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. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Sweat equity. Equity crowdfunding. Although the term may sound negative, it’s actually a very positive sign. Acquihire” a startup.

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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. Use crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

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. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

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. Use crowd funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

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. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Ross Weber: I was at Virtual Tourist with JR Johnson, where I was in charge of on-site monetization of Virtual Tourist. We want to give publishers the ability to use this technology, to help them monetize their traffic. The only thing we might consider, is a strategic investment to help us expand in Europe. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

We all need help sometimes – and building a business is, by no means, immune to that. Due Diligence. “Other platforms and freelancing sites lose the transparency aspect. “We want to validate the need for intermediate-priced consulting services, mainly in helping small businesses grow to the next level.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality? Google, iTunes, the Android Market, Crosswa.lk, Chomp, Appolicious, and other sites are great starting points. But where do you start?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it. We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Review the code being built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack. Third party products are used appropriately.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

We're the venture capital arm of Saban Capital Group, which is Haim Saban's investment vehicle and private equity firm, which he founded in 2001. But we're also technology focused, looking primarily at consumer facing software and services firms in digital media. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting. So, for us, competition is good.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. Cornerstone has been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by Deloitte, Inc. billion in shares.

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