Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

If 10 percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from angel and venture capital investors. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Explore municipal-development resources.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. It''s a big topic.

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Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors.

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Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

If ten percent of these numbers, multiplied by your average product price, will get you the revenue you need to scale your business, you will get the love you need from Angel and venture capital investors. Conduct your own customized market research. Modern libraries are still worth a visit. Explore municipal development resources.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue. I oversee sales, marketing and partnerships, and my role is really trying to figure out which brands make most sense to partner with MuteSix.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As an angel investor and business advisor on new ventures, I expect to see five-year financial projections from every entrepreneur. This should ideally be a “bottoms-up” commitment from your sales team, not your own optimistic guess. Check competitor numbers and industry average statistics to get you in the right range.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an Angel investor. If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. If you haven’t yet finalized the business model, cost projections, and customer segments, you aren’t ready for investors.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for Angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, Angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

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Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

It's best for people who have research two, three, four, or maybe five different alternatives to a decision, such as choosing a college or a career path, or deciding if you'd like to move out of Los Angeles--decision where you already have a couple of alternatives, and need to figure out which one is best for you.

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Research Statistics Pepperdine Sites 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for Angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, Angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Equity 98

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Developments Blog. Stock Quotes.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. The reality of most startups is about survival. Conviction.

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. Angel Investor. Boomer angels won’t squeeze you for every dollar; they want to see your joy in success. Customer Service. High-travel sales and buyer positions.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75