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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. Too many angel deals just means more to watch and invest in for the ones that do succeed (if the VCs can get in at reasonable prices).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

To win in this environment, you may need to expand your leadership in industry conferences and community activities. You will find that customers discount advertising, and look for user testimonials, online influencer reviews, and return-on-investment examples from industry experts. Target audience may be limited or new due to price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2023

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. Being open is a two-way street, requiring active listening, inclusion, and responsiveness. Invest in employees’ career and personal growth.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

At the early stage investment firm Fink said he was responsible for marketing activities for companies including Dollar Shave Club, DogVacay, SpringRole, Wishbone, and Hello Society over the six years he worked at the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Technology pilots. This is the transition stage from basic research to applied research.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 18, 2012

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Zak is the director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and he has studied the connection between trust and performance all over the world. Being open is a two-way street, requiring active listening, inclusion, and responsiveness. Invest in employees’ career and personal growth.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- Please join PwC, the Los Angeles Venture Association, and a distinguished panel of venture capitalists and industry experts for their insight into results of the MoneyTree Report.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2012

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -- PwC MoneyTree Report. As a collaboration between PwC and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Technology pilots. This is the transition stage from basic research to applied research.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 29, 2015

Investment documents usually call for quarterly reporting by the company to the investors. Less than a quarter of companies receiving early stage investment voluntarily fulfill this promise. Usually, one or more of the investors is placed on the board as a requirement of the investment documentation. Rob Wiltbank, Ph.D.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2011

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2021

Most entrepreneurs view a mentor as someone older and more experienced who takes the time to personally give guidance, advice, and takes an emotional investment in your success. Work, study, and practice continually to solidify the guidance. If you don’t have an objective, you won’t know when you arrive.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. Please join PwC, the Los Angeles Venture Association, and a distinguished panel of venture capitalists and industry experts for their insight into results of the MoneyTree TM Report.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2010

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Are you making the proper investment, and is it paying off? The current term for all these activities and results online is “ content marketing.” I assure you of the need to really listen to customer feedback, both proactively in market studies, as well as after-the-sale reviews. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex.

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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: Most of our trials are Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

Technology investing is the best job in the world, but it can be fraught with failure. Once you make enough technology investments, as we have over the last decade, failure at multiple levels will increase and sometimes it feels as if these failures are often sudden, surprising and multiplicative. Two big lessons in 2018. Just maybe.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2009

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

LAVA 100

LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It’s easy for entrepreneurs to postpone decisions in tough situations, in favor of more study. Entrepreneurs need to actively listen to customers, investors, and other constituents, just like sales people need to listen before they talk. That mentality has to be part of the culture of every startup team member from the start.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide.

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LAVA Study Venture Capital Press 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Greathouse : DataPop & Kenshoo recently released a study that highlights the potential opportunities on sites like Pinterest and Polyvore. The DataPop Kenshoo study does a great job of identifying some low-hanging fruit, (for instance) simply adding products onto social commerce can be a great start.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). Behzad Kianmahd: There's a bit of a history there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Yet, according to a recent study , more than half of tech employees see their current office culture as toxic. As an executive, I found that the first step toward fixing this is actively listening to people, and not being defensive in responses. That can’t possibly be healthy for employee morale, productivity, or customer focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

Yet I find in my business advisory activities that busy entrepreneurs and professionals, especially the introverts like me, find it hard to spend the necessary time networking and nurturing the relationships they need to get ahead. That’s a natural human reaction to accepting new relationships, as required by normal daily activities.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been?

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

We felt we'd have more impact over time, if we instead focused on people who are one generation younger, still working, and are active. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. I told him, I wanted him to invest his time. How did you end up starting the site?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pharmstandard International, the Luxembourg-based investment arm of the Russian pharmaceutical giant Pharmstandard (and a first-time investor in Avelas), led the round. It was joined by two other new backers, Ervington Investments and Alexandria Venture Investments, and previous investors WuXi Healthcare Ventures, Bregua Corp.,

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). So for argument’s sake let’s triple the number of active VCs and call it 300. You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. billion in returns.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. There have been a few major changes in the industry, which make space a compelling investment these days. Is this the usual three month format for a Techstars accelerator?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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Southern California Edison Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Below, you will find insights into what office amenity investments will help drive profitability at your property, bring in more businesses, and boost tenant happiness. . And coming out of the pandemic, they are rethinking their office spaces and evaluating what features will best promote employee happiness and productivity. .

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year?

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