Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. 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. A sample of three views is adequate.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 11, 2021

As the vaccination campaign to counter COVID-19 gets underway (albeit with a rocky start), a number of companies are attempting to support its rollout in a variety of ways. Apple and Google release sample code, UI and detailed policies for COVID-19 exposure-notification apps. “We look and feel like Instagram.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Professional investors and advisors, on the other hand, usually refuse to sign these agreements today due to the risk of litigation and administrative workload, and will walk away. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after agreement on terms. Sharing trade secrets.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

What I didn''t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company. I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Are there particular technologies or platforms involved?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

South, a solid Santa Monica bar and grill was bustling earlier this Tuesday courtesy of the good people at Tech Cocktail and their winter technology mixer. Noisy, but due to a solidly participative crowd in a mix of business, casual, and in between attire. We really enjoyed how open to chatting the companies present were.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Innovation is not all about break-through technologies and big financial investments. Look for functions that may be performing poorly in your business due to lack of skills or necessary tools. I recommend sampling one or more of these opportunities, without a major investment on your part.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

Professional investors and advisors, on the other hand, usually refuse to sign these agreements today due to the risk of litigation and administrative workload, and will walk away. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after agreement on terms. Sharing trade secrets.

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Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. Aydogan Ozcan developed a device which can create digital holograms of samples, using hacked cellphone software, instead of expensive microscope lenses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Of course, every company needs these, in due time. In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Your company has outgrown you.

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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 Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Silicon Valley, in a proverbial hornet’s nest of legal intrigue has been buzzing with one of the biggest (and possibly unsettling) displays of indian giving that the tech world has seen this year. pulls assumably free and public data from the CrunchBase database to provide a mobile accessible directory of contacts and company info.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Google 74

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Of course, every company needs these, in due time. In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Your company has outgrown you.

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Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

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. Experiment, fail, rinse, and repeat. Do what Amazon is doing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Of course, every company needs these, in due time. In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Your company has outgrown you.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

Earlier this month, Azusa-based CFX Battery , a stealthy battery technology spinout from Caltech, announced it had raised a new round of funding worth $14.2M. This week, the firm announced that it was renaming itself Contour Energy (www.contourenergy.com)--and said it was ready to talk about what its battery technology is all about.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. 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. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what?

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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. For starters, let's talk about your technology.

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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. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010.

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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. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Tech. See a sample reprint in PDF format. COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney. Student Journal. WSJ Classroom.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. For years they've taken complex technology and simplified it for the everyday website owner. Media Temple hosts websites. Big and Small.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we got tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. Today is the day!

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. For years they've taken complex technology and simplified it for the everyday website owner. Media Temple hosts websites. Big and Small.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. Put your digital audio content up for sale with AudioMicro, simply and securely. Echo - is the next generation commenting system.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Then came the rumor mill: Companies may or may not be approaching Biogen about a sale, and Biogen may or may not be fielding offers. Holmes claimed it would be able to produce multiple test results from a single blood sample without shipping blood to a lab. Instead, Holmes promoted a new system, MiniLab , in development.

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