TechCrunch LA

APRIL 29, 2020

Earlier this year, Google also announced that it would open its regions in Jakarta, Seoul and Warsaw over the course of 2020. “Cloud technologies enable two important outcomes for us,” said James Alvarez, CIO of Aristocrat. So far, it doesn’t look like the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing down these plans.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2020

Of course, it could be your level of experience, or the quality of your team, but the difference is often more related to the lifecycle stage of the market you are trying to enter. Of course, getting money doesn’t assure success. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/10/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

In fact, angel investing worldwide does seem to be leveling off at around $25 billion annually, while crowd funding is setting new records, achieving over $34 billion in 2020, despite the pandemic. Of course, both are impressive, but still small compared to over $300 billion from VC investments annually.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. On Funding?—?Shots

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2020

Dyson, for example, invented over 5,000 prototypes before he perfected his bagless home vacuum technology with a constant suction. Often the challenge on the business side is not in selling your technology, but in providing the infrastructure. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/12/2020. billion net worth.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Elon Musk often talks about identifying all the dimensions of a problem, such as lower cost battery technology, as the key to moving the electric vehicle industry ahead. Of course, this all has to start with you having the confidence and conviction that there is at least one solution to every problem, and that you can find it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” Of course our execution against the strategy has had to change but the strategy has remained constant. discipline & focus. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. We also focus heavily on geographies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

As an entrepreneur, I understand your passion when pitching your solution to investors and customers, but passion alone won’t make one more technology pitch stand out above all the rest. Of course, it is possible to overuse stories to the point of undermining your credibility or wasting people’s time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

You are in the best position to take the initiative to address growth, emerging technologies, and changing customer needs. Of course, talking and giving orders is no substitute for doing. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2020. Don’t wait for a crisis to test accountability.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

She stepped down from that company in 2020. Watson, who holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $4.5 And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If Then, Amoruso started a company called Girlboss that was likened to “Linkedin for Women.”

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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. This could be fighting some government bureaucracy with your technology, or “supporting” unhappy customer efforts against an unpopular competitor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

In that critical first minute, no one needs to hear that you have a passionate dream of changing the world, introducing new disruptive technology, or a product with more features than competitors. Describe technology and features, not competitiveness. Too much technology and too many features can scare off both.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I support their summary of the seven capital assets that are the core required to create a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and produce real economic value for your startup and the rest of us: Intellectual capital – ideas, information, technologies. Of course, ultimately you must appeal to real customers to survive.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

mitú has been able to amass more than $40 million from Universal/Comcast, WPP, The Chernin Group, Advanceit Capital and of course Upfront Ventures to take on this opportunity we see in front of us. Beatriz has been a tireless public advocate of the role of Latinx leaders in startups, technology y media. trillion in 2020 (U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

She created and launched an overall brand and a swim collection , then came the book deal ( “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City” is expected out May 2020). Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While these are quite reasonable, I find that the real superstars in the entrepreneurial world today, such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk, started with even bigger aspirations, including moving computer technology into every home, and establishing a human outpost on another planet. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/18/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2020

Most analysts agree that many major business failures, including Blockbuster, Kodak and Xerox , were not a result of leaders not knowing about new technology, but failing to communicate effectively and listen to other internal organizations for impact and timing. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/28/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

Of course, this vision must be continually tuned by new customer trends and technology arrivals. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/22/2020. I still see many businesses who let current challenges lead them on a random walk into or out of the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

Use technology and tools, but don’t let them sink you. < These days, it’s easy to find comprehensive videos and online courses on the Internet to get you up to speed, but I find many entrepreneurs who are too independent and proud to look or ask for help. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/13/2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Food production and distribution, group collaboration, remote training or education, sensor technology (tracking people movement, temperatures, etc), certain biotech deals. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2020

Of course, every new offering to customers must be lawful and delivered ethically, and every business model and product is essentially an experiment in providing maximum customer value. Thus it makes sense to be as transparent as possible, and to do your testing with as much speed as technology allows.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

These are industries where structural impediments to technology adoption have only recently been broken down by the advent of incredibly powerful mobile devices. over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2020

Of course, these may need to be updated for cause, but it’s hard to get anywhere if you don’t have a specific destination. Even if I am impressed with your technology, you have to convince me with evidence that your customers are ready to buy, and you have what it takes to differentiate from competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

For example, every investor I know can tell you about meeting a passionate entrepreneur who is pitching a great technology innovation, but has not done the financial homework on making it a good business. Of course, projections don’t make reality, but they do force you to declare.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

I mostly talk about startups, technology & venture capital. 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. It was inspiring.

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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. Bird is working with local law enforcement to crack down on theft and has built a team and technology that makes it easier to track criminal rings or even petty theft.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 60% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least seven more years, to 2020. percent to 23.4 percent last year. They are becoming the new early adopters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, 62% of working Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force, with real power and influence, for at least nine more years, to 2020. In terms of job creation, innovation, and productivity, entrepreneurs drive growth.

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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 Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

That dream, is a concept of the ultimate driving (and non-driving) experience, where cloud-based intelligence can be utilized to make transportation efficient, maximize road safety, and create technologically immersive driving experiences. Technology Takes the Wheel – Our Autonomous Driving Future. That much is obvious.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master. According to Gartner , there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020. I remember that for my father, who just got a new car with this feature, it was a technological breakthrough akin to something from a Back to the Future movie.

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