Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

A man who helped shed light—fluorescent light—on biology died far too early, at the age of 64. He helped turn a jellyfish protein into an invaluable lab tool that every researcher knows as “GFP”—green fluorescent protein, which is used to illuminate the inner workings of cells.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

The good news is that a recent Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat.

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Startup News Framework Outsource 112

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2016

I was in France and the UK for business last week so I was a bit out of the tech news cycle and more focused on the world events that were happening nearby. But one tech news story stood out for me — the fact that LA-based Dollar Shave Club (DSC) was sold to Unilever for $1 billion.

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Dollar Shave Club Venture Capital News Snapchat 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But of course it’s hard to advise people that they should do PR without a guide to how to do it on the cheap or how to do it at all. You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. When to start PR?

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day. Using new tools for recruiting key players and advisors. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Your attitude should always be: I am here to tell you a story, serve you and help you. ”. If you can, tell the story through a personal experience that can help the investors connect with the vision of your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2014

As a news junkie and seeker of information, I’m that guy who always has his car tuned to KPCC everyday to get my daily dose of NPR. And of course there are virulent debates about whether publicly funded media should exist at all. Unbiased of course doesn’t exist since we all have biases. Virgin America. Jon Stewart.

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Riot Games Media Startup News 299

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?      The biggest news of the year for us was in unveiling our enhanced analytic process automation (APA) platform, which unifies analytics, data science and business process automation in one, end-to-end platform. Contact our editors for details.

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Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

By now, most managers at any level have created a set of key performance indicators and even a dashboard to help follow trends and warn of excursions. And of course, a promise not kept is an indication of a lack understanding of the problem or of care for the solution. The “rule of excursions.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

That’s good news for all business segments and the economy. The building of new houses, communities, and infrastructure – as well as the new demand for retail that delivers – will strain trucking and shipping to its limits. With 330 million people in the U.S. Shipping and delivery: Strained to the limits.

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Demand Startup Course Summary 103

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

Digital products also allow users to be advocates for you and help each other, thus reducing your support and marketing costs. The lower price helps a new product or service penetrate the market and attract customers away from competitors. Of course, raising prices later is difficult, unless pre-specified.

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Pricing Startup Competition Examples 145

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

In the mean time, if you need some extra help, get some contractors to test out specific things. In other words, they come in asking for help with sourcing and hiring. The Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor will be able to help make that determination. Far from it. Great post Gabriel!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). and Microsoft had become.

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CTO Hire Organization Google Course 309

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). She rolls up her sleeves and helps get tasks done rather than just directing people.

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Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I of course agreed to get involved. A great trade!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Here, we feature the contribution of John Greathouse , an investor with Rincon Venture Partners and Professor Of Practice at UC Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Sales. What was the big news for your company this year? READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

" Typically, this requires quite a bit more information for me to be able to respond and provide real help. Of course, you will want to figure out a bit more about the specifics of what this developer needs to know vs. can learn. Your technical advisor can likely help. The good news is that likely is not what they want.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Jen Consalvo and I expanded the national footprint of events, hosted conferences and festivals, created monthly leadership summits, hosted an interactive educational speaker series, wrote a book, and launched a daily news and resource platform with a new brand – Tech.Co.

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Media News Organization Content 175

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

So I need to stand out in two areas in which I compete for attention – social media and news readers. Sometimes I just scan and other times it serves as a launching-off point for me to digest the daily news. And of course the other place I inform myself is on Twitter. Titles are an enticement to read a post.

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Writing Buzzfeed Social Media Blogging 326

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. Of course once submitted you could send out links to your friends and ask them to upvote your content and that would help. Of course reciprocity matters so they would all leap into action. It’s worth a quick read. Underbelly. ” Me?

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Marketing Startup SEM SEO 379

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

The good news is that the latest Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. I support being socially and environmentally conscious, but you can’t help anyone else if you don’t eat.

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Startup News Framework Outsource 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If you start with a POV rather than product features / functions or your own internal news story you’re already a long way down the track of answering the above questions. They basically help companies get sold and help buyers determine which companies to buy. ” Of course not. Think about Luma Partners.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” Of course that was a wrong narrative for both companies. Mostly kidding.

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Snapchat Invest Technical Review Dollar Shave Club 214

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? I call that providing habitsmonthly habitsto help individuals do better, make better decisions, and who need strategy and strategic implementation of this on regular basis.

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—?these Today I want to talk about the process and how to allocate your time.

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Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

That’s good news for all business segments and the economy. The building of new houses, communities, and infrastructure – as well as the new demand for retail that delivers – will strain trucking and shipping to its limits. With 330 million people in the U.S. Shipping and delivery: Strained to the limits.

Demand 83

Demand Startup Course Summary 83

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Our Director of Flow, Heather Burlesci will be attending these courses as she is looking to build up her skills in this area. We will collaborate on ideas and projects and we created the Superfriends together, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

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Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Just look at the silly Obama birther debate that we wasted so many news cycles on. Is it ever appropriate to just let a news cycle pass assuming the story will move on and die down? Don’t Bury Bad News. They didn’t try to bury the news of what they’d done. It doesn’t help you.

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Startup Press Training Media 329

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

At age 7, he enrolled at American Ri ever College becoming the youngest student ever to enroll in on campus graded courses at the college. What started as just a few uploads to YouTube has since developed in an award winning, instruction program to help ignite and sustain the love of science in elementary and middle school students.

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News Education Social Network Organization 95

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The best use of informal advisors is through phone and emailed short requests for help with a specific issue, one that can be explained easily and rather quickly, and whose resolution may be complex, but with good advice, you can find the way through the problem more quickly and even validate your intuitive answers to a problem.

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Email Resource News Course 153

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Through our fifteen years, we've been charged with helping clients get business done with technology. Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies. It's a fun and funny business to be in.

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Web Platform Technology JavaScript 200

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Energy Vault has recently attracted a lot of attention including >$100m from Cemex Ventures and Softbank (of course in todays climate that might not be the stamp of approval that it was 6 months ago) and apparently has a promising pipeline of commercial customers.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Venture Capital 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. Find your real competitors.

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Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup News 101