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Tech.Co
MAY 25, 2018
If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. While winning pitch competitions is great, it’s not the most important thing about Startup of the Year.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 14, 2019
In the entrepreneur world, it’s still a popular misconception that the “idea” is everything. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC. In a very real sense, we funded him, and he superseded even IBM. Build connections with key customers and competitors.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Since 2010, $6.3B
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 2, 2013
The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. We have no competitors.”
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2020
In my experience working with entrepreneurs, once they feel they have a winning formula for their business, they are often hesitant to change or update it. By drawing on the current network of drivers and the app technology it already has in place, UberEATS could be a major competitor for food delivery services such as DoorDash.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 19, 2010
Due in large part to the current economy and an ultra-competitive job market, a Gen-Y entrepreneurial tsunami is already upon us. Their goal is to gain career-critical experience while satisfying the predisposition to “create” in a small-team environment – something they can’t obtain interning for IBM or General Motors.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Do you think men make better entrepreneurs than women, and why? First of all, it is evident that there are far fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. First of all, it is evident that there are far fewer women entrepreneurs today than men. Both have their advantages. Operational style. Business relationship style.
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