Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. There are dozens of tools available to help you monitor relevant activity, including Social Mention and Google Alerts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way. at this scale it’s easier for us to help fund a seed extension. dot-com bonanza.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2014

Keith Bonnici: We have created a platform that lets standard web publishers tap into the growing pool of money being spent by app developers to market their products. However, I really like algorithmic content recommendation, using machine learning and other crazy geek tech stuff to help provide information to consumers. What is Kixer?

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

presidential election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to Web companies and cybersecurity. To help put things in perspective at year’s end, Xconomy reached out to Nisha Desai, a clean energy entrepreneur in Houston.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

And if I’m going to help a bit while I’m here the better I know ‘what’s what’ the easier it will be for me to help and be on my way.&#. I found that I was always more curious about issues like “why do you charge for your web hosting services this way when newer non-incumbent players do not?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. This was the first in her string of web properties. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy realized her constituency and being a public figure helped elevate her.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . Other entry-level experiences for budding entrepreneurs included selling items marketed in comic book ads. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. And innovation is what creates value. The Internet and AI – new opportunities for innovation.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

They can also help you with an SBA (Small Business Administration) loan, if that path is correct for you. There are a host of companies that can be accessed through web-search engines that can provide both secured and unsecured financing. If you are in retail, then a merchant cash advance may help you and grow with your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. I found some help in catching up via a classic book “ Sell Local, Think Global ,” by marketing message expert Olga Mizrahi.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

In the case of San Diego's Classy (www.classy.org), you get an extremely popular piece of software-as-a-service to help you manage a nonprofit and its fundraising efforts. People would come to our events, and do anything from cleaning a beach in San Diego, to restore a youth homeless shelter, to helping families directly impacted by cancer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2014

Many entrepreneurs fantasize about days longer than 24 hours, convinced that their new venture could change the world, if they just had more time. However, this topic is particularly critical to entrepreneurs, who struggle with challenges and crises every day that they didn’t anticipate. None of us have the time to do everything.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Because of all of these updates, there is a wealth of real-time information on the web. This information is often relevant and useful for entrepreneurs and startups - so you need to understand the alternatives and implications. In a simple fashion, they can open up the door to an entirely new area of the web for you.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. Hopefully this article and the accompanying six-minute video will help you avoid learning these mission-critical lessons the hard way. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Those channels still exist today, and get around 200 million views a month--we ended up becoming one of the largest movie networks for video on the web. We have already licensed this out to great partners like SNL, and we have a great relationship with NASCAR, which helps them managed their owned media on YouTube. That goes a long way.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I also wonder about the entrepreneur who would sign a term sheet that came from somebody they hadn’t gotten to know over time. Great entrepreneurs pivot.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. I found some help in catching up via a classic book “ Sell Local, Think Global ,” by marketing message expert Olga Mizrahi.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. Ramen-profitable.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Remember when? And the numbers were staggering. Microsoft paid $9.00 per registered user for Hotmail. AOL paid $40.00

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Analyzing the massive sets of data available on toxic emissions and weather patterns can help us understand environmental threats on a systemic level. Every day, we create 2.5

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

Are you the sort of person who relies on your friends to help you figure out the best places to explore on the web? That's the idea behind HypeMarks (www.hypemarks.com), a new startup looking to tap into your social graph to guide you to the web. I'm a person that loves discovering new stuff on the web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2019

Unlike a lot of apps, or web startups, or whatever, which have relatively small capital outlays needed to build their test systems and to iterate, we are making pretty large systems. As an entrepreneur, what's been the biggest lesson for you so far? What's the biggest challenge you see in getting this to market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Eric provides many examples of potential and real application areas that are ripe for predictive analytics, but my view is that smart entrepreneurs can extrapolate these to hundreds more, just waiting to be tapped. Additionally, predictive analytics can help make the best medical decision at the point of care. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

These days every new entrepreneur understands that an innovative product or service is necessary, but not sufficient, to start a business. You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 300 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. Win with engaging contests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. Remove unwanted content, where possible.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. If you could share one startup lesson with a young entrepreneur, what would it be? So I ask prospective new entrepreneurs, ''What is it specifically that you can bring to the industry?'' How have you made it work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Specialist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Most entrepreneurs don’t even know how to keep track of what people are saying about them on the web, much less how to respond or remove it. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement. Remove unwanted content, where possible.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab , which is headed by Erik Rannala, has tapped Brea-based Dreamhost , the web hosting company, as the "official" web hosting and application hosting provider for the accelerator, the firm is announcing today. Dreamhost has been in the area since it was founded in 1997. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. Dubbed Mingly for Web and MyPeople , the suite of products (including Mingly for Gmail) are powdered by the company’s Social Interaction Mapping (SIM) Engine. Finally, some solid relief.

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