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. Instead of a traditional business school''s case study and textbook approach, UCSB''s Technology Management Program (TMP) emphasizes experiential learning. Techpreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

Based on my experience as an investor and mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, one of the quickest ways to kill your credibility and your startup is to offer a poorly written business plan, or none at all. An entrepreneur who can’t manage a plan, probably won’t be able to manage the new business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

The successful entrepreneurs I have met and worked with over the years all seem to share that passion for learning, and they see rapid market change not as a problem, but as an opportunity for them to move ahead of the crowd in changing the world. Successful entrepreneurs love to share, but they respond better to pull rather than push.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. While all forms of technology research and development will always be required, entrepreneurs need to understand that the funding for these efforts comes from many different sources, depending on the stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

That’s down from 69 in the first five months of 2015, and 115 over the same five-month period in 2014, according to Barrons. The total proceeds raised in Q2 2016 from IPOs diminished by three-quarters compared to Q2 2015. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his new book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D., Is your business ready to ride the wave?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

As an angel investor, I hear many entrepreneurs making negative comments about competitors or asserting they don’t have any competitors. Use real case studies and customer feedback. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 12/04/2015 Spanish translation on Bbooster.org. It’s always smart to take the high road.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. It's all about the entrepreneur. That's when you start meddling in the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

It is not limited to the realm of the top executive or board of directors, who could bring in consultants for studies and analysis. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/10/2015. Be willing to work at all organization levels. Leadership by example works at all levels of a company.

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Tech.Co

JULY 31, 2017

Yet as an entrepreneur, you can rarely hide under the rock and pretend there’s nothing else happening around you and no one is demanding your attention. While back in 2011, a cell phone user received or made 12 phone calls a day on average, the number has dropped to just 6 calls in 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the B2B space for more lucrative opportunities. If you think location-based services are a long way from mainstream, take a look at the new 2012 Digital Study. 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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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. It's Me, Not You.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

Over time, we''d built a relationship with another entrepreneurs who we respect, who had built an online ordering company for the fast casual segment--think of the CPKs of the world, versus the burger kind of fast food. Today, I think it''s much more important as part of the engagement, but by 2015, I think ordering volumes will pick up.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Not only has Dr. Mohib been Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States since September 2015, he also acts as a non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Columbia. ” Dr. Hamdullah Mohib, US Ambassador of the Government of Afghanistan . Ray Dalio, Chairman of Bridgewater Associates.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms. —Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) disclosed the name for its coming hemophilia-focused spinoff: Bioverativ.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now. Register here for his upcoming Silicon Beach Fest June 24-27, 2015). I think that’s why she’s the dynamic entrepreneur she is today.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. Our most famous current rocket entrepreneur — Elon Musk — was from South Africa. I guess I didn’t see it quite that way.

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