Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his classic book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Draw up a list of the best prospects, and put together your best story for follow-up. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

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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. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. According to recent statistics , there are already over 500 website crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter , available; and over $5 billion was raised this way last year. A seed-stage “super angel.” A micro venture capital firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Have you ever wondered what professional startup investors think about all this? Lack of checks and balances on startup valuations.

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JULY 26, 2011

The Los Angeles area ranks among the top markets for activity on the angel investment service AngelList , according to new statistics released by the service Monday. According to AngelList, Los Angeles was third in the list of top five locations with activity on the service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Draw up a list of the best prospects, and put together your best story for follow-up. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. The average amount per startup has been $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Greycroft Partners is one of the backers in a $2.25M funding round for Chartable , an online service which provides statistics for podcast downloads. Chartable is an "all-remote" startup, although its founders are based in New York City. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2023

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. billion by 2030, exceeding the amounts contributed by either angel groups or VCs alone. Lack of checks and balances on startup valuations.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. venture capital exits in. generation of startups. As part of our.

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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. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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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. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group, or opinion survey.

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AUGUST 19, 2011

In our Insights and Opinions section this Friday morning, Frank Peters , angel investor and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show , shares his opinions on startups making Google their exit strategy: It's the exit strategy for too many entrepreneurs: "Google's a target exit partner."

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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. The baseball community has really taken to it, because we''ve set it up how coaches already operate. How''d you start the company? What is that process?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Yet despite billions in VC money and plenty of hype , the future that micromobility companies promised still hasn’t quite arrived. We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. Los Angeles: City of Autos. Paris is so dense and has a great metro.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

TechZulu met with Hale Boggs, from Manatt Digital Media, and discussed Manatt Digital Media and the future of LA’s startup scene. TechZulu: Let’s start with an easy question. How is the LA startup scene? With the ability to get companies up and going with lesser capital needs means you can grow quickly.

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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. With social media and the new survey tools, it’s easy and fast to set up and run your own focus group or opinion survey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

One of the myths I often hear as an advisor to many entrepreneurs is that their lifestyle would somehow be better if they could more easily find other people’s money to build their startup. Usually it pays to move a startup slower rather than risk relationships. Many times friends and family have been broken by failed investments.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. Our system will go off and watch those things for you, trend them over time, do statistical analysis on them, or you can use it as a very advanced news gathering system, which is what we''re doing with it today for Wall Street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

Image via Flickr by Jupiter Labs Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. Communicate the plan and the risks up front. Build a prototype first on your own time and money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based Lucid Sight (www.lucidsight.com) is applying that technology behind the scenes to help power video games, using the digital asset features of blockchain to build ownership and scarcity into collectible video games. I was there, watching what he was doing, told him it was incredible, and said, let's start a company!.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Draw up a list of the best prospects, and put together your best story for follow-up. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

Thus, financial projections for up to five years are a necessary element in every business plan. Per the words of an old country song, “if you don’t know where you’re going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” If you are losing money on every unit, it’s hard to make it up in volume. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

What’s up!?! I’m so grateful to be up here addressing you today. That’s an amazing statistic and reminded me of my family’s journey. His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. HIS grandfather grew up in an era where there were no crossroads. And pulling you up.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , where are these women to fill these positions? Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo. Albrechtsen said.

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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. If you lose money on every unit, you won’t make it up in volume. This should ideally be a “bottoms-up” commitment from your sales team, not your own optimistic guess.

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APRIL 24, 2015

We caught up with serial entrepreneur Derrick Oien , who is CEO of the company, to learn more. Tell us a little bit about this new startup? Derrick Oien: We started ScoreStream three years ago. It's actually nice that there is a shortage of capital for sports startups. I was at MP3.com, com, and then Intercasting.

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APRIL 24, 2015

We caught up with serial entrepreneur Derrick Oien , who is CEO of the company, to learn more. Tell us a little bit about this new startup? Derrick Oien: We started Sportstream three years ago. It's actually nice that there is a shortage of capital for sports startups. I was at MP3.com, com, and then Intercasting.

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Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. At least ten online portals are already gearing up to help regular people buy startup equity, without abiding by accredited investor rules.

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Equity Platform Entrepreneur Demand 54

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. It’s hard to make up for a low margin by increasing your volume of work. Make sure your service is innovative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. It’s hard to make up for a low margin by increasing your volume of work. Make sure your service is innovative. Make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high.

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