Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. You had the entry into our ecosystem of hedge funds, cross-over funds, sovereign wealth funds, mutual funds, family offices and all other sources of capital that drove up valuations. billion fund.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The list of recent buyouts includes Life Technologies ($13.6 Nevertheless, Xconomy recently brought together some of San Diego’s most prominent life sciences leaders to offer their vision for what the regional biotech cluster will be like in five years. billion), CareFusion ($14.4 billion).

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Former technology journalist Courtney Boyd Myers co-founded AKUA with Matthew Lebo five years ago after seeking out a career where she could leave a legacy and fulfill her mission of reversing climate change. The total funds include backing from a Republic campaign, pre-seed investors and capital from the co-founders.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We've scoured the startup scene to find out which budding businesses have made big waves in 2022 — and whose growth is showing no signs of slowing down. The Palo Alto-based company uses emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to tackle pressing questions in cancer care. Wander's apex came in 2022, however.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds It? Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds it? During Anthropic's first funding round, which took place in early 2021, the company raised an impressive $124 million – which included investment from Skype Co-founder Jaan Tallin. You'll also see how Claude differs from ChatGPT in key areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2022

By definition, new startups have to do this to even have a shot at funding from venture capitalists and survival, but I find that existing companies often rest on their laurels far too long. Look outside your industry for new technologies and models. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 7/7/2022

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Yet, as a business consultant, I still find many of you business leaders relying primarily on your technology, word-of-mouth , or location to attract necessary customers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 9/7/2022. The possibilities are endless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a potential investor, I always think of the high rate of failure of disruptive technologies, due to the longer learning curve of customers, infrastructure change consistently required, and higher marketing costs. Technology is great, but high-tech major-step-forward solutions are not the answer to all our change challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

Sometimes you have to be willing to jeopardize current revenue streams to penetrate new markets or technologies. Jeff Bezos credits much of Amazon’s long-term ability to grow and thrive to his funding of new product experiments, even when he did not agree. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 3/2/2022.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. — Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022. Watson, who holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $4.5 Less than 2% of venture capital funding went to all-female founding teams in 2021, marking a five-year low. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green,” or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Marty Zwilling First published on Gust on 11/8/2022. In fact, without a business model, your startup is just a dream.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

These also will keep you better informed on new technologies, trends, and likely competitors. Secure outside expansion funding through investors. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 6/28/2022. Effective scaling and growth often requires more investment than is available from early organic returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Working for a well-funded existing company, or pursuing your dream as a hobby, may be more satisfying and productive. Assess your own resources as well as funding sources. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 8/11/2022. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

Proprietary technology with a high barrier to entry. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/25/2022. If you can highlight a clear synergy with an investor interest, where the sum of one plus one equals three or more, then a large goodwill number is likely.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. Naturally, these were also the first business to get funded. million in funding to date, including a recent $3.6 focused fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry. Considering that many of our funds are in the $200–300 million range, these returns were more meaningful than if we had raised billion dollar funds.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

To figure out those 50 washes, embedded near-field communication (NFC) technology in the garments are tracked in real time and healthcare practitioners are informed via a mobile app how many times a gown has been washed. The funding gives the company fuel to grow as it expands into the U.S. Tamara Chayo, CEO of MEDU.

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