Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Costa Mesa-based Ice Energy , which develops energy storage technology based on storing energy for air conditioning in the form of ice, has completed the first phase of a big deployment for Southern California Edison (SCE), the company announced on Wednesday. MW energy storage contract it has with SCE.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

There's a large number of on-demand services which have been appearing recently, to help people deal with almost every aspect of their life. Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. Becka Klauber Richter: Helpr is an app for babysitters on demand.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 18, 2018

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

On-demand ridesharing service Uber hopes to bring flying taxis to Los Angeles by 2020, the company said this morning, and has just signed a contract with the U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) on software that would help support those flying taxi efforts. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 29, 2020

In Vegas, though, developers won’t be able to use relatively new services like Cloud Functions and Cloud Run yet. The company first announced the Vegas expansion in July 2019. Both of these capabilities allow us to flex our technology to fully support the demands of our customers and our business.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Look at the business and determine what's going to make sense from a development perspective in the short-term, longer-term. They were making some significant choices that were going to have lasting impact on their company.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2015

On-demand, delivery startup Schlep and Fetch (www.schlepandfetch.com) wants to be the place you contact first to get practically anything delivered for you, whether that's a food order or something you forgot to pick up from home. Bryson Strauss: We are an on-demand delivery service. Need something--anything--delivered in Los Angeles?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2011

Agreements with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) are like DC Comic’s evil villainess, Poison Ivy. You will no doubt craft agreements with companies of similar or even smaller size to your own. Ever negotiate with lawyers at a huge company? The allure of a company-changing deal with a BDC is strong. Kiss of Death Provisions.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance , a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their software toolkit designed to let manufacturers make things using the processes employed by their former boss.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2015

Santa Barbara-based energy storage technology developer Ice Energy announced today that it is opening up a new, research and development center in Riverside, with plans to immediately hire 12 at the location. megawatt deployment the company has contracted with Southern California Edison (SCE).

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. Why five risks? Fourth: Financial risk. .

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Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

Entrepreneurs often lament big companies, but most of us hope we’ll create just that. Add in public company demands, lawsuit targets, & millions of customers to continually satisfy, and you have to have great respect for those doing it well. Decisions that take entrepreneurs an hour, often take months at large companies.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

As noted in part I of this series, agreements with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) can be alluring and potentially fatal. In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. The resulting credibility will help you establish future business development and customer relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. With contract players, you assume a project duration, with easy transition to new players for the next campaign. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers.

Demand 92

Demand Startup Training Outsource Development 92

Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2013

We immediately recall the razor and blade analogy to illustrate the point when planning product development and release. If the gross profit margin averages fifty percent in a service company, and if fifty percent of all revenues come from recurring sources, then it is probable that the company is stable and operating at or above breakeven.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The new financing will give Relativity the cash to fully build its “Stargate” factory, a semi-autonomous, full-scale production facility that will house the company’s massive 3-D printers and produce its first rocket, the Terran 1. space industry.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

As noted in part I of this series, agreements with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) can be alluring and potentially fatal. In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. The resulting credibility will help you establish future business development and customer relationships.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Companies like Shippabo , a provider of shipping tracking and logistics for international small cargo transport, and NEXT Trucking , which handles long-haul and short-haul trucking, have both launched in the Los Angeles area to tackle different areas of the shipping industry. The company has raised $3.5

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That's the story at Altadena-based Unified Dispatch , which was recently sold to the On-Demand Division of Veolia. Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. That resulted in the company being left in limbo.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. The reason they do that, is we solve the peak demand problem they have on the grid. megawatts of energy. megawatts of energy.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. This is sometimes labeled “execution risk” addressing whether management can create and run the company producing the product acceptable to the marketplace.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 9, 2010

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause they have been trained to challenge. Email readers continue here.] The attorney held fast at every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Traditionally, these between a rock and hard place problems have been solved with a limited pool of expensive options – usually associated with long contracts and high billables for “MBA quality” work. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

In the initial phases of any new market you’re developing a product (hopefully with a minimal set of features), getting feedback from customers, refining your product based on user feedback and then re-launching your product. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC. Rinse & repeat.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Nearly all of the mistakes I made at my first company I fixed by the time of my second company. This is the only mistake I repeated twice and it is a mistake that I see many, many companies make. When you start your company the very first question you need to ask yourself is which kind of customers do you want to serve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO Darren Marble to learn more about why analytics are important to the modern film-maker, and how the company is helping. Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. What is FilmBreak? What's your background? Where's the service now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2019

With his wealth of business experience and expertise as a top economic development consultant, he confirms my own view that the top five myths in starting a new business commonly include the following: You have to be able to do every job in your business. Partner with experts who share the risk.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We caught up with Lee Essner , the President of Jukin Media, to learn more about how the company thinks it has figured out how to make a business round viral videos. That''s where the traditional media companies--the morning shows, the news clips shows, the ad agencies--can see what is viral and trending, and can license it directly from us.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2010

Back when I ran my first company I fought a lot. This also applies to internal company decisions. Let’s say a senior member of your team demanded a pay raise (cash or equity) and you didn’t like the way they approached you. Developers don’t want to work yet another weekend? Don’t confuse the two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream. Streamline management costs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Disraeli also recently was appointed as CEO of the company. How did the company start? We started focusing on that, and at the time we were doing only phone verification, but then we started adding in data analytics because of customer demand, we added in some other things like straight messaging rather than pin codes.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. I mention this because Greg led our investment in a company that I have personally become addicted to called Draft.

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