Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. We reasonably assure that they have oil for their engines, in the form of logistical, administrative, and professional support services that reduce their risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

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. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

Of course, it helps to pick a business model that minimizes these costs, such as e-commerce to minimize initial staff and facilities, or professional services, where you are the initial product. These can be a key source of funding connections, vendor contacts, and potential partners during your rollout and scaling.

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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. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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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. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide inexpensive expert mentoring and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Of course back then it literally was sold in a package and stored on a shelf! Have an in-house professional services team that implements your software. I know, I know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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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 Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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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. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. 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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Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

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. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. . An estimated six to ten million homes still receive drinking water through lead pipes and service lines,” the White House wrote in a statement.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

The 9+ incubator has already closed $2 million in funding and has already attracted gaming entrepreneurs eager to create a new breed of mobile services including gaming entrepreneur Jason Citron who developed the early iPhone hit Aurora Feint and the hugely popular OpenFeint platform. 2 million raised. Growth hackers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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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 Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2018

The solution: Los Angeles-based Earny (www.earny.co), which has created a service which automatically submits for those refunds and price adjustments for you. We caught up with Oded Vakrat , CEO and co-founder of Earny, to learn more about the service and his startup journey. What's Earny? Oded Vakrat: Earny is a personal assistant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Barter your services for their services.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. But I’m investing on the assumption you will be successful, of course. If you’re not successful then who cares.

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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. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

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Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Of course, every approach has pros and cons. Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. Bartering services for equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Banks won’t underwrite an individual based on qualifications like their Instagram following, of course, and given that influencers don’t typically have a consistent income or a W2 statement to showcase their earnings, they may not be able to receive a bank loan to invest in their own brand. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

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. Don’t be so arrogant to assume you won’t need course corrections. Find your real competitors. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching night courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Usually these will not give you money, but will provide very inexpensive space to work and office services. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This is most often called bartering your skills or something you have for something you need.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Of course, every approach has pros and cons. Startup incubators. A startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources for equity to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable. Bartering services for equity.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

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. Don’t be so arrogant to assume you won’t need course corrections. Find your real competitors. Marty Zwilling.

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