socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Almost every entrepreneur and new business owner I mentor is certain that his/her idea has a very high probability of success, and all find it hard to believe that ninety percent of startups ultimately fail. Growing too fast kills many new ventures, due to staffing costs, inventory, and funding delays.

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Technical Review Case Study Mentor Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” Marty Zwilling.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Summary 98

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly. Angel investors probably will know your business, and want to me mentors along the way.

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Startup Funding Venture Capital Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly. Angel investors probably will know your business, and want to be mentors along the way.

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Startup Ideas Equity Invest 148

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. How to find a startup mentor. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft.

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Southern California Technical Review SoCal San Diego 168

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. Natural mentors – a desire to help. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Approachable.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2021

For example, most people thought Twitter was a total snoozer, when Jack Dorsey was looking for funding, especially with MySpace already owning that territory. You can learn to be an entrepreneur by working in a startup, talking to peers, and mentoring. Yet today, Twitter is a fifty billion behemoth, and MySpace is forgotten.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the backdoor as a reverse merger. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

An occasional discussion with a mentor won’t do it. Building a business requires funding – for inventory, marketing, and operations. The place – finding a community where you can thrive. Everyone needs a place with the right people, connections, and environment to nourish your dreams. The right culture is the key.

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Entrepreneur Help Incubator Startup 139

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. The company was called Red Beacon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

This strategy requires allocating a significant portion of your time, even as daily crises grow, to the nurturing of the leadership pipeline, mentoring high potentials, paying them well, and rewarding results with positive short-term feedback, as well as strategic promotional opportunities. Proactively prepare for downturns and recoveries.

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Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

According to Snodgrass, SGL wants to deliver products and services that can quickly help entrepreneurs get the attention, and funding they need and have been overwhelmed with mentor, Angels, and VC requests since launch and to date.

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Google Technical Review Press Software Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

In my perspective as an advisor and mentor to many entrepreneurs, there are a set of basic strategies that can be applied to every startup to dramatically improve the odds of success, no matter what the business domain. Funding is only one of the critical resources you need to start a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly. Angel investors probably will know your business, and want to be mentors along the way.

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Startup Ideas Equity Invest 73

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Based on my experience as an angel investor and a mentor to dozens of entrepreneurs, having no business plan is the quickest way to define yourself as just a dreamer, or at best a hobbyist. Yet I continue to get funding requests that never mention any specific plans or costs to be associated with these elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly. Angel investors probably will know your business, and want to me mentors along the way.

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Startup Ideas Equity Invest 67

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2015

Last week, Los Angeles-based Sense360 raised $2.75M in a funding round, to go towards its development of a platform to help developers pull together information and make sense of all the data coming from your mobile phone. It was a really important part of how we got that acquisition really quickly. We have that access now.

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Startup Platform Mobile Advertising 100

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Over the past decade, startups that have been part of the Startup of the Year programs have made new partnerships, grown into household names, and collectively raised billions of dollars in funding. Many have exited via successful acquisitions, while others have IPO’ed with the same impressive result.

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Startup Competition Google Capital 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2017

Retain maximum equity by requesting minimal funding. Size your funding requests to cover the next 18 months, and then buffer the amount by at least 25 percent. Advisors and mentors enhance the learning and effectiveness of even the best business leaders. Moderate business conflict is constructive and should be embraced.

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Entrepreneur Competition Custom Customer 72

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. Yet their next fund had Facebook in it. billion in returns.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 500 Startups add that successful startups don’t just need great coders and designers but require scalable and cost-effective customer acquisition which they help startups at.

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Startup Seed Funding West Los Angeles Class 68

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2015

Talk about the funding? I have been on the board of Tradesy with Jim Andelman, and have been friends with Mark Suster since he first moved to LA, and was a mentor at LaunchpadLA. MCNs are just the first wave of big acquisitions, I see lots of innovation there over the next five to 10 years, which is really cool.

Startup 100

Startup Content Technical Review Product 100

Jason Nazar

JUNE 1, 2016

Read what other startup mentors have to say about attracting investor attention. Create scarcity ; let them know that this funding round is closing soon and we’re really here to see if we’re the right fit for each other. Too many entrepreneurs get thrown off because they can’t go through their pitch the way they practice it.

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Slides Startup Entrepreneur Metrics 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

I met with a lawyer, talked to an investor and a few mentors, all who are serial entrepreneurs to advise me. But a wise mentor of mine said, “Go with your gut! It’s amusing at the very least when I share this story to my mentors, advisors and peers. Interesting offer considering he did nothing. LESSONS AND LAUGHS.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Start Engine offers a team of mentors who have proven themselves as successful entrepreneurs – not professional investors – ensuring that its startups are guided by the right people for the right reasons. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. In seed stage funding, we’re often told that the investments are ultimately about the people/teams, and not necessarily the metrics. Rapt.FM – Rap battles over live chat.

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