Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. Just not the kind you would initially read about on TechCrunch. And that’s what I love about her narrative.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

Although sports purists would no doubt quibble about the impact expansion has had on professional sports, most fans agree that the overall talent level has remained relatively constant, despite the significant increase in the number of professional athletes. We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor.

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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. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. But how do you go about pitching your friends? Tap Into Your Network.

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Networking Startup Software Review Conference 82

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Whether your company is a startup or a mature business, the last thing you need in the office is a toxic work culture. Leaders ask for data and do nothing about the problem. Yet, according to a recent study , more than half of tech employees see their current office culture as toxic. Your culture tolerates unacceptable behaviors.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment. What is Pipeline Fellowship about? We like to give women a chance to see and learn all about investing and what it takes to become an angel investor. I’m passionate about women becoming angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

In my perspective as an advisor and mentor to many entrepreneurs, there are a set of basic strategies that can be applied to every startup to dramatically improve the odds of success, no matter what the business domain. For others, it’s all about making money. These measurements should be driven by your values and your company culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. billion dollars of regional GDP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you, and demonstrating your readiness.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2010

The technologies are used to supplement traditional courses, to support full distance learning courses, and to facilitate a variety of other collaborative interactions including virtual office hours, team meetings, professional development, student projects and mentoring and tutoring opportunities. A quote from the Blackboard CEO Michael L.

.Net 49

.Net Education Course Acquisition 49

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you, and demonstrating your readiness.

Startup 65

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you. Executive summary glossy.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you. Marty Zwilling.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

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. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Customer 113

Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Net Promoter Score. Conversion Rate. Free Product Metrics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

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. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

I do not advocate that you perform unnatural acts in an attempt to make your company more advantageous to venture funding. LOCATION: I Wish They All Could Be California Companies. Despite the fact that we never moved, both companies were successful. all of which continue to thrive in Santa Barbara to this day.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In many cases, before the sale is complete, you’ll also measure your cost per lead (CPL) as in-between step in order to collect data about the user to remarket to them. See what other startup mentors have to say about marketing tactics. Net Promoter Score. Conversion Rate. Free Product Metrics.

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. The new fund is focused entirely on technology companies.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

Startup 113

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

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. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2010

I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be the other way around. More importantly, as a parent or mentor, what should you advise young potential entrepreneurs about getting an MBA? What’s different about the entrepreneurial environment?

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Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Education Social Network 60

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

“While most angel groups don’t post a list of members, they do publicize the companies they’ve funded on their websites,” says Richard Sudek, a member of Tech Coast Angels , a group in southern California whose members invested about $6.2 “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.”

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Working with professional athletes combined with my natural leadership ability and experience in business development makes me uniquely suited to lead a technology company in the health and fitness industry. Our team is very well-rounded, so we don’t worry too much about the competition. Have you raised any funding yet?

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. KickStarter?

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Successful startups are all about the execution.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Equity Incubator 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

As by now you likely know they had a brief discussion about public markets including about whether Uber should go public. Dan asked Fred about “generational change” at USV and in the VC industry more broadly. But there was another element that was very subtle and nicely handled that I’d like to expand upon.

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Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Successful startups are all about the execution.

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Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America shifted about three years ago to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34. Angel investor. Interim executive.

Startup 98

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. Most surprisingly, according to a report from the Kauffman Foundation , the highest rate of entrepreneurship in America has already shifted to the 55–64 age group, with people over 55 almost twice as likely to found successful companies than those between 20 and 34.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Successful startups are all about the execution.

Invest 73

Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Successful startups are all about the execution.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. With the current difficult economic times, when companies fold, merge or cut back, more workers of all ages find themselves in search of new jobs.

Mentor 75

Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Successful startups are all about the execution.

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Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 87