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. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She started her business from a personal need.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2019

La Jolla-based biopharmaceuticals startup Inhibrx has just filed for an IPO, saying in an S-1 filing that it is looking to raise up to $74.75M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market. The company reported a net loss of $31.02M in 2018 on revenues of $8.5M; the company's current revenue stream includes both license fees and grants.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. The report was compiled by research firm Colaborative Economics.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

It’s the key to growing a successful business and is a theme the Steve Blank plays up a lot. Be a mensch – the world is small than you think and bad karma will catch up to you “We’re in a very small community. You need to keep your relationships up.&#. I agree whole heartedly. Sounds kind of obvious.

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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. This transfers well to startups, and should give you an advantage. Never cover your a$$.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

You’d be forgiven, then, for assuming the city is seeing a net loss of tech workers. But, you’d be wrong, according to a new report out from LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s April report on the state of the U.S. And, as it turns out, reports of Silicon Valley’s destination demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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Xconomy

JULY 2, 2019

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. [ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

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 less than half the rate of 15 years ago. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2011

A new study compiled by the University of Southern California tallies up $380M raised in capital by USC spinouts in the last three years, and a 15 year total of $800M raised by 39 startups with roots at the school. READ MORE>>.

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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. A target market is the group of customers that the startup plans to attract through marketing and sales their product or service. Target market. Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Have impeccable manners and flair.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2023

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Understanding culture is paramount, but measuring results is even better.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list.

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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. This transfers well to startups, and should give you an advantage. Never cover your a$$.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

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 of 15 years ago. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

In the classic book, “ Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet the Needs of the Modern Buyer ,” top marketing consultant Carlos Hidalgo updates the old guidelines on how to set up demand generation processes, keep them current, and measure results. Understanding culture is paramount, but measuring results is even better.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

I knew eventually people would realize that the Kauffman Report and all the talk of VC returns were rear-view mirror analyses. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. University Endowments. Foundations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

According to the firm's filing, filed late Friday, the firm is looking to raised up to $125M in its IPO. According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M in the first six months of 2010.

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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. This transfers well to startups, and should give you an advantage. Never cover your a$$.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

The sad truth is that cash flow surprises kill many startups, even though they should have been adequately funded to survive. Your startup may be profitable, but broke. You can make profits without making any money, since the first priority of most startups is to reinvest everything back into the business for growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. This concentration is partly due to natural causes – successful startups spawn other successful startups. It is also somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 10, 2014

This type of funding is great for startup companies, refinancing existing loans, and financing for growth, mergers and acquisitions. This may be attractive to a company that has stretched its credit limits with vendors and has reached its lending capacity at the bank – or a for possibly a startup company without adequate financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

In the new business world, many entrepreneurs are so excited with large initial orders that they don’t anticipate the cash flow challenges that can quickly kill their startup. Your startup may be profitable, but broke. Fluctuating sales means more inventory is required to cover the ups and downs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

In a book on this subject from a while back, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Everyone looks for “rapport talk” rather than “report talk.” Of course, it will never happen if you don’t start or don’t believe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

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. This transfers well to startups, and should give you an advantage. Never cover your a$$.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Al Gore, by just talking about it, still seems to be leading the way in monetization, having amassed an estimated net worth reported recently as around $300 million. Thus I offer some practical strategies if you are looking for direction or the best place to start: Look for opportunities to increase recycling and reuse.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. The post Startup Pricing: Are You Selling A Giffen Product? Image: Wikimedia Terence Ong.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Especially in the early days of your startup, when you’re often only months from running out of money, hiring the wrong person can be disastrous. And if, like us, you spend the first six months of your startup under a rock, your social capital may begin to dry up. 4 Ways Startups Can Structure Job Interviews to Avoid Bias.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

To augment and overcome physical distance, we are starting to use drones, virtual reality, and driverless cars. Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Everyone looks for “rapport talk” rather than “report talk.” Of course, it will never happen if you don’t start or don’t believe.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So pervasive has this thinking become that on several occasions startup companies with profitable & fast growing services businesses have come to me wanting to show me the product businesses they created internally to see whether they would be financeable or whether they might be able to create “spin outs&# that could be financed.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

One of the startups which is looking to tap into that growing community is Los Angeles-based InstaCanvas ( instacanv.as ), which is headed by Matt Munson. In about three or four clicks, you can set up a gallery, and we give them a personalized URL so they have an identity online, and anyone who loves their photographs can see their gallery.

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