TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

“We want to inspire, but we also want to be realistic and show beauty in real life,” Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss said in a 2017 interview with Inc, just as the brand had reached what Weiss herself described as “cult status.” Watson, who holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $4.5

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Of course, neither this original mission statement, nor its current one, actually reflect how Facebook profits as a business — it primarily sells adverts to users. The company mission statement is, of course, a way to seize attention externally, and focus team members on the end destination.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

In January of 2017, sitting in a back of a Lyft at CES in Vegas, our driver was actually listening to a Latin track playlist his friend from home had sent him. In July of 2017, we started to develop the app, and we had our pilot from September 2017 to December 2017, and went live in March of 2018.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2019

In January of 2017, sitting in a back of a Lyft at CES in Vegas, our driver was actually listening to a Latin track playlist his friend from home had sent him. In July of 2017, we started to develop the app, and we had our pilot from September 2017 to December 2017, and went live in March of 2018.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market. Cody Simms: Applications will open in January, on January 17th, 2017, and they will close April 9th, 2017. The program itself will start roughly July 17th, 2017, give or take a day or two. Startups are hard.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City. In 2017, it was in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was always sort of shocking to people, even on a national level, when they would hear [that Rapid City was hosting ICPC 2017],” Jensen said. “The

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 23, 2018

My wife quickly adopted Alexa as a member of the family, relying on her for recipes, jokes, telling the time, predicting the weather and, of course, playing music. We’ve Only Just Begun – As with most technological adoption curves, early adopters of smart audio typical purchase a single smart speaker. What’s Next? –

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Fund I was fully deployed by June 30th of 2017, and we went out to raised Fund II, which was a wet close, where you invest as you close. For the kinds of investments we make, where there are always great engineers and technology behind it, if it ends up it's hard to get that to market, you can always sell it for 1x, or half your money, or 3x.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

In fact, angel investing seems to be leveling off at around $25 billion annually, while crowd funding is setting new records, expected to top $34 billion in 2017. Of course, both are impressive and both already exceed VC investments annually. If you subscribe to truths one to five, startup investing can be lucrative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

Since my experience and interests have been primarily with technology, I’ve been watching those trends for a long time, and I see rapid change, but predicting impact is a challenge. Technology won’t solve this one. Here technology is stepping up to the plate with driverless vehicles, resulting in big opportunities all around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

Utilize technology and tools for collaboration and sharing. New and better technology is becoming available every day to present dashboards and metrics to show how well processes and empowerment are working, assess workload backlogs, and capture customer feedback and satisfaction. Things that are not measured cannot be managed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

Of course, nobody really knows all of what tomorrow will bring, in terms of globalization, digital technology, or demographic shifts, but most experts agree that certain elements are already obvious, and things must be done today to get your business ready in time. Data technology facilitates more fact-based decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

There is indeed a fine line here, between stubbornly sticking to some pre-conceived assumptions, versus changing course based on today’s complaint. If you can put technology aside long enough to focus on these principles, you too will find the funding you need, and beat the odds of success with your new venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Of course, none of these sources should be approached casually, and none will give you the relationship and terms you are looking for without proper win-win planning. Some investors are all about making money, while others care more about changing the world, advancing technology, or curing a disease that has ravaged their family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Of course, the right ones cost may you equity, but a small percentage of a big business is worth far more to you than a large chunk of nothing. Find a partner who has dealt with the realities of technology, tools, and financing. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/09/2017. Don’t repeat the mistakes of others.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

“DARPA is saying you can’t retrofit [biosafety] into existing technology, you have to design it—not just into widgets and technologies, but into the institutions that are supporting the technologies.” “We have a window of opportunity to start incorporating security measures on the front end.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

With the latest advances in software technology, it’s no longer cost-prohibitive for business entrepreneurs, who can’t yet afford a human resources department, to take advantage of analytics tools. Data, however, removes guesswork, biases, and anecdotal reasoning that can throw decision efforts off course.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

Every business has to start with a leader – someone to drive through the thousand unknowns of every new venture, no matter how big the opportunity, or how amazing the technology. Of course, investors would prefer that all new businesses be led by entrepreneurs with a track record, and all the attributes highlighted here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2017

Of course, mentoring is not new – it’s been the favored way to learn arts and crafts since way back in the middle ages. Yet in this age of technology, many seem to favor tools and data to get the edge, or can’t find the time to talk to real people. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/02/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Of course, some balance is required. Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 04/19/2017. On the other hand, I see teams with almost no process that are tremendously productive. Process leadership focuses on repeatability and efficiency only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Of course, these are great, but they don’t happen without enlightened leadership coming first. An effective leader is intellectually curious, constantly learning, and genuinely in pursuit of wisdom about people, places, technologies, scientific advances, economies and cultures. Tenacious: be persistent in your pursuits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Of course, there are no guarantees, but if can find an independent sizing of the market opportunity, your job of convincing customers, and investors, will be much easier. Most investors agree that the right technology makes a product, but the right people make the business. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/13/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

That’s why I’m impressed with a new book, “ All Dreams on Deck: Charting the Course for Your Life and Work ,” by Jeremy Cage. The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model. Never give up in the face of adversity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2017

Set a course for the destination, but also establish intermediate checkpoints to assess progress along the way. Build rock-solid processes first, then increase the through-put and accuracy by introducing the right technologies where it makes sense. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 05/20/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2017

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 03/13/2017. Yet I find the people building teams are usually product experts, often with no experience in team building.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 5, 2018

I recently enjoyed John Covach’s History Of Rock Coursera course. In an early lecture, he explains how the Nazis’ desire to protect Hitler from assignation led to the invention of recording technology that was ultimately used by musicians to create multi-track recordings, such as the Beatles’ Sgt. An AC Sonic Breakthrough.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Celgene paid Acetylon $100 million in 2013 for an option to buy the company outright, but the deal recently expired without an acquisition, leaving Acetylon to chart a new course. The new company, expected to launch in 2017, will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “BIVV” when the split is complete. Its financials were posted here.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision based system that recognizes cars as they enter and leave garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and chief executive Alex Israel first formed the business back in 2017. REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

” Wraps Ryoo, “A lot of our wider efforts in diversity, philanthropy, and minority entrepreneurship haven’t been fully released yet; we’re excited for 2017.” SMASHD LABS First-Round Cohorts.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

So while not one single Latino actor, director, writer or producer was nominated for the major awards in 2017 and the last major acting Latina win was 10 years ago and acting Latino win was 27 years ago — audiences are craving content that resonates with their experiences. His son then went on to raise more than $1.1

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Of course it’s not literally a memo but that’s a metaphor for knowing that things have dramatically changed. We still had such strong inbound interest we decided to stay the course and would surely be done by November. But of course public markets had begun gyrating. By late October the markets had seemingly recovered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2017

You intend to license your technology to a major player. Of course, building a plan is not a substitute for first interacting with customers, investors, and industry experts. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/19/2017. I also don’t recommend buying any of the cheap freelance plans you find on the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2017

For example, it’s all too common for a technology entrepreneur to highlight a new battery technology as the ultimate power for smartphones, medical heart pacemakers, and home lighting. Now, of course, they all do much more, but those things came later. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/11/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

I’m a strong believer that a great team can achieve success with a less impressive product offering, while potentially disruptive technology often goes nowhere due to a team with an uninspired work ethic. Of course, leaders need to encourage this action by making their objectives clear and rewarding results rather than effort.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

But at the end of the day most LPs (like most VCs we surveyed) believe that the president likely won’t have a major impact one way or the other on how the venture capital markets and therefore the underlying technology startup markets perform. Here is the entire survey, which can also be downloaded and shared.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

When Glenn asked the crowd of more than 800 VCs, entrepreneurs and technology executives how many of them hated him or thought they hated him there were many raised hands. He knew this of course before he came. To give you a sense of how intimidating that must have felt here’s a shot of the room.

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