Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

But if you’re a startup founder, you too have the chance to find your own moment in the spotlight. Over the past decade, startups that have been part of the Startup of the Year programs have made new partnerships, grown into household names, and collectively raised billions of dollars in funding. Startup of the Year!

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. We are excited to partner with their team to help drive future growth and expansion.” Image Credits: Good Eggs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 2, 2018

You’ll have the chance to enjoy a startup lunch on the rooftop , panels, mentor sessions, VC sessions, a special Startup Pitch Jam, and finally, the big party and “must attend” event known as Startup Night SXSW 2018. “ Hey startups and tech enthusiasts!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened. Simply put?—?there

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By definition?—?I’m two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

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. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Dmitri Leonov and Constantine Suychmez of Ulevate (www.ulevate.com), a startup which is combining technology with the beauty and spa industry. Most people don't want injectsion, radio frequency, or ultrasounds, and it helps that we can work with pregnant women. We started as a seller of equipment in Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Here are the top approaches I recommend, and the entrepreneur mindsets that I see in survivors: Evaluate new competitive threats as new opportunities. New competitors can steal your market, or they can open up new markets. True entrepreneurs love change – that’s why they are starting a new venture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

For today's interview, we spoke with Richard Sussman , who is leading up investments for a new venture capital firm in town, NordicEye (www.nordiceye.com), which just saw a big exit in one of its very first investments, Los Angeles-based Weblife. We expect in 2018, we will have as much as 150 million Euros, or around $180M US.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Fortunately for three companies from the NASA iTech Challenge, they will be teaming up with some of the finest scientific minds to help with space exploration and NASA’s mission to Mars. Plasma technology can also be used to help jet engines run more efficiently and provide more control over the combustor. GermFalcon.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At the Techstars Startup Week Phoenix 2018 powered by Chase for Business , the Raza Development Fund and JPMorgan Chase announced a $1.1M fund for a small business lending fund to help them secure loans and fortify their potential to expand, increase their revenues, and thrive.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2018

The insurance industry is an old industry, with a lot of contradictions--it's one where the more claims insurers pay to help customers, the less money the insurers make--and it's also one that hasn't been disrupted much yet by technology. The startup has so far launched in the veterinary vertical--but has plans to go much bigger.

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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. Nothing they learned (at Business School) will help them succeed at innovation.” My contrarian nature sparked, I began researching MBA led startups. “When M.B.A.’s

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. the more money you give a startup the faster they grow.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? mobility and transportation, space tech, and esports. in 2005 for $680M.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It means competition is more fierce because formidable new competitors can arrive overnight. Have a fantastic holiday and come back refreshed to build game-changing products in 2018. Why has product management be so slow to adapt? Read more… ?? It was PM heaven… Then something funny happened. Read more… ?? ?? ?? Read more… ?? ??

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Eleven-year-old TiMi currently has a team working out of Los Angeles on global business and plans to grow it into a full development studio that “helps us understand Western players and gives us a stronger global perspective,” said the studio’s international business director Vincent Gao.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Steve Jobs proved it with the iPhone, and Elon Musk can’t produce his electric cars fast enough to keep up with demand. It starts with hiring the right people, and building relationships with the right experts, analysts, and investors. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 10/10/2018.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

Amazon started with books, so we will too. And even better still, it offers a great deal for the publications who participate in the program, offering a competitive 8% conversion rate and an impressive 10% commission on each sale (more than double Amazon’s 4.5% See our full guide on How to Make Money from a Website. commission).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2018

Selecting and nurturing people who are likely to help you in this regard is an even more elusive capability, and one that every angel investor, like myself, wishes he could get a lock on. If your business and personal goals don’t measure up to that standard today, maybe your first focus should be on rethinking your own objectives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The market is changing so fast these days, and if you are not planning a solution today for tomorrow’s customers, you may be setting yourself up for failure and don’t even realize it. In addition, most advanced CRM systems will help you analyze your specific customers for directional behavior. Tomorrow is never mentioned in the pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2018

I believe these insights can and must be extended to you and your career, in line with the following guiding principles: Make your interest in learning your competitive advantage. Smart employers look for these as they contemplate your competitiveness for new roles. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/20/2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

As an advisor and mentor for many startups and small business founders, following my initial career in big business, I realize that the key strategies to achieve success in small businesses are often different from those that make larger businesses successful. One solution here is to hire help rather than helpers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In big business, as well as startups, I have found that your effectiveness can be highly correlated to your ability to build and maintain people relationships, often more so than hard work, or how many hours you give. Work to make your ability to manage relationships your sustainable competitive advantage. A good coach is not a critic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. You better have lined up a major international expansion, some major acquisition candidates, or a wealth of unfilled orders. Analysts want escalating profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

As a technology buff, I’m all too sensitive to the common investor complaint that technical people often end up selling yet another “solution looking for a problem,” because they are so impressed with their technology. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Customized marketing strategy and realistic sales plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Rather than leave your customer focus at the delivery stage, and technology in the front, customer needs and expectations must be the beginning of your journey via requirements, and remembered all along the way in times of crisis and confusion, competition, growth, failure, and success. Do well by doing good for others as well as yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

If you have not done the work to derive rational numbers, or you are unwilling to commit, no investor will help you. Highlights a sustainable competitive advantage. It’s hard to leave a lasting legacy if you never get out of the starting blocks. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 10/19/2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2018

For example, during the last holiday season Mercedes Benz USA launched a #MBSecretSanta program on Twitter to personally engage customers and help find the perfect holiday gift. For entrepreneurs and startups, it can be a bit easier, but still requires resources and risk. Develop programs to exceed current role model leaders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

In fact, in the greater scheme of things, it’s the best way to gain a real competitive advantage, and maximize economic value. Linear thinking is a good way get started as an entrepreneur, but paradigm shifts are the route to a big legacy. People want to help build a sustainable environment, and improve the well-being of others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more.

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