TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 25, 2019

That’s why one former Goldman Sachs banker has partnered with two entrepreneurs from the traditional agriculture industry to create Bespoke Financial. “Cannabis will become a broad, mature industry just like any other, and if that is going to happen, there needs to be a debt structure that can support that,” Mancheril says.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs. Traditional venture capitalists will focus on leading larger rounds of equity in fewer companies. Though we bank companies large and small around the globe, here in L.A.

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Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Marty Zwilling.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

Instead of equity, the company is aimed at profiting profitable small businesses with business debt funding from investors, to help those businesses grow and get to the next level. They face only two options for financing their companies with debt. Why did you decide to focus on debt, not equity? What is Dealstruck?

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Startup Software Review Entrepreneur Equity 247

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We caught up with CEO Simon Anderson to learn more about the big debt funding round and how it came about, the complexities of providing founder liquidity in a bootstrapped company--and how the company is looking to use those funds to take the company to the next level. Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. Wil Schroter: We're a crowd-funding platform for startups. One way is getting funding from your potential customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. Interest on debt model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs. In the U.S.,

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Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC).

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Not that they’re “such a bad idea&# but more that there are inherent problems for entrepreneurs in the process of raising angel money that need to be addressed. This leads to the problem of “herding cats&# for entrepreneurs raising angel money. Another mechanism is “convertible debt with a cap&# (max price).

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC).

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. I'm a bootstrapper, and super-scrappy.

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Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 52

Marketing Commerce Social Media Entrepreneur 52

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. It looks like you have a special session on female entrepreneurs again this year? On Tuesday, we have a program regarding female entrepreneurs. There is a lot of money being driven by low cost debt.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

The round is led by Subtraction Capital, and includes investments from PayPal co­founder Peter Thiel , Indicator Ventures, and venture debt lender Western Technology Investment (WTI). Given the nature of the venture capital industry, we understand the need for a secure deal management and stakeholder communications platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2012

We’re excited to bring this new crowdfunding platform to life. During this time they can use the money to also pay their student loans or debt and can also work to gain relevant experience in their fields of interest. He adds,“I was thinking about these issues while still at Google. Upstart received a $ 1.75

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Startup Google Mentor Capital 61

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. Defy Ventures graduates have a 3.2% And they didn’t want pity.

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Writing Startup Design Training 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

These are usually the first sources entrepreneurs tap. Convertible debt. Venture debt. Know your individual competitors and be able to speak to their key strengths and weaknesses, the relative attractiveness of their platforms as well as the overall competitive landscape. Funding Vehicles. Funding Strategy.

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Startup Venture Capital Equity Funding 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

All that combined is what lead us to the amazing group of participating companies that follow: CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. Or your personal laptop with your business laptop.

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Company Companies Web Evite 106

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 650,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 85,000 angel investors in 190 countries. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . Bootstrapping entrepeneurship, entrepreneur, startups. .

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. CapLinked lets entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, while making sure their investors always stay in the loop. Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. OTHER DEALS.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 650,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 80,000 angel investors in 190 countries. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. Today's Sun storage platforms are based on the OS we had developed at Procom. Thanks, and good luck on your new venture!

Startup 100

Startup Sites Marketing Web 2.0 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. More than 200,000 startups have already used the platform to connect with 45,000 investors. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. angels entrepreneur funding groups startup'

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. Gust claims to have facilitated over $1 billion of investments in 500,000 startups to date, via connection through their platform to over 70,000 angel investors in 190 countries. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria. New England Investment Network.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Tell a friend! Not so much.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. Why is that?

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305