SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 -- Maximizing Value Through Strategic Product Marketing. s capital efficiency, market traction and valuation. For many ventures, product management is the most powerful, value-creating and least understood discipline. See [link] (more).

Product 100

Product Marketing Framework Resource 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

We want to change the culture and framework of the I'm killing it culture of early stage entrepreneurship, where you're expected to hold everything inside, even if you're struggling, and where you don't feel like you have an outlet for the feelings you are experience as you build your business.

Invest 113

Invest Framework Coach Startup 113

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2013

The new funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included 500 Startups, Daher Capital, Floodlight Ventures, Cooley LLP, Drummond Road Capital, and Eric Hammond. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter. READ MORE>>.

Web 164

Web Software Framework Web Development 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

You may think that passion and hard work are all you need, but I believe we all have unique strengths , and you need to recognize yours, and capitalize on them above all else, in order to get the advantage you need to win in business. If you need venture capital, maybe you need to spend more time in Silicon Valley or Boston.

Help 130

Help Mentor Paramount Technical Review 130

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, universities, and even high school programs. But none have any lock on success.

Entrepreneur 134

Entrepreneur Framework Mentor Web 134

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should you start a company?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market. It is not a beach novel to be sure. It is often LESS performant.

Startup 376

Startup Framework Marketing Customer 376

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought I’d try to offer a framework for thinking about the topic. So here’s my framework. For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. So how should you decide what to do?

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

controlling your psychology ) you no doubt have heard me say that raising capital is a sales & marketing process. Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. This is critical to build a cohesive venture capital firm.

Venture Capital 314

Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” on the first steps that determine long-term success. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively.

Startup 122

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Startups that target profitable and growing markets with high returns should realize that these will draw many new entrants. competition entrepreneur startup Michael Porter five forces framework business'

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

I began asking around who the likely investors were for such a market. At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. In this short 90-second clip Jeff discusses “Investor / Market Fit” How VCs Think About Funding.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. But this is benign.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Framework 279

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

What are the operational things you need to do, to get product market direction, to get product market fit, how to know when you've achieved it, and what you do when you have achieved it. A customer development person is a cross between a sales person and a product marketer. That was four years ago. What's the new book about?

Sales 113

Sales Startup Custom Development Framework 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?

Startup 150

Startup Capital Funding Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” on the first steps that determine long-term success. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively.

Startup 127

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 127

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

And while the market’s reaction was negative, there were folks who noted that the Model Y’s likeness to the 3 meant it was getting serious about selling vehicles. The framework of the agreement is expected to include VW making an investment into Ford-backed autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI. billion investment in 2018.

San Fernando 217

San Fernando Los Angeles Commerce News 217

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

We had a little success with Coffee Bar, Magic Mall, and Sony's Infinite Anarchy, and those games keep getting better and we kept learning about the framework, and added more talent to our team. Having developed games for the social game market, what do you think makes a game successful or popular in this market? READ MORE>>.

IP 217

IP PHP Design Startup 217

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. The third part we're trying to help get into this is the service provider market. What is Perspectium? How did you get into this? So, it's quite new.

SaaS 113

SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Most often, these roles revolve around a company’s major assets, including intellectual property, leading brands, key production assets, and unique routes to market. In today’s dynamic markets, it’s virtually impossible to enact and update rules with sufficient frequency. Place difference makers only in business-critical roles.

Product 58

Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

“It’s not that often in a VC career you get to work with teams you’re sure will be featured in documentaries about how major industries changed,” wrote Matt Ocko of Data Collective Venture Capital , which joined DFJ in Nervana’s initial venture funding. “We In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million. (In

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Enjoyed this post? Putting customers first. Tesla is not.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Startups that target profitable and growing markets with high returns should realize that these will draw many new entrants. Way back in 1979, Michael E. Threat of new competitors entry. Either way you lose.

Competition 94

Competition Startup Pricing Framework 94

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

While there, I was approached by a guy with an idea around sports statistics, and we spent about two months to figure out what was interesting about the sports market. We came up with several things that were characteristics of the sports market, number one being that it was a place that venture capitalists were just not excited about.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

While there, I was approached by a guy with an idea around sports statistics, and we spent about two months to figure out what was interesting about the sports market. We came up with several things that were characteristics of the sports market, number one being that it was a place that venture capitalists were just not excited about.

Media 100

Media Startup Avalon Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. Porter proposed a Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think still makes a lot of sense today. Either way you lose. Way back in 1979, Michael E.

Startup 86

Startup Competition Pricing Framework 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” focusing on the first few steps that determine long-term success. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively.

Startup 109

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 109

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2014

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. It’s as subtle, yet important, as the distinction between “social marketing” and “social media.”

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Commerce Yahoo Web 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2018

The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” on the first steps that determine long-term success. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively.

Startup 63

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

The Critical 90 Days From Idea To Market ,” focusing on the first few steps that determine long-term success. Put your risk capital into a separate checking account before you start. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Framework 106

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. It's been exciting, being able to start a company with revenue, as opposed to venture capital money, and to build the company the old-fashioned way, with revenues.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. Something like, &# I was thinking about jumping into the demo first before discussing the market.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? How can I control costs but effectively get stuff developed?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225