The Skills Raises $5 Million for Online Sports Courses
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Manhattan Beach startup Skills Annex Inc. has raised $5 million in seed funding for a newly launched online sports education platform.
Rocket Firm High on New Course in Business
L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 21, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne may look to pad its rocket revenue by adding satellite launch services.
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Kensh?, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
We are a holistic health platform that approaches things as more of a holistic health medical journal — everything is backed by science.”. Many, of course, are skeptical of natural care practices because they can be untested or dependent on unscientific principles. What we are creating is less of a consumer magazine.
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How I Gamified My Own Brain to Lose Weight & Improve Fitness
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 10, 2021
It’s a form of accountability but of course it’s all just in your own mind. I later switched to MyFitnessPal because after I sorted out the psychology it was easier to log what I was eating and keep a daily food journal. You got this! My students all finish strong.” You can’t help but not want to let Matt down. And say you did it !!”
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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget
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. The ability to get inches in major journals (NY Times, WSJ, The Economist) as well as your industry trade journals and tech blogs in invaluable in shaping influencers. When to start PR?
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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I realized 18 months ago what the LA Business Journal just recognized last week. ” Numero uno. I was nowhere to be found. He’s a force of nature.
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Five Ways To Maximize The Value Of Your Startup Experiences
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Journal or Blog – Writing about your experiences will force you to be contemplative and thoughtful.
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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?
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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Rapper Azealia Banks’ claims to have the inside track on Elon Musk’s Tesla take-private drama
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 13, 2018
At this point, yes, of course we reached out for comment. And he certainly hasn’t done himself any favors regarding his credibility by trying to paint reasonable journalism and journalists as purveyors of “fake news” As of now, I’m #teamnoone and all of this sucks.
Guerilla Marketing: An Empty UPS Envelope Doubled This Company’s Sales
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Over the course of the Stealth Campaign, the company mailed over 15,000 empty UPS envelopes. What would you do if you opened a UPS envelope and there was nothing inside? We have tried to contact you, but without success.
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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 25, 2014
He just had his Mitt Romney moment and his name will forever be etched in the collective consciousness of the tech community for this terribly insensitive and tone deaf letter to the Wall Street Journal. Danielle Steel of course being Tom Perkins ex wife. Of course not. The headline of Mr. Perkins letter to the WSJ? ”".
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Why You Should Make Your Competitors Your Frenemies
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Of course they’re software. Their competitors have already made some progress – here’s what they do and why it won’t be a one-horse race.&# It’s almost a requirement of journalism – in part because that’s also what readers want. It’s just delivered in a different way.
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What I Learned In 2015: Lief Morin, KeyInfo
socalTECH
DECEMBER 23, 2015
And mid-course corrections are not bad things. To quote a line from a favorite movie of mine � Excalibur � "Looking at the future is like looking at the cookie; you don't know really what it is like until you take a bite and then, of course, it's too late.". What are the technologies or things you think people ought to watch in 2016?
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Happy Customers Make Gender Bias (Nearly) Irrelevant
InfoChachkie
DECEMBER 9, 2013
A version of this article previously appeared on The Wall Street Journal. It''s not perfect, of course. The empirical evidence highlights the lack of women and minority founders in the startup world. A 2012 Dow Jones'' report entitled Women At The Wheel encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups.
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185 “Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2018
Speaking up is an obligation in a democracy and of course it’s the powerful who have the loudest voice TO speak up. He suggested León to me because they were both speakers at the commencement speech at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. It is the duty of the visible to fight invisibility. You certainly didn’t disappoint!
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Entrepreneurs Who Relish Being Wrong Usually Win
InfoChachkie
JUNE 15, 2015
A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Confirmation bias is particularly dangerous at startups, as it slows down these vital course corrections. If you lack a healthy dose of dissention, assign one or more people to aggressively challenge a proposed course of action.
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Bio Roundup: RIP Roger Tsien, Novartis CAR-T Wheel, Zika News & More
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
” But the company insists it will stay the course with its lead product, a T cell-based cancer immunotherapy called CTL019 that Novartis could present for regulatory approval if current trials go well. A spokeswoman told Xconomy it was part of an “internal re-alignment.”
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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
We then had a piece in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Europe, we ran front cover of Tornado Insider (the top VC magazine in Europe at the time). Write a blog post or a journal about how you feel while you’re there. I was on CNN, who taped live from the event. I felt I had earned the right to be there.
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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 8, 2014
Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. You cant isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Dont let leading edge become bleeding edge.
Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.
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10 Recommendations For Getting Ahead In Any Business
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 19, 2016
Too many employees are searching for that magic course that will make their existing job easy, rather than preparing for the next one. These days, the best education may be online, in business journals, or in blogs that your executives recommend. It’s easy but wrong to come up with excuses, or blame someone else when things go bad.
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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 20, 2016
Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Don’t let leading edge become bleeding edge.
Should Startups Announce Their Funding?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
So in a world where you were trying to get the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, the FT or whoever to pick up your story they were unlikely to run a story based purely on “Company X raised $2.2 If the media changes such that angel, seed or VC funding is no longer considered an angle then of course this advice would change.
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355 Why Twitter Analytics Is The Holy Grail For Every Content Marketer
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 4, 2014
Photo courtesy of Search Engine Journal via Pinterest. And of course, see how photos, videos, and links affect your tweet engagement. Twitter Analytics now open for all.”. This has been the buzz in the online arena that opened doors for those wanting to gain a deeper insight on Twitter and its tweeting powers.
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Asking Questions More Effectively
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 6, 2010
I wonder if more college students ought to take a journalism course for a semester or do an internship at their school newspaper in investigative reporting. But resist the temptation to seek clarification for a nuggets at that exact time or the “random walk&# answer gets taken off course.
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Bio Roundup: Precision Med and Google, Heron, Lilly, Sarepta & More
Xconomy
AUGUST 12, 2016
Celgene paid Acetylon $100 million in 2013 for an option to buy the company outright, but the deal recently expired without an acquisition, leaving Acetylon to chart a new course. . —Option-to-buy deals are by definition no guarantee, and an agreement between Boston-based Acetylon Pharmaceuticals and Celgene is the latest example.
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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2011
You wasted that opportunity with that journalist and that journal. Of course they want you to attack back hard – that makes a great story for them. Journalists aren’t going to write about you all the time unless you’re Facebook. You just burned a story. What a shame.&#. Know your talking points at all times.
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329 Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. So readers of tech journals gain a bias of the chances of success. Not all VCs want to be entrepreneurs, of course. I often advise against it. I’m not trying to be negative.
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384 Hands-on Techniques To Avoid Hiring Wantrepreneurs
InfoChachkie
APRIL 3, 2012
Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? Gain an understanding of who the candidate was when they graduated high school, in order to assess who they are as an adult.
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219 In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 22, 2014
It has bordered on obsessive from one journal more than others and it’s somewhat hard to attack a company for smear tactics with, well, smear tactics. Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. Of course Airbnb hosts love the company. It’s found money.
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418 My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
Naturally the countries reacted negatively to reporting to a centralized figure in the UK (and of course to no longer reporting to the CEO). I spoke to a VC recently who said, “if only my company was going as well as the Wall Street Journal says they are.&# That is not uncommon.
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319 The Silent Benefits of PR
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 25, 2014
It is possible, of course, to recruit great people as an underground startup but it is 10x easier when qualified candidates whom you may not even know read about your company and are excited by your vision. Ironic, of course. They don’t show up in a calculation that says I spent $7,000 and I got X-thousands inches of press.
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Silicon Beach Fest June 2013 Keynote and Accelerator Panel Highlights
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 2, 2013
gaming and mobile tracks others took advantage of during the course of the three-day conference held consecutively at ROC , Cross Campus and Santa Monica Place. This panel was moderated by Natalie Jarvey, LA Business Journal and included the following panelists: Howard Marks , Start Engine. Jeff Solomon , Amplify.
7 New Venture Strategies Improve The Odds Of Survival
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 2, 2021
Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine.
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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business. Test your idea with experts, scientific journals, and trade publications. In fact, entrepreneurs will always tell you that the invention was the easy part, and building an innovative business was the real challenge.
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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 31, 2011
2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. — Think about making money from the beginning. “. from the Wharton School.
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160 Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 31, 2011
2) Imagine you are writing a Wall Street Journal article in five years describing how ZipRecruter became the dominant online job site. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. Think about making money from the beginning. “. from the Wharton School.
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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2011
You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. So readers of tech journals gain a bias of the chances of success. Not all VCs want to be entrepreneurs, of course. I often advise against it. I’m not trying to be negative.
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If it Didn’t Happen on Twitter it Didn’t Really Happen. Here’s Why
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The story ran in the print edition of a major news journal. There were no follow-on articles in the tech press or even other online mass media journals. We of course felt it was a misunderstanding of our product but I knew the story would stand anyhow. Their PR firm was ready. And we braced ourselves. A day passed.
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Startup Advisors: The Good, The Bad And The Commandos
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. This will result in multiple points of view that you can distill into a single course of action. During the early part of the 20 th century, New York City’s Tin Pan Alley was the epicenter of American popular music. sales, finance, product development, etc.).
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208 Marketing Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Only Make Once
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 26, 2013
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. This approach allows your venture to "fail in the small" and make course corrections before spending significant marketing resources. A startup''s marketing launch strategy should resemble an inverse funnel.
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247 7 Business Realities To Temper Invention Excitement
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business. Test your idea with experts, scientific journals, and trade publications. In fact, entrepreneurs will always tell you that the invention was the easy part, and building an innovative business was the real challenge.
Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Move Fast. Be Agile. Stay Focused.
Frank Addante
JULY 10, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! It can quickly move you off course. ► October (1) New Video! that wont work because."
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How Much Should You Get For Your Invention Idea?
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 18, 2014
Of course, it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business. Test your idea with experts, scientific journals and trade publications. In fact, entrepreneurs will always tell you that the invention was the easy part, and building an innovative business was the real challenge.
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