socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Wolpert is also a longtime angel investor in Southern California's technology industry, helps to run technology accelerator Amplify, and has been involved in countless other startup ventures. At the end of last year I was prepared for a massive decline in the public stock markets this year and with it, a drying up of funding for startups.

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Southern California Startup Slides News 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Thus I offer the following outline for how to organize and present your business plan, with specific examples: Start with outlining the customer problem, and your solution. The most common business entity used for startups is a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), which is the cheapest and simplest to manage.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. Name the three top ones, and present your sustainable advantage as well as barriers to entry for new startups. It’s really not that difficult.

Invest 108

Invest Startup Slides Equity 108

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. In true 500 Startups fashion, Demo Day had an almost cathartic feel.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. LA By The Numbers.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

But, in recent years, we’ve started side-eyeing tech’s drinking habits. ” Over-indulgence is an issue likely to crop up at any drinking event. But, there’s a sliding scale for how inappropriate workplace drinking can be. A larger issue is the cultural pressure on those who won’t drink at all.

Study 127

Study Startup Slides Advertising 127

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. He started the call by telling me he had exciting news. If press coverage matters so much then why shouldn’t I talk it up more in my VC pitch? Put up your slide with the 5-6 logos of journals that have covered you.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In reality, they need a separate pitch about the business, carrying over only a slide or two about the solution. First to market” is not sustainable by a startup.

Product 103

Product Slides Custom Customer 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The startup, which launched this week, is hoping to find both travelers and hosts who don't want to deal with long term plans, and who can respond immediately to finding and offering up a place to stay for the night. I did that for three hours, and decided, I guess I am up, and looked around to find another place to stay.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mobile Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Don’t believe that Silicon Valley myth that all you have to do is sketch your idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will line up to give you money. Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases.

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Startup Writing Patents Competition 65

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2010

Your product team is pissed off because they’re making $120,000 / year and some hot-shot 25 year-olds just made millions from the acquisition of XYZ company that we could have built here! There’s no place for that in a startup. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. MySpace dithered.

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Entrepreneur Yahoo Startup Technical Review 330

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Dan makes a point that you shouldn’t be telling everyone about your valuation as Slide did. Minutes 11-13.

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital Slides Seed Funding Google 232

Jason Nazar

JUNE 1, 2016

If you have a team member who was an early employee at Facebook, say that right up front. Forget Your Slides. Have your slides there, reference the key points as needed, but keep the focus on each other — not a slideshow. Read what other startup mentors have to say about attracting investor attention. Talk Up Your Team.

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Slides Startup Entrepreneur Metrics 49

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique.

Yammer 133

Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Should you have 7 people doing your seed round and why Ron Conway is the S&P 500 of Venture Capital (this discussion starts at minute 59). Online travel guide that is served up in-stream with restricted data size in the same was as Twitter. -

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour frenzy in which a group of strangers can come together to form a company and compete for prizes.

Startup 100

Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. We all want authorities who are smarter on specific topics than we are. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.

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Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293