TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Digital avatar startup Genies , known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Migos and Cardi B, has just released its long-anticipated NFT storefront, “The Warehouse.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

If you are seriously looking to start the next billion-dollar startup, you need to get beyond the realm of enhancing a current solution. Rather than starting from a mindset of pushing the limits of technology, be determined to first find a customer need that can only be solved by the technology you know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

If you want to make a great first impression on a startup investor or an advisor like me, don’t try to convince me or show me how busy you are. I’m sure you all know someone who always seems to be overworked, but often comes up short on the delivery side. As an entrepreneur starting a new business, you have a lot to learn.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Now, Shopify has apparently approached major publishers including Complex and Vox Media as well as getting Buzzfeed to sign on to the new program. Consumer tech, for example, is a perfect fit for affiliate marketing with 60% of consumers buying electronics on Prime Day 2020. As a result, Amazon managed to generate a frightening $10.4

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. It’s no wonder, then, how we’ve ended up with the paradox of the “girlboss.” . It’s not a compliment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Thus I often recommend that before you kick off your own business, you join another startup or existing business to see how things really work. It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/15/2020.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

I’m sure you have all seen entrepreneurs and startups with great ideas that never seem to live up to their potential, while others with more mundane solutions seem to take off quickly and never slow down. If you tell me that you have been working on your startup for two years, but can’t quite quantify the progress, I’m not impressed.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., — Scopely (@scopely) January 26, 2020. shortly before 10 a.m. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Scott Alderton , Managing Partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP (www.stubbsalderton.com), which also runs the Preccelerator (www.preccelerator.com) startup incubator. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

In my work with new startups, I often find people who believe that the terms “ entrepreneur ” and “ inventor ” are interchangeable. Yet I find a big difference between “starting a new business” and “creating a new product.” A good entrepreneur starts with quantifying the problem, rather than a solution looking for a problem.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

The company laid off its entire retail staff and closed all its physical locations, including its flagship New York City store, in August 2020. Despite its fundraising success, Glossier’s ascent has oftentimes been far from smooth. The company’s website currently says customers should “stay tuned” for more retail store openings this year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Most of you prefer to ignore the feedback from analysts that your chances of creating the next unicorn startup may be as low as one in five million. Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/15/2020.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. But where can a total newbie get started? Here, we'll offer a quick overview of how you can start your own podcast for free (or at least, as cheaply as possible).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. These can easily start new trends, or capitalize on existing ones.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2020

If the peer is a potential co-founder, find out what complementary skills they could bring to your startup before wasting time for both of you, and missing a relationship, by pitching the product or technology. Follow-up with a connection via social media or a meeting. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/09/2020.

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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?” Once your daily diet is out the window you might as well sabotage your day and start fresh tomorrow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

But customers today are fickle, instantly aware of every new alternative, due to the Internet and social media, and not afraid to change. They need to remember their “total experience” as one that stands out – starting with how easy it was to find you, simplicity of the transaction, and superior service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

They are quick to claim the credit for things in their domain that work, but also quick to disclaim responsibility for problems that keep popping up. Communication must be positive and consistent, both up and down the line. Follow up with credit to others and lessons learned. Communicate effectively what needs to be done.

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StartUp Beat

MARCH 10, 2020

spurse announced the pre-launch of its Social Reward platform at the Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo 2020 (IMCX 2020) that took place the 25th February in Los Angeles. The post spurse Launches Social Reward Platform at Influencer Marketing Conference & Expo appeared first on StartUp Beat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

There are always opportunities to participate in existing platforms, such as becoming an Uber driver, or to start your own platform sharing your favorite hobby. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site. Certainly these new rules will impact existing businesses as well as new startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Other companies, including Ritz-Carlton , now incent their employees to build real relationships with guests, by authorizing them to spend up to $2,000 per guest to solve an individual concern. This has to start with doing the customer interaction work to isolate the needs and drivers in the market you intend to serve.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

According to Cisco the number of connected “things” will balloon to 50 billion by 2020. 2020 seems like a decade away into space, however Motreal-based reelyActive, the winner os Startup World Competition , is doing just this. The startups software associates the identified people and “things” with their existing online data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Millennials have come a long way in business since I started writing about them nearly ten years ago. They started out as that spoiled generation of kids, born between about 1982 and 2004, who had everything, and could care less about business. Their success is now vital to our success.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? These are all gigantic categories with hundreds of new startups founded each year. Dynamic entrepreneurs attract talent and outside capital, both vital resources to every startup. in 2005 for $680M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

I’m sure all of you are convinced that your new business will create the next trend and ride the wave to success, but the reality is that most startups fail , so anticipating future trends is clearly harder than it seems. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/22/2020. Spend more time outside the business, looking for trends.

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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. Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. Karat, a startup building a bank for creators. Last month, the product launched with $1.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. Anticipate and establish supporting social media accounts. Every future entrepreneur should start by networking.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.”

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The two platforms are both huge in their respective markets: By connecting TikTok's audience with small businesses online everywhere, this team-up could offer a lifeline to business owners amid a rocky economy. — Savannah Sanchez | The Social Savannah (@social_savannah) October 27, 2020. Start With a Free $300. forward.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Today's interview is with Jo Webber , the CEO and founder of Pod.io , a startup which has developed an app to help people connect with others over shared interests. What's your background and how did you start the company? Jo Webber: We've done a seed round of $5M, which we raised earlier in 2020. What is Pod.io?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? I organize everything from documents, media files to trip planning, and family calendars on Notion. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2020?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/23/2020. Use flexibility to match your lifestyle.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 15, 2020

This is really bad for the media industry. Josh Stermberb (@joshsternberg) April 14, 2020. ” The changes are due to start next week. Clickbank , for example, will pay up to 75% in its affiliate scheme. The amount of money that publishers generate from Amazon affiliate links is significant. from your purchase.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Soylent VP of Marketing, Andrew Thomas , to hear how the company finally decided to embrace the nameand the frequent trolling on social mediato instead emphasize the sustainable aspects of its products, as well as the new product line, with Plants, Not People. That said, it does come with a challenge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

All of us are struggling to keep up in this age of technological acceleration, where we learn every day that we can’t trust links in our email, marketing guarantees, or phone requests from people we don’t know. Customers these days are turned off by timeless safe messages, delivered repeatedly on traditional media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2020

Although most people believe that being a successful entrepreneur is all about having the right idea, I’m convinced from my years of experience as a startup advisor and investor that’s it’s more about you as a person. If you don’t have a successful prior startup to demonstrate your ability, it’s time to be creative.

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