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Accelerate Your Startup With Help From An Incubator

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was only legalized via the SEC in 2016, so its impact is still in the early stages.

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Clean Technology Council Summer Mixer

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 -- Clean Technology Council Summer Mixer. Meet Tech Executives, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Angel/VC Investors, Joint Venture Partners, Deal Makers, Start Up Mentors, CTC and 101 Incubator founders. Hear new Fast Pitch and Kickstarter proposals.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators. Marty Zwilling.

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R.E.D. Talks: Building a Successful Startup in L.A.

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -- R.E.D. Los Angeles is fertile ground for entrepreneurs—especially for those bold enough to toss conventional wisdom out the window. An important part of the changing tech-paradigm involves Silicon Beach’s continued ascendance as a startup incubator. See [link] (more)

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Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 -- Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast. Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship. Tom believes that in both business and consumer markets, the purchase decision is made by the heart, and justified by the brain.

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.