TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 7, 2021
An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio. That, too, is evolving with online engagement.
socalTECH
JANUARY 2, 2013
For this year's first article, we share the advice of Tony Karrer , Founder and CTO of TechEmpower , Founder and CTO of Aggregage and organizer of the LA CTO Forum and Startup Specialist Network , two local groups focused on startups. . Then I got an email that asked: I'm leading the marketing efforts for an early-stage startup.
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SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Beware of Mentors. His basic point was: If someone, including me, tells you something isn’t a great idea and there’s no market for it there are only two acceptable responses. In both cases, I was the mentor telling the person that the idea, as I understood it was "not great." Either: "That’s interesting.
InfoChachkie
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Despite what you might think, you are never too old to benefit from the helpful guidance of a mentor. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Jason''s mentors gave him over $500k to start Docstoc, before he had even created his product. Mentee Whoring. I certainly did.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2011
The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). I call this “marketing futures.&# You need some guidelines to make decisions.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 30, 2022
Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best entrepreneurs are pragmatic problem solvers. If you can explain the problem to a mentor, or even write it down, you will more likely get to the root cause quickly, and avoid emotional and blame-infused responses. Explore solutions, outcomes, and options calmly.
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