Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Too many startups have experienced early financial losses and technical glitches, like Uber and the Zynga IPO a while back, which antagonized individual investors and startup executives as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. PE Hub reported that there were mass defections. So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2011

We answer these questions and really dive into the LG 4G Thrill in our review below. I was able to test out the Thrill 4G all over Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside County, and San Jose, CA. I’m happy to report that I was geting these speeds at almost all my locations. Sporting a 4.3-inch For the $99.99

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements is a heavy burden.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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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? People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Not really.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I have long tried to raise awareness of the trade-off between growth & profits as outlined in this much read blog post on the topic (and please forward to your favorite journalist who often simply report that companies that aren’t profitable are bad). I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Bockerstette, Main Street Venture Fund As I outlined last week, trophy angel investors are always looking for trophy entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs tend to write business plans that are difficult to read, heavy on technology, and give little thought to the business model and commercialization strategy. By Joseph A.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. We've basically taken advantage of all the new technology out there--especially, the web-based service model. Zareh Baghdasarian is the CEO of 15desks (www.15desks.com),

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Gerber memorialized this concept many years ago in his classic book E-Myth , which postulates that most startups are initiated by entrepreneurs with technical skills, rather than business skills, resulting in a high failure rate. In fact, both customers and investors often avoid the perceived high risk of innovative technology pitches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Last year 200,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 71,000 startup deals.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. ► March (1) Office 2.0: Zondigo, Inc.

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