Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Unfortunately, in my experience as an angel investor, about ninety percent of new business efforts fall short , leading me to believe that many of you may be better off staying where you are. You may be comfortable driving your future based on vision and emotion, or have long been a stickler for details and metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

That means keeping all the players and all the organizations centered on what matters amid the crosscurrents of change. Re-evaluate processes as they are today and set metrics to better represent the new sales, operational, and service needs. There are several key principles to follow along these lines: Move slow, fast, faster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 35 States.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

Santa Monica-based Gigmor (www.gigmor.com) is an online marketplace for musicians, and recently expanded beyond connecting musicians with each other, to connecting musicians with venues, club organizers, and others. What is Gigmor? David Baird: We're a live music marketplace. The bulk of our users are in the U.S. and Canada. READ MORE>>.

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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). What is BiasSync? Sometimes, it's just content presented online.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And then bit by bit, we grew the organization. We work with large brands that have a strong organic following on social media; and their question is: “Hey, Greg, why should I spend more money if I would have acquired those users anyway?” At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2020

As an angel investor in startups, I’m a believer that smart investors invest more in you as the entrepreneur than the next billion dollar solution you are pitching. Many aspiring entrepreneurs are so focused on their technology, that they display no interest or credible understand of the financials and metrics of growing a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. years there has been an initiative in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA. But the most important metric has been the deep and lasting relationships that have been built with startups and also between senior executives.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 23, 2013

Today, Los Angeles based PromoJam released their newest product to the world offering marketers something they haven’t had before – full control and insight into social campaigns. We’re talking real-time metrics here, ladies and gentlemen. With PromoJam 2.0, No more swapping applications or browser windows.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com), which develops web application firewall software, just inked a big, $35M series C funding round a few weeks ago, and now has plans to dramatically expand its hiring in Los Angeles. They have helped to continue to scale the organization.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

Four years and hundreds of long lines later, the truck is still there, but the company is taking on what co-founder Nile Dreiling calls “a stale $40 billion donut industry ” by expanding its presence into brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles after raising $9 million in financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The best CEOs realize that they need to build organizations and hierarchy and delegate decision making while still holding their teams accountable. Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The whole point of delegating investment decisions to a GP is to empower them to organize their firm to win deals and get stuff done. Startups either get three dozen term sheets or none at all, since every firm is walking around with the same frameworks and metrics in their head. Some more on metrics design and quantification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 35 States.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Schwartzfarb is currently Managing Director of Techstars Austin, but spent a significant time in the Los Angeles technology community working with Jake Winebaum at Business.com. I was a sales person at HotJobs, but after we went public I helped open up an office in Los Angeles, and lived in Los Angeles for eight years.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.”

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

That's what Los Angeles-based MergeLocal (www.mergelocal.com) is looking to find out, by offering up points which can be converted to real cash, when users check into local businesses. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would. We're also funding it out of pocket.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2010

Approximately $9,000 was raised for charity by Los Angeles and Orange County tweeps last night at The Roxy Theater as part of a global event known as Twestival , said Paula Gould, a PR rep for the event. According to its web site, Concern helps those with the most extreme cases of poverty. The focus this year turns towards Concern Worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

As a member of an angel investment group, I have to admit this is probably the most common rejection we issue. It takes real money to sustain a business, with a margin in the 50 percent range, and some realistic milestones and metrics. Show team organization and preparation for scale up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement led by John Mackey, The B Team , led by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 20 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2018

They start second-guessing their own vision, and are prone to making snap decisions suggested by someone else, in lieu of their carefully crafted processes and metrics. Entrepreneurs who can keep their cool under fire are the long-term winners I look for as an experienced angel investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

You need metrics to show dominant penetration of the relevant customer demographic, added value over existing media, and real customer testimonials of value. Angel and venture capital investors look for opportunities that are highly scalable, and have already demonstrated good traction.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2016

Los Angeles-based Gatsby (www.thinkgatsby.com) has come up with a way to combine both ways to promote social sharing, as well as reduce shopping cart abandonment, via discounts which change depending on your social influence and sharing activity. The number one metric we are targeting with Gatsby, is the pre-conversion and abandonment rate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Product development process. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2017

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include Conscious Capitalism® , popularized by John Mackey, The B Team , founded by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 33 States.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 10, 2011

Fueled by a drive to be self-made and complimentary pizza & beer, the room consisted of younger and older, budding entrepreneurs, track-proven overseers, and even a couple of angel investors. Metrics-Guided. Follow the links for more information on Coloft and Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. Lean Approach. Model-Focused.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. We now have teams in our headquarters in Los Angeles, and offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Current examples include the Conscious Capitalism® movement led by John Mackey, The B Team , led by Sir Richard Branson, the 1% for the Planet organization, and the Benefit Corporation (B Corp) now available in 14 States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2013

That means keeping all the players and all the organizations centered on what matters amid the crosscurrents of change. Re-evaluate processes as they are today and set metrics to better represent the new sales, operational, and service needs. There are several key principles to follow along these lines: Move slow, fast, faster.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Semick: In the beginning, many of our conversations were about whether we wanted funding from angel investors and eventually VCs. Another risk with taking capital is that we would grow the organization quickly and sales might lag behind expenses. Semick: We’re a very metrics driven company, and we have been from the beginning.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2012

Last week, I attended an event hosted by The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup at Cross Campus in Santa Monica. He is the Content Strategist and CEO of FatDUX, headquartered in Copahagen, Denmark, a global company specializing in user experience with offices worldwide in Los Angeles, Budapest, Zagreb and Prague.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2012

That means keeping all the players and all the organizations centered on what matters amid the crosscurrents of change. Re-evaluate processes as they are today and set metrics to better represent the new sales, operational, and service needs. There are several key principles to follow along these lines: Move slow, fast, faster.

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CEO Flow

JUNE 8, 2009

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * Goal setting and tracking metrics take up 80% of the attention; prioritization of projects and goals is 20%. * Mistakes are punished. Burnout is common. No burnout.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Leroy Hood, the well known DNA and genomics pioneer�which combines gene sequencing with a host of other diagnostic tests, with personalized counselors and health and wellness recommendations, recently launched an expansion into California, starting in Los Angeles. Arivale is based in Seattle. What is Arivale?

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