SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In addition to his investing efforts, Brad has been active with several non-profit organizations and currently is chair of the National Center for Women and Information Technology (link is external), co-chair of Startup Colorado (link is external), and on the board of Path Forward (link is external).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI). Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. Don’t rationalize a big investment in basic equipment with long-term requirements thinking. Barter services for access to required resources.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

I began publishing my blog in 2008. I was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. In addition, my role as Partner at Rincon Venture Partners provided me with a business reason to invest additional time and effort into my humble blog. Organic traffic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. Don’t rationalize a big investment in basic equipment with long-term requirements thinking. Barter services for access to required resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. It’s not easy money, so expect to work harder than you ever have. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

Rose, who has been described as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York" by Crain's New York Business, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He chairs New York Angels, one of the most active angel investment groups in the country, which has invested over $60 million into nearly 70 companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. For some entrepreneurs who feel the need to attract outside investors as a critical success factor, they should be aware that professional investors almost never invest in a services-only company.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. And as Battery Ventures investor Sanjiv Kalevar noted in a blog post last year , the opportunity for software companies serving blue-collar workers is huge.

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Xconomy

MARCH 29, 2019

It’s through that lens that the nonprofit organization, whose mission is to connect local startups with venture capitalists who are looking to invest, annually vets tech companies that apply for its “Cool Companies” program. In the eyes of the San Diego Venture Group, the key element is readiness for venture capital backing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Take AVC.com, the blog by Fred Wilson. He wrote a blog post that always stuck with me about how there are regulars on his blog who hang out there a bit like “Cheers&# just having a chat with a metaphorical beer in hand. I picked questions that I had already covered in depth on my blog and answered them in shorter form.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Not an investment philosophy “ I understand the sentiment of this post and it’s how I view AngelList (like email), but I feel like it loses a nuance about AngelList.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JULY 29, 2020

Network infrastructure can be expensive to upgrade and manage, and organizations can find it. eliminate extraneous expenses and reduce investment risks. Here are 3 strategies your organization can adopt to reduce network expenses: 1. Here are 3 strategies your organization can adopt to reduce network expenses: 1.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

I met with many deeply talented entrepreneurs, researchers, investors, community organizers and professionals who are thriving in these separate yet overlapping (and interdependent) ecosystems. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements. For some entrepreneurs who feel the need to attract outside investors as a critical success factor, they should be aware that professional investors almost never invest in a services-only company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one It’s easy to assume in a small organization that everybody read our employee handbook and generally knows right from wrong but of course companies big and small should never take this for granted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. How much money will they reserve from their fund for future investments in your startup? How much pull that investment professional has within his or her fund?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Stegmaier recommends that you start by writing a regular blog, joining a few related campaigns, building a high-quality video, and completing up to a hundred additional lessons before you even launch your own project. It’s not easy money, so expect to work harder than you ever have. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea.

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Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2019

A program launched last year by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to invest in promising biotech discoveries made on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will also work with the La Jolla, CA-based Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the organizations said recently.

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Southern California Edison Blog

APRIL 1, 2021

While every organization should have secure networks, the stakes are higher in some industries than others. Networks designed for privacy and security are essential for government organizations looking to protect classified data from falling into nefarious hands. Government Agencies. Enterprises. Secure Network Setups.

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Xconomy

APRIL 30, 2020

How has the investment paradigm shift in funding strategies impacted San Diego? What does the future hold for. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it as a way to learn, improve and increase my win rates. I recently repeated this mistake with a company in which I wanted to invest. They may solicit the support of people more senior in the buying organization. I won, that is, until I lost.

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Organization Blogging Startup Sales 309

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. My friend Seth Levine covered this well in his blog post on “ Handling Rejection ” which you should also read. I could link to a bunch of blog posts that come across this way but prefer not to single anybody out. Here’s the deal.

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Xconomy

MARCH 21, 2018

The firms include stalwarts like Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ: KHC ) , which has an incubator and accelerator program called Springboard , and relative newcomers like the Greek-style yogurt maker Chobani , which operates an incubator that makes $25,000 investments in startups with no equity stake. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2019

Pursue collaborations with local and national organizations and businesses who are good at inbound marketing, to pull in their customers and followers. Companies that haven’t updated their website for years, or publish a new blog only sporadically, won’t be followed or pull in new customers.

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Marketing Social Media Technical Review Customer 94

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Failing to choose the right network solution for your organization can result in detrimental financial costs, lost productivity, and angry customers or employees. Improve network uptime in your organization with the following three internet solutions: Dedicated Internet Access. Dark Fiber.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. This is generally how I try to organize my own views and how I try to give advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

A while back I received a frantic phone call from the CEO of a company in which I invested. He had just received notice from a major media organization that they were going to run a very negative news story. I had outlined a blog post in support of their efforts and was ready to publish it. But both stories are still accurate.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Partnering with a local MNSP also enables more predictable cost structures, so companies can better budget and plan around IT and network investments. Local MNSPs provide organizations with network solutions tailored to their unique needs. 2- Personalized Services . 3- Increased Security.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. how to build an initial sales organization. As we have invested millions in building out our sales organization efficiency really matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. You could argue that choosing the name “first round” paints them into a corner in case they want to ever do a late stage fund, but I suspect they named it FRC precisely because they wanted to excel at early-stage investing. My views are pretty well known.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Each of your angels or seed investors may have 20-30 investments.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

At SCE Carrier Solutions, our team of experts knows that no two organizations are alike; as a result, we work with our customers to pick a fiber optic solution that best suits their particular needs. We find that many smaller organizations are unaware of the benefits of Wavelength services. Download the Network Solutions Guide.

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