Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

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. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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Statistics Research Report Newsletter 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

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Startup Press Blogging .Net 261

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. New investors sometimes want early investors to put in money to “prove” they have confidence in the new price. Why prorata rights used to be less of a big deal to angels.

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Guide Venture Capital Startup Writing 336

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

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. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

Marketing 157

Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

million round led by Los Angeles firm Upfront Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and Matchstick Ventures. A traveler pays Sun Country one fixed price to get them from the bus pick-up point to their final destination. Airbnb, for its part, filed a press release this week confirming its plans to go public in 2020.

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Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity.

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Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios). So it wouldn’t be a surprise to see price increases in Qwikster in the future. kids movies priced as a separate package). No time soon.

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Netflix Evite Pricing Hulu 329

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Local Press / Websites / Organizational Tools – New York has an amazing startup scene and the energy and momentum is palpable. Local press matters.

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Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The story are the early investors who had foresight to back them — Lightspeed, Benchmark, IVP, SV Angel, General Catalyst, etc. 6 months later the company was in the press because predators had used the app to rape and molest three children under the age of 15. Lightspeed, Benchmark, IVP, General Catalyst, SV Angel and others.

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Snapchat Invest Technical Review Dollar Shave Club 214

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

If you’ve been following the press about VC funds you’ll know this is no small feat. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million).

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Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 343

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2013

What drove my brother and me to perform, to risk so much, to skirt bankruptcy, to press on again and again? The price for the franchise in 1953 was $50,000. Dad turned it down, stating that there was no chance of success for a park so far from downtown Los Angeles. For us, I believe it was two important things.

Startup 153

Startup Press Entrepreneur Training 153

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it. There are various models of this but amongst the most successful I’ve seen executed is FabFitFun , based in Los Angeles.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Prices down. Network Up. But what else?

Marketing 361

Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. In the case of MakeSpace we had huge initial successes in New York City as Rahul led the scaling of our drivers, our trucks and our warehouses and we figured out the right price points to beat the local competition.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 You need to understand the “quality” of the revenue.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

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. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. Oh, and did I mention: Roger – NYC, Rob/Rory – NorCal, Nick/Chris – London & me – Los Angeles. Each of your angels or seed investors may have 20-30 investments. Assign away.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A lot of our competitors have had to shave their prices because travelers can''t afford to pay the fees for their sites. Michael Womack: My partner and I used to work together, working for a luxury vacation rental company in Los Angeles. Michael Womack: A lot of this is organic, due to the press we''ve been getting.

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Sites Startup Customer Custom 213

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. Most Angelenos don't realize Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the country. (We

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USC Startup News Entrepreneur 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I don’t think any serious VC or angel thought it was “collusion.&# Let’s be honest – as professional investors we have ALL been to meetings with other groups of investors where we talk about whether there’s a bubble, price creep, etc. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity?

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Email Blogging Venture Capital Writing 287

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. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction.

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Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate. o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. People want to invest in people they trust – once you’ve made money for someone you can always go back, and even get better pricing.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

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. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. It's nice chatting with you again about your company--you're here in Los Angeles, aren't you? Gary Bishop: One of the things about Los Angeles which I think is very unique, is it's been great for entrepreneurialism.

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Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

How could Bird really be worth the reported $2 billion valuation that I read about in this press? Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco? Not at all.

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Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based HauteLook (www.hautelook.com), an online private sales site, scored a major round of funding--raising $31M from Insight Venture Partners. But, we've seen so much interest in the flash sales space, we saw an opportunity to raise more capital, and use that to press on the accelerator.

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Sales Email Startup Sample 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

So if you’re raising money – from angels or VCs – you’re going to have to address the question of whom you’re competing against. Often they are things like: functionally complete product, platform coverage, price, intuitive UI, geographic coverage or some other way of slicing the competition.

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Venture Capital Slides Competition Education 313

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The conversation moves into Zeroblock’s upcoming plans to implement trading API’s, a robust front-end interface for trading, as well as goals to create a standardized protocol in connecting different exchanges (thereby leveling out bitcoin prices across the board). Despite bad press (Silk Road, Mt Gox, etc.)

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction.

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Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Step 6: Full Court Press – If you identify an appropriate cadre of investors, gain their attention online, obtain a referral from a trusted source and then exceed the expectations you set, obtaining adequate capital will be relatively easy. His secret was to invite multiple buyers to view the car at approximately the same time. Stay Limber.

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Venture Capital Capital Research Customer 236

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

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Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. If you fold simply because they haven’t responded to your last two emails you won’t have success in business development, sales, press, recruiting … anything.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2017

And the giant gets disrupted precisely because its cost structure to serve its customers and its cash cow, high-priced offering makes it nearly impossible for it to try compete. And the giant knows it has no ability to properly respond at the prices and with the innovation that Ring will serve its customers.

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Riot Games Pricing Startup Venture Capital 254

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Determine a pricing system for your product(s). Reach out to relevant newspapers and press. Determine the price of your services. Recommended. Recommended.

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Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40