socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. That network effect is a subtle but has a powerful effect with all this new technology. Big ideas rule the day.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Now, the company has added to its haul with new capital and the cybersecurity expertise of Kleiner Perkins’ deep knowledge in the space through investors like Ted Schlein and Bucky Moore, who will be taking a seat on the company’s board of directors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

His latest study breaks the online consumer audience into the following four categories, based on their level of comfort with sharing personal information, likes, and needs online: High-comfort consumers – 12 percent. Google scores high for tools, location, and social media data sharing, but not for biometric data. Norton, Ph.D.,

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2015

La Jolla-based NeuroVigil , a developer of brain monitoring tools and technology, said it has received a second financing round. The startup is led by Dr. Philip Low, who founded NeuroVigil based on research he did as a graduate student at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Size of the funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2021

I believe the real solution is more aligned with the strategies outlined in a new book, “ Put Happiness To Work ,” by Eric Karpinski, who has been successfully bringing positive psychology tools and cultural transformations to the workplace for many years. Strive to practice strength-focused leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Developers are using powerful technology tools to build mobile apps and websites for a few thousand, rather than millions of dollars. Commercial product prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

According to one study a decade ago, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. Focus on creativity more than smashing competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Developers are using powerful technology tools to build mobile apps and websites for a few thousand, rather than millions of dollars. Commercial product prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

One 11-year study of over 200 companies over a decade ago, detailed in the book “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Sidevision (www.sidevision.com) has developed a set of tools--aimed at content creators, multi-channel networks (MCNs), and others--to help connect online videos with e-commerce. With our backend tools we can push products to the front of videos, allowing content providers to drive shopping activity.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Serves as management tool. Assists you in raising capital. In addition, it helps you focus your ideas and determine how to best manage your available resources including capital, cash, and people. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

KidZui--which is venture backed by Maveron, Emergence Capital Partners and First Round Capital--said that it will let kids aged 3-12 keep up and connect with their friends, express feelings and opinions, and share content.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss. We made a decision not to go for venture capital early. How is the firm funded?

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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.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

As a tool for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, Ignyta’s technology failed in early 2013, Lim said in a recent interview. Despite the variety of tumor types, Ignyta’s genomic analyses showed that all of the patients enrolled in the study had one of five specific gene fusions.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. Focus on creativity more than smashing competitors.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and others have had to raise tons of capital and have super-solid foundations to go with the hyper-local play. The second thing, is tools. Connecting people at scale is super-difficult. It's the hub.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. Cham studied early in his career how to hold the microphone, how to project his voice, how to watch the audience and pay attention to what interested them. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

Technical Review 97

Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I recently found an interesting 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.

Entrepreneur 58

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

One 11-year classic study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

You don’t really buy servers anymore…the tools are all open source. According to financial columnist Daniel Solin, “One large study looked at more than 15,000 predictions by 237 market timing newsletters over a 12-year period. At the end of the period studied, 94.5% People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2019

In fact, you may have noticed in a recent study , that the business CEO turnover rate last year was the highest in 10 years, and may go even higher this year. Most people agree that leadership is primarily a set of behaviors that capitalize on relationships and a current market and customer understanding in a complex world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Take advantage of software tools to automate routine business functions, like taking and delivering orders.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

There are tons of studies that we've done that show when a brand is not good, that employment brand, it impacts your entire brand and the people you can get to come work for your company, and the people you can get to stay. We had already built a tool for employers to help push their jobs to qualified employees.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. I’ll cover “Why Buy Mine&# in a later post, but my quick answer is that referenceability is the most critical tool to solving this problem. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. Why Buy Mine? Why Buy Now? Why Buy Now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. Grants start as small a few thousand dollars, but can provide millions of dollars in capital to new ventures. For university professors, grants are their lifeblood, and they know the process well.

Startup 97

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. Grants start as small a few thousand dollars, but can provide millions of dollars in capital to new ventures. But the situation is more critical now, with venture capital flat or down, and Angels still in short supply.

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Equity Startup High Tech Research 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 31, 2015

We can’t give you a recipe for success, but here are 10 ways to lower your startup’s expenses and free up capital in 2016. In fact, according to a MoneyRates.com study, online banks offer interest rates nearly six times higher than traditional banks. Office equipment is a huge startup expense that eats away at your working capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

One 11-year classic study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Conscious Capitalism , a recent business movement which includes a large focus on culture and ethics, claims 3.2

Software Review 66

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 66

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. Focus on creativity more than smashing competitors.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Developers are using powerful technology tools to build mobile apps and websites for a few thousand, rather than millions of dollars. Commercial product prototypes.

Develop 102

Develop Development Product Funding 102

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I concluded that it is an effective tool for leveling the playing field between sophisticated investors and emerging entrepreneurs. Second, both Jason and I felt there was a lot of timeless information…the state of the art of the Venture Capital Term Sheet hasn’t changed that much in the last 30-years. There were a couple motivations.

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Venture Capital Writing Entrepreneur Blogging 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

One 11-year study of over 200 companies, detailed in “ Corporate Culture and Performance ,” found that those working on their culture improved revenue by 516%, and increased net income by 755%. Conscious Capitalism , a recent business movement which includes a large focus on culture and ethics, claims 3.2

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