Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

The law of large numbers, platforms that can make your company blow up unexpectedly and the trendy nature of tech markets can be deceiving. I have written about the deceiving nature of early successes before – in particular in the SaaS or B2B world leading to a phenomenon called “shelfware.”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We all know about AngelGate by now. Here’s what you need to know… As a funny coincidence I happend to have written about the topic of collusion 3 weeks prior to the fateful dinner. They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

What American tech company is the coolest? Talented employees look for a number of tangible and intangible factors when deciding among multiple employment offers, including a company's cool factor. As such, a reputation as a cool company is a competitive advantage to be cultivated and coveted. About a decade ago, when Yahoo!

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2015

While every state has a slightly different definition of nexus, it is generally defined as, "a physical presence, employee, or products stored in the state." You may be thinking, "Certainly Congress contemplated thresholds that will absolve small companies from such overheated intensive tax calculations." Sounds reasonable, right?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Several years ago and before COVID’s changes, I became involved with a Southeast Asian company looking to expand into the United States. The CEO was still talking about finding an office when the natural progression of growth made it obvious that two of the four needed to be replaced. Yes, every company is different.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. I often answer the same way … * “First, yes, nearly every corner of our market is over-valued. dot-com bonanza.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. ” Good f **g luck.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Being too late and you back an “also ran” You also need to be right about the team. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value. I’ve sometimes been right about the market value but too early. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time. the sale of the company for $1 billion. It sold to Amazon for > $1 billion.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company was founded seven years ago by CEO Jeff Applebaum, but a focus on providing healthy QSR brands and going after the $325 billion food delivery space came about three years ago. The company has over 200 employees, including kitchen staff, and recently opened its 19th location. Brands for the digital age.”.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Several years ago, I became involved with a Southeast Asian company looking to expand into the United States. The CEO was still talking about finding an office when the natural progression of growth made it obvious that two of the four needed to be replaced. So, can a startup exist for a reasonably long time as a virtual company?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 17, 2018

The retailers best positioned in the future will be those who adopt a more expansive definition of retail itself,” she said, according to a blog post about the conference on the NRF website. How that identity expands will. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. But we have a great city for building technology companies. I have one message for you, ‘get over it!’

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

Have you ever wondered what professional startup investors think about all this? By definition, investors from the crowd have less experience and differing motivations from professional investors. This can hurt the company, and jeopardize all investors. Anticipation is high, but it’s obviously too early to see any results.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

These days, GOAT is about more than just shoes, at least according to the company. Setting aside Lu’s apparent access to a Delorean and ability to go back… to the future , the company has managed to rack up some major milestones on its way to becoming a commercial touchstone for a new generation of shoppers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The best entrepreneurs relish this role, while others struggle mightily and ultimately lose their health and their company. Success in business is all about actions, not ideas. Expand your definition of the problem. In fact, there are always multiple solutions, so a better definition always leads to a better decision.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. 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. After that, it’s all about learning and execution. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Every year, a personal Upfront Summit highlight is getting to sit down with experts in a field I care about. I encourage you to watch the entire 30 minute video (below or here ) both for insights into Quibi and understanding how a leader like Meg thinks about innovation, but I’ll also pull out a few highlights.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

One of the vivid memories I have from being a startup CEO is the feeling that most people in your company have a look in their eyes that like they can do your job as well as you. Most companies that are scaling have CFOs, heads of HR or talent. How hard could it be? You just assign out tasks to all of us. Startup life.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 1, 2021

We are not always smart about the market or the product. Greatness finds one definition in management’s ability to “pivot,” or change the plan in reaction to its early response from the marketplace. And we who held early stock celebrated together the ringing of the NYSE opening bell the day that often-pivoting company went public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2022

The real challenge is to recognize when and why a new strategy is needed, and optimize the process against three critical success factors: A good understanding of the context of strategy definition. Willingness in analysis, vision, and numbers to think about the future. Initiating and pacing the implementation process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Many entrepreneurs I know are confused by the definition and need for an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. Do you expect involvement in company operations? I suggest a few simple considerations will clarify the alternatives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

As a starting point, I like the Wikipedia simple definition of innovation as “the application of better solutions to meet new requirements or market needs.” Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Claude is definitely one of the most impressive chatbots to be launched in the last 12 months. In this guide, you'll learn exactly what Claude is, how it works, and all about its parent company, Anthropic. Anthropic is an AI startup company based in San Francisco, California. Should You Use Claude AI?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It looks things are definitely growing at financial software firm Blackline Systems , as the firm clarified that it actually did just over $25M in revenues in 2012, and is on track to have $40M plus in revenues for 2013. It''s unusual for privately held companies to be so open about their revenues, but the company is hinting at IPO plans.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. Then, Amoruso started a company called Girlboss that was likened to “Linkedin for Women.”

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. million in new funding for its predictive inventory recommendation platform, joining other similar companies, including Zippedi and Inventa.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2013

Many investors will assert that company culture trumps strategy every time in predicting the long-term success of a new startup. What is a company culture, anyway? Probably the best definition is the oft-quoted view that culture is simply “the way we do things around here.” Great cultures don’t just happen.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down and chatted with >Zeb Evans, the founder and CEO of San Diego-based ClickUp (www.clickup.com), the developer of a workplace productivity software platform which is based by such companies as Google, Airbnb, and Nike. It's a place for companies and small teams to work together to get more done.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2021

As a starting point, I like the Wikipedia simple definition of innovation as “the application of better solutions to meet new requirements or market needs.” Barbee, based on his 45-year career and work as an innovation guru with several Fortune 100 companies and the Darden School of Business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

If you are one of the many professionals still trapped between jobs by circumstances outside your control, or are about to dump the loser job you have now, you should be actively defining and starting your own business, in parallel with looking for that ideal job. Let me explain why this is a win-win deal, no matter what the outcome.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

So, you’ve found the buyer, received a letter of interest, signed it, and exclusively tied your company up for a period to complete the deal. Public companies are forced to release this information in most cases after the LOI is signed, and this may impact you if being purchased by a public entity. Few companies are squeaky clean.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

It definitely has a “d” in it, as in it’s really not fun, raising. Lemons ripen early The hardest thing about fund raising is how dispiriting it can be. Let’s say you have built a SaaS company where a large part of the early revenue comes from a few big customers or a large part of the revenue is services based vs. software based.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

A product plan has tremendous value inward facing, telling your product people what to build, while the business plan has maximum value outward facing, explaining to the rest of the world how your new company will survive and prosper. Now let’s talk about the basic components of a business plan. Marty Zwilling

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

Crosscut Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Next Play Capital and Owl Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the Los Angeles-based company’s total raised to $50 million since its 2010 inception. the company says. Before even jumping head first into building a fintech company, they did a lot of work prior,” Karas said.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

And that should be the focus of the founders -- to find the special fit that will make your company take off. You may end up hiring these people eventually and you'll know more about them when you do. These companies are very early-stage and definitely have not shown product/market fit. They are very early.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian talked to us about the rewards and challenges of being an entrepreneur, plus how important it is to manage lifetime value (LTV) of a customer versus customer acquisition cost (CAC) in making a successful company. (We When we started the app about six years ago, that was the idea an vision. What is Discotech?

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