Berkonomics

JULY 17, 2014

Sometimes, you will have an opportunity to present to several levels of an investor organization, from first prescreening, to a screening session with many present, to the final meeting of the members or partners. Plan to incorporate the appropriate responses to earlier questions in the presentation to avoid those being repeated.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

Even the organization''s lexicon reinforces its startup mindset. Rather, the organization provides ongoing support of its "portfolio," including strategic planning, recruitment of Board members and public relations expertise. I am curious as to A Better Chicago''s origin and how the organization differs from traditional non-profits.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” sites ( Kickstarter ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. But I have to catch a flight to New York for a two-day computer vision conference and 2 board meetings, 2 board dinners and a catch up with my LPs to tell them how our fund is going.

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. The importance of screening this film is to raise the awareness of bias within men!”

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Venture Capital Examples Screening Help 256

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Organovo had built a thriving business under Murphy as a contract research organization, enabling big pharmaceutical companies to screen on pea-sized sample of 3D-printed liver cells. In a related initiative, Organovo began moving to develop larger “patches” of 3D-printed human liver tissue for potential use in transplantation in.

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Outsource Development San Diego Sample Screening 49

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Michele Ruiz: BiasSync provides a solution for companies, state and federal agencies, school districts, and organizations to assess and manage unconscious bias in the workplace. You have to have at least fifty people in an organization, because the reason is we provide anonymized, aggregated data. What is BiasSync?

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. We can unequivocally say this has started to work in the companies that we have funded since this clause was inserted. The idea came from a full-day session we held last year at Upfront.

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Venture Capital Coach Ideas Startup 284

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

We can help you organize video on demand and pay-per-view offerings. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. How is the company funded? Patrick Kennedy: We've had fantastic funding from a venture capital firm called Mobile Media Ventures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” tools ( ProFounder ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

If you’ve read any of my ongoing series on fund raising from venture capitalist (episode 1?— ?controlling If the questions aren’t organically flowing you have “pocket slides” after the main deck you can pull out to share more information or analysis. Maybe they even help you meet other partners?

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Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. I told him that he needed to ship product before we could fund it. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang. I LOVED the first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. This organization claims to be the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Startup Seed Funding 86

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Is there a screening process or criteria for firms to use the facilities? They screen and score companies based on their application, and if that looks good, they come in for a face-to-face interview. CommNexus is the parent organization for EvoNexus. After your success at DivX, what led you to get involved here?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. Keiretsu Forum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. This organization claims to be the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

” And even the venerable Fred Wilson weighed in with how people “ leading vs. following ” in funding rounds play different roles and have different skills. AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. So there you have it. Must be doing something right!

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space. This organization claims to be the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

CapLinked , a secure enterprise sharing and storage provider, today has announced a new round of funding totaling $3.5 You can’t just go into the vault, you need permission, be screened and supervised when you’re in there,” said Jackson. It complements other tech you are using. Not trying to be box, dropbox, or sharepoint.

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Doc Invest Screening Capital 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I’ve always subscribed to the “call high” philosophy of sales where you hope that your initial entry into any organization is the highest level at which you can usefully be introduced. They continue to take meetings with entrepreneurs but they never fund anything (because they can’t).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

We had been talking with another of their companies, the GoBig network, which is a membership organization of investors and entrepreneurs. We have a business plan and private placement on that site, and recently started searching for investors to raise the funds we needed to go into production, and start marketing and sales.

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Startup Sites Patents Outsource Development 252

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

According to the founders, Contur is a virtual assistant that sorts and organizes your emails automatically. Any funding yet? Yes, we’re powered by a seed round, and funding from Start Engine LA. Once we have enough samples, and our organizer is fairly good in organizing everyone’s email, then we’ll announce our business plan.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. Someone has to do the heavy lifting of advocating, organizing, and building enthusiasm about your company within their Angel group. LeisureLink, Inc., How did we do it?

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Pasadena Angels Startup 40

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

He is surrounded by computer screens and high-end equipment that uses software-controlled robotics to carry out various tasks, such as a line of mechanical pipettes distributing liquid mixtures into vials. Its investors include Y Combinator, Viking Global, Felicis Ventures, and OS Fund.

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Design San Diego Customer Custom 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 3-6 month program had several hundred applications from all over the country and abroad vying for the chance of $21,000 in initial funding, office space, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities with other startups. Forget the second screen, play and interact with video content today. Founded by L.A.’s

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Voila, you’re funded! In the best case, getting funded can take months, and in the worst, you might end your quest without a single signed term sheet. Here are my 3 tips to get you from searching to funded while staying sane! The more you organize in advance, the better your chances of startup fundraising success.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That users get the PIN code, enters it into the registration screen, and if they typed in the right code, they can complete registration and get access to all of what a service provider gives them. I was sitting on the board at LiveOffice, which was funded by Summit Partnres, and was just sold to Symantec two weeks ago.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

I’m not arguing that no screening is required. And when we didn’t ship product on time, didn’t get the biz dev deals we wanted competed, didn’t get our market messages out and the founder says, “sorry, I had too many other priorities – like fund raising” they know it will fall on deaf ears with me. But here’s the thing.

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Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Saturday evening, the night before software was to be submitted, the first and third floors of ROC were filled with people clustered into small groups all staring intently at their computer screens. Microsoft , MySpace , WIX and Nokia all joined the Sponsors list by providing funds and products to distribute as awards.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Because of that, we figure we wouldn''t have to bill organizer fees. Our organizers would saywe never have received a bill, and those people would sign up. A couple of years ago, there were some FCC rule changes to the Universal Service Fund, how has that impacted your business? It seems to work all the time.

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Conference Startup Services Networking 100

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

She will regale attendees with practical stories from her storied tech past, as well as tips and advice for people looking to “hire with vision, breed creativity and ambition in your organization, and harness unparalleled power and influence under your leadership.” Ray Dalio, Chairman of Bridgewater Associates.

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Startup Google Case Study Entertainment 70

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

The Angel funding process can be arduous. And, yes, I know newly minted Facebook and Zynga millionaires are sprinkling money around, but they can’t fund everything. A number of individual PA and TCA members have been doing this, but it’s not yet an organized effort. The problem will get solved.

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Angel Pasadena Angels Venture Capital Pasadena 49

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

A member of the Young Presidents Organization YPO – since 2003. The ZunguZ advanced patent pending social fraud screening algorithms, combine the same level of your banks security with a social fraud screening layer. ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13).

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Saturday evening wrapped up with Avesta Rasouli (Co-founder of Coloft and LASW Co-organizer) playing the LASW Saturday evening ritual of Alec Baldwin’s famous scene in “Glengarry Glen Ross” — Coffee is for Closers, go Sell something! Throughout Coloft, there are pieces of art (and stickers) around this theme.

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. They need to believe that you can lead an organization effectively, and that you will listen to and internalize advice when they give it to you.”. Quit Exaggerating. Non-Verbals Speak Volumes.

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Tips Help Slides Technical Review 70

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. When raising money, you look to meet with people using your network.

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Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200