Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2023

Based on my own career as a business owner and angel investor, in this age of change, I still see key successes and growth from the same team member work qualities. Constant attention to work devices, location, and travel is not humanly sustainable without loss of quality, satisfaction, and productivity. Find what works for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors. Review of opportunity and segmentation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2022

I will highlight here just a few of the many lessons that they mention, and I also recommend, to get you started down the path to the satisfaction and success you dream about: Make sure some crazy ideas are added to your list. In my experience as an angel investor, I was never impressed when a startup founder claimed to be an “idea person.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. Explaining actions to investors takes time you don’t have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

If your startup is great enough to get a term sheet from angel investors or a venture capitalist, the next step for the investor is to complete the dreaded due diligence process. Explain that they may be called, and use the opportunity to check their satisfaction with your company and your product. Validation of product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

As a mentor and advisor to entrepreneurs and startups, and an angel investor, my passion is to find and nurture those entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas and acumen, to make them into successful business owners. Business owners get their satisfaction from happy customers and happy stakeholders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2022

They know how to communicate what they have to the best advantage, and generate more results and satisfaction for all parties. In my experience as an angel investor for startups, I often heard entrepreneurs try to cover their lack of real data with passion for the idea and the potential. Do your homework. Start today.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Booyah, Brightroll, Chegg, Evernote, Dailybooth, Formspring, Get Satisfaction, Inner Circle Labs, Klout, Miso, Nokia, Parisoma, Plancast and Twilio. BetterWorks is headed by Paige Craig, one of the most prolific angel investors in the Los Angeles area, and is venture backed by Redpoint Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 24, 2020

So the company has been working with Vandenberg Air Force Base, near Los Angeles, to establish a spot where polar and sun-synchronous orbits are possible. The Iridium launches would need to enter a polar orbit, which isn’t possible with the setup Relativity has at its launch facility in Cape Canaveral.

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socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based NewEgg announced a new program today, aimed at its third party marketplace sellers.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2011

PC Mall said the new site is rolling out a beta in Chicago, Los Angels, and Seattle, offering off discounts on national brands, local restaurants, spa and salon services, and more. PC Mall said that its focus with OnSale is helping provide long term profitability and satisfaction to its merchant partners.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

It looks like the battle between Los Angeles e-commerce startup Beachmint and technology blog PandoDaily is flaring up into a major firestorm, over the accuracy of a story posted a couple of weeks ago by the tech blog. READ MORE>>. ecommerce news retraction rumor content publishing pandodaily beachmint'

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. Explaining actions to investors takes time you don’t have.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

RepairSmith , which operates a similar service out of Los Angeles and San Francisco, is backed by Daimler to provide much the same on-demand repair services. It’s a model that’s attracted some competitors with big backing. Consumers are embracing on-demand services that make their lives better.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. These kinds of correlations don’t mean causation and the company is still working to better quantify the benefits of adopting its workplace wellness protocols.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2020

As a mentor and advisor to entrepreneurs and startups, and an angel investor, my passion is to find and nurture those entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas and acumen, to make them into successful business owners. Business owners get their satisfaction from happy customers and happy stakeholders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage angel investors.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm , the online and mobile marketing firm headed by Jared Reitzin, has gotten its first taker on an offer by Reitzin to pay $1000 to any employee that gets a permanent tattoo of the firm's logo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Proof of any business model starts with a finished product or solution, sold to a new customer for full price, with high satisfaction for the value received. Too many founders have learned that passion and free beta products do not imply a sustainable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm , the email and mobile marketing provider headed by Jared Reitzin, has scored another taker for Reitzin's standing offer to pay employees to get a tattoo of the firm's logo. The whole idea for the tattoo bounty at the Los Angeles firm came in March, when Reitzin got his own tattoo on his ankle of the firm's logo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

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. No one wants to put in money until you have a product, and you need money to build the product. The right motivated employees dilemma.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

Based on my own experience as a mentor and angel investor, I find that as many as ninety percent of startups fail in the first five years, despite their best efforts. But if you do it right, the joys and satisfaction, as well as financial returns, of your success can’t be beat. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/08/2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

As a former angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Then there is the follow-up to provide customer support and satisfaction. It shows you how everyone works in synergy. Entrepreneurs who can’t communicate specific activities are not ready for funding. Key partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Second, in your search for partners, you need to be aware of the many considerations that can make the difference between success and failure in the business, as well as your satisfaction with the relationship. Only then is it time to celebrate and look for angels on your way to heaven. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

You need to evaluate the tradeoffs of getting investment capital from angel investors and crowdsourcing. You need to use every digital channel available for marketing and visibility, no matter how dedicated you and your team are to customer service and satisfaction. These are both a source of new marketing strategies and feedback.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

million round led by Los Angeles firm Upfront Ventures, with participation from Mucker Capital and Matchstick Ventures. HappyOrNot nabs $25M for its customer satisfaction terminals . Some startups build space ships that will one day send us all to Mars, others put their time and energy into improving 350 year old infrastructure.

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Services Startup Venture Capital Redpoint 207

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based video game rental service GameFly is seeing more competition from video rental firm Blockbuster this week, after its competitor announced that it is expanding its online movie rental service to include video games.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

In our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Frank Peters , angel investor and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show , who talks about how he's suddenly taking another look at social entrepreneurship and ventures in a new light. That's what I thought 3 years ago when the Tech Coast Angels screened BikeStation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Starting and running any business is hard work, so the last thing you need is “success” with no satisfaction. As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities. Sustainability and social responsibility alone don’t make a viable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As an angel investor in startups, I always look for this self-confidence, no matter how innovative the solution. I often hear entrepreneurs talk about wanting to get rich quickly, when I know that money is not usually the key to satisfaction or happiness. Always be your own best (and most honest) friend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Sometimes contributors may get compensated later, but usually the rewards are just kudos and intellectual satisfaction.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Equity 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y: Early-stage angel investors.

Startup 124

Startup Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Sometimes contributors may get compensated later, but usually the rewards are just kudos and intellectual satisfaction.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2019

For most people these criteria would include relevant finances, experience, interest, and satisfaction. The decision criteria in any setting are those variables or characteristics that are important to you in life. Minimize compromise. Generate viable options that can achieve your goals.

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