TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The company’s round was led by Vulcan Capital with additional participation from Madrona Venture Group, Tenaya Capital and Marubeni Corp. Given the competition coming into the market, it’s no wonder that Wrench is raising additional capital to expand its footprint into new markets.

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Demand Services Los Angeles Mobile 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. Explaining actions to investors takes time you don’t have.

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Startup Satisfaction Venture Capital Entrepreneur 124

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: Did you decide to bootstrap the business from the start or did you initially plan to take in investor capital? I’ve been there.

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

A young VC liked the idea and took it to his partner meeting. A great entrepreneur and company who were just turned down at a notable LA VC firm. 4) Take satisfaction in the knowledge that even smart investors miss opportunities. To save his time and the VC’s, Erick’s initial contact was via phone/WebEx. A turndown.

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Venture Capital Google Satisfaction Ideas 65

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

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Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This momentum is what you need for enjoyment and satisfaction, as well as for others to see you as a business leader. Build positive psychological capital to sustain your business. Without a store of this psychological capital, your performance and leadership will wane, and your satisfaction will dwindle.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2016

My venture firm, Rincon Venture Partners recently teamed with Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr , to host the first SaaStrX event. Sure You Track Satisfaction, But Whose Success Are You Monitoring? These teams gauge customer satisfaction by tracking net promoter scores, customer churn, renewal rates, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. It has had some notable successes for entrepreneurs (over $1M in funding), as well as non-starters. Marty Zwilling.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

This momentum is what you need for enjoyment and satisfaction, as well as for others to see you as a business leader. Build positive psychological capital to sustain your business. Without a store of this psychological capital, your performance and leadership will wane, and your satisfaction will dwindle.

Coach 59

Coach Satisfaction Ideas Entrepreneur 59

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Series A round.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Sometimes contributors may get compensated later, but usually the rewards are just kudos and intellectual satisfaction.

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Funding Satisfaction Sites Outsource Development 96

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

This was no fly-by-night operation; she had real venture capital, too, but I continued to think that this infusion of cash must've come from the fruits of more technological investments, because what's the big exit here? How could her VCs even make their money back, let alone earn some multiple?

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Tech Coast Angels High Tech Satisfaction Invest 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2016

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. Explaining actions to investors takes time you don’t have.

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Funding Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2015

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Social Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Create and maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is very important for all companies, but it is everything for a services company. Another reality is that angel investors and venture capital groups almost never invest in a services-only company.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2016

The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. You never have the time and resources for International expansion, acquisitions, venture capital investors, or going public.

Search Engine Optimization 55

Search Engine Optimization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Social Media 55

Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out. In the 2-1/2 years since it was founded, Nervana raised roughly $25 million.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence San Diego Framework Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Create and maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is very important for all companies, but it is everything for a services company. Another reality is that angel investors and venture capital groups almost never invest in a services-only company.

Product 91

Product Services Satisfaction Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

High on my list is the joy and satisfaction of having helped many entrepreneurs face-to-face this year, and hopefully many more by my blog reaching out over the Internet. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 Incentive to do something you love.

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Pricing Blogging Venture Capital Entrepreneur 80

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

He gets to return his focus and energy back to what got him so passionate in the first place – product – while now having a seasoned leader and enough capital to fulfill his vision. I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. I first met Jonathan nearly 4 years ago.

Startup 303

Startup Technical Review Product Blogging 303

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Angel and venture capital investors look for opportunities that are highly scalable, and have already demonstrated good traction. Businesses that focus on the local community have long been the source of satisfaction and financial livelihood of entrepreneurs. External investors tend to focus on products rather than services.

Advertising 63

Advertising Content Social Media Satisfaction 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Creating a new product or startup is no longer limited to those who have access to government grants or venture capital funding, the tech industry has become democratized and VentureRadar wants to further facilitate new entrepreneurs by giving them exposure and contacts.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Satisfaction Startup Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Many women rose to the top of their careers only to discover how unsatisfying, soul-draining and unhealthy a lifestyle it was and completely changed careers to find satisfaction doing something completely different where they once again became successful, but in a more balanced manner. But I digress.

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Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I'm Tired of Creating Your Content - Babbling VC , November 12, 2010 Jeff triggered this post in regards to his Check-in Fatigue on Foursquare. Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Previous backer Initialized Capital also participated in the financing, along with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, former Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts. .

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Los Angeles Customer Custom Startup 322

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Step into a new entrepreneur era where the definition of “work” is something you love. It’s not too late to start.

Startup 108

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My first Internet venture in the early 1990s took about $20 million in venture capital to get to our product launch. It, too, went down the tubes.

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Invest Angel Venture Capital Entrepreneur 88

Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

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