Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Sites 78

Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business.

Startup 100

Startup Commerce Sites Blogging 100

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Social network app developer and ad network.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. The technology has just exploded.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Commerce 99

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. How long has the site been around? In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. The cost of entry has never been lower.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

Early on, we realized that because Twitter was having issues keeping the site live and up, we needed to solve that for our users in order to build our business. BetaWorks was an angel investor in Summize, which was purchased by Twitter for its search engine. So, we built our own, new and improved version of a microblogging platform.

Ideas 248

Ideas Web Startup Content 248

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean is looking to locate his startup in the area, so we sat down with Sean to learn more about the company's software, as well as what brought him to the Los Angeles area. What is Jute Networks? Our company, Jute Networks, is a startup that is about a year and a half old. We're specifically not a social network.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Register some intellectual property.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. I am in the middle of writing up some of my thoughts on this and will post about it and let you know.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

million for a social networking site 18 months ago. I recently met with a firm that raised $4 million in an angel round (some friends & family this guy had!). If you do, make sure you write them out and think about what you’re answers will be. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - You raised $1.5

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Register some intellectual property.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Seth raised $100k in angel funding to fuel operations. Meebo angel investors also include Marc Andreessen and Auren Hoffman. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Register some intellectual property.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, Los Angeles-based Postcard On The Run (www.postcardontherun.com) is trying to recapture that sense of value of physical photographs, with its new service, which turns digital photos into postcards. Unlike the past, when photos were treasured and shown off to friends and family, it seems like photos are almost disposable.

Email 218

Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Register some intellectual property.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution.

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. When was it launched and where?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

This year, it being our third year in a row conducting on site interviews and live streaming, we definitely had to ensure this year’s lineup was up to snuff with the great ongoings of SXSW. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing. Here are some sites from the trade show floor!

Entertainment 99

Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. but: Something is Still Missing. call to arms.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175