socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Cohua said it would pay $15M in cash for Kita, funded out of its cash reserves and through assumption of operating debt of $2.6M net of cash acquired. Kita designs, manufactures and sells spring probe contacts used in final test contactors, probe cards, PCB test boards and connectors.

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Company Companies .Net Design 100

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

These are companies like the recent Y Combinator graduates Homestead and Rent the Backyard and United Dwelling, which has just raised $10 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Alpha Edison. ” Instead, Dietz and the architecture firm Modative collaborated on a new design for a pre-fabricated house.

Los Angeles 191

Los Angeles Startup Culver City .Net 191

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So her wedding story had a happy ending.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, or an inadequate revenue model. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

Sales 102

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 102

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

I think this is a perfect way to think about the world when you’re designing your product / company. Quite honestly I see way too many company pitches that are designed for Techies but I only want to invest in products designed for Normals. I covered this a bit in my post about the market definition slide in fund raising.

Product 348

Product Startup Design Blogging 348

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. Another popular method to establish valuation for any company is to search for similar companies that have recently received funding.

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Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The idea for the funding program, called Safe Genes, is to get out ahead of problems that could bring the field to a screeching halt. He praised DARPA for looking to fund “safety first, rather than jumping to fund unsafe work with only a handful of potential applications.” Some see it as a way to eradicate malaria.)

Research 111

Research Technical Review Conference Software Review 111

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually). Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs. Most share expertise as well as money.

Angel 106

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 23, 2018

She began to design jewelry herself and after interacting with retailers she says she saw an opportunity to transform how fine jewelry is marketed and sold to consumers. And, for the most part, the industry has operated much the same as it always has, she says.

Design 80

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

That means, if you do a test in a single laboratory, you can get the designation of a lab developed test, which is regulated under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment, part of Medicare. Let's talk about the recent funding round? The onus for us is really about the technical validation of the assay.

USC 100

USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

John Ellis: If you're a buyer looking for original artwork beyond what you can get at a big box retailer, such as an interior designer, or if you're looking for affordable original art, you can come into our site and purchase original artwork through the site, directly from photographers. How is the company funded?

Westlake Village 164

Westlake Village Yahoo Commerce Social Network 164

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

Very few Southern California startups make it from seed funding all the way up through an IPO, and rarely do they do so with their original founder. One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May.

Truecar 209

Truecar Entrepreneur Southern California .Net 209

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Fund it yourself (bootstrapping) and do-it-yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fund raising, and have full control of their destiny. Marty Zwilling.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Fund it yourself (bootstrapping) and do-it-yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fund raising, and have full control of their destiny. Marty Zwilling.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

Sales 97

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 97

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Fund-it-yourself (bootstrapping) and do-it-yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fundraising, and have full control of their destiny. Personalize a simple web site.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

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. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. The most common failures are solutions looking for a problem, lack of a defined market, and giving away the product. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

Sales 98

Sales Customer Custom Outsource 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Customize your website using one of the tools above, selecting one of the standard templates for design and layout. Fund it yourself (bootstrapping) and do it yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fund raising, and have full control of their destiny. Marty Zwilling.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer? is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. Another popular method to establish valuation for any company is to search for similar companies that have recently received funding.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform. Interesting term used in a ZD Net article - Platform as a Service (PaaS) Unfortunately, Peter sells the promise and ignores the reality.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We were contemplating one of the problems we had all faced, which was when we designed a project, the issue was that it usually never got done on time. Dipanshu Sharpa: My third company raised a ton of money from venture funds--$26M--and I what I didn't want to do is to raise a lot of money and have lots of people.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer? is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer? is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Stickam 40

Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

.” Founded in 2007 by Ravishanker and a small group of computer science graduates from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and Harvard University, CallFire has achieved just under $10 million in sales, is profitable and has built that substantial user base–all without venture funding.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

In one of the posts I spoke about how the size and vintage of funds might affect you when you’re raising money. This led Roy Rodenstein (whose company Going.com was sold to AOL ) and others to discuss , what happens when VC’s need to invest across multiple funds. invested again) in Fund 2.

Invest 226

Invest Venture Capital Funding .Net 226

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. AudioMicro - Are you a composer, publisher, songwriter, musician, independent band, sound designer, or audio engineer? is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. million under management across three funds.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. Another popular method to establish valuation for any company is to search for similar companies that have recently received funding.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

Even though the game is hypercompetitive by design, your child will likely play with the same basic group of family and friends. In addition to the Luxury Tax board space, there are also Chance cards that require you to pay a percentage of your net worth in taxes. Monopoly is no different.

Entrepreneur 216

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Paramount 216

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. Its like a match made in heaven. .

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

Yet along with “authenticity” they are two of the key attributes I look for when I meet with companies I may consider funding one day. This is how Upfront Ventures came to fund Tristan Walker – one of the most talented and passionate entrepreneurs with whom we work whose new company is called Bevel. And we did.

Startup 419

Startup Entrepreneur Design Funding 419