Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. A micro venture capital firm. A “genesis” venture capital round. Startup incubator seed funding.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Last month, the product launched with $1.2 million in funding from Rebecca Minkoff and other unnamed investors. Creators and influencers like Bernstein are forging a path from content creator to full-fledged business, with multiple revenue streams via podcasts, licensing deals, branded merchandise and even software products. “A

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

million in seed funding to begin building a manufacturing facility and expand its presence in Los Angeles as the city continues to grow as a hub for robotics and automation. . Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 Barnehama was tight-lipped about the specifics of the technology that Elementary is using for its robotic stack.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Thus the more precise term these days for early startups is “seed stage.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program. Erik, thanks for the time. It's a very similar model to YCombinator and TechStars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Request a small business grant.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

After leaving Jet Cooper, Peek decided to take his passion for product and do his own thing, starting Rocketr. Almost, two years since the inception, he has built up a team and product making a name for himself as one of the city’s most promising entrepreneurs. Same space, different spin. This is one hectic place, I tell you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Request a small business grant.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. In many ways, you act as a venture capital firm, with returns measured in impact, rather than profits. What are the key factors you look when assessing to fund a non-profit? JG: I love it!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors. Solicit venture capital investors. Look for a warm introduction to make this work. Request a small business grant.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

Still with Jet Cooper, Peek decided to take his passion for product and do his own thing, starting Rocketr. Almost, two years since the inception, he has built up a team and product making a name for himself as one of the city’s most promising entrepreneurs. I met the team briefly while on the facility tour with Nasser.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

StemCells of Newark, CA, said this week it would wind down operations after a Phase 2 trial of its lead product, a spinal cord injury therapy, didn’t do enough to help patients. million in seed funding from RA Capital Management and others to help sell a liquid formula for infants to help prevent the onset of peanut allergies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Products need not be tied to a given company.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Incubation 3. Venture Capital Funding 7. Build a SWAT team 3. Zondigo, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Products need not be tied to a given company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2017

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham of Y Combinator, and Dave McClure of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Products need not be tied to a given company. Optimize your advisers and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham of Y Combinator, and Dave McClure of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Products need not be tied to a given company. Optimize your advisers and investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle. We took $2.3 Sound familiar? The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2%

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