socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Poway-based Cohu said late Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Kita Manufacturing Co LTD , a Japanese companies that develops products used in electronics manufacturing. 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.

Company 100

Company Companies .Net Design 100

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

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. The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. You may have leverage when you DO need to fund raise. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”).

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. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. Where was the technology for this developed? Let's talk about the recent funding round?

USC 100

USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2009

Camarillo-based Power-One , a developer of power supplies and related products, said late Thursady that the firm has agreed to a $60M investment from investment firm Silver Lake Sumeru. The firm said it will use the funding to restructure its debt, plus for working capital and strategic initiatives.

Silver Lake 100

Silver Lake .Net Equity Invest 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Self-funding from your savings is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you have it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

S**t’s About to Get Real Herb Scannell is teaming up with mitú’s founder & president Beatriz Acevedo who oversees content production, talent development and social impact. workers who are paying taxes into economy that fund their retirement plans. How about your largest increases in car sales? billion to finance US startups.)

Media 269

Media Content Course Technical Review 269

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. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. This is where all entrepreneurs have to start.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. We’re not looking for business development people, we’re looking for product guys.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

You can also use this space to keep track of innovators (R&D personnel) and rainmakers (sales & marketing personnel). This section of your Venture Value Scorecard should summarize the important advances you have made recently in research and product development. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

.Net 89

.Net Metrics Competition Template 89

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. Do you really want to spent $100k building a product to discover through Customer Development that the market is too small? ’ Our Net Income will be $40 million.&#. 66% Net Operating Margins? They are not just for fund raising. Do so at your peril.

Web 2.0 334

Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. If the bottom is minus $400K, add a 25% buffer, and ask for $500K funding. Cash flow is king.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. The logic behind all these features is millions of lines of code, and cost millions of dollars to develop and maintain.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. If the bottom is minus $400K, add a 25% buffer, and ask for $500K funding. Cash flow is king.

Startup 95

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. The logic behind all these features is millions of lines of code, and cost millions of dollars to develop and maintain.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

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. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast.

Startup 108

Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

A simple example might be a mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. The logic behind all these features is millions of lines of code, and cost millions of dollars to develop and maintain.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Too bad, as the initial funding round has increased over 4,000 times in value, making a $250,000 investment worth more than $1,100,000,000. Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. s/w sales vs real-world fulfillment of a service). . Nope, that’s not a typo. If so, not a great fit.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Email Invest Services 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. If the bottom is minus $400K, add a 25% buffer, and ask for $500K funding. Cash flow is king.

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A simple example might be mortgage calculator to add to your real estate sales site. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. The logic behind all these features is millions of lines of code, and cost millions of dollars to develop and maintain.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

The deal also includes a $175 million deferred payment due in 2019 and $850 million in downstream payouts tied to regulatory and sales targets. The program, “Boardroom Ready,” is funded in part by LifeSci Advisors , the investor relations firm that sparked a furor by hiring female models to mingle at its J.P. Morgan party.

Pricing 40

Pricing Thousand Oaks Startup Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

The fitness professional network develops business tools that make it easier for fitness professionals to run their businesses and keep their clients engaged between training sessions. Sergey’s diverse experience as an entrepreneur, technology consultant and software executive qualifies him to lead amSTATZ’s technology development.

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

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. Our CTO, Vladamir, the head of our engineering and core development team, went and formed his own garage R&D company.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Level 1 & 2 Burden is still on the developers, you still have infrastructure. It's funny. Server and client in Java.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

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. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you. Next comes sales volume by channel. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. If the bottom is minus $400K, add a 25% buffer, and ask for $500K funding. Cash flow is king.

Startup 60

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 60

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate. What we've been working on is developing a system that allows users to access all of their conversations in a single location. Finally, how are you funded? It's a real loss of productivity.

Email 113

Email Yahoo Startup Google 113

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. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

Stickam 60

Stickam Content Draper Web 60

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. Monopoly is a great training ground to develop rudimentary cash management skills. Hands On Learning. Monopoly is no different.

Entrepreneur 216

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Paramount 216

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. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Its like a match made in heaven.

Stickam 40

Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

A number of international versions were developed soon after its initial release, but America has consistently remained the bastion of Monopoly’s popularity. Monopoly is a great training ground to develop cash management skills. Often, these funds are all that sustain a player and allow them to remain in the game.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Training Startup 154