Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. In any case, an entrepreneur in one who likes to build new products or services, and works ON their company, while a public business executive works IN the company.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. Since 2008, the company has been forced to lower it’s prices, from $120/hour to $80/hour. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. But that doesn’t mean that people are paying rational prices as investors based on intrinsic value. I believe that.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011 -- Early Exits. Early Exits describes a strategy for startup investors and entrepreneurs to build a new ventures, prove business models and exit companies in 2-3 years without the need for multi-million dollar investments. San Diego Tech Coast Angeles.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. Make It Work sold its services in pre-paid hours, at a discount from our pay-as-you-go pricing. The company was always seeking capital.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2011

When: Thursday, May 12th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Price: Early Bird $10 General Admission $15. Scott is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, a boutique corporate law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs, with offices in Beverly Hills, San Francisco and New York. Event Details. to 9:00 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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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. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. I hope to offer experiences from being an entrepreneur and being a VC.&#. And 18 months later, in May 2011, I have crossed 422,000 views. If I get a holiday bump I’ll raise a round at whatever price I like. I started by writing 3-4 times / week.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I can’t comment on its stock price – I’m not a public market analyst. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. To do so you must truly provide value that changes the way that end-consumers do something in their lives that will persist.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. Here, prices can climb higher. million, it is the highest sale price of the year. The tech and entertainment real estate boom continues to grow.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Santa Monica based startup accelerator, is inviting Los Angeles tech entrepreneurs for an evening of discussion highlighted by a panel of startup founders that have received funding from leading accelerators and incubators on Thursday, Nov. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. Tickets: $10.00

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And if I were an entrepreneur I’d rather find investors who understood “my space&# so that in tough times they felt comfortable about “doubling down.&#. Not everybody agreed.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 3, 2017

If you just want something cool to pop in a stocking (or just need to bring up your shopping cart price tag high enough to qualify for free shipping), look no further than the Resistance X-Wing Fighter , which costs a paltry six bucks. Sphero’s App-Controlled BB-9E Robot, $100. Millennium Falcon Metal Bottle Opener, $1. Definitely.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. One of my favorite entrepreneur-Twitterer weighed in, “You want to keep tapping into their collective intelligence so you keep saying ‘Thank you for the feedback’ and they keep sending it,” Ms.

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MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Of particular interest to entrepreneurs, Part III discusses the creative process of technical innovations. Note: On May 16th, 2011, The New Yorker published an excellent article by Malcolm entitled, Creation Myth. According to Kirby, “Transforming the old into the new, is Hollywood’s greatest talent.”. You be the judge.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Santa Monica based startup accelerator, is inviting Los Angeles tech entrepreneurs for an evening of discussion highlighted by a panel of startup founders that have received funding from leading accelerators and incubators on Thursday, Nov. When: Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 7-9pm. Tickets: $10.00

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? If these factors impact earnings the stock market may be headed South – If unemployment rises housing prices won’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). People want to invest in people they trust – once you’ve made money for someone you can always go back, and even get better pricing. o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2016

By doing this, and also by using primarily electric vehicles, we can provide this service at a price which is cheaper than using your own car. In 2011, the on-demand category didn't exist, but in the last four years, the fleet has gone from what was 0 vehicles, to an estimate of 2 million people in the U.S.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC. Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Let’s dive into the interview and find out what sparked the idea for iGottaGuide and get a few helpful tips from a fellow entrepreneur. I am Keith Petri, lifelong entrepreneur, lover of travel and hater of tourists’ traps. What are the most difficult and best things about being an entrepreneur? Give Us the Fast Pitch.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. Enter the Where 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. Both Where 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. Irrational prices and over investment in your competitors hurts your ability to build healthy businesses. A lot will depend on how exits go in 2010/2011.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. Enter the Where 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. Both Where 2.0

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world? Andrea: Anybody who’s looking for clothes, shoes or accessories can come to our site and put up a post of what they’re looking for with the size, price range, etc., Nude shoes to be even more specific for the Summer 2011 season. That was half-true.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It was 2011, so these were valid questions. Through this process, they asked themselves repeatedly those dreaded questions that entrepreneurs go through on the daily: is it the right time? What price point works the best? Rapid fire questions ensue: could we build this? Is the technology even possible?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Like Steve Blank, Dave McClure, Dennis Crowley, Evan Cohen, Gary Vaynerchuk, John Price, Angelo Sotira and many, many more. Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. Examples in My Life & Work. The Haimish factor.

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