Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ 58 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2021, up 5 million since 2014. Measuring results in itself is not new.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 7, 2015

For two plus decades, Steve has been a pillar of the LA startup community leading innovations in Internet, mobile, social media, app development, eCommerce, and now, digital currency technologies. In the early 90’s, Steve helped DIRECTV launch the first commercial satellite TV service in the US and Latin American.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We did our first close in the summer of 2014, and over the first nine months we raised our fund and started investing. Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. If your company was mobile, or cloud based before, now it has to be AI-enabled.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. Get beyond push messages to real customer engagement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ 57 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2019, up 4 million since 2014. Measuring results in itself is not new.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? 50x more Internet users (2.4

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. Make your app support all platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/19/2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). billion by 2014. Calls are changing but not dying. There are 2.9

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha served a lengthy tenure fulfilling multiple roles at Wells Fargo, most recently as VP of Consumer Financial Services, where she led the mobile payments strategy and implementation for the credit card business. She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. Scott entrepreneur lead generation startup' Display advertising. Email marketing. business David T.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2015

What most entrepreneurs fail to appreciate is that even the most basic marketing takes time, money and creativity, and even the best still may not succeed in winning over competitive approaches or the status quo. Every entrepreneur in stealth mode who insists on waiting for their product runs the risk of being a non-starter.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

The company''s President and CEO, Perse Faily , told us how digital ordering now means not just restaurant kiosks (which the company has been developing even before the dawn of the smartphone), but also the Internet, mobile phones, and other devices, and how that has changed the company''s business and strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.)

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. A profile of the state of the Bitcoin industry and its presence of female entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the business-to-business (B2B) space for more lucrative opportunities. Beyond mobile phones, the same concepts can be applied to embedded systems, portable navigation devices, and laptops. entrepreneur B2B startup smartphones location-based services business' Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2014

The packed schedule of entrepreneurs and founders were coming through at a steady stream, with the perks of great local food and drink (tacos, bbq, and brews of the beer and cold-coffee variety) on hand. It was mid week at this year’s SXSW at the TechZulu x Indiegogo tech lounge.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

Being an entrepreneur, and definitely in the early stages, you''re going out, and meeting people, and becoming part of a community, meeting other, like-minded people, and sharing ideas. Phoebe Scott: The really big thing we''d like to get going in 2014 is mobile. One is it''s much more social. That''s a huge part of it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. business ecommerce entrepreneur startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. So far, it’s been just another mobile phone app that tells people where their friends are ( Foursquare and Facebook Glancee ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And here’s an important point that I think modern entrepreneurs often forget: Investors are “co-owners” of your business. There are just as many bad entrepreneurs who do bad things. See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ In the US, 55 million workers identified themselves as freelancers in 2016, up 6% from 2014. Freelancers now make up 35% of U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

pulls assumably free and public data from the CrunchBase database to provide a mobile accessible directory of contacts and company info. Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). People+ , developed by 3-person startup (Pro Populi, Inc.) Speculation.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Splunk Fastpitch – Auto tech Entrepreneur pitch hour. How Entrepreneurs Will Change the Automotive Industry. “We know we need to communicate more” he says, and in many instances, mobile developers also need to open themselves up to automotive needs in regards to safety and production. Audi Press Conference.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Brooks joined the division in 2014 after spending 23 years as an investment banker in Europe and the United States, but his strategic vision for the future of digital technology and computing is only now becoming manifest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

So far, it’s just another mobile phone app that tells people where there friends are (Foursquare and Facebook Places), but it’s poised to be a lot more. But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly than this to tracking, navigation solutions, safety, security, local business search, and payments.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. We have enough money to last until February of 2014, but here are the options. That was a pivotal moment. So, I took at look at it.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. We have enough money to last until February of 2014, but here are the options. That was a pivotal moment. So, I took at look at it.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Mobile and new generation consoles are being adopted at an astounding rate, and all the while gaming has become an increasing social outlet. Typically, instead of spending two years on a game; on a mobile and social games…typical cycle is six to nine months. The gaming industry has changed since the days of Atari and Odyssey.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

And for the entrepreneurs who have tuned in, he also gives some insights into best practices for those looking to raise cash, so you don’t want to miss out! Chance is a local grown entrepreneur with a 15 year track record. His dual experiences, both as an entrepreneur and investor yielded him double the frustrations.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2014

So, we were surprised to learn about the backing that Los Angeles-based mobile app provider TRUCKAST (www.truckast.com) has from investor Gary Winnick (who co-founded Global Crossing). We caught up with CEO Todd Davis to learn why the company and its investors think mobile apps for construction are the next big thing. What is Truckast?

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Longtime tech entrepreneur and angel investor Marco Thompson, who is closely associated with San Diego’s EvoNexus incubator, contributed a number of companies to the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. percent to 23.4

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