Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Every startup needs to start their funding search looking for grants, with no equity dilution, as well as contests and foundations. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Class Startup Resource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2023

Anything less makes you non-competitive. Networking effectiveness is a measure of your potential. Productive networking traffic does not happen by default. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients.

Startup 106

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Networking to build and maintain positive relationships with the right people outside your company is something you can’t forget in the rush to get your new business going. These advisors need a stake in your success, like a monthly stipend, or an equity share of the business. Highlight the competitive edge you bring to the market.

Marketing 116

Marketing Resource Training Startup 116

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

That's a lot of pain in an engineered network. The piece of technology we did--the middleware we cann Openload, is user level networking, our own TCP/UDP stack, loaded into the user space. It cuts all the context switching out and offers basically the same performance as most Infiniband and other engineered networks can offer.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Anything less makes you non-competitive. Networking effectiveness is a measure of your potential. Productive networking traffic does not happen by default. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients.

Startup 153

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 153

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

You have very little money, and you don’t want to give away your equity. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The right investors and right time dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

Apple has since capitalized on the top technical talent in Silicon Valley to stay ahead of the competition. Financial capital – revenue, equity, debt, funding. Network capital – relationships, connectedness. Networking events create opportunities for like-minded and supportive people to build partnerships.

Resource 131

Resource Startup Capital Mentor 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

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. Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Every startup needs to start their funding search looking for grants, with no equity dilution, as well as contests and foundations. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

Class 124

Class Startup Resource Mentor 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

Tech.Co

JULY 19, 2017

Independent media network WelkerMedia is launching the world’s first no-equity and not-for-profit acceleration program with a focus on digital activism, social impact and creative projects. You can apply to the 2017 competition through this link , and you can find a Q&A with additional information over here.

Mentor 71

Mentor Media Activity Competition 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

“This could also be due to changes in the competitive landscape … and there may be changes with First Round Capital itself,” says one investor. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020. And its new partners are clearly angling to make names for themselves. “KP

IBM 164

IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Eano, she said, offers competitive and transparent pricing so that homeowners aren’t surprised as a remodeling project goes on. Image Credits: Eano CEO and founder Stella Wu / Eano.

Technical Review 185

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Software Review 185

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA.

Tech Coast Angels 231

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Startup of the Year competition, which will be held in San Jose, CA during the Innovate! We will have cocktails, snacks, and great networking. Equity Directory – an invite-only network of entrepreneurs and startup talent exchanging work for equity. and Celebrate conference. More startups to come**.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We rebuilt our network with very scalable Juniper networking gear, and we''ve made some very deliberate decisions on hardware and storage. One of the important things we set up as part of this deal, and achieved, was that because of its structure we were able to bring in debt, rather than equity, because of our cash flow.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

Oftentimes that will be Google, sometimes that will be Apple, sometimes it will be another network. Nick Hedges: Level Equity led the most recent round, have Sigia Ventures in Menlo Park, and we have DFJ Frontier, those are the main investors, but we do have a variety of other investors. So July of last year, I swapped in as new CEO.

Google 113

Google Santa Monica Networking Software 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Way back in 1979, Michael E. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 80

Startup Framework Competition Pricing 80

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

On the medical device side, we're looking to be growth equity, like a company on a 510K pathway. Use any opportunity you have for warm intros, for networking, and to get your idea in front of an investor and be able to really explain when you get that opportunity. Chris Bostick: We want to see really validated proof-of-concept work.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Invest SaaS Entrepreneur 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

You have very little money, and you don’t want to give away your equity. Giving equity is realistic, but base it on contribution and role, with vesting after time and milestones. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The right investors and right time dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Yet many entrepreneurs rely on expensive outside services and outside money, rather than do the networking for a co-founder or two who have the right skills to work for equity. Creative and determined entrepreneurs always find ways to get people to work for equity, barter services or share later revenue rather than pay cash up front.

Startup 101

Startup Entrepreneur Equity Summary 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the key sections of any business plan is the analysis of the competition. Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. It will certainly also decrease profitability over time, as well as test your sustainable competitive advantage.

Startup 86

Startup Competition Pricing Framework 86

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Bask in the success as it happens.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Both are networks. Bask in the success as it happens.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

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. Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Anything less makes you non-competitive. Networking effectiveness is a measure of your potential. Productive networking traffic does not happen by default. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients. Networking relationships still drive most promotions, jobs, and new clients.

Startup 93

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market. It just means that the cofounders trust one of their own and are willing to follow. The industry veteran.

Technical Advisors 98

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. More importantly, we give you access to a massive network of mentors, investors, and advisors. We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners.

Class 261

Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Incubator 87

Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. More importantly, start cultivating networks of friends who have a sense of pulse on the frontiers of the economy. Mithril is struggling to compete against ferocious competition in the growth-stage equity market.

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

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. Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

A 2011 McKinsey Global report says Big Data is the next frontier for innovation,competition and productivity, this could be reason the seasoned investors and executives believe these are big data days. Strong Network, Operational Experience and Technical Background. 35+ Equity Partners on board. Big Data Shift.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Incubator 106

Incubator Startup Help Resource 106