Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Given these, Mehta outlines five specific steps to get started and stay ahead of the game, which I agree are essential and have paraphrased here: Be open to new opportunities and options. It has to start long before that, with a mindset event that drives a real change in behavior.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. According to Investopedia , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave will start trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as DAVE, starting Thursday, January 6th, after stockholders of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III approved the deal to merge with Dave in a SPAC deal.

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MAY 20, 2021

The company starts trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCOR. Carpinteria-based construction management software developer Procore Technologies priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 9,470,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $67.00

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JULY 23, 2021

per share, and will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. Irvine-based fitness brand owner Xponential Fitness, which owns such fitness brands as Club Pilates, Pure Barre, and YogaSix, said last night that it has priced its initial public offering (IPO). The company is trading under the symbol XPOF.

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MARCH 25, 2021

VIZIO will start trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VZIO. Irvine-based VIZIO priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 12,250,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 The price is at the low end of its earlier estimated IPO range of $21.00

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Snap has started taking pre-orders for the pricey glasses, capable of capturing 3D content, for the price of only $380. The company is still selling the last generation of its glasses, its Spectacles 2, starting at $150. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

As a result of that win, Google has started stripping functionality from its speakers, rather than pay Sonos for licensing. Santa Barbara-based smart speaker maker Sonos has scored a major win in its patent efforts, winning a patent infringement case it had filed against Google.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Self driving vehicle developer Waymo --a spinout of Alphabet, the parent company of Google--said on Monday morning that it has started to explore how autonomous vehicles "might fit into LA's dynamic transportation environment". Waymo did not say what that means for the possibility of its self driving cars hitting the Los Angeles streets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Start your own small business. Starting a new and innovative business is not a highly structured process, and finding time for structured learning is unlikely. There is no better way to broaden your perspective and understand realities than to work in an environment where motivations are positive.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

IKEA has started selling a new line of speakers it devleoped in conjunction with Santa Barbara-based Sonos this week, including an oddly shaped, dual "speaker lamp", the SYMFONISK. According to IKEA, the new lamp is the "best sounding lamp in the world" and combines both a smart, Wi-Fi speaker and a light.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Back in 2001, I started my 3rd company out of my 3rd bedroom in my newly rented townhome on the beach after separating from my oldest son’s mother. I started to sweat. As I approached it, I felt my leg start to twitch. The post When Your Legs Start Shaking, Just Keep Talking appeared first on Eric Greenspan.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Amazon has apparently started selling used Bird scooters on its website today, through the "Amazon Renewed" program. Tired of using public, on-demand scooters? Want your own Bird scooter? The scooters--Bird's ES1-300--are also available new, however, the used versions are being sold for just $289.99.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Curisium, a Manhattan Beach–based start-up company that allows health care systems and biotech firms to contract through blockchain technology, has raised $3.5 million from investors, officials announced Thursday.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

A very credible starting point is the classic book “ Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success ” by Dan Schawbel, managing partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm. But the time to start is now. Don’t let other people be winners at your expense.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

But where can a total newbie get started? Here, we'll offer a quick overview of how you can start your own podcast for free (or at least, as cheaply as possible). Above all, don't start a podcast hoping to get rich quick. The post How to Start a Podcast appeared first on Tech.co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Starting many things, but completing few. Get in the habit of finishing what you start. Usually the stress people feel does not really come from having too much to do, but from having to make decisions on what to do first, and not setting reasonable targets. Productivity is all about the ability to complete tasks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

Thus I’m suggesting that you do your due diligence carefully, and pick the right idea before you start. In fact, from painful experience, every real entrepreneur I know could probably add at least one item to this list of reality-check items.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons.&# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Tags: Start-up Advice startup.

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AllTopStartups

JULY 27, 2021

One of the first and most daunting questions every entrepreneur faces is “how much does it cost to start a business?” Every… The post How Much Does It Cost to Start a Business? ” And the truth is, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. A Complete Guide appeared first on AllTopStartups.

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MARCH 28, 2017

San Diego-based Raken , the software startup backed by Rincon Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, and Spider Capital, said this morning that it has joined Facebook's Start Accelerate program. The Facebook program helps startup with scaling and integrating Facebook into their applications.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2020

The loans became available on Friday and SVB only started issuing loans on Tuesday of the following week. When asked when SVB first made the loan applications available, the company said it started this morning. Even by the standards of other financial services firms, the Silicon Valley Bank response was slow.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Thursday, February 14, 2019 -- TCVN Legal Program #2: IP Protection Strategies For Start-Ups. TCVN now features four educational tracks in four specific areas.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Irvine-based satellite developer Tyvak said this morning tht its Tyvak-0130 satellite has been successfully been delivering thousands of images taken from orbit.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Snap started selling its signature sunglasses online over the weekend, offering up the popular glasses for $129.99, for delivery in 2-4 weeks. Tired of chasing after the latest sighting of a Snap v129ending machine for your own pair of Spectacles, the company's sunglasses, which can be used to automatically post to Snapchat?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

In an unprecedented surge in startup support activity in Los Angeles this morning, another venture startup accelerator, Start Engine , formally launched this morning, applying the accelerator model to startup in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019 -- Global LAVA: Investing in Israeli Start-Ups. Panelists: Liron Brish - CEO of Farm Dog; Liat Sade-Sternberg - CEO of fuse.it; Guy Katsovich, co-founder of Fusion LA. See [link] (more)

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

announced strong fourth-quarter results, but said that it expected disappointing revenue numbers in the first quarter of 2021.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based CIM Group , a real estate developer, says it has started on construction of what will be one of the largest permitted solar parks in the world. According to the company, the company's new development, in western Fresno and Kings Counties, could grow to be as large as more than 2,700 megawatts (2.7

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JULY 3, 2020

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article on Navigating Turbulent Business Seas: Personal Liability Risks of Directors of Financially Stressed Start-Ups from Michael Sherman, Neil Elan and Karine Akopchikyan at Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP (www.stubbsalderton.com). earlier this year. READ MORE>>

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 20, 2017

When you provide value to someone, that person will tell their friends and their network will start reaching out to you. When we first met, we were not thinking about starting a company or anything, rather we were just having a good time chatting and brainstorming some ideas. There is no better network builder than providing value.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 5, 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 -- How to Raise Capital for your Start Up. This will be an opportunity to learn about the fundraising process from our expert panel and to learn about their real life experiences starting and funding their companies. Are you a Founder or Entrepreneur looking to raise money for your startup?

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MAY 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based content delivery network provider NetDNA announced this morning that its MaxCDN content delivery network has started to accept Bitcoin as payment. According to NetDNA, it starts accepting payment via Bitcoin today to meet the needs of developers.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based food alternative developer Soylent has rolled out a new chatbot, called "Trish", and started accepting Bitcoin from its customers.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Cylance said the deal came about after Toshiba Group started installing CylancePROTECT internally, with an in-house deployment on approximately 5,500 endpoints. CylancePROTECT is Cylance's software for detecting and preventing malware attacks, using machine learning, rather than signatures.

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MAY 21, 2013

Santa Monica-based Enervee , the online energy-efficiency and product shopping service, which makes it easy for consumers to compare the energy usage of consumer electronics products and household appliances while shopping, has started integrating Amazon product offers.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -- Start-Up Options for Rapid Development, Funding, and Commercialization. Have you heard of accelerators, incubators, angles, and other resources for rapid development, funding, and growth of your start-up? Is VC funding the only way to develop and grow your company?

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