Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I just saw an interesting step in that direction via a new book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. Of course, discovering your entrepreneur type is only the beginning. You go all over the country, the world, and the Web searching for “best practices” in marketing, finance, planning, and funding.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Not that enthusiasm and passion aren’t encouraged of course, but it is important to be real.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2014

That very conversation, he believes, changed the course of his life. Mehrdad gives us some context on how long this idea was incubating. Beyond web, their first mobile app was, surprisingly, for Blackberry. CR’s Android app was launched in Sept 2013 and ushered a big influx of users. ” CupidRadar @ a glance.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

And of course, one day, the Blackberry dies and erases everything. So with Fetchnotes’ latest updates (live as of Wednesday, November 13, 2013), you can now share your notes to anyone in your unified address book through SMS (it was the simplest system). Which of course, is a much more ephemeral mode of communication than email.

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