Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Go research it. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

Startup 128

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? We started researching gamers and game data a decade ago.

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Metrics Software Review Research Startup 166

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds It? The company describes itself as an AI “safety and research” business and focuses focused on creating “ reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. ” Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds it? chatbot) developed by Anthropic. What is Claude AI? What is Anthropic AI? The reason?

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ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Training Startup 139

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I researched the pricing of the car at TrueCar – not because we’re an investor – but because it gives you complete price transparency over what other people in your area paid for a car. It’s taking company resources – usually funded by angels or VCs – for personal gain. ” Anyway. Sell stuff.

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Conference Technical Review Truecar Software Review 398

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? We started researching gamers and game data a decade ago.

Metrics 113

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 113

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency—a famed military R&D group—wants to finance safety measures for the new gene-editing age. The idea for the funding program, called Safe Genes, is to get out ahead of problems that could bring the field to a screeching halt. The first round of pitches are due this week.

Research 111

Research Technical Review Conference Software Review 111

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The company announced a first round of funding Monday for its technology. We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? We started researching gamers and game data a decade ago.

Metrics 100

Metrics Software Review Research Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Solicit funds from friends and family. Use crowd funding. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. So, very early on was our project-Voxel Research, how our name got created and mashed up to Voxearch. How are you funding this project?

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (Fargo, ND). In fact, for the most part, all you need is a laptop and Wi-Fi connection.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

You need to research the possibilities in a new landscape but your personal research has been well, a bit fruitless. Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Being transparent about our workload, our struggles, our fund raising, whatever. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Organization Customer Custom Tips 280

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We do deep research on every single product we advocate for, using the criteria and condition that they create a healthy child and a healthy world. So we did a merger, and developed a new site and infrastructure, so we could integrate more content and communications features, and relaunched this week.

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Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. In simple terms, developing state of the art materials costs a lot of money.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

At the gathering, Biden took verbal shots at scofflaw cancer researchers and at drug prices, while the FDA said it would take a shot at restructuring the way it evaluates oncology products. If you want fireworks this weekend, you can either celebrate the 4th of July or watch the latest post-Brexit political developments in Britain.

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Buzzfeed News Pricing IBM 59

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Developers. While real estate and tourism continue to be strong economic drivers, there is also a thriving business climate developing life-changing technologies. MYTH 4: Research institutions are stronger in NorCal.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows.

Startup 53

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. For example, an author can talk about their recent research, which was published in a scientific journal, and highlight key findings.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Pitching one or two of your smartest friends and getting them to join your startup (or at least champion it) is crucial in those early days when nobody talented wants to join a no-name fledgling company with little to no funding. But oftentimes, due to their large network, superconnectors are overwhelmed with opportunities.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. As the combination of the three provide the ultimate benefit.

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Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: We spent all of 2009 doing research with moms, having moms come into our Pasadena office and researching what things they wanted in the app.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? Ditto for enterprise software companies. If you don’t understand why this is important I encourage you to do a little Google research.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., due to a less developed financial system, lack of credit tracking, and oftentimes and informal economy. Explain what Tala is, and how it works? They just don't have data for that.

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Startup Santa Monica Customer Custom 100

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Diamond Sponsor.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Below is a quote about Gus from The Funded. Many years ago I worked at Andersen Consulting, originally developing software for large corporations and then as a strategy consultant. At my first company, which was based in London, we decided to set up a development facility in India. Gus has been amazing. Let me explain.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 297

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). But not doing basic research makes no sense. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make? And how much do others providers make?

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

That's what the Cogi service offering is all about--giving you the ability to capture, review, and share the content of your important conversations. I can review it myself, both in audio form, or text form, and share it with others. How's the company funded and backed? You've got to have Cogi in the middle of your call.

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Santa Barbara Startup Software Review Technical Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). Because they wouldn’t have the enormous amounts of profits that they’ve been able to sink back into research & development.

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Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

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