Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. with demands for new products and services.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). I though to myself, “too many young entrepreneurs in LA seem to feel pressured by NorCal VCs to move to the Bay Area. Get some seasoned entrepreneurs to come.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. Number two (was) to create end-user demand and drive it into our sales channel. The videos are watched outside of class, while class time is focused on discussing each student group's progress from the prior week.

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Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. Community means more than supply and demand. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Platform 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2021

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. World-class professionals don’t try to take on the world alone. Regularly assess and refine your competitive advantage.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Reinvent yourself to meet a modern market: If you are a paid technical instructor and your classes are shrinking, offer training over the internet. An entrepreneur who has nurtured his startup like a beloved child may be reluctant to take a step backward and make the changes that need to be made. But don’t worry. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

entrepreneur” and by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, David is a former Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries. collaborate with over 250,000 entrepreneurs in 95 countries. By David S. Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Although it can be challenging to meet the demands of an open source business model, the benefits are also tremendous, especially in the area of partnerships. Marten also offers some grounded advice for emerging entrepreneurs interested in starting a venture within the cloud ecosystem. Find some other name than cloud something.”.

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Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The naïve entrepreneur thinks he can relax, after he finally cashes the check from a professional investor, but in reality that’s when the work and the pressure starts. His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

All the confusion you hear from friends or read in the press is related to this nuance that early investors demand prorata rights and sometimes fight like hell to maintain them (Facebook problem) and sometimes prefer not to take them (overvalued company that they perceive isn’t doing as well as new investors coming in think).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2021

In my view, the gig economy is a key driver to the current boom in entrepreneurship – every professional and consultant is actually a solo entrepreneur. One question I often hear from solo entrepreneurs, and she addresses directly, is “How do I set the right price for my services?” Know your competitive value.

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Pricing Mentor Entrepreneur News 149

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2015

According to Zingy, it has created a new, on-demand pet service which provides dog owners with access to a community of trusted dog walkers. The new startup is led by Tobi Skovron, who the company said is the Australian entrepreneur who create the "Pet Loo", an indoor toilet for dogs. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The naïve entrepreneur thinks he can relax, after he finally cashes the check from a professional investor, but in reality that’s when the work and the pressure starts. His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Class 92

Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2024

A valuable lesson from aviation for entrepreneurs [Email readers, continue here…] That’s a valuable lesson. If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent now to 56 percent by 2022. with demands for new products and services. Marty Zwilling.

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Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Think Glendale.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The problem with other companies building pre-fabricated or modular homes for what are called accessory dwelling units on California properties is that they’re not being built for middle-class homeowners. When you can match that latent supply with latent demand. “We go to the homeowner and say you have this property here.

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Los Angeles Startup Culver City .Net 191

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. World-class professionals don’t try to take on the world alone. Regularly assess and refine your competitive advantage.

Startup 108

Startup Entrepreneur Demand Competition 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. Thus I find that the best entrepreneurs and business leaders today are people-centric, but they never forget that efficient repeatable processes are required as the business scales up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. The middle and above-middle class population of China will grow from 172 million in 2010 to 314 million in 2015. with demands for new products and services.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2013

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. World-class professionals don’t try to take on the world alone. Regularly assess and refine your competitive advantage.

Startup 106

Startup Entrepreneur Demand Competition 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

For new entrepreneurs and startups, I recommend an initial focus on these six steps from the very beginning to set the right culture and save the tremendous cost of a transformation and risky competitive catch-up later: Start with an overriding top-down focus on customer experience. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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Customer Custom Services Startup 168

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about. s, who came out of Stanford in 2001, as part of a class of really clever data scientists. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com) What is SRCH2?

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Neither class of people should give up easily. I’ll let you decide which you’d want. Commitment.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course.

Marketing 379

Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, popularly known as “glocalization.” China’s middle class is expected to grow to some 650 million by 2010. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, or an existing business, and haven’t yet sized any of these opportunities, you may be already late to the game. Community means more than supply and demand. With crowdfunding, entrepreneurs and artists no longer need to wait for family money or venture capital.

Resource 126

Resource Commerce Social Media Platform 126

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. There is a lot of pent-up demand. There has already been at least one high profile funding from this class, which is Thread – a product that raised $1.2 – IPO-able in any normal market.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. with demands for new products and services. Reinforce your brand in international markets.

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A valuable lesson from aviation for entrepreneurs. If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. That’s a valuable lesson. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

Marketing 120

Marketing Class Startup Research 120

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A valuable lesson from aviation for entrepreneurs. If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. That’s a valuable lesson. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

Marketing 120

Marketing Class Startup Research 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. I would take a lower valuation in exchange for bringing in world-class investors that can create the right structure for future success.

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Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran.

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Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169