Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. IPO proceeds also shattered 2013’s high-water mark of $55 billion, with an impressive $85 billion in proceeds. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

“Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with House of Cards in 2013,” said Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, co-founders of Impact, in a joint statement.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. Limited big data funding & incubation. “There are many funds, incubators, and accelerators out there that entrepreneurs can turn to today for general business advice. . The package of a lifetime.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

ChowNow , the turnkey interactive food ordering platform, just raised $3 million in additional funding to launch new products and expand national operations. ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ChowNow is helping level the playing field for smaller restaurants through innovation.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Brendon McQueen: The idea behind the platform, is that over 70 percent of college graduates today have college loans. I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. We launched the site to the public in 2013. What was the idea that behind the company? billion dollars.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Hiring Bounty represents a platform for them to access the best quality candidates, faster and at the lowest cost. We are based in South Africa, but have plans to launch globally in 2013. We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013. What are your 2013 plans?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The company’s original service still operates as LessonPaths.com – a platform for self-learning students and curators. “We believed with the right platform, a community of curators, and finding high quality expertise, it would be easy for anyone to learn any skill they want. ” Carving a Path. LessonPaths.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Brock’s project in December 2013 that we would see half a billion dollars in investments for 2014. Trading platforms. Platforms for contributing Bitcoin to political and charitable causes. Some rapid fire discussion points. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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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

His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, including StartupAmerica , and CoFoundersLab. Overall, I see real value in using this methodology in conjunction with incubators, business accelerators, and mentoring.

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