Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

If you want to join the ranks of entrepreneurs and businesses who have a reputation for being ahead of the pack, for being an initiator rather than a follower, such as Apple and Nike , here are five key strategies and skills to develop that I recommend and practice: Develop a mindset of constant change required to thrive.

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MAY 11, 2010

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based search site Mahalo , said Tuesday afternoon that he and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington have parted ways, and will no longer be running the TechCrunch50 conference. Tags: jason calacanis michael arrington techcrunch launch technology startups entrepreneur.

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MARCH 14, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Jon Ferrara: I firmly believe that Service is the New Sales and that the Sales starts after a customer buys. Is there anything you wish you'd done differently when you first started Nimble?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Even though I’m a big proponent of becoming an entrepreneur, it is definitely not for everyone. In my view, entrepreneur roles need to be planned carefully rather than made on the spur of the moment. Adopt the Silicon Valley entrepreneur family model. Test your entrepreneur instincts through crowdfunding.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I started with a “top 11″ list – only because I couldn’t fit them into a top 10. But there are a lot of things that become norms in the VC industry that always drove me crazy from entrepreneur’s side of the table. Translation for any first time entrepreneurs can mean one of: a. Obviously.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Popular and prolific and blogger James Clear recently shared with me why Richard Branson started Virgin Airlines. An entrepreneur, weightlifter and travel photographer, James'' work can be found at JamesClear.com, where he offers entrepreneurs leadership advice and insights. He had no business starting an airline company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Many of the entrepreneurs I advise or invest with spend considerable time on the Internet, keeping up with technology, customers, and competitors, but very few feel the need for an early personal presence. Every future entrepreneur should start by networking. Make your lifestyle a model of the online reputation you want.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Downtown StartUps Meet and Greet Conference. We are fortunate enough to have a large group of entrepreneurs who have joined Downtown StartUps, and we're ready for everyone to meet in the offline world! Want to pitch your start-up to other like minded entrepreneurs and investors? link] (more)

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

A LOOK BACK I started my career as a programmer. 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. So we all stopped focusing on this and just started building. What happened? Until we weren’t.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Marcia Brown’s 1947 retelling of the classic French folktale Stone Soup is a de facto playbook for how to start a venture. They soon learn that they are entrepreneurs who will launch a magical venture that involves a restorative meal, a communal celebration and reassurance that better days are ahead. Start With A Big Pot.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The best entrepreneurs focus on details.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

TechZulu is happy to announce that we will be bringing you all the action live from the GLAZED Conference Monday, September 30th starting at 9AM. The Top GLASS focused entrepreneurs in the world. The post GLAZED | Wearable Tech Conference [Live] appeared first on TechZulu. Sonny Vu, CEO, Misfit Wearables.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started. She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. She started her business from a personal need. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. She hasn’t raised any venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

You can’t win as an entrepreneur working alone. I hope all this seems obvious to you, but I still get a good number of notes from “entrepreneurs” who have been busy inventing things all their life, but can’t find a partner to start their first business, and others trying to find an executive, an investor, or a lawyer.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. It’s not just Europe.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2012

This week the SBW2012 Conference in DC offers sessions geared for small businesses including a Social Media forum, Business Matchmaking, and Federal Contracting 101. The conference ends with the Champion Awards Dinner. Often entrepreneurs are running their playbook for the first time. A key to business success is agility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Elon Musk via Flickr by TED Conference To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people, and some entrepreneurs, have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on, like Ryan Seacrest is searching for on American Idol. Be delightfully authentic and honest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

As you may know we run an annual conference called The Upfront Summit in which we try to bring together the world of investors, entrepreneurs and interesting people from the world of sports, politics, music & film. We do this to showcase what is uniquely LA and to create a more cohesive network in our community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

If you think you are the perfect fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, but you’re not yet sure if you’re ready to start your own, then I recommend that you take a job with an existing startup first to validate the culture realities against your dream. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Explore investor websites and conferences.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

(In case it’s not obvious it’s a play on the Nike slogan, “Just Do It.&# ) I believe that being successful as an entrepreneur requires you to get lots of things done. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. This paralyzes most people.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. Eric P: You have a fascinating background as a serial entrepreneur while you were a teenager. Below is the transcript of our conversation (edited for length and clarity) : Founding PlayVS.

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MAY 24, 2011

Today's Insights and Opinions article comes from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker and investor, who says: yes, it's a bubble, and gives her top ten reason to start a company, and ten reasons not to. Start up conferences and competitions. But that doesn't mean that it's either a good or bad time to start a company.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. He started selling the mixtapes out of his trunk and even gave away some of his music. Authenticity - I asked Chamillionaire why he thinks he connects so much with people at tech conferences. He made many of his own mistakes.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The list is getting quite long. I had to say it.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

The 17th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference wrapped up last month at the luxurious Beverly Hilton Hotel. from the Black Eyed Peas was on the “Disruptor” panel discussing how he reaches out to his community of inner-city kids to encourage them to think like an entrepreneur and pursue their dreams. Education & Tech.

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MARCH 23, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. But I thought I'd take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1  Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is scary. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. It was followed by TechZulu’s infamous “ Tech Crawl ” hopping from start up to start up.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are falling deeper and deeper in the hole. Only one component of running a business is managing technology, but it is a critical component, so no entrepreneur can afford to ignore it or totally delegate it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In my experience as an angel investor for new startups, I’m always surprised by how many entrepreneurs are looking for funding without outside advisors. An experienced Board can give them credibility, as well as advice on the many pitfalls of starting a new company. Remember that people make a business, more often than a product.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

If you''d like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we''ve just started collecting your nominations online. conference award prize startups entrepreneurs awards socaltech50 socaltech' Nominations will close tomorrow, on Friday, October 10th. Interested in sponsoring the awards? READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 29, 2014

One of the hardest things for most entrepreneurs to know is how hard to push in situations where people tell you “no.” ” But then again most entrepreneurs fail. Years ago I started using the term “politely persistent” to remind people that you still need to be likable even if you have gumption.

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