TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Parts of this story might sound familiar to readers familiar with Good Eggs — when the startup raised its most recent, $50 million funding round in 2018, CEO Bentley Hall also mentioned plans for geographic expansion. Image Credits: Good Eggs. That’s a meaningful increase in our addressable market.” Glade Brook’s J.P.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Phoenix communities are celebrating because JPMorgan Chase has made several local charitable investments to support underserved entrepreneurs and small businesses with the goal of creating jobs and spark a growing economy. The post JPMorgan Chase Invests $2.2 In addition to this excitement, JPMorgan Chase announced another $1.1M

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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. Vibrant Planet's Land Tender tool.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Not to mention there’s a chance at a possible investment from the Established Investment Community. Being a part of the SOTY alumni lasts well beyond the pitch competition. One of our advisors heard about the Startup of the Year competition and thought we should consider pitching. A Strong Alumni Network. APPLY HERE.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

If there is no competition, there is likely not a market. Every potentially successful product has competition, or an alternative, or customers with no interest in change. If you really believe your idea has no competition, perhaps you haven’t looked, or there is no real business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Measuring is all about return-on-investment (ROI). You can fail by not being there at all (see the United Breaks Guitars story ), or making a big mistake (see The Biggest Social-Media Fails of 2018 ). See some recent examples in the The 10 Best Social Media Campaigns of 2018. Pick the ones that fit your desired outcome.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

Luke Fox: It has been deployed in a pilot program for 12 months, all during 2018, in a wide variety of different environments around the world. Those are largey strategic investors, as well as institutional investors who believe in what we are doing, and are also investing in the overall drone ecosystem. Finally, whats next for you?

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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. Give us an overview of your fund and what you invest in? Here's a real use case.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. While not usually as nimble as a small start-up, corporations can pivot to take advantage of opportunities to engage if they see a return on investment. Verizon, and Wells Fargo just to mention a few.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2018

The stalwarts should be making the big leaps to be competitive, rather than the other way around. For example, Kodak invested billions of dollars into technology for mobile phones and other digital devices, but didn’t recognize the impact of digital cameras on their core film business. Acquire and cultivate new knowledge disciplines.

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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. Make the investment. It’s a win-win situation for success.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Given the general consensus that Business School is essentially a farm system for investment banks and consulting firms, I was initially concerned when one of my star entrepreneurial students, Sieva Kozinsky , told me of his plans to attend my alma mater, Wharton. Nothing they learned (at Business School) will help them succeed at innovation.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Since these usually require a large investment, and more time, including customer education, they need to be started while your current business is still healthy. For example, even the giant Amazon acquired Whole Foods as a growth entryway into the competitive grocery and food industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

This implies high odds of a scalable business, simply needing an investment to lead to success. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, investors want to see a positive return on their investment, with timeframes and growth expectations. Specific investment size request, and equity offered.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Our cost is very low, which allows us a key, competitive advantage. We worked on it from May 2018 up until December, and built the first machine on December 13th, and built our first five machines to test with providers for a pilot project. The retention rates were low, which mean they could not invest in marketing like we can.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). We built a strong brand in the city and acquired a ton of organic traffic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2018

I will suggest to you as a business owner and entrepreneur that focus on certain key behaviors will drive innovation without waiting for the next competitive crisis: Be outspoken in communicating proactive required change. If your business hires only to fill existing openings, it is falling behind, and ripe for competitive crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

As an angel investor, I learned this the hard way, and now I’m a believer that smart investors invest in people with the right relationships, not just ideas and skills. Work to make your ability to manage relationships your sustainable competitive advantage. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/05/2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

On the other hand, everyone is doing it, so that means more competition, and the market and technology are changing faster than ever before. Investment before that time must come from you, or friends and family. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/09/2018. Ideas are not enough to gauge business potential.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 15, 2010

In later years (2014-2018) insurance becomes mandatory, middle and lower income people will get subsidies to pay for insurance and other changes will take place. Some small businesses will have incentives to offer health plans and will have access to state run exchanges designed to provide competitive rates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2018

Often, beneficial changes will have a short-term cost to achieve market growth or competitive advantage. Investors, for example, usually want short-term profit distribution versus re-investing for the future. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 07/24/2018. Where are you on this split?

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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. April 30th, 2018. The industry did that in 2007.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Yet, when you are pitching to investors, this has to be balanced by generating enough profit to keep the venture thriving, growing, and providing a healthy return-on-investment (ROI) to investors. Highlights a sustainable competitive advantage. Facebook, for example, invested nearly $350 million before turning cash-flow positive.

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TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

— Ben Adams (@ben_a_adams) May 24, 2018. Most importantly, the community has been contributing some amazing test implementations and demonstrating the fun and utility of some good-natured performance competition. See [link] pic.twitter.com/Od1nuq0UQV — TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks (@TFBenchmarks) May 17, 2018.

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