Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2023

There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Per-unit cost less cost of goods sold is your gross profit or margin.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 116

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Per-unit cost less cost of goods sold is your gross profit or margin.

Startup 147

Startup Pricing Sales Statistics 147

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. The wealth of data available online is already much larger than the entire Library of Congress, and much more current.

Research 87

Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Gil Elbaz , founder of Los Angeles-based Factual , talks about entrepeneurship for our Insights and Opinions section. I learned that based on my selling statistics (which were good, but not great), every non-sale got me 1/15th of the way toward a sale. I thought it might be a good experience. Quite a lot.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur CalTech Statistics Sales 157

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For example, direct response ads yield precise statistics, and the pay–off is easily measurable. We angel and venture investors look to build brand and enterprise value, sometimes at the direct expense of profitability or even revenue. There is a vast difference in the way we can measure the results of our advertising.

Advertising 120

Advertising Statistics Pricing Email 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

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. A common excuse I hear from entrepreneurs for not doing the work is that real market research takes too much time and costs too much money.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. It''s a big topic.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Los Angeles Dodgers Accelerator, which is being run in conjunction with agency R/GA, debuted its first class of startups out of its startup accelerator class, replacing the usual batter's box with a stage, and removing the cage, and featuring the startups' names on the scoreboard.

Class 100

Class Los Angeles Statistics Incubator 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

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. The wealth of data available online is already much larger than the entire Library of Congress, and much more current.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Our interview this morning is with Robin Richards , the CEO of Los Angeles-based CareerArc (www.careerarc.com). Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. Statistically, you are 10x more likely to get hired through a referral by an employee than a non-referral. You've got to have great sales enablement.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We still need some IPOs and some big trade sales to happen to validate the market in a big way. No matter what we say, the statistics are what they are and invested capital in Silicon Valley still dwarfs Southern California. You are going to have competition in the angel round and seed stage for the next couple of years.

Los Angeles 84

Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Statistics Startup Social Media 124

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue. I oversee sales, marketing and partnerships, and my role is really trying to figure out which brands make most sense to partner with MuteSix.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

There is no black magic involved in predicting the future, if you use these four simple steps, with my basic rules of thumb to keep you on the right track: Determine your margin on sales. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Forecast sales-volume expectations. Per-unit cost less cost of goods sold is your gross profit or margin.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

According to statistics by Fundly , crowdfunding contributed $34 billion in funding last year around the world, including peer-to-peer lending. by either angel groups or VCs alone. Although professional investors may discount the impact of crowdfunding, they can’t argue with the growth of this new industry in the last few years.

Equity 72

Equity Entrepreneur Statistics Funding 72

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As an angel investor and business advisor on new ventures, I expect to see five-year financial projections from every entrepreneur. This should ideally be a “bottoms-up” commitment from your sales team, not your own optimistic guess. Check competitor numbers and industry average statistics to get you in the right range.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for Angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, Angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based Radical.FM (www.radical.fm) thinks it has a new formula for Internet streaming, and can take on Pandora and others in head to head competition. I think we''re simply too small and too new of a service to have any kind of statistical base we could extrapolate. Tom McAlvey: I think it''s too early to say.

Startup 237

Startup Services Advertising Content 237

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

In case you think that all of these are employed by big companies, listen to these statistics: According to an article in U.S. Angel Investor. Boomer angels won’t squeeze you for every dollar; they want to see your joy in success. High-travel sales and buyer positions. Retail sales to Gen-X and Gen-Y.

Mentor 75

Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an Angel investor. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

Funding 62

Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. You don’t want to take money from friends and family, but it’s too early for Angel investors and VCs. Bootstrap if you can, otherwise climb the pyramid of family, friends, Angels, and VCs. The right motivated employees dilemma. The control and growth dilemma.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Equity 98

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. PERSON David Sacks PERSON|David Sacks.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

It's best for people who have research two, three, four, or maybe five different alternatives to a decision, such as choosing a college or a career path, or deciding if you'd like to move out of Los Angeles--decision where you already have a couple of alternatives, and need to figure out which one is best for you.

Research 100

Research Statistics Pepperdine Sites 100

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

We spoke to Robin about the new startup, his executive team, as well as his angel investing activity here. If you have a good idea, a good marketplace with certain characteristics, every company needs technology, every company needs finance, sales, marketing, and operations--that's the hard part.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). Conviction.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150