Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. Of course, both are impressive, but still small compared to over $300 billion from VC investments annually.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2021

Since it’s January 1st and I know many people are scrambling to put together plans for what to eat I thought I’d just start with a question I know is on many people’s minds, “what should I eat in 2021 to make it healthier than 2020?” Well, of course it’s better with sour cream, guac, cheese and wrapped in a lovely tortilla!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Elon Musk and Tesla made their battery patents available to anyone, to clear the path for market infrastructure growth and compatibility, which of course benefits Tesla. Think of these as the future version of the old “computer clubs,” or today’s multi-player game platforms. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/29/2020.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

She stepped down from that company in 2020. Nguyen is founder and CMO of Fanhouse , a creator platform that just raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz. . And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If What does that even mean?”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Of course I believe the market has slowed down massively. I spoke about that more in this deck that I wrote for the SaaStr conference in early March 2020. We of course need to understand markets and market dynamics but many people understand this from an analytical perspective.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

Peloton lifted my mental spirits in 2019/2020 through what were two emotionally draining years in the world (fires, protests, politics, he who shall not be named, etc). It’s a form of accountability but of course it’s all just in your own mind. With no platform to really help me with “food coaching” I had to be this coach for myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

Of course it takes time to roll out new scooters and replace existing inventory but this is already having a dramatic effect on the underlying business. But what is unique about Bird is that with each generation of scooter platform we launch our unit economics get better and better. It’s too lucrative not to.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

With computer science jobs predicted to increase by 22 percent by 2020 according to the U.S. Their Siggy Robot is a self-balancing robot that rolls on a pink segway and can be coded to dance, go through obstacle courses, and engineered for entertainment. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , where are these women to fill these positions?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

In 2020, there are few things more important to a growing business than a comprehensive security policy. It's 2020, you need to have all your devices password protected, and not by endless variants on your first dog's name. Privacy and Security when Working from Home. Business Password Managers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains. What do you do with a $650 million platform? The answer is: not much.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We’d believe offering consumers as many options as possible is a benefit of course, but it’s worthy to consider just how far this gets us towards the reality of the connected car. But of course, there lies the looming danger of safety and accidents. Medford sees the next few decades as an iterative process.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

Take Watson , IBM’s artificial intelligence platform as an example: it has advanced significantly since it handily defeated human opponents on the Jeopardy game show four years ago. According to Gartner , there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020. Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master.

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