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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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fact, research by Fundable shows that less than one percent of all startups are funded by venture capital and angel investors. You need a business degree to start a venture today. The real value of a college education is in learning how to learn, since markets and business models are changing so fast.

Startup 72

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. So explain where you are now with the taking your technology to market?

Startup 100

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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. Join a startup incubator. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

Although it may seem counter-intuitive, angel investors and venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for solutions that are already complete, with some real market traction, that need funding to be scaled to a large market, with potential for rapid growth and a large return. Industry specific VCs may jump in at this stage.

Research 57

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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. Join a startup incubator. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

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. Join a startup incubator. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

Entrepreneur 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Branding / Marketing / Publicity marketing, PR, publicity. . Why cater to a market that makes you eat ramen when you can slap on a suit and get budget for sushi? Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. .

Guide 69

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We also have companies where space is not the only commercial market for them. Space is just another harsh environment, but their primary market is commercialization terrestrially. Quite a few of our companies are, in the near term, going to market commercially in parallel with their space applications. Thanks, and good luck!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

According to my experience and 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. Join a startup incubator. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. Julie Edge, who received a grant from The Kauffman Foundation to conduct the first study on cofounder relationships. Kaviani believes Silicon Beach is an important market and a long term place for CoFoundersLab to develop relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

He told TechZulu,”I figured the market could do with some alternatives.” I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013. ” Here is the interview in full.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I went to school at Babson, back East, and majored in finance and entrepreneurial studies. I've been engaged in about thirty startups, anywhere from in incubators, being an angel investor, to leading the charge. I've never had a proper job, and have been on one gear, building businesses, for a very long time. more) READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

It’s been a short, but action packed few months since we were introduced to The Immunity Project ‘s goal to “develop a free vaccine for HIV/AIDS” The organization’s aptly named Twitter handle is @hackHIV and they’re the second nonprofit organization ever to be backed by Bay Area Incubator, Y-Combinator (YC).

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