Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

According to my experience and this Motley Fool article from a few years ago, the challenge is very real, with around half of all new businesses no longer existing after five years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 26, 2016

The automobile industry has seen a lot of changes in recent years when it comes to the technology that comes standard in vehicles. Some of the most astounding advancements have happened in the last five years or so. Here are some of best technological advancements in automobiles to occur in recent years. Parental controls.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

The other thing that's exciting about this fund, as we look for health startups to invest in, is that there are a number of business models today in healthcare which weren't commercially vaiable five years ago. Most recently, I have worked with Kumba Health, RxVantage, and Wellcaster, all in the last five or six years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Testing is what helps determine whether you’re really on to something. It is often the fortuitous mixture of new technologies, customer awareness and then acceptance of the technology and then the slow adoption into our daily lives that leads to markets exploding. We technology leaders also make this mistake.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. But now, those taking assignments have to be rated and reviewed, and have expertise in that area.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

I reviewed an email from Kara Nortman, the CEO of Moonfrye who is working on putting together venture debt. I then traded emails with two former senior tech professionals in LA. I will soon announce a few fundings (not yet closed, sorry) and I’m beginning to help them think about how to ramp up their engineering teams.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). As a result, I really saw Visalus as a technology company. What's the theme of your investments?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. And of course, we’d like to thank our amazing panels of speakers for pouring their knowledge into the mental chalices of our present and virtual attendees. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We launched Docstore about four or five months ago with a number of premium partners, including LegalZoom, CareerPress, LegalAcreements.com, and others, and now we are opening up the marketplace so that virtually anyone can sell high quality, professional content. In San Francisco, it's technology people looking to find business people.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Given that the average lifespan from startup to exit is five to seven years, the first half of a startup’s life is lived without explicit patent protection. Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I would start by asking the candidate, “How did you decide on these five people” as part of your review process. Most people delay reference calls until that point both due to expediency of time (why make phone calls unless you think you might hire the person?) You expected no less. Having an accomplice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2011

After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. But five years into it he has brought on a senior management team, had stopped growing at the same meteoric rate and started to lose some enthusiasm.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. I am obsessed with technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

We are now harnessing the ‘social’ aspect of the system where businesses and consumers begin to contribute to the data by adding or updating products listings as well as rate and review products.”. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory. I am obsessed with technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I’m glad I choose to become a lawyer as the skills proved very useful later on and have helped tremendously with the business itself. I was a litigator for five years. A blog with our reviews of the scene, locations, etc. Useable of course, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.” “Launch broken.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. Our aspiration is to make buying and selling within five miles of you, to neighbors and people around you very easy, so you don''t have to travel from one end of the city to another.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. How about reviewing the Commission Junction user agreement! )”. Reviewing these questions makes me think someone has a teenage girl at home.”. _. Ocean or mountains?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. How about reviewing the Commission Junction user agreement! )”. Reviewing these questions makes me think someone has a teenage girl at home.”. _. Ocean or mountains?

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Due to Rapid City’s off-the-beaten-path location and small size — it’s tucked among the Great Plains, about 25 miles from Mount Rushmore, with a population of approximately 74,000 — the destination doesn’t typically enter the conversation for ICPC, which draws about 1,400 attendees. “The The last couple of years, it was in Warsaw, St.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Just as many M&A rumors flame out as lead to deals, of course, but the news was enough to give Biogen’s stock price a big bump, and ignite chatter about what a sale of one of biotech’s heavyweights would mean, particularly for the Boston area. SMA has no approved treatments. Regeneron is paying $25 million upfront.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Of course we have to believe that there is a viable market, a differentiated product offering and a chance to build something defensible but if you do those basics right you still get crushed without an amazingly talented founder. With Ring it became your doorbell so of course you always use it when someone’s at your door.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

These events may take three to five years at a minimum. Of course, if you are able to bootstrap your startup, and don’t anticipate the need for outside investors, you can technically ignore the first two points. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

The easy answer of splitting it equally among all co-founders, since there is minimal value at that point, is usually the worst possible answer, and often results in a later startup failure due to an obvious inequity. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The easy answer of splitting it equally among all co-founders, since there is minimal value at that point, is usually the worst possible answer, and often results in a later startup failure due to an obvious inequity. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold.

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