Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A friend recently asked me to give his startup-minded daughter some advice to help her vet undergraduate entrepreneurial programs. In my role as a Professor of Practice within UC Santa Barbara’s entrepreneurial Technology Management Program (TMP), I have worked with approximately 8,000 students over a ten year period.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. The Funding Problem.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. Testing is what helps determine whether you’re really on to something. Here’s what those VCs (and us entrepreneurs, myself included) didn’t understand: 9 women can’t make a baby in a month. It takes options off of the table.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Stained Glass Labs (SGL), the first Glass and wearable technologies accelerator has launched the world’s first comprehensive app directory and a self-service app publishing portal for Google Glass pre-launched applications. Comprehensive App Directory. SGL says the Comprehensive App Directory launched is a simple 2 step process.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Mickie Rosen: There are a couple of things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Join a startup incubator.

Startup 87

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

It performs "due diligence" before it makes "investments" and it measures results as a "return on its investment.". ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. My pleasure John, thank you for helping us spread the word about our program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Entrepreneur 105

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Small business grants.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Technology Drives Carbon Reduction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. 6) Naval, why does the startup world need AngelList and Venture Hacks? . “As Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. Join a startup incubator.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It helped balance the forces between people trying to create value and create jobs and create companies and people trying to make money from those initiatives. So The Funded had a very large, positive impact on the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.". "I It is a crowdsourced, review portal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Small business grants.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In this article #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys about sustainability, emerging eco tech, and challenges in the ecosystem. Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In this article #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys about sustainability, emerging eco tech, and challenges in the ecosystem. Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

We have numerous candidates in various stages of the interview process including a number reviewing offers. ’m excited about how Hiring Bounty can help us in our continual quest for the best talent.” We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We believe we've come up with a solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We believe we've come up with a solution.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to the Obama administration initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Startup incubators. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. It’s exhausting. Perhaps unsustainable.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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