Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

I call this linear thinking , and it’s a sure way to be ultimately overrun by your competition. For example, Elon Musk, who owns many battery patents , normally kept for a competitive edge, decided to open them all to any competitors in an effort to expand the market for his electric vehicles. Always practice thinking outside the box.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2013

This time they’re inviting you to attend their annual Fast Pitch Conference. UCLA’s EA fast-pitch Conference is being held at UCLA tomorrow, with fast-pitch Semi Finals and the Final Round. Judging this year’s Fast-pitch Conference is a splendid all-star cast featuring: Jason Beck, VP of Vicente Capital Partners. TZ Hookups.

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StartUp Beat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Startup conferences offer the opportunity for maximum networking while facilitating knowledge sharing among different industry participants. 2017 has already witnessed a load of successful and exciting conferences, including World Domination Summit, Startup+Fest and CEO Space. Besides the frequent “ARRRR!!” Disrupt SF ( Sep 18-20).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2016

DogVacay said it awarded its first scholarship to Dusty Lynn Shipley, 19, of Arlington, TX, for her idea of an underground water detection system that would use soil-moisture levels to regulate sprinklers and save water. The company says it plans on another scholarship competition next year. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

All companies whether service or product-oriented must fight to gain and maintain quality of product, or fall to the bottom of the competitive heap. Together we would work out solutions in the form of new functions, new controls, new reports, and new safeguards. We have explored feature-functionality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Often, despite your passion and expectation, customers don’t immediately see the value and need that you see, and you have no idea why the initiative is stuck , and what could be the real customer issue or fix. To win in this environment, you may need to expand your leadership in industry conferences and community activities.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2014

I was recently at the Le Web conference in Paris where Travis Kalanick, the Cofounder and CEO of Uber was one of the speakers. It is ironic that the idea for Uber was conceived in Paris, France, where free markets and capitalism are under tremendous pressure. What makes Uber is an extraordinarily important company? READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. If we continue our success we will have strong competition. So did the media. Why do you believe Ad.ly

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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. Marty Zwilling

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. 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.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

The best part about being a writer who covers startups is seeing revolutionary ideas take shape from their infancy. PayDivvy , unveiled today at the Finovate Conference in San Francisco, was conceived a few years ago while Mike Melby was attending the Wharton School of Business.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A Practical Guide to Moving to the Cloud, Lowering Costs, and Improving your Competitiveness IBM, Corent Technology and RightScale are participating at this Technology Council of Southern California breakfast event on December 7th at IBM's Costa Mesa Conference Center. Come interact with the panel and exchange ideas with your peers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I support their summary of the seven capital assets that are the core required to create a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and produce real economic value for your startup and the rest of us: Intellectual capital – ideas, information, technologies. Contrary to popular belief, innovative new ideas don’t often spring from a single mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

His ideas to date hadn’t totally resonated and of course ideas matter, too. He had ideas. Within a few weeks he was an EIR in our offices in LA working on the idea. The first one out even won a major tech conference award. Of course there is competition! It’s a f **g brilliant idea!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Every industry organization has regular local meetings and annual conferences for education purposes and bringing the right people together. Raising money is difficult, even with the best idea, so don’t assume any entitlement to loans, grants, or seed funding. Remember that investors tend to fund entrepreneurs, not ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Many smart people I know fall into the category of “idea” people. You may never be at a loss for new ideas, and ways to broaden the appeal of your business. The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more. If you do it right, you have a huge opportunity for long-term success.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 17, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 -- Southern California Monte Jade (SCMJ) Fast-Pitch Competition. This event is an exciting opportunity to see the new businesses, representing various technologies and ideas that are springing up in Los Angeles.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Indiegogo has brought more than 800,000 ideas to fruition since 2008. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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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.

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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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. You can have the best idea in the world with the fanciest board members and advisors but you need a world class management team to execute, iterate and ultimately navigate troubled waters. After leaving News Corp.,

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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? This is one opportunity to do that.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. So in short, the Alliance is moving beyond the big idea of strengthening SoCal innovation to defined programs that can move the ecosystem in a more targeted manner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Every business I know has teams, some working collaboratively to great advantage, while others sadly operating as collections of individuals who work alone, often in competition with each other. You can encourage this through novel ideas, humor, and trying a new place for lunch together. Seek out novelty and challenge items as a team.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Getting lots of input on important issues is always a good idea. 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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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. In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

You must recognize that change is the new norm in business, so problems represent opportunities to learn something new, improve your productivity and competitiveness of the business. Find time in your work schedule for networking, working lunches, and business conferences, where you can test your ideas, learn, and generate support.

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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. Marty Zwilling.

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Social Media Metrics Customer Custom 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

In my role as a mentor to many business professionals, I still see some who have no idea how to adapt to the new realities. Take advantage of any and all current opportunities, such as industry conferences and special projects, to increase your intellectual capital for current roles and gigs in the future.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Social Media Training 96

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. We get it! I Be specific. Tesla is not.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

For examples, our sponsor, Microsoft Accelerator , will have team members on the floor to take stock of all the budding startups and genius ideas that this showcase will no doubt present. Startup of the Year competition, which will be held in San Jose, CA during the Innovate! and Celebrate conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2018

When a venture is conceived, it is merely an idea. As the story illustrates, entrepreneurs manifest their ideas by rallying a motivated team and supplying them with the necessary resources. Successful, serial entrepreneurs know that honesty is a competitive advantage. Dishonest entrepreneurs are unsuccessful in the long run.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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