socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. Investors value growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Of course that’s not disputable. He built & IPOd Demand Media. To some extent – of course they are. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

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Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Of course, growth and development are really a continuum. At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream. Angels may be less demanding, but typically add less value. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

That said, when a customer posts on Facebook that you should lower your prices by 50%, perhaps this is not something you should spend too much time on. However, if your customers don’t post anything at all, good or bad, perhaps your pricing is too high overall. Social networking is powerful huh? First, I LOVE this product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Of course, growth and development are really a continuum. At this stage, your startup better be selling a commercial offering, have price and cost validated, with significant customer sales and a real revenue stream. Angels may be less demanding, but typically add less value. Funding sources specialize in certain growth stages.

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Startup Venture Capital Demand Invest 92

Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

users and the over 3 million job positions the professional network fields each month. The impact can be seen in the skills gap — the San Francisco Bay Area has the largest skills gap among the locations covered by LinkedIn’s report, meaning that supply isn’t keeping up with demand. Source: LinkedIn. Seattle Gains Techies.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The firm used to be called Fotouhi Alonso and were one of LA's top mid-sized agencies for 20 years, working with clients like Honda, Epson, the LA DWP, and the FX Network. Same partner all along: Jorge Alonso, Creative Director. . :) What do you think of the concepts of visible networking and online business networking in Los Angeles ?

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Marketing Social Media Blogging Media 150

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As described in Venture Debt , sophisticated investors generally say “No” to the Million Dollar Question, as they typically demand a higher return than can be obtained by selling a company in its early stages. The less mature the company, the larger the typical Earn Out as a percentage of the total purchase price. The Answer Is?

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Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As described in Venture Debt , sophisticated investors generally say “No” to the Million Dollar Question, as they typically demand a higher return than can be obtained by selling a company in its early stages. The less mature the company, the larger the typical Earn Out as a percentage of the total purchase price. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. He created demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

And the starting price for WW is $18 / month … DailyBurn is free. There is, of course, a paid version. Social networking meets online personal health management. Unfortunately it seems that it was back-ordered due to strong demand with rumors of it selling for astronomical prices on eBay.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Instead of following a proscribed course which may lead nowhere, entrepreneurial leaders such a Thiel are sparking a change in the way we think about success. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. You can network to give and get referrals for other businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping. What hogwash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2023

Of course, between these extremes is a large overlap of interest and potential. VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. For angel investors, you only need to do some local networking to get interest. How much help do you expect and need?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

OPEC (the organization of petroleum exporting countries) is a cartel that was set up in the 1960′s and represents the interests of the 12 biggest oil producing countries in the world with the goal of increasing prices of oil, a good supplied in limited quantities to a world that had insatiable demand for the product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2020

Of course, between these extremes is a large overlap of interest and potential. VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. For angel investors, you only need to do some local networking to get interest. How much help do you expect and need?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Startup Invest 125

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Of course I have. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. There is a long tradition of these and it’s what formed the original angel network groups. And of course you need a mature venture capital industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Of course much of it is conflicting. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Do your homework. I do the same.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2014

Of course, between these extremes is a large overlap of interest and potential. VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. For Angel investors, you only need to do some local networking to get interest. How much help do you expect and need?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2016

Of course, between these extremes is a large overlap of interest and potential. VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. For Angel investors, you only need to do some local networking to get interest. How much help do you expect and need?

Startup 59

Startup Help Venture Capital Entrepreneur 59

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. And of course in my 700 are people like Bill Gates and Barack Obama, neither of whom follows me just yet Asymmetric works both ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. Of course anybody who says this publicly gets lambasted. It’s Hobbesian economics 101. That would be like Turkey’s voting to have Thanksgiving dinner.

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