Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So those resources have been fantastic. level technicians there to help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In San Diego, the Irvine Company provided the entire second floor of its Broadway Street building at no cost for the downtown EvoNexus incubator. A number of tech startups that graduated from the EvoNexus incubator have moved into other offices in the building. 101 West Broadway tower in downtown San Diego. John “J.T.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

People who know you, trust you, and believe in you above all else are always candidates for requesting an investment. If you are looking to fund a technology study, before any specific commercial product can be considered, you need to focus on relevant large organizations with deep pockets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. This is the transition stage from basic research to applied research.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. The firm was incubated with the founder's own cash--the other founder is my father. I believe the key here is key, and the ability to provide this for free, which is why we took the recent investment. Thanks, and good luck!

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. But, we've also found some really, really talented people.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Stop Listening to Your Customers. A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups. . How to (Ethically) Profit From Your Customer's Insecurities.

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