Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2015

I may be old fashioned, but the term consultant still conjures up an image of a self-proclaimed expert who can make great presentations, generate recommendations and leave you to do the hard work of implementation. Startups need outside experts who can do the work, as well as provide training on what needs to be done.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The latest to launch is an at-home test for urinary tract infections from the Los Angeles-based startup Scanwell Health. The company was founded by Stephen Chen, who literally grew up in the diagnostics testing business. For Scanwell, it’s the culmination of a three-year journey to bring their first diagnostic test to market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

Until the recession a few years ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. More recently, the desire for extra income has become the key driver in new startups, according to a 2015 study.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. As the desk-based Internet emerged it was initially sold through telecom carriers (after players like AOL and EarthLink innovated the market). So the value on the Internet went “up the stack” to portals such as Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

After studying at UC Santa Barbara''s entrepreneurial program , he returned to Spain, excited to start a venture and make a positive impact on his homeland. However, when compared to the anti-startup environment prevalent in Spain, the relative degree to which entrepreneurship is an indelible aspect of American society is undeniable.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

I too have taken shots at MBA’s, describing why they are not typically well suited for startup life in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs. However, as we talked, he opened my eyes to the fact that an impressive number of very successful startups were founded by graduates of top MBA programs. billion from 2010-2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since its inception, HTT recognized that creating a market around a mode of transportation that had not yet been created would take a movement. Founded in 2013 by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta, HTT started the global movement built around passionate people, companies, and institutions from around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. 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. in the first five months.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We caught up with Jim Armstrong to learn more about the new fund, areas of interest, his insights into what makes startups successful, and where he thinks the venture market is today. There's also a great network effect happening in the area of industry clouds, and network capitalism, which is not just marketing poof.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

There's a new Michigan State University study that came out earlier this year, which says that in only five years, a third of the U.S. Ryan Kim: We had started to develop this technology awhile ago, while we were developing the WeMo platform. The world of plumbing is not known for its high tech products.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

The world today is going increasingly digital, to such a degree that even quick serve and fast casual restaurant chains are eager to connect with consumers online, via smartphone, and even in their stores--so that they can better get to know you, market to you, and encourage you to visit. That was also the driver of the name change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The good news is that none of these need be mutually exclusive, according to recent studies of market trends. This starts with hiring the right people, and giving them the training and support they need on a regular basis. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/30/2015.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2017

We saw a huge gap in this market in terms of car content, and took a young, fresh, and different look at what it is to be a car enthusiast. How did you start the company? We started to see more and more audiences attracted to specific content online. Matt Levin: I came from Optimist TV, where I was head of product there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Marketers see it as a better way to target customers, but the current consumer offerings have been slow to deliver. Event marketing. Whether it’s a local tweet-up or a major conference, this knowledge could be useful to help you plan what events you should sponsor or where you should set up your next booth.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2015

In the months and days leading up to its debut, Jet CEO and founder Marc Lore tried again and again to downplay the notion that his company would compete head-to-head with Amazon. On July 21, Jet’s launch day, Profitero conducted a study to evaluate Jet’s lowest-price promise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. Position your solution as broadening the market, not killing a competitor. Quantify your value over current market alternatives. It’s always smart to take the high road.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Two “triple” combination regimens for CF , which are meant to expand the reach of its CF drugs, will begin Phase 2 trials by the end of the year, and two additional new CF drugs will start clinical testing in 2017. The news came with some caveats, however, as TheStreet.com explains here. AND IN OTHER NEWS…. difficile infection.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial. Unicornless. > -jeff.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research founding director Tyler Jacks has spent decades making important contributions in cancer research, but until forming Cambridge, MA-based Dragonfly Therapeutics, he’d never spun a startup out of his own lab at MIT.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

His latest study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Norton, Ph.D., Is your business ready to ride the wave? Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Many started out in a completely unrelated field and fell into their current profession where they discovered a passion, skill and expertise they developed over time, becoming more successful as they grew in knowledge and experience. When Roxy approached them there was “authentic core-synergies in how each brand approached the market.”

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Xconomy

JULY 18, 2016

In 2015, only 104,000 Cologuard tests were performed (compared with 14 million colonoscopies). Yet I worry that, because Cologuard has a 13 percent false positive rate, it will lead to many follow-up colonoscopies and add to patients’ anxiety and uncertainty.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

” One of her most recent projects was a biotech startup in concert with industry veteran Tony Coles (pictured with Lindquist, above). The Mayo Clinic cardiologist behind the report published a study earlier this year about long QT misdiagnosis leading to improper defibrillator implants. DRUG PROBLEMS.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. It took up every square meter of our 20,000 square meter center. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017. Rapid City, South Dakota. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City.

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