Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Those of us in the business of calculating (guessing) this mythical peak in value often make the same mistake as our entrepreneurs. Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment.

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Pricing Invest Email Competition 120

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. Our Fast Pitch Competitions are "the" place for Southern California entrepreneurs to present their ideas to investors. Pitches are judged on the quality of the CEOs presentation and the companys investment potential.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California Competition 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 19, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 -- OC Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch. The Tech Coast Angels will be holding their 10th Annual Fast Pitch Competition on May 25th at the UC Irvine Student Center. The deadline to apply for the Fast Pitch Competition is April 21st. See [link] (more).

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Southern California Coach 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Since 2010, $6.3B

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Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 17, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 -- Southern California Monte Jade (SCMJ) Fast-Pitch Competition. Formatted as a pitch competition, this is an educational opportunity to learn how to profile an enterprise and deliver a concise, effective pitch. This will be a good business networking opportunity for all.

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Southern California Technology Conference Competition 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 12, 2010

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 -- Getting What You Need from a Board of Directors and Advisor. To stay competitive in today's marketplace, organizations frequently seek outside expertise to provide credibility, contacts, counseling and cash.

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San Diego Competition Organization Entrepreneur 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- The Tech Coast Angels 5th Annual Fast Pitch Competition will take place on February 24th at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Dinner and refreshments will be served after the program at a networking event attended by hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and other industry experts.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel UCLA Tips 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Start your own company? Like a Fox! Buenaventura IEEE-EMBS. Dr. Kathleen Allen of the USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will discuss entrepreneurial leadership. Dr. Allen will give details on how entrepreneurship is much more than merely starting a new business.

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Company Companies USC Study 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. Apeel Sciences - Founded in 2012, after winning $10,000 at UCSB’s New Venture Competition, the company closed $1.25M in funding during 2013. Techpreneurs.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2013

More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. Startups can use social responsibility as a competitive advantage. That’s a real competitive edge that you can use in your marketing and positioning. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The city is currently favoured by young entrepreneurs looking to launch their business ideas, thanks to the low cost of living, thriving cultural scene, and the high quality of life. Lisbon continues to impress young entrepreneurs looking to launch a business with all it has to offer. Lisbon to House a Mega Startup Campus.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

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Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The act only came into effect in 2010, at which point we built a system to try to find out that information for as many schools as possible. I graduated in May of 2010. The two main programmers also graduated in May of 2010 from Harvey Mudd College, and the fourth person on our team recently graduated from UCSD law school.

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UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2012

That’s why investors invest in entrepreneurs, rather than ideas. Microsoft found this out when their market capitalization, once at $560B, had fallen in 2010 to $219B, allowing them to be passed by Apple, who grew from $15.6B Good implementation requires a plan, and a good plan and good operational decisions come from good people.

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Ideas Startup Summary Competition 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In 2009/2010, I joined the team which had been building out the Titan platform, with the idea that the competitive gaming model was very attractive. The competitive/skilled gaming model is where players compete in games for points, items, and sometimes for cash. Is that something new to the market? READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Now I have.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ve written about the topic of convertible debt at length before specifically about how angels & entrepreneurs should think about pricing. Clearly this is is a trend and a topic that is interesting entrepreneurs. In fact, in some ways can be worse for the entrepreneur. a priced/valued preferred stock financing)?

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Equity Pricing Venture Capital Entrepreneur 319

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. A: Only because it’s a nicer branding for entrepreneurs. I totally agree and have been arguing this to entrepreneurs for years. I always counsel young entrepreneurs to start on the local train.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

Let me assume for this discussion it’s a garden variety 2010 IT or Internet business (as opposed to something requiring capital equipment or a life sciences project). I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs try to do things on the cheap. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Competition 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2010.” Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves. Marty Zwilling.

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Innocal Entrepreneur Competition IBM 96

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

That was in 2010, it's all been venture for the last seven and a half years. People welcomed us with open arms, and always wanted us to co-invest, because they didn't see us as competitive. And of course, that entrepreneur has to have the passion to pursue solving that problem. We brought in a third partner, Guy Oseary.

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Invest Startup Hollywood Echo Park 157

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. As the President of Start Co.,

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? In the early days of your companies, what techniques do you use to separate entrepreneurs from Wantrepreneurs (those who think they want to be an entrepreneur but do not have the innate skills, drive, risk profile, etc.)?

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Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. tradesparq alibaba trading international trade china entrepreneur startup kleist michael' How long has company been around? Getting the talent is an issue.

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2012

According to a recent study done by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were 565,000 new businesses created per month in 2010 in the US alone, which is a 15-year high. So what’s an entrepreneur to do to get his new business noticed these days? People are more distracted than ever, and competition has never been greater.

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Startup Social Media Platform Blogging 104

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Warby Parker has been making and selling prescription glasses online since 2010. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment. Warby Parker.

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Examples Company Companies Google 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Warby Parker has been making and selling prescription glasses online since 2010. While Google still gets stellar reviews for pay, perks and advancement, there are also some employees who note growing pains that you’d expect from such a huge company, including the stress associated with a competitive environment. Warby Parker.

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Examples Company Companies Google 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Public-company tech investors creates competition in late-stage financings and these investors can afford to be less price sensitive if they choose. We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster).

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The evening gathering brings together high-profile, successful tech entrepreneurs sharing their lessons and advice alongside promising startups showcasing their innovative ideas. If have a company and are interested in being part of this event there is still time for you to enter the competition. You still have 2 days left!

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital ReachLocal Anthem 61

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

As the markets went down, just like any other investor, they were very conscious of investing more carefully--but, that said, it also meant that there seemed to be more entrepreneurs, for various reasons, were newly interested in starting companies. We invested all through 2009, and are currently seeking investments to do in 2010.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. I personally believe that in the interconnected, “always on&# world that is 2010 people emphasize communicating too frequently versus respecting the productivity of others. That’s my 2010 hack.

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Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. We have three partners--two are bankers, and one is an entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, Edward Chen, who is our Chairman and CEO.

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. Sure, there is always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. That represents a $1.5

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 93