Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp. And of course, the ladies come after you succeed (j/k). The panel included the following and discussion was moderated by upStart.LA

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Incubator Startup Mentor Entrepreneur 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Early-stage funding.

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Incubator Mentor Class Resource 172

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 27, 2012

An intensive 3-hour course on how to think about, plan for, prepare and execute a capital raise for your startup. Includes a detailed review of local incubators, vc's and angels. Thursday, May 3, 2012 -- How to Raise Capital for Your Startup. Taught by Jon Funk, a 25-year LA vc veteran. See [link] (more)

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Capital Startup Venture Capital Incubator 113

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. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. I of course agreed to get involved. Of course not, but I wish I could. A great trade! Gone are the days of 3.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 149

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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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. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. I of course agreed to get involved. A great trade! The day before, I meet @bizmike (Michael Lewis), CEO of Suite Arrival.

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Social Network Networking Yahoo Social Media 180

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

And now, of course, UberSocial, Bill’s latest project. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Before skimmers race to the comments or Twitter to complain – I’m not saying intro’s aren’t valuable – of course they are. ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. And of course you can’t win a game by playing a bit of both positions. They all want you to come meet companies.

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Startup Technical Review Venture Capital Email 317

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2015

MicroPower said resellers who complete the course gain access to marketing collateral, presentations, and preferred pricing. MicroPower was part of the CommNexus incubator, and is backed by Karmel Capital, the Tech Coast Angels, and others. READ MORE>>.

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Training Tech Coast Angels San Diego Incubator 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Connections?

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

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. Of course I’m generalizing. 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

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Or of course you could watch it live – we take questions for the audience. 23:00 Question from the audience: Do VCs have a preference for startups that choose to work with incubators? And if you want to also hear Nate’s partner Dave Travers we had him on TWiVC some time ago. Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. In the end, of course, our productivity actually suffered.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

That is, once you invest in a company, you''re a shareholder, and you help that company for the course of its life. incubator incubate accelerate interview entrepreneur capital venture startup accelerator muckerlab rannala erik' It''s not really a set timeframe where they work out of your office and that''s it. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Early-stage funding.

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Startup Incubator Resource Mentor 95

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. “OC’s Premier Incubator – Supporting Start-Up Businesses in Our Business Collective&#. Looking forward to launching our new LA incubator soon!

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Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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Writing Coach Incubator Entrepreneur 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. universities entrepreneurs resources incubators funding startups investors' Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

“LavaLab, the University of Southern California’s product Incubator, admits the top 5% of design, business, and engineering minds to create innovative products over the course of a semester.”

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Los Angeles USC Southern California Angel 70

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Early-stage funding.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Mentor Research 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

Every university has educational courses and can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Look for evening courses, or special programs for entrepreneurs, like the ASU Technopolis program mentioned below, available to non-students. For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University.

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Help Startup Mentor Incubator 94

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly Some have made the model work. and chartbeat. Building a Better Product.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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Startup Funding Organization Incubator 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. And of course the funding problem coincided with the stock market correction that took away most exit options for years to come. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. The Exit Problem. Today’s Normalization.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

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Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 98

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. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school.

Startup 97

Startup Writing Coach Incubator 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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Funding Startup Equity Examples 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Of course, there are huge risks when you try to ride multiple horses at one time.

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Entrepreneur Startup Resource Course 145

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators. Donation good-cause model.

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Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching night courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94