Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2011

I think it takes a few more steps to “activate” the checklist and fruitfully engage in the activities that lead to leadership success. This study can take many forms: reading leaders’ biographies, witnessing leaders in action, and joining leadership development programs. Endure extremely stressful leadership moments.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. The next part of the margin mix online video companies must get control of is talent margins. The best companies look at data to know what time to post.

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Xconomy

JUNE 19, 2019

There’s a speed dating game of sorts happening as pharmaceutical companies that have approved cancer immunotherapies are testing their medications in combination with experimental drugs in hopes of reaching more patients.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2021

When do most companies communicate? Early stage company investors as a group have a common gripe – almost universal. Information flows from the company irregularly, in fact most often when the company is urgently in need of more money. How companies do gain traction for additional rounds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Los Angeles has 8 percent of all the "unicorn" companies globally, according to a new study released Wednesday by the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. The school said the study companies as a unicorn if they exceeded a value of $1 billion during any month between January 2014 and the end of 2015.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

Beyond Meat , the meat replacement company whose packages of Beyond Burgers line grocery store aisles across America, has priced its initial public offering. The company is looking to raise roughly $200 million in the stock sale for its portfolio of burger, chicken and sausage replacements, selling 8.75 million in 2018, down from $30.4

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2023

Establishing and maintaining the right company culture is a major key to success in any business these days, especially with the growth of the millennial generation of workers. It has a huge impact on productivity, as well as morale and loyalty to the company. He says trust is the key to a good culture. Flatten management levels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2019

Most workers are still rushing to retirement, where they hope to escape to more stimulating activities with a real sense of accomplishment. Company values must include respect for the environment and social good. Recent studies reveal that highly-engaged organizations are experiencing double the success rate of less engaged ones.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Postie uses a combination of online data collection and an on-demand print and mail technology to give its customers turnaround times on print orders in as little as 24 hours and what the company boasts is the equivalent of online ad-targeting. They aren’t the only ones. Postie has raised $3.5

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2016

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's biggest angel investment group, says its performance record and returns on its investments are higher than the average angel, in nearly all categories, based on a new academic study. in active investments. in active investments. According to the TCA, it had a 3.3x

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

The startup''s service revolves around finding music that helps users concentrate on work, studying, or other intensive activities, with the idea that the right kind of music can help extend the concentration of users. Focus@will said it also plans to released Android and iOS versions of the service soon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Establishing and maintaining the right company culture is a major key to success in any business these days, especially with the growth of the millennial generation of workers. It has a huge impact on productivity, as well as morale and loyalty to the company. He says trust is the key to a good culture. Flatten management levels.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

The Angel Capital Association reported this week that investing activity by angel investments groups dropped by nine percent between 2008 and 2007, and 40 percent of angel groups expect overall investment to decrease again this year.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2011

San Diego-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals and partner Takeda Pharmaceutical Company reported this morning that they have suspended clinical activities on a Phase 2 study involving its obesity treatment. The firm said the study was voluntarily halted over patient safety issues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It is no secret that the recent pandemic has exacerbated this problem as companies lost more and more of their employees due to illness, economic contraction, and voluntary resignations. Also, every study I have seen shows that the right rewards are the key to a motivated and engaged team. Company values do not match personal values.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2011

New information released in a study of the IPO pipeline, finds that California continues to be the most active market in terms of initial public offerings. According to the Renst & Young LLP US IPO Pipeline study, California had 25 companies looking to raised $2.2 billion on the market in Q1.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Be clear on your mission.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2013

Arye Barnehama: Melon is all about turning the invisible activity of the mind, into something visible and meaningful in your everyday life. When we designed the headband, we made it so they can wear it during any activity that they are used to. What is that brain activity going to tell you? What is Melon? That''s what focus is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

I suspect the exuberance for an IPO is still being driven by the highly visible successes of several companies a few years ago, including Facebook, Yelp, and Twitter. In fact, IPOs are down again this year, with just 31 companies going public in the U.S. These include the following: Taking a company public is an expensive process.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

A handful of drug companies have either begun or will soon begin human clinical studies of medicines that directly alter a patient’s genes. Despite all this activity, biohackers like Josiah Zayner think the world is moving too slowly. Should we be worried? National security officials say yes. Should we also be hopeful?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2020

I was shocked to read an old Gallup study that indicates only 13 percent of employees worldwide are actively engaged at work, and more recent data shows only a small change in the right direction. Find ways to recharge your emotional batteries, through supportive relationships and community activities.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Case studies, supporting videos, and giveaways still work well in this regard. In today’s ease of global communication, people buy from people, not from companies. By actively participating in social media and customer support channels, you can differentiate by building advocates and loyalty.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

As a business consultant with experience in large companies as well as startups, I often hear about dysfunctional management hierarchies, as well as the value provided by exceptional ones. Good managers improve focus and productivity through effective communication and coordinating disparate activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Here are some tips from a classic book by Harvey Mackay, “ Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door ,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company: Make yourself indispensable. It pays to be visible in any way that’s positive for the company. Don’t hang out with gloom and doom. Educate yourself one notch up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe, in a classic HBR article on change readiness for large companies, define it as “the ability to continuously initiate and respond to change in ways that create advantage, minimize risk, and sustain performance.” It’s called the management of unplanned changes, or how well your startup reacts to crises.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2012

joins the company's board with the funding. The firm said the funds will help the firm complete all activities to reach Phase 3 studies by the end of 2013. Novo's Heath Lukatch , Ph.D., READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Actively and positively end relationships that are not productive.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2012

The Tech Coast Angels , the organized Southern California angel investment group, helped boost California into the top states for angel investment deals, according to a new study released today. percent of angel investments in the state. The report did not break down investment totals between Southern California and Northern California.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. It’s actually quite hard to lay out an annual company strategy that is articulate and underpinned by facts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

In an eye-opening Franklin Covey study, respondents indicated that 40 percent of their time was being spent on things that were not important to them or their companies. Decide what is most important and get those activities in the bucket before the week begins. That’s productivity. Why is this so hard?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. That means if your new startup doesn’t plan for continuous innovation, the company may never reach corporate status.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Most workers are still rushing to retirement, where they hope to escape to more stimulating activities with a real sense of accomplishment. Company values must include respect for the environment and social good. Classic studies reveal that highly-engaged organizations are experiencing double the success rate of less engaged ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. I am happy to see reports that young companies are leading the way in these trends, on both the customer and the employee side.

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