Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. ” Residents of Northern California (everyone north of Bakersfield) don’t understand how we do it, constantly touting Palo Alto’s tech scene. is a good monthly investment? Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Late last year, we had the chance to talk with Velocity Interactive's Ross Levinsohn about their investment in Woodland Hills-based FatTail (www.fattail.com). We've created a patent pending technology called Autobuild. That's what we've done, and what we're calling PageGage. Steve Pelletier: There are two or three major points.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Underestimate the importance of due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Underestimate the importance of due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

People with money to invest have choices. Venture investing is often mentioned as the most sexy form of wealth creation, but it’s also recognized as one of riskiest. Here are the top five, as outlined by Rice in his book, which match my own experience: Management team. But patents and other intellectual property only go so far.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. Nothhaft, in his new book “ Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership ” are already calling these last ten years the “Lost Decade.” The innovation engine that powered the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I just finished a new book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights this approach. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Never underestimate the importance of due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Underestimate the importance of due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

I remember a recent book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Underestimate the importance of due diligence.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. At the time, they had just come out with their new book " Rework " had downloaded a copy to my Kindle, but hadn't had a chance to read it yet.

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