Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes 65 million people not interest in being full-time employees.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Since 2016, some 400 students, almost all women, have completed the course.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. The reasons companies elect to sell exclusively offline differ, but they often center on managing channel conflict with their retail partners. I was fortunate to acquire my first job with Robinsons-May in 1989.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

There's a large number of on-demand services which have been appearing recently, to help people deal with almost every aspect of their life. Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. Becka Klauber Richter: Helpr is an app for babysitters on demand.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Internet of things has been THE hot topic for the past couple of years and that trend continues into 2016 and beyond. More and more companies are working to give appliances, automobiles and even lightbulbs an Internet connection and the ability to be controlled remotely. The post Technology Trends of 2016 appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Los Angeles-based Fandango said today that FandangoNOW , the company's on-demand, premium video service, has launched on the Xbox One and Xbox One S. The company said the available on the Xbox One platform allows consumers to rent or buy more than 40,000 new release and catalog movies and next day TV shows. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. GM’s experiment with car sharing is over.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2021

The nation said that it would have sufficient water reserves to ensure manufacturing of semiconductors by companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing wouldn’t stop. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. Some companies are doing just that. ”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie streaming service FandangoNOW , the recently launched on-demand video service from Fandango, is now included on the VIZIO SmartCast app, the two companies said this morning. The companies said that users can rent or buy from FandangoNOW, without any need for a subscription.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Costs for advertising on Facebook are increasing, due to high demand, and their profits continue to soar. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? In addition, make use of as much automation as you can in 2016 to reduce manpower costs and put the money towards other more important matters.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 22, 2016

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 -- Day in the Life of a UX Designer. Curious about the role of Tech's Most Wanted role, User Experience Designer at different companies? Wondering where most designers start their careers and why they're the highest demand tech job? Generaly Assembly.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

6 Entrepreneurs share their predictions for this year’s evolution of online industries, which will be key for small businesses across the globe in 2016. The issue of cyber-espionage, targeting companies like Target, Home Depot and Anthem Insurance, continues to be a concern. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2018

On-demand ride provider Uber is abandoning its efforts to test its self driving cars in Arizona, as the company continues to try to recover from the death of a pedestrian in the state in March. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Uber has reportedly laid off around 300 of its "test drivers" in Arizona. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2016

Here are our five predictions for the most important healthcare trends in 2016. In 2014, 83 percent of healthcare organizations were already using Cloud technology for some of their processes, and that number is expected to continue growing through 2016 to improve patient care. 3-D Printing. Virtual Healthcare.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

Pasadena-based Green Dot and on-demand ride service Uber have teamed up to provide Uber drivers with their own, business checking account, the two companies said this morning. GoBank is a FDIC insured, mobile-online banking service, which the company has been marketing to its debit card customers. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

to date, the company said that it saw an 188% growth in annual recurring revenue compared to a year ago, with more than 25,000 individuals in 2,000 salons and spas in the country now using its platform. But at the same time, Los Angeles–based Boulevard got this funding infusion at a boosted valuation because it has been on a roll.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Bristol, UK-based startup, founded in 2016, has now secured a total of more than $300 million in financing from venture capital firms and other investors including Microsoft and the corporate venture arms of BMW and Dell Technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. This can hurt the company, and jeopardize all investors. The impact of “dumb money” versus “smart money.”

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Calendly calendar screenshot.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

After wrestling with recalcitrant homeowners, husbanding their parcels of land to keep their property values high, the state’s leadership passed a law that increased the availability of new rental units and put more money into homeowners’ pockets in 2016. “We go to the homeowner and say you have this property here.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

All this newly generated demand could possibly create niches for online learning apps and other edtech alternatives to traditional classroom instruction for both teachers and students. If that policy goes forward, edtech companies might be enlisted to help those schools accommodate a flood of new student demand.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 29, 2021

That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. It even banned the consumption of alcohol in the office in 2016, as well as fornicating in stairwells.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2018

” In April 2018, tech companies composed 25 percent of U.S. Startups are inherently pitted against the biggest tech companies. In 2017, on-demand or “gig” workers grew nearly a quarter — 23 percent — over the previous year. hours in 2016. In the U.S., Why Tech Startups Care. Gig Workers Are on the Rise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

Most of the experience so far has been cash versus the equity feature defined by the JOBS Act – Equity Crowdfunding (Title III) , introduced back in 2016 with 685 pages of rules. This can hurt the company, and jeopardize all investors. The impact of “dumb money” versus “smart money.”

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference. What was the big news for you or your company this year? Also more serial founders are doing their second, third, even fourth companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

Many people don’t know that I actually became Chairman of my first company and relinquishing the CEO role before the company was sold. In it he talks about the skills of willing an idea into existence and whether those are the same skills to take the company to the next level.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

So in February of 2016, he decided to refocus his San Francisco startup on the small, but unexpectedly profitable aspect of his service that could operate in the black. Like many tech entrepreneurs, Sean Behr had a young business that was popular with consumers, but was also losing money.

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cornerstone on Demand brought together the area’s best & brightest for its fourth annual LA Tech Summit , once again hosted at the Fairmont. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016. — LATech Digest (@LATechDigest) October 25, 2016.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

But SoCal’s growing companies contend with their own set of challenges, including the increasing importance of scalable network solutions. Companies can no longer rely on standard network solutions, they need scalable infrastructure and business internet service that can meet rapidly escalating needs. In 2016 alone, over half of U.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

This was in mid-2016, and the decreasing costs of robotics and computer vision made me think that the process of making a burger could be fully automated. He made an investment into the company, which ended up being a great move on his part, because his stake in the company is huge, and that's how we started.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. The reason they do that, is we solve the peak demand problem they have on the grid. Explain what that peak demand problem is for the utilities?

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

I had a few home runs early on and the company grew. The next MIW logo looked like this: We grew some more and eventually, after becoming the 42nd Citrix Platinum Partner, the company was sold to Push Computing LLC and this happened: Push landed KPMG who eventually would own a decent part of the company. Then another.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

The new information, gleaned from recently unsealed court documents , provides new insight into the company’s past activities and what that might mean for its upcoming IPO. There’s a new autonomous trucking company coming out of stealth. What else are we hearing? We’ll share more soon. Deal of the week. Notable reads.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 7, 2015

I was very appreciative of this windfall, as the company was essentially a lifestyle business that my co-founder and I never expected to sell. As shown in the following chart, for me to gross the same amount as a venture capitalist, one of our portfolio companies would have to exit for a massively larger amount.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. All of the machines that those kinds of companies run on, over the last twenty years, have become automated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Set the company culture and communicate goals and values. All team members look to the CEO as the model and driver for company culture, both internal and external. Beyond that, he or she must balance the constant demands for more resources from marketing, development, and support. Proper delegation to a CFO makes this work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

They demand interactive relationships with you, and depend on the relationships you have with their friends. Building a company and selling are all about gaining commitments. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/04/2016. Opening relationships and creating opportunities. It’s up to you to clear the way.

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