Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2010

Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. More recently, he has invested in numerous local startups, while mentoring and advising hundreds of young entrepreneurs. He is a 26-year software veteran who has survived both startups and big companies.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. The conflict is built in. So what do we do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

As an angel investor, I’ve seen aspiring entrepreneurs who seem to be convinced that bravado and passion are a good substitute for real information and a plan. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cashflow personally every day. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Of course, not all new startup ideas can be developed this way, so pick an idea that fits.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels. Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Business Mentors. Recommended.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I've previously addressed the role of a CTO in early-stages in my post Startup CTO or Developer. for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? for a Lead Developer: How much will it cost to build what we need to build? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed? Accounting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

As an angel investor, I’ve seen aspiring entrepreneurs who seem to be convinced that bravado and passion are a good substitute for real information and a plan. Don’t wait for the right people in business to find you – developers, investors, partners, or key customers. Building the right relationships requires proactive efforts.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. ML: I do mentor and advise a lot of young entrepreneurs, especially from USC since I went to that school. TechZulu: What is Porter?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I have met dozens of brilliant technologists with fantastic ideas, ideas requiring nurturing, mentoring and support. It is generally a soft touch at the beginning of the development process, perhaps identifying 1-2 early alpha/beta customers to help flesh out use cases to be built upon over time. Seek advice from a mentor.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

On the day of Miigle’s public launch, we chatted about developing his team, lessons learned, and how World Cup soccer fits into his vision. For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. You can be an entrepreneur and at the same time you can be a mentor or an investor to someone else’s project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As a mentor to startups, I see more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer in this new gig economy. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

As a mentor to startups, I see more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer in this new gig economy. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups, I see more and more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

As a mentor to startups, I see more and more startups that are really an individual professional, marketing themselves as a consultant or freelancer. Software Development Professional. Many of these new entrepreneurs come to me looking for an angel investor or crowdfunding, which will never happen.

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