InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Intent : Investor / entrepreneur conflicts often arise when a company contemplates an exit opportunity. Avoid stating a specific exit value.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

These are companies like the recent Y Combinator graduates Homestead and Rent the Backyard and United Dwelling, which has just raised $10 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Alpha Edison. The company uses a local nonprofit organization called Chrysalis to build its units. The Culver City, Calif.-based

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! That’s why I am reading this article. Don’t worry, you can apologize after the fact, when you point to the positive impact your initiative had on your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2021

As an advisor to new entrepreneurs and new ventures, I’m seeing a refreshing new focus by Millennials on work and successful new companies with a purpose, and more productivity through happy employees. There are many good articles which outline what these companies do right. With effort, the behavior change will be permanent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2011

In moving to a new company, the questions to ask are expectations, financial stability, cultural fit, and role responsibilities. All of these apply directly to starting your own company. If you have had problems with several companies, you may be part of the problem. Leaving for money. Thinking short term.

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Xconomy

APRIL 15, 2019

One such fungus, Candida auris , like some bacteria, has become increasingly resistant to the drugs with which it was previously treated, causing infections across five continents, as the New York Times recently reported in an article about the rise of the “mysterious” worldwide health threat.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. My article 5 Time-Tested Success Tips From Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos was so well received, I am sharing five more pearls of wisdom from Mr. Bezos. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

Darrell Etherington, Jon Shieber and Devin Coldewey have led TechCrunch’s coverage on space startups and they are already working hard on a stellar programming line-up that will feature top founders and investors, as well as key players from the industry’s top established companies, NASA, The Aerospace Corporation, the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

People cite sources like this Inc.com article “ 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need a Business Plan ,” or my own blog discussion on this subject, “ Situations Where A Business Plan Does Not Add Value.” Pitch your company, not your product. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Written business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

I’ve talked about the solution part several times, so this article will focus on the value of a strategy. Here are five good reasons for setting the strategy early, as summarized by Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy in their new book “ Now, Build a Great Business! They emphasize that before the “What” should come the “Why?”

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2014

He explains in his article, Calling all engineering grads: There''s lots of work in LA. Out of the top 20 schools for engineering, five of those are located in Southern California , but many of the graduates of these schools have felt the need to move north to pursue their careers.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 17, 2020

From a partnership with the Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to make chicken meat replacements using plant material and lab cultured chicken cells to an expansion of its Beyond Fried Chicken pilots to Southern California, KFC is aggressively pushing forward with its experiments around the future of food. ” Image: Beyond Meat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

A while back, I published an article on “ Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence ,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Ask the investor for “references,” meaning contacts at companies where previous investments were made. Due diligence should always be a two-way street.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2011

I define these products and services as “solutions” (customers buy solutions to a problem), but Guy Kawasaki more generically calls them causes, meaning any new idea, company, or service. He and I recommend that product ideas be assessed against the following five key qualities: Depth. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Ever heard of the band “Five Cool What?” Not surprisingly, Five Cool What never spoke with Ron again and failed to score a safety, let alone a touchdown. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! I am not surprised.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2020

Morken will become the company’s first president and chief operating officer, joining the Los Angeles based, billion-dollar-valued, mental wellness after spending thirteen years at Intuit. She previously served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of that company’s strategic partner group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business. Startups may be quicker to adopt innovations, but there are clearly some large problems than can only be solved by companies with large resources. Innovation is random, and can’t be orchestrated.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. Here I am a professional investor in early stage companies, and I attempt to find those with the greatest chance of success and growth in value over time. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that 50% of all businesses survive five years or more, and about one-third survive ten years or more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. Even still, it was another five years before Microsoft went public in 1986, making him an overnight success worth $350 million. In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 3, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. During a company''s early stages, before it has achieved profitability, the answer is, "as little as possible.". If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! The True "Cost" Of Salaries.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Given that the average lifespan from startup to exit is five to seven years, the first half of a startup’s life is lived without explicit patent protection. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2011

I’ll summarize them here, but you can see more detail in an article by David Finkel in D&B Small Business Solutions : Long-term daily job grind. Starting a company as an entrepreneur should be viewed as the beginning of a lifetime career, not a work project that you expect to be over in a few months.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. As I thought about the characteristics that comprise a great program, I identified five criteria that a prospective entrepreneurial student can use to evaluate the efficacy of a collegiate entrepreneur curriculum. 5 Criteria To Assess An Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to a classic article on Thrinacia , there were over 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence then, estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to today. As a summary, crowdfunding today can mean any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 30, 2011

Although we did not work at the same company (I was at CallWave and my friend was at SIPphone), during the mid 2000s, we both had the misfortune of attempting to entice cellular carriers to adopt the unique features enabled by VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) technology. Witnessing The Idiot’s Dilemma. I doubt it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

I define these products and services as “solutions” (customers buy solutions to a problem), but Guy Kawasaki more generically calls them causes, meaning any new idea, company, or service. He and I agree that product ideas must be assessed against the following five key qualities: Depth. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2021

Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business. Startups may be quicker to adopt innovations, but there are clearly some large problems than can only be solved by companies with large resources. Innovation is random, and can’t be orchestrated.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

In a small industrial park located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, one company is claiming to have hit a milestone in the development of a new technology for generating power from nuclear fusion. Now, the company said, it has achieved the necessary temperatures to make its reactors commercially viable.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So, your company has a great new mobile app. Read the full article, Everybody's a Critic: How Developers Can Be Proactive in Policing Reviews. Only, you've got a few people (or competitors!) putting in negative reviews. What can you do about it? Continued.). READ MORE>>.

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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. In any case, before the process starts on your startup, you should be doing your own reverse due diligence on the investor, as outlined in this article I published a while back. Visit reference customers, partners, and vendors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Most entrepreneurs like the startup role, but not the big-company role. IPO – public company initial public stock offering.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

The New York-based company was founded last year by Gina Bartasi, a fertility industry vet who previously launched Progyny, a fertility benefit solution for employers, and FertilityAuthority.com, an information platform and social network for people struggling with fertility.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. But, they could not write, and did not know what to write from the travel perspective. eHow Spark!

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2012

Our company, OnGreen, entered China in 2010. With 325 clean technology companies and $US2.5B With 325 clean technology companies and $US2.5B Drawing from both, here are our top five tips for Newbies in China. And yet many companies dive into the country with no more preparation than they'd put into a new U.S.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Yes”, I replied, “I was a seed investor and an Advisor to the company.” Yes”, I replied, “we worked together for five years.” Suggest specific, potential referrals.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Whether it’s their huge valuation or the fact that a new office pops up every five minutes, the coworking company has made a huge impact on the business world from coast to coast. The coworking company has announced two meaningful education initiatives that could help people get a leg up in the tech community.

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