Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. So What is Different for Class Three?

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Jackson, CEO and co-founder of CapLinked (www.caplinked.com), which is developing tools to help entrepreneurs and investors connect. Eric is an experienced entrepreneur, and was a very, very early employee at PayPal, where he was recruited by Peter Thiel. Jackson: It's actually two audiences, both the entrepreneur and investor.

Southern California 243

Southern California Entrepreneur Software Review Yammer 243

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty. Did the experience at Anderson help you with starting the company?

UCLA 256

UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. The focus is on helping the startup.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

That is, once you invest in a company, you''re a shareholder, and you help that company for the course of its life. Although we will do roughly one class a year, that''s 10 or so companies under the accelerator, seed stage model -- but we don''t really limit to three months in-and-out. That''s the minimum.

Southern California 187

Southern California Incubator Startup Ideas 187

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur. As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. I found some great help in outlining the elements of this process in the classic book, “ Disruptors ,” by Kunal Mehta. Be prepared to experiment.

Satisfaction 57

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Writing Startup 57

Frank Addante

APRIL 7, 2016

This is tremendously helpful when communicating the story of your company … starting with the “why” will inspire the highest performance from your team. Moneyball points to a greater point: as a leader, it’s not just about measuring standard, vanilla metrics and goals, it’s about determining and measuring the right metrics and goals.

Company 40

Company Companies Class Metrics 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 7, 2016

This is tremendously helpful when communicating the story of your company … starting with the “why” will inspire the highest performance from your team. Moneyball points to a greater point: as a leader, it’s not just about measuring standard, vanilla metrics and goals, it’s about determining and measuring the right metrics and goals.

Company 40

Company Companies Class Metrics 40

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.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Chance was recently featured on Fox News for comments on Facebook’s high profile acquisition of wearable VR company, Oculus, for an impressive $2B – and what that meant for early adopters who initially helped the company get off the ground by funding through Kickstarter. Crowdfunder Was Created With Entrepreneurs In Mind.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Lifestyle businesses are typically looked upon with derision by investors, as they generally do not have economic metrics that lead to large exits. UCSB alum Doug Otto had two.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Startup Sales Entrepreneur 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Jenna can also search for local events, boot camps, or fitness classes. Why did you venture into fitness? How many users?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

But if you take $10 on $30, $40 or even $50 G-d help you if you need to raise your next round and haven’t demonstrated amazing traction or you raise after the next correction. But sometimes “mo” is “ faux ” and then … G-d help you. Now the AP class. You are building a one-option startup.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Startup Marketing 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! The time has finally arrived! It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Gold Sponsor. .

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

This is why I am such a big fan of General Assembly both because they’re teaching more tangible skills but also because they’re working directly with employers to fund classes as well as to onboard the more successful GA students directly. His class reading lists could be a primer for any entrepreneur, not just MBAs.

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Metrics availability. Not that I blame you!

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217