TechCrunch LA

JULY 2, 2020

In the past year, it’s seen one of the most profitable venture-backed exits of any tech ecosystem (with the $4 billion sale of Honey to PayPal) and investors are minting billion-dollar companies in the region at a torrid pace. Investors in other cities should continue to see LA as an underserved ecosystem with huge opportunities.”

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

There’s also a relatively modest request (of only $4 billion) for funding devoted to pilot projects, startup companies, and public clean technology investment initiatives (like LACI). “ This will also help dealerships increase sales and bring needed sales tax revenues to local and state governments,” Peterson writes.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google worked with the company to open source the system, which Google and Imageworks have scaled to up to 150,000 cores. The company previously also open sourced and contributed to tools like OpenColorIO and Alembic. Cue 3 was actually Imageworks’ internal queuing system, which is at least fifteen years old.

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TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

By popular demand, Round 6 introduces a plaintext test that uses HTTP pipelining, implemented in 14 frameworks so far. In preliminary tests, we experimented with more requests per pipeline but doing so caused socket write buffer overflows. We are a small company and hiring opportunities are rare. We are hiring.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Calendly calendar screenshot.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2013

On my most important ones I spend as much time figuring out what to cut out as I do putting into the writing of it. Many people write email without a “call to action” or reason they’re writing the email. Write to one person at a time. This is critical and was the reason I sat down to write this post.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Irvine-based Western Digital has rolled out its very first, WD-branded solid state disk drives (SSDs), the company announced this morning. The WD Blue offers capacities of 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB, and are performance driven, with 545MB/s and 525MB/s sequential read and write speeds. The drives start at $79.00.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement. ” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. . ” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. .”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2020

In our business lives we’re having to deal with decisions that could have lasting impacts on our companies without any compass to guide us in the direction we’re heading . He showed industries where demand was likely to hold strong and he outlined a case for how he could protect as many jobs as possible. Empathy can also be financial.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. I pointed out that throughout history building companies has always taken time and we as a market have put an urgency to rush growth rates. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Most business advisors I know will say that writing a business plan is the first step to starting your own business, but I believe that a better first step is to do a self-analysis of your real drivers, strengths, and assumptions before committing to this lifestyle. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

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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. This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. Why five risks? Fourth: Financial risk. . And fifth: Competitive risk. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption. Let’s take a look here some similar stages from a support perspective: Idea stage. Growth and exit stage.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! All of the Investors will get your company description and contact info! We're doing it again! There are only 15 spaces left in the Workshop.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

All Raise chief executive officer Pam Kostka, who joined the business earlier this year, says demand for an All Raise presence in local geographies continues to increase: “Women are hungry for the support and guidance we provide,” Kostka tells TechCrunch. “I The two All Raise members now sit on the company’s board of directors.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! All of the Investors will get your company description and contact info! We're doing it again! There are only 15 spaces left in the Workshop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Key factors gating your success will always be your level of competency in your chosen field, level of demand for that skill, and how easily you can be replaced. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital. You now own 20% of a company valued at $50 million but you’ve put in $4m to get that. Why investors care about prorata rights.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Now, as demand for engineered DNA rises, a handful of startups are vying to become the go-to provider for researchers looking for improved versions of the DNA sequences. Molecular Assemblies is among the companies working to commercialize what’s known as enzymatic DNA synthesis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? Assess customer demand. Right idea at the right time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption. Let’s take a look here some similar stages from a support perspective: Idea stage. Growth and exit stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2013

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday. The carrot and the stick.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2022

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Write it down, but even then, keep it to the top ten priority items or less.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Yesterday I saw a Tweet from Chris Sacca fly by that prompted me to want to write a blog post helping entrepreneurs understand why they should push back against VCs asking for “super pro-rata” rights. Obviously the situation is very different in companies where the company isn’t “killing it.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. Board members in constant conflict can kill your company more quickly than any market forces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

If you can’t write it down, you probably don’t understand it. Key factors gating your success will always be your level of competency in your chosen field, level of demand for that skill, and how easily you can be replaced. Writing, audios, and videos are all great ways to do this, since these all facilitate the one-to-many multiplier.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2018

I’ve had this at times in dealing with big companies like Facebook and Apple where we realized that going against the machine was going to be counter-productive. Back when I ran my first company I fought a lot. This also applies to internal company decisions. This sucks because even when you feel “wronged”?—?there

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

I thought I’d write a post about how to talk about valuation at a startup and give you some sense of what might be on the mind of the person considering funding you. If you’re talking with a typical Seed/A/B round firm they often have ownership targets in the company in which they invest. But there is also another very rational reason.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

Some started asking him for very specific analyses to be completed on his data and wanted his company to crunch the numbers. If you don’t act in demand, people will subconsciously know you’re not in demand. This is part of a series I’ve been writing on fund raising. It’s human nature?—? The same thing happens to VCs.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. I’ve seen too many companies go off track by a VC hell bent on the team pursuing the VCs strategy which at times is about chasing the next shiny object. Most VCs are book smart. I call them “ VCs Seagulls.”

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

This risk can be mitigated by finding a customer willing to purchase as soon as a proven model is completed, and willing to state this in writing. 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.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

Securing a meeting with Adam Cheyer was no insignificant feat, given the ceaseless demands on his time and the number of entrepreneurs who would welcome a chance to chat with him. For example, his third company was not going to utilize his full skill set, so he contributed by advising them on key strategic areas. Meeting Adam Cheyer.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? We do, as of the writing of this in early December, seem to be seeing a correction at this time. On Demand). Amazon has razor thin profits compared to their revenue but Bezos doesn't care he just wants growth and world domination and has a market cap of $763B.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

Business Lessons From The Dark Side Of The Moon. • Obtain Customer Feedback Before You Release Your Product - Musicians spend their entire youth writing songs and performing them in front of live audiences, which ensures that their initial album is validated by their fans before they enter the recording studio.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Do you need a board when you first start you company? Time based as in “a guaranteed right for 12 months, which can be renewed by mutual board consent” and event based “a guaranteed right until the company has raised $x million from new investors.” Should I be worried that I could be fired from my own company? Not really.

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