Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $3.62

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

The new tracks are: biotech (BioSD); craft beer (BrewSD); cybersecurity and defense (SecureSD); graphic design (DesignSD); and San Diego’s crossborder synergies with Tijuana (CrossSD). A Fire Side Chat with San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. For a complete list of the week’s events, you can find the schedule here. Taco Tuesday with Taner.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Cyvenio Biosystems > , which provides lab testing services for characterizing cancer cells, reported today that it has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The new accreditation comes on top of existing, certification that the company has held from the CLIA since 2013. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the online video programming guide firm run by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, debuted a "big screen" version of its site today at the Google I/O conference. The firm said the new site is designed to support using the web on 50-inch displays. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

His family owns one of Los Angeles’ most famous delicatessens, the eponymous Canters, and Ordermark apocryphally started as a way to manage the restaurant’s own back-of-the-house chaos caused by a profusion of delivery service orders. Canter is no stranger to the restaurant business. There’s a whole bunch of training that happens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2018

Let a good moral compass guide you. We all need a guiding light when adversity strikes. In addition, it’s important to have a higher level purpose in life, such as insanely great design, to guide your resolve and your decisions. Practice making decisions as a positive learning experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. Crowdfunding is just the beginning of your business launch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage angel investors. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2015

Let a good moral compass guide you. We all need a guiding light when adversity strikes. In addition, it’s important to have a higher level purpose in life, such as insanely great design, to guide your resolve and your decisions. Practice making decisions as a positive learning experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Bootstrapping design thinking, Entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis. . Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Jeff Reckseidler, tuuk.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . - First Principles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2016

Let a good moral compass guide you. We all need a guiding light when adversity strikes. In addition, it’s important to have a higher level purpose in life, such as insanely great design, to guide your resolve and your decisions. Practice making decisions as a positive learning experience.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application. Find out who is good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage angel investors. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

He tells us: If you’re starting a new internet company, its important to know who your audience is, and to make sure that you don’t let your own experience and that of other Time Poor people guide you wrong. I would agree that Apples product design would suggest that it aims at Time Poor buyers.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about? READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

Tran moved to Los Angeles and started his business in Chinatown with a need he personally had. He had a guiding principle for the company. The distinctive design of his packaging. He noticed that Americans didn’t have good hot sauce. So he made hand-made batches in a bucket and drove it to customers in his van.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

These organizations work tirelessly in guiding and supporting startup teams to success, regardless of their stage of business, as well as continue to encourage innovation across the planet. Pipeline Angels (National Network). Startup of the Year’s website underscores why it made sense for Pipeline Angels to support this initiative.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We had MBAs, undergrads, engineers, designers, and visitors from all throughout the LA tech scene participate in the event. Then we had the CMO of Startup Weekend, Joey Pomerenke , guide everyone through the Startup Weekend process and then we were off! 70+ students. 8 business ideas. One weekend we will never forget. Lloyd Script.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The concise guide is here. It requires writers, actors, film crews, lighting, costume & set designs, make-up artists, post production, sound, editors and so on. And I’m seeing it emerge all around me in Los Angeles. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3 hours of TV per day.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 17, 2015

They joined forces to create the online virtual reality “Summer of Minecraft” camp to make coding and digital design more accessible for kids. It’s like LEGO, in a social, virtual world,” added Tara Tiger Brown, a technologist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Connected Camps and Los Angeles Makerspace.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We did a lot of testing before we actually started designing and building Bingie, including running surveys, and started with kids as young as fourteen and people as old as 70. Where we see ourselves, is although we certainly have the capabilities of a digital TV guide, what we provide is different and compelling in the social aspect.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

However, he quickly discovered the deal data the company was collecting was not just data--but a guide to the best practices on helping brokers close more deals, quickly. He's the smartest guy, and not just book but also street smart, a superb designer and engineer, a great leader, and everyone loves him. How's the startup funded?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

For today's youth, it's often hard to figure out what they want to do in life--according to Deborah Ramo , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Amavitae (www.amavitae.com). We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. How did this start?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. We designed K5Launch to fill the void left behind by local angel and VC investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage Angel investors. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

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. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. In reality, the process of designing, building, and validating a prototype does dramatically reduce the risk, and allows everyone to hone in on the real costs of going into production.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are CEOs that always seem to guide their companies to the right place at the right time and drive their stock valuations up. Today, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) published its updated economic forecast for LA and the Southern California region. Some more on metrics design and quantification.

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