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LA-based Boulevard raises $27 million for its spa management software

TechCrunch LA

Founded four years ago by Matt Danna and Sean Stavropoulos, Boulevard was inspired by Stavropoulos’ inability to book a haircut and Danna’s hunch that the inability of salons and spas to cater to customers like the busy programmer could be indicative of a bigger problem. billion transaction by Vista Equity Partners.

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7 Steps To Finding Investors Aligned With Your Values

Startup Professionals Musings

The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. I just finished a new book, “ Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business Without Selling Your Soul ,” by Jenny Kassan, who has been in the business for over 20 years as an attorney and fund raiser.

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part IV) - Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

InfoChachkie

I have discussed in this series a number of books and games parents can share with their children which will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Thus, it is akin to the sweat equity you put into your adVenture, never knowing if your efforts will yield a return. In business, such players are analogous to serial entrepreneurs.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

She created and launched an overall brand and a swim collection , then came the book deal ( “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City” is expected out May 2020). million Series A led by Puma Private Equity, a U.K.-focused We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

Both Sides of the Table

I’m sitting at my computer now at 9.00pm writing this – which is an hour earlier than I normally write (there are about 8 women at my kitchen table having a book club (aka excuse to drink wine & gossip so I’m locked in another room writing. It sure wasn’t when I was a first-time entrepreneur. Same thing.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Much of this is unfounded – some is not.

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