Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

Summarizing income statements with a line for revenues, cost of revenue, general and administrative expenses, sales and other direct costs – all leading to net income, would satisfy the legal requirement for statement of income and expense. Requirements created by investment documents.

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Class Course Report Competition 120

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 7, 2009

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it.

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Southern California Software Development Software Develop 150

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

The issue with most companies that I saw, is that they are outside of technology, and they just don't have access to the traditional funding sources like angels and venture capitalists. All of those companies already raise capital, they just don't use the traditional venture capital and angel ecosystem. That's all they need.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). And assuming they both had the same net profit margins (profit / revenue) then the former company would be much better off at the end of the year. For example, look at the following graph. The example chart is not actually atypical.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. An example would be negotiating free office space by agreeing to support the computer systems for all the other office tenants.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

Summarizing income statements with a line for revenues, cost of revenue, general and administrative expenses, sales and other direct costs – all leading to net income, would satisfy the legal requirement for statement of income and expense.

Class 202

Class Report Competition .Net 202

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. ,

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Zenvoy (www.zenvoy.com) is looking to change that, with a service that helps match professionals with one-on-one networking. I actually graduated from grad school, and came back to Los Angeles. For example, they might decide to introduce people who are left handed and like the color blue.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. An example would be negotiating free office space by agreeing to support the computer systems for all the other office tenants.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

For example, look at the following graph. For example, if you sell your product through a third-party reseller who charges 30% of any sale then your COGS will be 30% of revenue (assuming no other costs of sales). The example chart is not actually atypical. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 Not necessarily.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. An example would be negotiating free office space by agreeing to support the computer systems for all the other office tenants.

Startup 113

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Thus, cast your research net beyond VC-backed companies to fully understand a school’s ability to foster viable businesses. Also, be sure to evaluate the veracity of the startup alumni network – look for examples in which alumni assisted startups as advisors, investors, etc. Are funds available to invest in student businesses?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

In reality, only 3 out of 100 companies who apply are successful with Angels, and the success rate with VCs is even lower. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Angel investors.

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Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Take little to no net profit.

Organization 111

Organization Startup Summary Entrepreneur 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

They are your route to angel money. People need access to angels and VCs. But all too frequently people send angels & VCs too many unqualified intros. My belief – unless you know the VC really well (you’re a portfolio company of theirs, for example) I’d always ask for permission first.

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Email Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 359

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr., Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. ,

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

For today's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Swagbucks (www.swagbucks.com), an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency in exchange for searching the Internet, as well as other activities. Swagbucks in on its way to hitting $20M in annual revenues, and has bootstrapped since its founding.

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Startup Sites Web Entertainment 266

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a recent book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. ,

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

In reality, only 3 out of 100 companies who apply are successful with Angels, and the success rate with VCs is even lower. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Angel investors.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind. Thats not Los Angeles. RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. Super-angel investors (micro-VCs). Could your startup be the next one? Frothy startup valuations.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Take little to no net profit.

Equity 96

Equity Startup Summary Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a new book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. In my view, savvy “super angel” investors such as Mike Maples, Jr. , Marty Zwilling.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

Venture Capital 311

Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. USA Angel Investment Network.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. He published a book with Ron Porter on the subject, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject.

Tips 96

Tips Startup Summary Entrepreneur 96

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping you growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Angel investors. If you are looking for $25,000 to $250,000, the next step is to tap into a local angel network. Of course, there are pros and cons to each of these.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Everyone knows what it means to have a “dot-com”, and most people have heard of a “dot-net” and a “dot-org.” For example, Harley Davidson now has to snap up “harleydavidson.motorcycles” in addition to harleydavidson.com.

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Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

See Five Things Meme as an example. as an example. I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. I have to say that it has netted far more than I would have thought. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. event I did last fall.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88