Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Thus, in my mentoring of potential technical entrepreneurs who have a real passion for their technology, I often recommend that they find a co-founder who can manage the marketing and execution elements of the new venture. I’m a believer in capitalizing on your strengths, and using partners or co-founders to shore up weaknesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

Most entrepreneurs struggle with many startup founders quandaries in building their business, and these key dilemmas are probably the biggest source of pain and failure for the entrepreneur lifestyle. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? The co-founder relationship dilemma.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2019

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 -- Founder Meet Funder (Invite Only). Founder Meet Funder focus on supporting entrepreneur growth by connecting them with mentors, influencers, and investors within the community.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based Meta Data Software, a company which develops software for managing media and entertainment catalogs and metadata, has been acquired by Rob Delf, the former founder of Rightsline. According to the company, the deal was backed by growth capital from private equity founder Salem Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2011

I covered what I call “the co-founder mythology.&# Either you’re not technical and you think you need a technical co-founder or vice-versa. It is increasingly popular to have “founder dating&# or “startup weekend hackathons&# of some variety or the other. Hire your co-founder. Vested over 4 years.

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MARCH 29, 2021

The company said its founder and CEO is Shawn Dougherty, a co-founder of mobile charging company mophie. The company--which apparently has yet to build the charger--also offers up other, "luxury" wireless chargers, starting at around $685.00. Dougherty co-founded mophie with Daniel Huang.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2023

In my role as an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often find founders who have such conviction and passion for their new idea, that they can’t believe anyone could challenge it. In fact, leaders are not remembered for their dreams, aspirations, or intentions – they are remembered because they achieved results.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 15, 2021

founder Chet Pipkin stepped down as chief executive at the Playa Vista-based consumer electronics company. Belkin International Inc.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The co-founders of Headspace, Rich Pierson and Andy Puddicombe, are transitioning to become co-executive Chairman of the company. According to Piersen, in a statement, the two co-founders are stepping back to devote more time to philanthropic endeavors.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Through the deal, PepsiCo has agreed to bankroll the first founder-in-residence program from the New York and Los Angeles-based firm, which poached former Techstars Los Angeles managing director Anna Barber to lead its new initiative. The budding venture studio being built inside M13 has signed PepsiCo as its first new corporate partner.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Nick Sampson, co-founder of Gardena-based electric vehicle manufacturer Faraday and Future Inc., resigned on Oct. 30 after calling the company “effectively insolvent.”

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Just weeks after Canoo took the wraps off of its electric vehicle , the Los Angeles-based startup and co-founder Stefan Krause has been accused of gender and marital discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Nine of those became co-founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This blog started from a series of conversations I found myself having over and over again with founders and eventually decided I should just start writing them.It I see founders who think they can be at every conference, advise multiple companies, do side investments in angel deals, leave the office at 6pm and have a balance life.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. Image Credits: Eano CEO and founder Stella Wu / Eano. As more people spent time at home last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup saw its contract revenue spike by 5x, Wu says.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). I like technical founders so this wasn’t an issue.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The former CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based advertising exchange Rubicon Project, Frank Addante, has launched a new, startup investment fund, he announced on Wednesday, saying that after a brief foray into retirement he decided to launch TinkerBarn Ventures, a new startup studio and early stage investment fund.

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MAY 25, 2018

Crilly --the co-founder of RYSE UP and co-founder of NearWoo--has passed away, according to friends and families. He previously was the co-founder of NearWoo (previously known as PageWoo), a Santa Monica startup developer of mobile advertising software for local businesses. Crilly passed away last weekend.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

San Diego-based Founders First Capital Partners , which says it provides "revenue-based" financing to businesses, has raised $100M in a debt financing commitment, the company said this week. The company said the financing comes from Community Investment Management.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Errol Ginsberg, the co-founder of one of Ixia, one of Southern California's most successful startup-to-IPO network equipment manufacturers, has died at the age of 65, according to his obituary. Ginsberg was co-founder and CEO of Ixia, which he took to an IPO in 2000. Ixia was eventually acquired by Keysight Technologies for $1.6

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Startup San Diego

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Startup San Diego team caught up with the 2022 Startup Week Heavyweight Pitch competition winner and Startup Incubator Program Alumni, James Hamet, Founder and CEO of Vistim Labs, to find out how the startup has been doing since the victory and their plans for the future.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which develops customer identification products, including two factor authentication and other related products, has named co-founder Ryan Disraeli as its CEO, the company said on Thursday. Disraeli co-founded TeleSign with Stacy Stubblefield and Darren Berkovitz in 2005.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

In response to VCs’ sudden rush to invest in more Black founders , Black venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have penned a bunch of advice on the best way to tap into talent. Among the strategies? Team up with Black firms already doing the work.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Tony Hsieh , the founder of Zappos--and a big angel investor in Southern California startups-- has died, at the age of 46 , according to Las Vegas media. Details on the death have not been released. Hsieh had made investments in such local Southern California companies as Combatant Gentleman, uBeam, Stir, Quarterly Co.,

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TechEmpower

JULY 12, 2023

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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MAY 15, 2020

Syndio , a developer of software being used by companies to help fix pay inequities in the workplace--and whose co-founder is based in LA--has raised $7.5M Syndio's headquarters are in Seattle, but co-founder and Chief Data Scientist Zev Eigen is based in Los Angeles. in a Series A funding. The company's CEO is Maria Colacurcio.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 7, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 -- LA Female Founder Office Hours. This is the first in a series of Female Founder Office Hours, staffed by female partners from a collective of VC firms. For our first event, we'll be focused on helping seed-stage female founders with their pitches.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018 -- Founder-Only Roundtable ft. Are you the founder of a tech startup? Join Founders Network for one of our intimate roundtable discussions featuring Roger Obando, Co-Founder and CTO of Baker Technologies. Roger Obando.

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MAY 12, 2020

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand says that its founder and CEO, Adam Miller , has stepped away from the company's CEO role, after more than 20 years. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, Miller will become co-chair of Cornerstone's Board of Directors.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

The founder of Los Angeles-based electric car company Faraday Future , Yueting Jia, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy--in a move which will also move Yueting Jia's equity ownership in Faraday Future into a trust for his creditors. According to Faraday Future, the move "will not affect" any of the company's normal business operations.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Jakob vanZyl , the founder and CEO of Hydrosat , one of the companies to emerge out of the 2019 Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator, died last Wednesday , after suffering from a heart attack on August 24th. VanZyl had a 33 year career at JPL, before embarking as a startup founder last year. JPL said that vanZyl was 63.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2020

As an angel investor and a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always disappointed to see founders who seem stressed out most of the time, and more annoyed than energized by the abundance of challenges they see in building their startup. Technology experts tend to have a very deep level of knowledge, but not very wide.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. What is Ad.net?

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 23, 2021

Hollywood-based virtual reality gaming studio ForeVR Games Inc. raised $7 million in additional seed financing to grow its studio and slate of offerings.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Jia Yueting, founder of Gardena-based electric vehicle company Faraday & Future, filed for bankruptcy Oct. 14 to address mounting personal debts.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Peter Adderton , the founder of Boost Mobile , the prepaid cell phone provider now owned by Sprint , is looking to buy back the company for up to $2 billion, according to reports.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The founders of Santa Monica-based TaskUs , CEO Bryce Maddock and President Jaspar Weir, have received a national award as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program, the only Southern California entrepreneurs to gain recognition in the yearly program.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Olivia (Libby) Duane Adams, co-founder and chief advocacy officer at Alteryx (www.alteryx.com) who is based in Irvine. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

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