InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 14, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Popular and prolific and blogger James Clear recently shared with me why Richard Branson started Virgin Airlines. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! He had no business starting an airline company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2021

Online dating fraud rose by 150% percent in the last couple of years as scammers and hucksters turned up the false charm and predatory trolling, according to a recent article from the FTC. Online dating fraud is on the rise. Lawsuit claims and Nigerian con artists are up, and disillusionment is growing. The honeymoon is over.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 3, 2013

All corporate governance documents, from incorporation articles to minutes of all meetings of the board are maintained in the deal room. The question is whether to start this exhausting process early in the life of a corporation, or rush to complete it when a deal is identified or the run to a sale is imminent.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Today's Insights and Opinions article comes from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker and investor, who says: yes, it's a bubble, and gives her top ten reason to start a company, and ten reasons not to. Start up conferences and competitions. But that doesn't mean that it's either a good or bad time to start a company.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. Bad morale is the enemy of any company let alone a start up.&#. They then start to think sinister thoughts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. The simple answer is that if you need funding, do your homework and start networking early. Fundraising is indeed brutally tough at all stages.

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section this morning, we have an article from Cliff Allen , founder of SureToMeet , on how to start a networking group. Cliff's answer: start your own networking group. Solve this networking dilemma  when there's no networking group near you, start one. Read the rest of Cliff's article. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. I was raised in NorCal (born in Philly – go Eagles!)

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Choose Energy, and others highlighted in this recent Investopedia article. Thus I offer some practical strategies if you are looking for direction or the best place to start: Look for opportunities to increase recycling and reuse. But it all starts with you. Reduce waste from new production automation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Search the Internet for blogs in your industry and do a little research before you start. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2011

Frank Peters , angel investor and podcaster at the Frank Peters Show , says: start your own company, in the latest article in our Insights and Opinions section. "Is Professor Mike McCarthy politely answered, yes it is, very difficult; before I started shooting my mouth off I wanted to confirm my assumptions. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I hope all this seems obvious to you, but I still get a good number of notes from “entrepreneurs” who have been busy inventing things all their life, but can’t find a partner to start their first business, and others trying to find an executive, an investor, or a lawyer. It should end by asking for something, to start the relationship.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2023

Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. Let’s start with a restaurant -not our thing. Fortune Magazine and Harvard studies Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

JULY 10, 2015

Check out this Forbes article written by our every own Ash Kumra and Seline Shenoy!

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Tech Coast Venture Network

JULY 10, 2015

Check out this Forbes article written by our every own Ash Kumra and Seline Shenoy!

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Like all important social movements, the change begins with you.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. However, you do not need to start a business to begin exercising your entrepreneurial muscles. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! That’s why I am reading this article. Practice With A Purpose.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2013

I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article on Business Insider , with pre-teens as young as 9 years old who make millions more than their parents. This makes me wonder what starts that entrepreneurial drive in kids, and how early parents and schools should start teaching the basics.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. My entrepreneurial start. So, it seemed perfectly natural that my brother and I find our separate callings as entrepreneurs from the very start. One grandfather owned and maintained his apartment houses. I was twelve.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

This article is part of a Techstars Startup Week content series brought to you by CHASE for BUSINESS. The post Breaking Down Barriers to Entrepreneurship Starts with Messaging appeared first on Tech.co. Read more about the Phoenix startup ecosystem on TechCo.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. free weekly Infochachkie articles! People are free or cheap because of the recession. Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. Basically, everything is free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You should start blogging about your business before you have a product, to test interest and establish your credibility. Search the Internet for blogs in your industry and do a little research before you start. For example, if you mention an article you read in XYZ magazine, make sure to include a hyperlink to the article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The official start date for your startup is the date you incorporate the business. Many startups defer the incorporation decision until they have an investor lined up, but that can raise significant tax issues, as I outlined in an old article on founder’s stock. No investment will be forthcoming, and competitors have likely closed in.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. This morning I was reading my social media and came across an article that Christine Tsai had posted on Facebook. I moved back to the US and after a stint in Palo Alto moved to LA where I started to notice Cholula sauce at some of the best Mexican restaurants I visited.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2017

Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail. And that is after investment, not after a company’s starting up. And risky too.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. Inquisitiveness: Prior to starting the project, you should receive an estimate of the work effort. Depending on your needs, a combination of these skills may be desirable.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 15, 2022

Uber told TechCrunch the company is looking at partnering with more than one player in the space, and that the public might start to see more partnerships in the future. Serve’s program will focus on shorter trips in West Hollywood. ” Serve Robotics is partnering with Uber Eats on an autonomous delivery pilot in Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

On the personal side, these items can kill your career, as I discussed in the classic article “ Google Yourself to See How Other People See You.” For all the rest of us, it’s nice to know that we can shout back quickly and broadly, when someone starts to whisper about us.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today--where we feature the thoughts and opinions of the local high tech community--we have an article from Jeff Grabow , of Ernst & Young, talking about the changing world of venture capital : The VC environment isn''t what it used to be. First, VC isn''t strictly about start-up companies anymore.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2020

All corporate governance documents, from incorporation articles to minutes of all meetings of the board are maintained in the deal room. When to start a data room? Data rooms contain access to or copies of all significant contracts with suppliers, customers, consultants, and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2021

If so, maybe it’s time to rethink your perspective, and perhaps start enjoying work for a change. There are many good articles which outline what these companies do right. If we reinforce a behavior through repetition, our brain will start to naturally select that behavior over another. Want to get to work on time?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Here are all the challenges he had to face in order to pull this off, watch this… And to see “Electrified” live in action, watch this… That’s what this article is about; how the impossible can be possible, but it takes a lot of perseverance and support to make it through the very difficult journey. vc , Liam Martin with Staff.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As we've started to see certain processing services like Apple Pay and what not take shape, it's been easier to pay for things online. Marketing dollars start to go away in any difficult economy. We started to rebound pretty quickly in June and July, and it's just gotten better and better.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Developed by Tencent and published by Blizzard, in which Tencent owns a minority stake, in September, Call of Duty: Mobile had a spectacular start, recording more worldwide downloads in a single quarter than any mobile game except Pokémon GO, which saw its peak in Q3 2016, according to app analytics company Sensor Tower.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2016

The Onion is based in Chicago, but was started in Wisconsin in 1988 by two college students, Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson. The Onion's satirical articles have often been mistaken for real news , despite the publication's longtime reputation for fake stories. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2011

He was talking about inventions, but I think his concepts apply perfectly to any entrepreneur starting a business: Don’t take yourself too seriously. Don’t start a company just for the financial rewards. If you want some tips to beat the insurmountable odds, take a look at the following concepts, adapted from Richard C.

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