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6 Success Mistakes Often Made By Serial Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some key insights that I and others have collected for mature company leaders, as well as serial entrepreneurs. In addition, these days you have to help your customers find you, through traditional marketing, more social media, and influencers. Capitalize on a continuing market demand trend.

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6 Keys To Recognizing Business Bubbles Ready To Burst

Startup Professionals Musings

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Change is always hard, so people already on Amazon are not easy convert to another e-commerce system. Supply and demand ignored.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

socalTECH

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. He built & IPOd Demand Media.

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The next big restaurant chain may not own any kitchens

TechCrunch LA

These venture capitalists think the same forces that have transformed transportation, media, retail and logistics will also work their way through prepared food businesses. If anyone is aware of the massive market potential for leveraging on-demand services, it’s Kalanick. On-demand food startup Sprig is shutting down today.

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10 Sharing Principles Propel Many Current Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

They may not have noticed the wave of “open businesses,” spawned by the Internet and social media. These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Set an example by being visibly connected to the people and information you need through social media. Marty Zwilling.

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5 Reasons For Monetizing The Idle Resources Of Others

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Usually these are revenue-generating e-commerce sites, or have the potential to be revenue-generating. Community means more than supply and demand.

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