TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

We understood the irony of the message as we sampled their sheer, almost-not-there lipgloss, then looked into a mirror decorated with white vinyl letters in the bustling pop-up shop: you look good , our reflection told us. billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal.

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Startup Netflix Los Angeles Innocal 280

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is. And that leads me to today’s post.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. You really need a business plan for you own efforts, even if external funding is not a requirement. So what if you know that you simply aren’t a good writer, or don’t have the time or patience to write? No problem.

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Sample Writing Startup Summary 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

In China, even tiny bike sharing companies now have to digitally track every bike through GPS, and every mobile interaction between a bike and a rider to compete. No human or paper tracking systems are a competitive alternative. The opposite of live data is static data that is sampled or profiled for analysis at a later date.

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Artificial Inteligence Metrics Commerce Software 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. You really need a business plan for you own efforts, even if external funding is not a requirement. So what if you know that you simply aren’t a good writer, or don’t have the time or patience to write? No problem.

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Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2019

For those of you who don’t have time to read the whole book, here is a sampling of a few key points that should get you thinking in the right direction, and maybe just keep you a step or two ahead of your big competitors: Add a platform that provides self-service growth.

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Commerce Artificial Inteligence Cloud Computing Platform 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution. Your competitive advantage. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. What is the current valuation of the company? What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. You really need a business plan for you own efforts, even if external funding is not a requirement. So what if you know that you simply aren’t a good writer, or don’t have the time or patience to write? No problem.

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Startup Funding Sample Writing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review San Diego Software Review 40

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.) And it made me sad.

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Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. Company still in beta. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. from Charter’s subscribers. Get Physical!

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. What is the current valuation of the company? What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides). Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the disruptive technology behind your solution. Your competitive advantage. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition.

Summary 90

Summary Writing Competition Sample 90

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. But all of the data projections were so different so I decided to call some of the research companies and ask how they derived their data.

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Competition and sustainable advantage. List and position your competition, or alternatives available to the customer. Highlight your sustainable competitive advantages, and barriers to entry. What is the current valuation of the company? What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment?

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

The company also made quite an impression with its viral video --which you have to watch to appreciate--of CEO Michael Dubin extolling the virtues of the company's products, and panning overpriced, expensive razor brands. We talked with Dubin earlier about the company. What's your background, and how did the company start?

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Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Consumers and businesses, in an ever-competitive marketplace that has been energized by the internet, no longer wants ads that just tell them something. This has led to a new school of thought or appreciation toward the customer where companies want the consumer to become part of the greater whole of the business’ mission.

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Advertising Training Customer Custom 69

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Semiconductor startups seem to be quite rare in today's environment, with few companies being funded or launched, due both to the difficulty of bringing products to market, lack of investment capital, as well as lots of established, large companies in the industry. It's the same part that came out as our first engineering sample.

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Patents Sample Technical Review Pricing 100

Xconomy

JULY 6, 2016

In addition to people sharing blood and tissue samples—which will be housed in a biobank run by the Mayo Clinic —the NIH wants to open the study to people who share personal information and health information, perhaps transmitted via wearable devices. (He

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Study PMI San Diego Sample 59

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Sample Personal Questions. Did you play any team or individual sports competitively? The vitriol generated in unhealthy relationships can seep into your organization and negatively impact your company’s morale and culture. Ask candidates to name the other companies they have targeted in their job search.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

We caught up with Russell Stern , the CEO of the company, to better understand the move. Russell Stern: Most semiconductor companies have to have to do board designs anyway, for reference designs, and to further qualify them, certify them, and get them through agency approvals. Our competitive benchmarks are surpassed by no others.

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Networking Startup Design Customer 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The two companies are in the early stages of integrating Pathbrite’s next-generation digital portfolio platform with McGraw-Hill Campus™ , which will greatly benefit students and faculty. Apply to conference Startup Alley’s and competitions. Entrepreneur Nuggets. Know what you want from them in terms of support.

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Education Web 2.0 Course Platform 63

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

What you’ll also find is that of the 25 companies, our founders represent an inclusive group with 40 percent female, 52 percent minority and 12 percent veteran founders from 14 states and 5 countries. Once uploaded, the company safeguards the data in their secure cloud. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). That’s the concept behind AdWallet.

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 80

InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

The world’s largest skateboard company, Skate One produces many of industry’s best-selling brands, including Powell•Peralta Skateboards , BONES Wheels and Mini•Logo Skateboards. George spent the first ten years of his career, gaining experience in the aerospace industry, before founding his skateboard company in 1976 at the age of 33.

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Mentor Pacific Palisades Startup Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. As somebody who has to rub shoulders with big tech companies often I can tell you that there is much blood spilled in the competitive trenches of Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google and so on. But let’s put this into perspective.

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Press Journal Startup Competition 418

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Internet domain name.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We've built our revenue and buying model such that we only charge advertisers when they get a customer--or whatever the equivalent of customer for them is, such as is filling out a form to get a sample. It looks like your company has been seeing some great growth. Finally, how big is the company, and are they all here in LA?

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Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

We've built our revenue and buying model such that we only charge advertisers when they get a customer--or whatever the equivalent of customer for them is, such as is filling out a form to get a sample. It looks like your company has been seeing some great growth. Finally, how big is the company, and are they all here in LA?

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Advertising Beverly Hills Networking Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies. The points all still ring true today. Choose a large market in a growth industry.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In my experience as an angel investor, the perfect pitch length is ten slides, outlining the business problem, your solution, opportunity sizing, competition, and financial projections for the next five years. There are plenty of guidelines and sample models available on the Internet, so don’t be intimidated by the terminology.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Internet domain name.

IP 93

IP Invest Patents Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Internet domain name.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 69