Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

While searching for an answer, I found insight in the classic book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I was pleased to find a new book, “ The Entrepreneur’s Faces, ” by Johnathan Littman and Susanna Camp, which outlines the key stages and provides examples of real people making the transformation from one stage to the next. This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

startup incubator, and has garnered funding from such investors as Andreessen Horowitz, Baroda Ventures, Benchmark Capital, First Round Capital, and Quest Ventures. The company said those 80,000 nights were split across 15,000 bookings. DogVacay is one of the startups to emerge out of the Science, Inc. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. The drivers for your strategic plan come from at least four directions: World of experts (books, consultants, webinars).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In all of the recent rush to create internet accelerators in the region, William talks about, Bill Gross, the person behind the "original" tech incubator, Idealab.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Professional investors now look for startups through popular online platforms, including Gust and InvestorHunt.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In that context, I was pleased to see the supporting message in a recent book, “ Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword ,” by Alex Goryachev. As an alternative, I usually recommend more incremental innovation , derived from recognized market changes, done on a regular basis, without the big-bang expectation.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2015

Lee Schneider is the author of a new book, Chronicle of a Startup Town: Los Angeles , which delves into the people and reasons on why Los Angeles has become one of the epicenters of the startup and technology industry. We caught up with Lee to hear more about the book and what he learned. Tell us a little bit about your new book?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2020

While searching for an answer, I found insight in the classic book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. Immerse yourself in the problem, to explore possible solutions.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We're also enabling live booking, which will allow you to book and pay on the site for venues. But, as you know, there seem to be a huge number of new accelerators and incubators in Los Angeles right now. Knowing what it costs to run special events for parties and weddings, that's an incredible price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Other than giving back to the ecosystem, do you have plans to monetize your efforts beyond selling books? We are not taking the incubator approach…we would invest on the same terms alongside the other investors and we would make sure to be a very, very small piece of the round and not to crowd out anybody.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

In this space you don’t have a pre-assigned space but rather book space like a hotel. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator?

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Tech.Co

APRIL 13, 2015

Shelon Douglas, based out of Greater Los Angeles, is known as the Innovation Strategist, Businesspreneur of Influence, Author of ‘Turnkey Your Business Model™ Book Series, and the Creator of the Ownership Circa Model™!

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

Depending on how often a member wants to book the studio, monthly memberships will range from $85 to $250. At launch, members estimate that one-day access to the workspace will cost $25, while the use of the studio will range between $150 and $250 an hour.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

He interviewed me for a book called the Founder’s Dillema. We provide a startup studio which incubates and accelerates businesses and a pre-seed / seed investment fund. A number of years ago, I did a case study for Harvard Business School. I met an inspiring professor who ran the case development named Professional Noam Wasserman.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

To organize my thoughts, I found a new book, “ Burn the Business Plan ,” by Carl Schramm, who speaks from experience founding five companies, working major corporate roles, and being an active venture investor. Most successful startups spring from local incubators.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

With Health In Reach, we help people find doctors which match their criteria, allow you to book online at any time of night or day, and then pre-pay for the service. Scott Sangster: The company is actually funded through the Organic Startup incubator, which is a technology incubator based in Hollywood. How's the company funded?

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Plus, we have a typical, transaction based review, where after you've done your booking you can review the host and experience. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We try to make that transparent, as well.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. Plus, we have a typical, transaction based review, where after you've done your booking you can review the host and experience. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? We try to make that transparent, as well.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

We're making sure their books are full, that they can deliver a lot more services to a lot more clients out there. Here's something else that might be interesting to people here, is everyone know there are a lot of technology incubators out there. The big example is YCombinator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I saw some good insights on the most common mistakes that crush creativity, in the classic book, “ Lateral Thinking Skills ,” by Paul Sloane. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 24, 2010

According to Robert Fulghum and his bestselling book “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten,&# I should have learned how to finance a start up business in kindergarten – when I learned to share everything, play fair, and not to hit people (well, 2 out of 3’s not bad)! Kindergarten Financing. www.WINopp.com.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Are facilities available to students post-graduation to incubate their businesses? You can read books, watch videos and talk with experts about how to hit a baseball, kick a soccer ball or serve a volleyball, but until you get on the field or court, you will never master the game. Are funds available to invest in student businesses?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

While searching for an answer, I was excited by a new book, “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ,” from Rowan Gibson, one of the most recognized thought leaders in business innovation. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind. According to Gibson, you don’t have to be born with magic insights to be innovative.

Entrepreneur 102

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I just finished a new book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools and navigators that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

WanderWe.com , the online vacation booking service recently launched by Oversee.net, said Friday that it has launched a new, all-in-one booking service for short, weekend getaways. The company said the new feature combines all hotel, activities, and tours in a single booking package. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 7, 2010

When evaluating an activity that needs to be undertaken for your business (keeping the books, creating a website, social media marketing, IT, traditional marketing, administrative functions, etc.) OC's Premium Incubator - Supporting Start-Up Businesses in Our Business Collective". Are you a specialist in the area? www.WINopp.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. Marty Zwilling.

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