InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. Unfortunately, most business books do not offer entrepreneurs an adequate payoff. The short version of my review is: “Enchanting? For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.”

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” Nail the solution.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” Nail the solution.

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars-Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. Applications are due by the end of the day Friday, January 8th.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The idea is to have a partnership between Cedars Sinai and Techstars, where we select ten healthcare startup companies focused on innovative technology and care delivery in healthcare. Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. Applications are due by the end of the day Friday, January 8th.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Neither breakthrough technology nor maximum features will assure that “if we build it, they will come.” Nail the solution.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

After struggling to create your business plan for months, every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational and will reach someone who is smart enough to see the brilliance of the idea, intuitive enough to recognize their business acumen, and enthusiastic enough to offer the money required to make it happen.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Bockerstette, Main Street Venture Fund As I outlined last week, trophy angel investors are always looking for trophy entrepreneurs. In many areas, not enough entrepreneurs meet the criteria, so it’s still a buyer’s market. There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners. By Joseph A. Proposition.

Funding 106

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. He reminded us many times that he is not perfect and 86% of ideas fail. Chatting with someone live doesn’t need to be tech support. I resisted.

Metrics 87

Metrics Email Startup Technical Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. Actually numbers and locations are just the beginning. The challenge is to find the right angel for your, and for your situation.

Angel 102

Angel Keiretsu Organization Template 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and professional investors will throw money at you. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. A large percentage of startups never apply to either.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A look around technology industry, perhaps the heart of the global revolution, shows a happily working international community all pushing for the common goal of innovation. Even investors and experienced founders are caught in the same net as recently educated graduates looking to build companies. Take the U.S. and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Al is a repeat entrepreneur, who last founded Integrien, and was SVP and GM at LowerMyBills. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. The net-net, is they want to simplify their lives, and we've given them an application that allows them to simplify their life, save money, and share.

Mobile 168

Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t. What has been exciting is the ripple effect of putting 10 angels-in-training and 10 women social entrepreneurs together in the same room.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization.

Angel 48

Angel Keiretsu Startup Template 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Don’t believe the urban myth that you can sketch your idea on a napkin, and people will throw money at you. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to the Obama administration initiatives on alternative energy and technology. Of course, there are pros and cons to each of these.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Often times, in the world of cell phones and high tech software, you don't know the challenges throughout the process of creating a product. Every company that did try it or buy it gave rave reviews, and said that this was what they wanted. So, we decided we needed to do something to get to the right people who need the product.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. I believe this is wrong.

Venture Capital 329

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 329

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. 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.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285