Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Customer Custom Entrepreneur 143

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

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. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group.

Summary 121

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2017

She speaks from years of experience mentoring and facilitating independent contractors and helping large companies, since well before the term “gig economy” was even coined. As a new business advisor and mentor myself, I enjoyed her recommendations on many of these issues. Quantify value to the client as price boundaries.

Pricing 68

Pricing Entrepreneur Mentor News 68

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Startup 118

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Startup 114

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Business accelerator funding.

Funding 104

Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger way back in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group.

Funding 104

Funding Summary Entrepreneur Acquisition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Customer 113

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. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group.

Funding 102

Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. You need to be constantly assessing mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestitures. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders. Constantly scan the horizon for growth opportunities.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Layoffs Social Media Metrics 124

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. Even the New York Stock Exchange did one with the acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via a "double dummy" merger in 2006 in a $10 billion deal to create the NYSE Group.

Funding 98

Funding Startup Entrepreneur Summary 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Control costs and adjust prices to maintain your margin.

Metrics 86

Metrics Startup Training Customer 86

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. What price are you willing and ready to pay for funding? There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad. Marty Zwilling.

Summary 79

Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value! Price: $25 (Early Bird). 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.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

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. Chewse now joins the 500 current class commencing today, November 31 with an aim to even be a better marketplace for groups to easily order great food.

Startup 68

Startup Seed Funding West Los Angeles Class 68

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. Price: $15 (Early Bird).

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Mike’s work in sales, marketing, distribution, and business development is essential to customer acquisition, growth, and scalability. Students can also attend live local workshops or consult with individual teachers directly at a higher price point. Take us through your features? How many users so far so far?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

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. Price: $15 (Early Bird). Alex Maleki , Member of New Venture Group at Idealab. to 9:30 p.m. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2017

I found their five phases of the process to be compelling, based on my own years of experience mentoring startups: Nail the pain. Do real tests with real pricing to see if customers will pay you, without being pushed. Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even.

Startup 64

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 64

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. One would imagine with so much influence and potential capital flying in the packed room, the atmosphere must have felt thicker than a frenzied shark tank. Look out for this company.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And hard for me to imagine the Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger weren’t instrumental mentors to David. So I prefer to watch what works first and pay a higher price to get in when it’s proven.” This happens at acquisition time, too. After all, many people love their VCs but hate the industry. According to Andy.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Price: $25 (Early Bird). 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.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84