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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Jamie Montgomery: If you study cycles and study economic history, and I've had that privilege, there are short cycles and long cycles. Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. Then, at that point, it's all about the entrepreneur and the team.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Studies have confirmed this phenomenon. He smiled politely and said, “Thank you. Thus, confident entrepreneurs understand the value of seeing themselves through the lens of seasoned executives whose opinions they value and trust. Remember all those terrible MySpace self-portraits?

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JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. What are you looking for in a company and entrepreneur? What's your biggest advice to an entrepreneur? What is OCV Partners?

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MAY 31, 2021

Yet I find that many entrepreneurs struggle and fail with that transition from personally developing an innovative new idea, to building all the relationships necessary to transform their idea into a successful business. Study what has come before, capture what works right now, and ask customers what they want in the future.

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JULY 29, 2016

Z also has recently launched a new podcast series , where she talks to entrepreneurs here at the intersection of entrepreneurship and manufacturing. We recently did a study, and we found that there were nearly 3,000 new businesses created in manufacturing here in the last three years. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2017

It's really hard to do the study which requires you to drive weekly to a clinic, find parking, deal with traffic, and wait in a waiting room. Belinda Tan: Most of our trials are Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies. We're now starting to plan to open this to Phase 4 studies. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2019

There are lots of resources available to entrepreneurs in the industry, but they are not necessarily that easy to access, whether that's deep insight into how to work with the government or with NASA, or how to work with the big primes, we felt that we could help create that resource. What's your biggest advice for a space entrepreneur?

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JULY 21, 2014

I’d like to do a few posts on what life looks like on the way up and perhaps how to keep your head on straight and avoid drinking your own Kool Aid because as I often advise entrepreneurs on irrational exuberance, “ In a strong wind even turkeys can fly.” ROI studies were published. I know, I know.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Look at their entrepreneurs – they are 28, computer programmers and they went to Harvard or Stanford. And how to think about being an entrepreneur. Thank you, Jody. How smart she was – studying to be a doctor. I didn’t so much want to see a baby products company make money as I wanted to see you succeed.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Brendan Farrell: Currently, all cities do noise studies. Every city has to do studies to figure out where their noise is, by using models they've developed over decades. We're not bringing in existing studies, and instead we've done everything from scratch to create our own, large scale map and model. Thanks, and good luck!

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APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Our analysis.

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JULY 20, 2019

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

MIT and McKinsey did some studies on this, that showed about $400 billion a year is lost in the tech industry, due to lack of diversity and inclusion. A diverse team will increase your profitability by between 31 and 41 percent, according to that McKinsey and MIT study. Chuka Ikokwu: Here's just a couple of numbers on this issue.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Thanks for the time today! Harry Hurst: I graduated from high school at 12 years old studying computer science. I've always been a bit of an entrepreneur from a young age, and always doing things with businesses and technology. We've noticed a lot of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who originally were from the UK.

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MAY 19, 2018

If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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AUGUST 2, 2013

We really started to study the current generation of smartphones and what people do with them. I''ve both been an entrepreneur, as well as the head of the division of a public company. But, when you''re an entrepreneur, you''re an entrepreneur. Thanks, and good luck! Phil Kelly: It''s kind of interesting.

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JUNE 21, 2013

The San Diego firm is headed by Ethan Senturia , who sat down with us to tell us how Dealstruck is trying to help build small businesses and jobs--and also tells us a bit about what it''s like to come from a family full of very successful, and high profile entrepreneurs, and how that has influenced his experience as an entrepreneur himself.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M.

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APRIL 24, 2020

I spent a considerable amount of time studying other studio models, and really trying to understand what they were solving for, what was working, and what wasn't. Uniquely, I haven't had to be that serial entrepreneur, who has had to found my own companies and only work on my own ideas. I've also invested in those companies.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The idea came about, because we see a lot of people coming through our program at UCLA, who might have the desire to be an entrepreneur, and to get into the technology field, by studying data science or cybersecurity. At the same time, we're trying to help add women and diversity to technology and entrepreneurship. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2017

Everyone knows and admires the leaders , including Google and Zappos, but most entrepreneurs have only a fuzzy idea of what to do to get there. Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world.

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MAY 25, 2012

That same summer, Richard Branson actually sent out a note looking for people to nominate young entrepreneurs doing exciting things in their field. Whta were you studying before the startup? Scott Ferreira: I was actually studying architecture. We understand this whole effort was actually backed by Sir Richard Branson?

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AUGUST 12, 2010

That’s thanks to Dan Primack , founding editor. Dan believed that consumer internet entrepreneurs have a choice now: traditional VC vs. super seed investors. You are seeing a lot more entrepreneurs OK with selling their companies to Google or Facebook and not waiting for billions. Minutes 8 – 10. Minutes 23 – 26.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Noah, thanks for the interview. Jeff's father is an entrepreneur, and I wanted to go down the entrepreneurial path, so we had this early concept for a cash back and coupon web site. Did you have any prior background in this, and what were you two studying? For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about?

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JULY 22, 2017

Even entrepreneurs who have built many startups, or sold their last one for millions of dollars, know they make occasional people leadership mistakes. Thankfully, most mistakes won’t be as spectacular as the America Online merger with Time Warner for $350 billion, back in 2000, engineered by then superstar entrepreneurs Stephen M.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Nikhil Jain: Clean Green Guy is an online platform, which allows entrepreneurs and inventors with green business concepts, ideas, and companies connect with investors, financing, and service providers. As my thesis in college, I studied the efficiency of salt water ponds to store solar power. Coming into the U.S., READ MORE>>.

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MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, Even if you don't hire someone, we make sure you say thanks for taking a look at us, and make everyone who applied feel like they are a silver medalist. What is CareerArc?

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AUGUST 30, 2017

David Baird: I've been a musician since I was five, studying classical piano, and evolved into guitar like so many other people. The new site is focused entirely on creating a more efficient, online marketplace, that helps bot sides help each other. What's your background and how did you get into this? I've been in bands for a long time.

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MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. No, thanks. If you want to succeed you need to study the competitors. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Competition.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's.

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MAY 10, 2018

We want to create an ecosystem where we can easily connect the two geographical areas together, and have a continuous program which invites Israeli entrepreneurs to the LA ecosystem, and also more seriously connect them with investors in this particular area. Is there anything entrepreneurs here can learn from the ecosystem in Israel?

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MAY 30, 2011

The study of this group would be a perfect follow-up to Mr. Christian’s book. Entrepreneurs are thankful that such BDC dolts exist, as it makes it possible for smaller, less experienced and resource-constrained startups to launch compelling innovations and eat a bigger company’s lunch before they even realize their plate is empty.

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APRIL 15, 2019

That came from a really great mixture of VCs and entrepreneurs and investors from many different sectors. I think what was really interesting, which we found studying how things have gone in San Diego, is how our vehicles have become San Diego's top choice among consumers. What's the current funding status of the company now?

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Innovation comes from those who are often less well educated (study the history of Hollywood, founded by “uneducated” Jews) or foreign born founding members (Google, Sun, Intel, PayPal) let alone reversed scientists like Einstein. Thank you, Om. I welcome your accents. Your origins. Your nuances and experiences.

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MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. It's all about the entrepreneur. Thanks, and good luck! That's when you start meddling in the company.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Cramster is looking to create online study groups, to help high school and college students study math, science, and other topics. What we're trying to emulate is the face-to-face study group.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Me and my co-founder went through the Founder's Institute here, while we were still in our day jobs, and one of the markets we studied was the huge, out-of-home advertising market. Online dating is all about acquisition, and maximizing the ROI for people coming in, and figuring out how that corresponds to their lifetime value. READ MORE>>.

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