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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

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A large part of this conversation is what kinds of advisors startups should be looking for. A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. The conversation with Bob was about what the composition of advisors should look like. Connected Advisors?

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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

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We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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Venture Capital is About Human Capital

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We help founders through difficult moments, we help coach, we act as sparring partners, we help them resolve conflicts when they’re fighting with co-founders and we help them deal with adversity as well as successes. Marketing departments, software partners and investors have now woken up to this opportunity.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO).

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The co-founder core team, including a CTO, should be fully formed and passionate enough to be working on the project full time.

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What are the Technical Performance Requirements for your Startup?

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I find myself sending it to startup founders all the time – maybe just slightly less than Free Startup CTO Consulting. Application Characteristics Any discussion of performance starts by understanding what the software does, how it is used, and what it interacts with. million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay.

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