socalTECH

MAY 7, 2021

According to the startup, led by CEO Goli Ameri, it provides business planning tools, an online community, and other resources for small businesses. The company said Ameri previously served as US Assistant Secretary of State and Under Secretary at the International Red Cross.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

One of the hardest decisions entrepreneurs make when they start a company and raise outside capital is figuring out what an acceptable “burn rate” is. That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management.

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Startup Venture Capital .Net Capital 212

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds.

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Berkonomics

JULY 30, 2015

500 entrepreneur, after years as a senior marketing manager of a large computer company. My First Startup…. never started, nor did my fifth or sixth. It is not today’s screw up that really messes up your business but the one yesterday that you didn’t know about. By Berni Jubb. 500 list at that time.

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.Net Startup Entrepreneur Mentor 120

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. This is where all entrepreneurs have to start. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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Startup Report IBM IBM 98

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. Net Promoter Scores (NPS) are the darling of many Big Dumb Company (BDC) product marketing and customer support executives. Turning Net Promoters Into Net Profits.

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.Net Satisfaction Customer Custom 168

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

As crazy as this scenario sounds, it is very similar to the “scoring process” companies engage in when they track Net Promoter Scores. Net Promoter Scores (NPS) are the darling of many Big Dumb Company (BDC) product marketing and customer support executives. Turning Net Promoters Into Net Profits.

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.Net Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer 182

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. These instincts kill you in a small company, where requiring more resources is a negative.

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Startup Company Companies Training 103

Berkonomics

JANUARY 12, 2023

Some types of businesses generate more and more recurring revenues over time, often growing to a size where recurring revenues pay all of the overhead of the company – an enviable position. There is a phenomenon I have observed time after time with mature companies receiving over 75% of their revenues from recurring sources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2021

The challenge is how to know and exit gracefully when the right time has come, without trauma to either the company or themselves. Whether to return their enterprises to their former glory, or simply save themselves from boredom, these leaders left their company, but then returned with a vengeance. Keep good company.

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Company Companies Tips .Net 164

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up because, “How could they succeed when they’re not even profitable!”

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter.

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Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. the sale of the company for $1 billion.

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Funding Startup Writing Invest 294

Xconomy

JANUARY 4, 2017

Some of my biggest worries are as follows: 1) More restrictive immigration laws will make it even harder for startups (as well as more established companies) to attract and retain the highly skilled workers that they need to be competitive. 3) The re-emphasizing of traditional fossil fuels will be accompanied by new policies.

.Net 63

.Net Competition Startup Help 63

Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2017

From businesses and consumers to politicians and tech industry leaders, the furor over last week’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality can be felt across America. People everywhere are stepping up to show their support for a free and open Internet.

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.Net San Diego Company Companies 58

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. One of them is profitability.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. How about young or pre-revenue companies? We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The financial pain of unplanned delays.

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Venture Capital Product Marketing Resource 296

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item. Trade equity or services for startup help.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She started her business from a personal need.

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Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. These instincts kill you in a small company, where requiring more resources is a negative.

Startup 105

Startup Company Companies Training 105

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2020

Mojave-based Virgin Galactic said on Tuesday that it has now signed up over 400 people for its "One Small Step" program, the first step in reserving tickets on future space flight on the company's space tourism flights, adding to the existing 600 people who have already reserved trips with the company. READ MORE>>.

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.Net Startup Company Companies 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Yahoo IBM IBM 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2022

I tell entrepreneurs that Google was an “exception” to all the investment and startup rules, but I’ve always wondered what it takes to be an exception. Since every business is built by unique individuals, I’m totally convinced that exceptional people are the key to an exceptional company. Technology alone does not make a great company.

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Startup Google Advertising .Net 131

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The passage of the law has unlocked a wave of entrepreneurial energy as startups look to build things that can make money and solve a real problem for the state — and eventually — the nation. The company uses a local nonprofit organization called Chrysalis to build its units. The Culver City, Calif.-based

Los Angeles 191

Los Angeles Startup Culver City .Net 191

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

Startup 84

Startup Technical Review Report IBM 84

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2013

The tool, which lets users analyzing the web traffic from their promotions, lets users click into a map of where users are interacting with their promotions, and get detailed demographics data--household income, education, net worth, neighborhood data, and more--at the street level.

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Tool Startup Template .Net 215

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy. So founders took fewer risks and at the societal level with fewer companies taking fewer expansion risks job creation is weaker.

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Startup Press Blogging .Net 261

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Feedback on this year’s Venture Net has been great. Thanks once again to Venture Net’s sponsors, [.] The event was sold out - almost 500 people in total! Scott Fox and an audience volunteer pick winners for the door prizes. Thanks, Ben!

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

13 of the hottest early stage technology companies in Southern California joined us yesterday for the 13th Annual Venture Net. Presenting companies included: • [.]

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.Net Southern California Equity Technology 100

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. Did we miss your favorite tech company which wouldn't exist without Hollywood?

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Hollywood Technology Company Companies 187

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

Startup 76

Startup Angel Funding .Net 76

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Research is paramount, and sources are everywhere, especially for public companies and large investment firms. Start with the “matrix method.”. You and your advisors, board or partners should start by completing what you can of the matrix shown on this page. Find up to ten likely candidates that fit your business.

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Outsource Development Paramount Outsource Research 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. These instincts kill you in a small company, where requiring more resources is a negative.

Startup 95

Startup Company Companies Training 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

Startup 106

Startup Angel .Net Entrepreneur 106