Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Only a few have found the leadership to continually innovate in the face of change, and the rest are still looking for the recipe or secret. Continuous innovation is a mindset that you cannot outsource, or bring in through acquisition or consultants. Have each develop a personal transformation plan with your support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Undefined opportunities which may be built from innovation are the stuff of dreams and passion, relegated only to entrepreneurial thinking. Efficiency focus strips away resources from innovation. Change is hard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. Here is my interpretation of Rivenburgh’s forces for the entrepreneurs out there: Disruptive innovation. Economic instability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2022

Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Everyone thinks they know how to make their innovation into reality, but I can’t find much deep research on the subject. At the same time, myths about innovation are commonplace in business. Everyone can be an innovator.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 8, 2020

Monday, July 13, 2020 -- Entrepreneurship and innovation with Prof and Investor Steven Mednick, Join JJ Richa in a fireside chat with Steven Mednick. What is an innovation? What is the value of an idea? What is a business model? What is the goal of a start-up vs. an existing business? See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

Farmers is an investor in Talespin, as is the corporate training and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand, and the hardware manufacturer HTC. Cornerstone, which led the Talespin Series B round, will also be partnering with the company to develop human resources training tools in virtual reality. “We

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who find a new marketplace or niche – or how to reach the mass market in new ways. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers. Well, it’s a fair question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Andy Wilson , Managing Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). So in short, the Alliance is moving beyond the big idea of strengthening SoCal innovation to defined programs that can move the ecosystem in a more targeted manner. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Undefined opportunities which may be built from innovation are the stuff of dreams and passion, relegated only to entrepreneurial thinking. Efficiency focus strips away resources from innovation. Change is hard.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Designed to be a collaborative startup company incubator alongside corporate partners, Launchpad focuses on developing new consumer tech businesses focused on M13’s main investment areas: health, food, transportation, and housing. “ The EIRs will receive a small stipend and equity in the business, Barber said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Based on the best evidence I can find, the genesis of this trend and the advantages come from several evolutionary changes in the startup investment industry, and some innovations driven by the recession several years ago and the recent pandemic: Venture capital funds are regaining momentum. Some VC firms are bogged down by their own weight.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Transphorm's backers include Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Bright Capital, Foundation Capital, Furukawa Electric Co., Google Ventures, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, KKR, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Lux Capital, and Nihon Inter Electronics Company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

Today, we have Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). As you may recall the Alliance's mission is to elevate the region as a global leader in innovation, technology & entrepreneurship. You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2023

Every business organization, large or small, has a variety of individual and team member types that factor into your ability to innovate and change the business to meet evolving customer needs and competition. In my experience, new startup businesses are initiated primarily by these standalone innovators, popularly called entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

VertueLab said its new new fund allows participation by foundations, donor-advised funds, individuals and corporations. VertueLab says the fund is now accepting applications from cleantech startups that are innovating climate solutions technologies and in need of both financial and business support through VertueLab. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. Our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators has a list of questions any good development team would ask. Did the clients consider them a success? Are they publicly available?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. Startups which display real innovation, such as alternative energy sources and new medical treatments, are still rare. In my experience, finding real innovation in existing company environments is even tougher.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. This class shows us that there’s no shortage of innovation at the intersection of creativity and technology, and we’re excited to be part of each company’s journey.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. You left your corporate job to get away from budgets.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 24, 2017

It highlights women’s impact on the environmental industry and has attracted a global audience from a wide range of sectors including government officials, corporate executives, academic researchers, technology developers, and clean tech financiers. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

To paraphrase one of Andy Groves frequent nuggets of wisdom from my time at Intel Corporation, perception is reality until proven otherwise. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Here's Marc Averitt of Okapi Venture Capital (www.okapivc.com).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

the majority funding round will go towards product innovation and growth. As part of the majority funding, Sumeru Equity Partners has appointed Jason Babcoke, John Brennan, and Kevin Cheng to Criteria Corporation's board of directors. According to Criteria Corp.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2019

A new company, Apex Innovation Sciences --with headquarters in Long Beach, California and Marlton, New Jersey--has formed out of a corporate merger of CNS Network and Hassman Research Insitute , along with the Clinical Trial Centers Alliance , three companies in the clinical trial studies industry, the companies said this morning.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2019

According to Techstars, the deal will help it accelerate its growth, through seed-stage accelerators, global startup ecosystem activations, corporate innovation, and entrepreneur-focused events.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Croquet Corporation has raised $2.7M Croquet said that Smith previously has worked at such companies as Wearality, Virtus, Red Storm Entertainment, and Gensym, and that he is a former Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Fellow at Lockheed Martin. The startup--led by CEO and founder David A.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2018

According to Cosential, the new funds go towards market development, corporate infrastructure, and product innovation. Cosential announced on Wednesday that it has raised $35M in the strategic growth investment, which came from private equity investor JMI Equity. Cosential's founder an CEO is Dan Cornish. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

Irvine-based ALPHAEON Corporation , a developer of products aimed at the aesthetic medicine market, has raised a private funding, via a convertible note financing. the company said the funding was led by Dental Innovations BVBA, plus Sailing Capital, Longitude Capital Management Co., Size of the funding was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2021

Innovation-driven mindset and actions. Rather you must outsmart the giant with innovative thinking, pivoting on a dime, and impeccable execution. Innovation initiatives of any appreciable scale require a formal, intentional resource commitment, and work best bottoms-up. Maintain an intimate knowledge of the competition.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2017

Konica Minolta said the transaction is partially funded by Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ). According to Konica Minolta, it will pay $800M on closing, plus up to $200M in earnout, for Ambry Genetics. Ambry Genetics was founded in 1999. The company's founder, President and Chairman is Charles L.M.

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Xconomy

JULY 15, 2020

It is our privilege to recognize emerging companies and technologies, highlight groundbreaking business collaborations and strategies, celebrate corporate responsibility and diversity, and promote the innovation that delivers new therapeutics and better health to all.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2013

LACMA did not say how much money the technology companies are contributing to the effort, which it says is aimed at promoting innovative ideas and fosters collaboration across disciplines and industries. The new venture is being backed by Accenture, DAQRI, and NVIDIA, along with Google and SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

Johnson was most recently CMO at Kofax, and also has served at Pegasystems, Guidance Software, FileNet Corporation, FrontBridge and Symantec. Kalia was most recently at Akamai Technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2019

Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Everyone thinks they know how to make their innovation into reality, but I can’t find much deep research on the subject. At the same time, myths about innovation are commonplace in business. Everyone can be an innovator.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

According to Beyond Meat, it is creating a new 26,000 square foot Innovation Center in Los Angeles, with enough room for more than 100 employees. El Segundo-based Beyond Meat , which develops plant-based foods which look and taste exactly like real meat, says is in a major expansion in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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