Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. The idea of supporting people who have a day job is great! This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ).

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. tech community and to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing us in the coming years.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. At the time, I got Lynda.com.

Startup 242

Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. One, is they provide a very condensed period to refine your idea, where you get lots of feedback, and get lots of access to peopel in the industry. Congrats on the acquisition!

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Optimize your web history and presence.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

3:35 The real entrepreneurs come out during a down economy. 8:17 How did you decide to go with either shrinkwrap or web only product? 19:30 A teachable moment for entrepreneurs: HAVE A HYPOTHESIS! 27:45 Eric: The thing that is supposed to fail fast is your bad ideas, not your company. 00:45 Intro to Eric. 34:00 Imvu.

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

When Jacob Salamon and Jared Bauer met each other freshman year at UT-Austin, they were sitting in an astronomy class. Bauer thought all the way back to astronomy class and said that maybe the day had come for them to finally make movies together. We built our first web series that winter, and it was a Chanukah series.

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Education Los Angeles Class Ideas 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

The cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. I have recast these principles here for new entrepreneurs and startups, who thrive on change, to show the wealth of opportunities for them: Substitute new materials for scarce natural resources.

Startup 100

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2018

As I have said many times, the cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. Entrepreneurs have huge opportunities to deliver higher-performance materials at lower cost, like carbon fiber for steel. These will be your customers, and your competitors.

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Resource Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 66

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. Optimize your web history and presence.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the new class of Super Angels, who may look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs.

Angel 104

Angel Funding Startup Venture Capital 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. However, we think there are probably enough great companies and entrepreneurs in Southern California to full up the classes.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. Big ideas rule the day. It's all about the entrepreneur. The second, is don't back yourself.

Southern California 113

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more have moved from all around the world to join it's welcoming startup community. On a macro level, one of my main responsibilities is elevating the idea of being an entrepreneur and the importance of entrepreneurs to our economy.

Screening 70

Screening Mobile Entrepreneur Startup 70

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. The idea emerged from that real life pain in the market, and as we like to say, we've grown incrementally from there. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. It ran in April of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

What's the story behind the idea--where did it come from, and how did you decide to present it at the business plan competition? Jeff's father is an entrepreneur, and I wanted to go down the entrepreneurial path, so we had this early concept for a cash back and coupon web site. So, we decided to go out and do it.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. They just can't reach into the class of freshmen, sophomores, or juniors to help companies get better candidates. Robin Richards: I'm looking for entrepreneurs who will not be denied. com, and managing director at Tickets.com.

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

Imagine entering the store and joining a discussion or class on Photoshop, web development or replacing a hard disk. Also, build a true online university around this idea and be prepared to spin it off soon. Crazy entrepreneur tricks' Another area Best Buy can focus on is workshops. Not to mention, more traffic.

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Pricing Course Technology Screening 229

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so focused on finalizing their innovative product or service that they procrastinate on the formalities of forming the requisite new company until later. Building a business plan is a discipline every entrepreneur needs to learn early, required or not. Founder’s stock may be taxed at time of incorporation.

Company 61

Company Companies Startup Equity 61

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter.

Social Network 180

Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

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

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

He is a unique human being with original thoughts & ideas and very limited concern for having to fit into other people’s narratives. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” That always stuck with me.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. The idea is really to make the process as simple as possible. The idea was to make it simpler for people to find rehab.

UCLA 204

UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Yet nearly any entrepreneur who has an idea that other people aren’t doing will tell you that it’s hard to get investors excited. It was an investment management class. We’ll re-compare notes then. That is conformity.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? It has links to supporting web site and resources. Could you walk through what a Genie looks like?

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Albert Ko: I started at Cornell University in the Class of 2006, with a degree in material science engineering and a masters in management engineering. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. Is this more than just a local Orange County site, or do you have plans to expand the idea elsewhere?

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. We will collaborate on ideas and projects. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I love Namechk.com for this. A great trade!

Social Network 196

Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

You get the idea. ” And from this assumption is how Fetchnotes built their product; by taking the basic idea that people are just looking for easy ways to capture their thoughts. Which is why my next question to Alex was: Where did this idea come from? The notepad was my idea bank. We’re just busy.

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

The World Wide Web was now being rolled out everywhere and every project was considering its Intranet strategy. What was nice was that I got to take some of my practical skills from consulting and apply them into class discussions with operational leaders. When I started my second company I was a serial entrepreneur.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. Do you have any advice for emerging entrepreneurs regarding how they can be frugal without compromising their company’s value prop? Bootstrapping requires that the entrepreneur go out and talk to their users or clients.

Startup 233

Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. Mobile Web America, Inc. All of TriNet’s services are supported by a team of dedicated human capital consultants and experts, and enabled by best-in-class HR technology from Oracle-PeopleSoft.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80