socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: For the five years before I started the company in January of 2016, I was at Guthy Renker, which is one of the largest and biggest direct marketing companies in the world. It was a logical system to start offering up cloud-based systems like those we had developed. What the key to make model work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

As an entrepreneur looking for an idea, it makes sense to explore problem areas within your knowledge comfort zone, but when you are building a business with the solution, you have to stretch your comfort zone to keep up with the market and stay ahead of competitors. Stop talking and start executing. The idea is the only easy part.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2019

com), based in Glendale, which has developed new heat energy storage technology aimed at use in the industrial sector. The startup was part of the Techstars Dubai Accelerator earlier this year. We originally developed this heat storage technology for use in concentrated solar, for collecting heat from the sun. That was a $1.5

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. What's your background, how did you start the company? I started as a teenager, and I did babysitting, life guarding, and swim coaching. Are your sitters W2 or contract employees? What is Helpr?

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Xconomy

JULY 20, 2016

First came Inception Sciences , a holding company for spinning out biotech startups established by Versant Ventures and Peppi Prasit, the veteran San Diego drug developer. We really have a development focus,” Martin told me. “We We outsource everything. But it’s structured differently. We don’t have our own laboratory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. No consideration can be given to experience running a startup, breadth of skills, or even thinking like an entrepreneur. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/24/2016.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

Unlike sites of the past that were deemed illegal, the current crop of election sites appear to well positioned to exploit the unprecedented focus Americans are applying to the 2016 election cycle. As discussed in Mini-ventures Build Entrepreneurial Muscle , I am an advocate of students starting side businesses while in college.

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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. Plus, we do it in a much greener way, by not adding fossil fuel generation, not adding more peak power, and not having to add wire or dig up streets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002. It’s a big change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2016

In addition, if you are already a CFO, this position is a great springboard to the chief operating officer (COO) or even the CEO position in the startup, based on recent reports. In the case of GrubHub’s Adam DeWitt, he ended up with a salary exceeding that of the CEO. Every startup role requires managing to financial realities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. Think in terms of projects to keep up with an evolving strategy. When you identify a skills gap or feel you need additional expertise or insight, signing up on-demand help is the only timely solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Since then, the San Diego company has built a thriving business as a contract research organization (CRO) that tests experimental drug compounds on bio-printed liver tissue. The company announced this week that it has developed a similar testing service for screening pre-clinical drug candidates on living human kidney tissue.

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