Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. It’s human nature to try and be helpful to others. In many instances this help is genuine, well-meaning and productive. In many instances this help is genuine, well-meaning and productive.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Western Digital , the data storage maker which has a significant chunk of its operations in Irvine, has been backing climate research efforts with a competition called the Data for Climate Action Challenge , which WD is showcasing at the upcoming COP23 climate change conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2023

So here are some tips I have learned over the years from strong leaders that can help you say no without damaging current business relationships or future opportunities: Establish boundaries and honor them for all to see. This will help the requester understand the impact of the request, and potentially reconsider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

A qualified career coach can help you get totally clear on your objectives, differentiate you from the competition, market you effectively, get the offer, and negotiate the best compensation. Contrary to popular belief, business networking is not all done at investor receptions and conferences. Invest in career coaching.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

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. Meet some of the amazing organizations that partner with the Startup of the Year program, and could be a valuable resource for you to help build your business.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

XPRIZE , the Los Angeles nonprofit which promotes development of new technology to help solve world problems, has whittled down the number of teams competing in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , focused on using AI to world's greatest challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

Participate in industry conferences and expositions. Finally, key national conferences will show you improvements you need to make in areas that can create multipliers without breaking your business. At least, these professional networking events allow you to get out of the office and meet people who can help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2023

In the same way, great entrepreneurs and company leaders should no longer rely on faceless and nameless processes to drive business strategy and innovation to stay competitive. More meetings in your conference room won’t get to the truth as well as simply talking to people who interact with customers directly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2023

It also helps to create office events for family members and local community groups. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers. That means rewarding feedback from outside, both good and bad, rather than being closed. Encourage networking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

Having a good sales methodology can help you ensure your company runs more disciplined campaigns and focuses scarce resources on your best opportunities. So I often work with teams to get them to codify the key things they do well that the competition does not. The first post covered the topic of “P” or pain. So what’s next?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2021

So here are some tips I have learned over the years from strong leaders that can help you say no without damaging current business relationships or future opportunities: Establish boundaries and honor them for all to see. This will help the requester understand the impact of the request, and potentially reconsider.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A Silicon Valley conference is a room full of suits, with the occasional skirt suite. pitch and technology competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I couldn’t help but feel like it might be a hall of crickets with a few passionate women warming the front row. So when I heard about Women 2.0

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2018

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) recently announced the California Climate Cup ([link] a new startup competition tied into the upcoming Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September. How did the competition come about? Bird is just one recent example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I favor the more cautious approach, and would offer the following insights to help you make the right decisions: Join a startup or take a role in an existing business. Every industry organization has regular local meetings and annual conferences for education purposes and bringing the right people together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It can help you be right when, without expert help, you might fail. This may mean attending industry conferences, taking college courses, or reading some key books. Then make the decision your own, before you use it to lead the team. Over time, your self-worth and your leadership performance will increase.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr. It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. Bowery Capital).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

It also helps to create office events for family members and local community groups. Team members need time, and your support, to attend conferences and professional organizations to stay in touch with colleagues and peers. That means rewarding feedback from outside, both good and bad, rather than being closed. Encourage networking.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Though the Alliance is still committed to hosting select regional convenings like First Look SoCal and our SoCal Ecosystem Leadership Conference, we recognize that the region already is filled with numerous events targeted at start-ups and entrepreneurs. This came through loud and clear at our recent regional leadership conference.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

” For starters OpenTable had an advantage in that the restaurants back then needed an IT system to help with table management (the restaurant layout, table configurations, etc.) and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. That is what we set out to solve at MyTime.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. I find the best business plans are not books, but may actually should start as a one-page “elevator pitch” that succinctly encompasses your business goals, problems and solution, opportunity, competition, and business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

You’ll be able to rub elbows with people that can help you get where you need to go. We’ve also partnered with WeAreLATech , a startup resource that can help everyone from potential employees to budding founders to get acclimated to the LA ecosystem with job listings, event calendars, and startup profiles.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies. We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. After leaving News Corp., Brett received a B.A. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2022

I’m not talking about the social butterflies, but people who always seem to engage with the right people to help get the job done, both upward and downward. The best potential leaders are always seeking new connections at industry conferences, in community relations, and by communicating with key customers and influencers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. Calacanis also produced and helped to create the TechCrunch 50 event along with Arrington, until the two had a highly visible split last year.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms. The conference was filled with a several panels.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

However, if history is any lesson, downturns actually have created some of Southern California's most successful technology companies, whether through forcing those companies to swizzle their business models, by removing competition from the market, or even spurring customers to more readily adopt their products to save money. billion. >.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Apple has since capitalized on the top technical talent in Silicon Valley to stay ahead of the competition. Look for business-oriented and industry conferences, hackathons, and Startup Weekends , with outside speakers and experienced leaders. Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding. Cocktail party networking is not enough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2020

In the same way, great entrepreneurs and company leaders should no longer rely on faceless and nameless processes to drive business strategy and innovation to stay competitive. More meetings in your conference room won’t get to the truth as well as simply talking to people who interact with customers directly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Image via Wikipedia The challenge for all of us in business is to improve competitiveness by improving employee productivity and reducing costs. Ask for help in eliminating useless tasks. They need you looking ahead to anticipate what they will need, and providing it before the next crisis, before they must beg for help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

By following the crowdfunding campaigns of others, you can learn much about what types of ideas and solutions are attractive to customers, and also understand some new ways to raise money in todays competitive world. Attend industry and investor meetings and conferences. Then be one later.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. And there is often competition over marketing activities, fund raising ownership and the like. There is no right or wrong – these are the three basic models. Kerry brings experience from all parts of the marketing mix.

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