Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Among the dozens of participants that applied for the online competitions, only a few progressed into the semifinals.

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Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. We reasonably assure that they have oil for their engines, in the form of logistical, administrative, and professional support services that reduce their risk.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

The two have now turned their attentions to Serviz, which offers up on-demand home services, such as plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and other areas. Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year. Our vision is really to become the premier provider of on-demand home services.

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Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. They had some pretty high quality companies presenting. I also have a discount code below for the event.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. It was announced in the 90''s.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Check out local sources for coaching and assistance. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. At this stage, good relationships are more important than knowledge.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Have an in-house professional services team that implements your software. I wrote about The Importance of Professional Services here. What to do to Avoid Shelfware?

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . An estimated six to ten million homes still receive drinking water through lead pipes and service lines,” the White House wrote in a statement.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2014

The in-flight test, which will take place on a new American Airlines Airbus A321 Transcontinental (A321T), featuring three classes of service, individual AC power outlets and USB jacks available at every seat throughout the aircraft as well as Gogo’s upgraded ATG-4 Wi-Fi service, will showcase the next generation of wearable technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors. Both provide incubator services and space for early startups, have patent portfolios for licensing, and many other resources.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. First, within our portfolio I am really excited about Wheels (Crosscut led the seed round at the end of 2018).

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. As the President of Start Co.,

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Hoffman should know, as an icon in the Silicon Valley, having educated and trained hundreds of startup founders as the CEO of “ Founders Space ,” designated by Inc.com as one of the top ten incubators and accelerators in the world. You may attract early adopters, who love everything new, but the mainstream market will be elusive.

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Netflix Social Media Competition Customer 54

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. New products or services to existing customers. Add services that are complementary to your product. Merge with or acquire another business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. Smart investors think a lot about what we call “unit economics” or what is the economics of service one customers.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. We build partnerships with top-notch companies like Accenture, Bain & Company, CareerBuilder and Latham & Watkins that provide pro bono advisory services to our portfolio organizations.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved. New products or services to existing customers. Add services that are complementary to your product. Merge with or acquire another business.

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Entrepreneur Customer Custom .Net 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego.

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San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g.,

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Tech.Co

APRIL 6, 2018

But what keeps him going is his team and his competitive spirit. “I I found my team at the Tech Wildcatters incubator, and they had a passion for moving forward and overcoming fears of a startup. CHASE for BUSINESS is everything a business needs in one place, from expert advice to valuable products and services.

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Startup News Tips Incubator 70

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The company’s original service still operates as LessonPaths.com – a platform for self-learning students and curators. We were invited after winning a business competition in Chicago.” Remember, the original MentorMob is still intact as LessonPaths and will run concurrently as an independent service.

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Startup Competition Entrepreneur Google 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. It is better to put new products or services into a new or special department, sometimes known as an innovation incubator, to get the focus they require.

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Ideas Framework Summary Organization 56

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. I commented that many young entrepreneurs I talk to these days have a desire to “go plural&# and create an incubator.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 28, 2013

The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. that were getting hammered by the competition overseas. If a particular strategy, product or service is not generating the desired results, a start-up can quickly pivot until they discover what works.

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Startup LMU Venture Capital Class 45

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

The only remaining daptomycin patent will expire in June, clearing the way for generic competition years earlier than expected. Supreme Court this week refused to reinstate four disputed patents related to daptomycin, according to Reuters. —The FDA also made regulatory decisions that cast a pall on recent buyouts.

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San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. I don’t believe it. Either your core is innately technical or it’s not. .

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CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

” Park found it particularly interesting that he can follow a teacher or even a VP of a financial service but never really know it. A lot of competitors also stole their ideas and started offering the same services. There was no competitive advantage once the big guys got involved. They can easily squeeze us out.”

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Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio.

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Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. She explains Freestyle VC’s specific “no competition” investment policy with active decisions to bypass investments that compete with companies in their portfolio. A snapshot of some of the projects mentioned: International remittance services.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

You work in (or run) a services company. Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). With the advent of geolocation and fantastic payment services such as Square, the future of freelanc. The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades. Selling Services or Products to Musicians.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. This led to an explosion in startups. The Blurring of Investment Lines.

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