Fortune photographer arrived at Apple’s headquarters, Mac had previously shot a cover photo of Jobs for Newsweek. As a fellow photojournalist, Mac had empathy for the man from Fortune.

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Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

Fortunately, you can develop this skill. In my experience, emotional intelligence (EI) is a better predictor of business success than IQ. EI rates a person's ability to recognize emotions, to understand their effect, and to use that information to guide your next move. Location and luck: right place at the right time.

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