Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, lean startups or even the advent of AJAX. Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2016

It’s easy to get confused by all the new technical jargon that seems to be constantly spilling out of our computer screens. Deep learning in particular is starting to catch on, and though some may think to overlook it for the time being, a recent announcement from Google may change some people’s minds. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

That doesn’t work in a startup. There’s a certain cadence that you can feel when you spend time hanging any well-run startup company. The startup entrepreneur knows that they’re going to be wrong often. I don’t really care if I’m wrong as long as I’m not dogmatic if evidence later shows we need to change course.

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Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

If you are the first to deliver this, your startup might be the next Google! In today’s mobile hardware environment, that means able to set up meetings, convert text messages to voice, find contact information quickly, and search the Web intelligently for outside info. There are already many examples of startups edging into this space.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

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. In my post “ Measure twice, cut once ” I’ve outlined how to plan before you start raising. Should You Start with Your “Safety Schools?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies. You’re on the DS (deferred startup) plan.

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Startup Email Technical Review Course 295

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me]. Startup Advice' It sounds crazy, right?

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Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We can unequivocally say this has started to work in the companies that we have funded since this clause was inserted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially.

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Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

Xconomy

MAY 29, 2020

ASCO 2020 won’t be the Windy City gathering it usually is, but drug and diagnostics developers are still raring to share fresh data from their efforts in cancer immunotherapy, targeted treatments, and early-stage screening methods during the course of the three-day scientific program. While oncology.

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Screening Conference Research Course 67

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Of course, there's a lot more on any kind of application like this to really get things setup, but Branchout has done a good job making that happen incrementally. It allows you to easily edit items.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Of course, there's a lot more on any kind of application like this to really get things setup, but Branchout has done a good job making that happen incrementally. It allows you to easily edit items.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup. Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. ” Collaboration was also key.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. You would think the obvious thing I would tell somebody is, “yes, of course it’s a great idea.&# You’d be surprised. Either you arc up emotionally or you arc down. When it’s in your blood, it’s in your blood.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The latest to launch is an at-home test for urinary tract infections from the Los Angeles-based startup Scanwell Health. The company was founded by Stephen Chen, who literally grew up in the diagnostics testing business. Companies continue to refine digital diagnostic tools for in-home healthcare at a rapid clip.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. In addition, we had a fully stacked line up of showcasing startups with Causora , Floshare , Kiosked , and Yekra.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. start-ups are overvalued. I spent time on college campuses.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. start-ups are overvalued. How good they were at follow up.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

If your confidence is low about starting your own business, and you are tempted to “reduce the risk” by signing up for one of the many “work at home” startup offers you see, think again! You can also ask them what kind of screening they do for their employees if they do not interview them. The problem is getting worse.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

We spoke with Michael Tringe , one of the startup's co-founders, to learn more about what the company is getting set to launch. We teach through video tutorials, with courses around specific sites, like how to make content for FunnyorDie, taught by one of the staff writers from FunnyOrDie. What is CreatorUp all about? READ MORE>>.

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Web Content Startup Education 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Software products and apps can be quickly wireframed with free tools like MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2018

We caught up with Jack Ryan , the CEO of REX, to understand how, exactly, the company sells homes without the MLS. We started offering this in Los Angeles, and have since expanded to Orange County and San Diego. Tesla doesn't just put their car up on Cars.com and wait for buyers, because that's just not how it works.

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Artificial Inteligence Woodland Hills Orange County Startup 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. And of course we had, TheMan. He teamed up with Jordanna Joaquina, a genetic counselor, to create an online version of what she was already doing in the physical world. Now begins the 6-month journey.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

As the NBA playoffs closes to an end in a grueling road to Game 7 between Miami Heats and San Antonio Spurs, it would behoove every startup founder to learn from key elements and strategies of both teams, as lessons from the sport of basketball can directly translate to the success of a startup company. 1) Identifying Team Chemistry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Software products and apps can be quickly wire-framed with free tools such as MockFlow , or even Microsoft Powerpoint to lay out the key screens. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

Technology is of course a dual-edge sword but the media discussions of how it affects human interactions all too often focuses on the downsides. Some have urged a “digital sabbath” where one would give up logging in for one (or two?) But the evening sessions led to my thinking about work right before sleeping.

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Mobile Startup Email Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I was reminded of a number of these by a recent book, “ The Thing About Work: Showing Up and Other Important Matters ,” by Richard A. With a bit of humor, he provides some serious guidelines for struggling career professionals looking to move up, and new entrepreneurs looking to build a company. Showing up still matters.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Screening 93

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

How did you start the company? Ryan Costello: I started out as an event producer in Washington DC. I actually tried to put on an event to raise money for a charity in Washington DC, and at the time I was super young and super na�ve, and helping that charity ended up turning into a ten year long project.

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Sales Santa Monica Startup Orange County 100

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. These users will sign up for multiple free trials with a variety of email addresses and user names simply to avoid payment.

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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. At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” Competitors: Knewton.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. Startups Need Execution, Not Administration. Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Wharton graduates averaged more than $114,000 of graduate school loans).

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to. With the pitching energy escalating in the room, regular pitches began short after.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. ‘People say we’re crazy’ As venture capitalists wake up to the business opportunity, they’re seeding startups that help influencers go from hobbyists to professionals. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage).

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

After listening to hundreds of startup pitches, and reading even more business plans, most new venture investors develop their own favorite list of “red flags” that signal the beginning of the end of their interest. Of course, customers love free, but investors hate it. Sleeping giants do wake up.

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