Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Look for customer-focused value creation.

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Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Look for customer-focused value creation.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg and Michael Dell. Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. They must compete with tens of thousands of other performers who are all pursuing the same customer dollars. Tweet this quote].

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Tips Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 204

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Who's the ideal customer for this? Deena Varshavskaya: I'm an entrepreneur. We have designed Nick.com, and worked with Disney, MySpace, back in the day, and other big brands. It's a site you can post, find, and collect your favorite products for anywhere online. It's the best way to be exposed to new products and new brands.

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Technical Review Sites Advertising Design 200

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. Ignorance is not bliss in business, but it does allow entrepreneurs to face the unknown with a measure of confidence. Ignorance is not bliss in business, but it does allow entrepreneurs to face the unknown with a measure of confidence.

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Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2011

What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman, Wayne Gretzky and Tony Hsieh all have in common? Tony finally hit upon a winning venture when he began making custom buttons, which he sold mail order. Note: This is part V of a five part series.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Outsource Development 214

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa , the CEO of El Segundo-based Kaleo (www.kaleo.com), is a serial entrepreneur who has previously built and sold four companies, including one acquired by IFILM, and another by Sun Microsystems. Phil Hui-Bon-Hoa: We have 35 customers, all of whome are very large, blue chip customers.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup CTO Hire 169

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. It provides consumer rewards, and on the merchant side, it allows them to identify local customers and reacquire them by pushing them offers and incentives to come back. What is Punchcard?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons for budding entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can learn from their achievements as well as their failures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Look for customer-focused value creation.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman and Wayne Gretzky all have in common? Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . All of these extremely successful individuals were paperboys*.

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Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Over $50,000 in prize money. Filled with innovation. The conference was filled with a several panels.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2016

We have made a big push this year to bolster our team with healthcare industry expertise to help provide our customers with exceptional outcomes. Brad Brooks is an accomplished entrepreneur with a successful track record of investing in, building and scaling companies in the technology and media spaces.

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Southern California Social Media News Entertainment 113

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

Every entrepreneur has an idea for transforming a market with innovative new technology, or transforming society with a new process. Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. Look for customer-focused value creation.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 94

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Customers might be cutting their cable to same some funds, but they're not cutting Netflix or Disney Plus. More importantly, is that it's now been demonstrated that during the pandemic, although most industries, such as spending on movies went down, music streaming and video has had usage which has gone up.

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Netflix Platform Report Services 203

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. They have relationships that are hard for entrepreneurs to build. Allows customers to select potential inventory through Be the Buyer program.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. Prior to running OrganicStartup, Sangster was responsible for strategic planning and corporate development at the Walt Disney Internet Group. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Community Sponsors.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. The whole reason for PBW’s is to drive incentives of a partner or customer to help you succeed. Common Mistakes.

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Startup Sales Slides Metrics 298

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had executives from the studios like Fox, Warner Bros and Disney. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. The company’s analytics comprehensively monitors customer behavior over multiple networks, including location-based mobile networks. Watch this space.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. This is wrong.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Venue Sponsor.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Every entrepreneur must effectively collaborate with many people, including internal team members, partners, customers, and investors. Real collaboration requires leadership and initiative from the entrepreneur in order to drive the collaborative process and make the whole team better than the sum of its parts.

Startup 58

Startup Entrepreneur Product Guide 58

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Marks was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the co-Founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997). Custom ad deals and partnerships. In 1991, Marks and a partner transformed ailing video game giant Activision into a $14B market cap video game industry leader. Venue Sponsor.

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Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. They showed very impressive average customer repurchases.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

Since then, he has partnered with brands including Nike, Pepsi, Fox, Disney, Audi, and others. GroupPrice was recently named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011. Garth Holsinger, VP of Global Sales and Business Development, Klout. Van Jepson, CEO/Founder, GroupPrice.

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Not that they’re “such a bad idea&# but more that there are inherent problems for entrepreneurs in the process of raising angel money that need to be addressed. This leads to the problem of “herding cats&# for entrepreneurs raising angel money. Here’s where I feel common ground : 1.

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Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review Startup 286

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

To be a great entrepreneur you really do need talent. They told him that he had do go through Disney or Nickelodeon like Miley Cyrus or Miranda Cosgrove. You should start by getting out and talking directly with customers as Bieber did. As an entrepreneur getting traction, whose life are you going to change ?

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Entrepreneur Startup Writing Blogging 398

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2017

He speaks from years of work with companies now leading the way, including Walt Disney, HBO, and Morgan Stanley. Today, every company needs a value-driven culture that is shared by employees, customers, and shareholders. Without a clear sense of purpose, employees will not be fully present, awake, or deeply involved in their work.

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Mentor Startup Training Resource 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

The final clip is Fred & I talking about whether “the best product wins” and my assertion that the bias in today’s Silicon Valley dominated tech world there is probably too much emphasis on tech at the expense of how to sell, implement and service customers. Being early got me my first $1 billion exit (Maker to Disney).

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Venture Capital Startup Writing Blogging 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Let’s dive into the interview and find out what sparked the idea for iGottaGuide and get a few helpful tips from a fellow entrepreneur. I am Keith Petri, lifelong entrepreneur, lover of travel and hater of tourists’ traps. What are the most difficult and best things about being an entrepreneur? Give Us the Fast Pitch.

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Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, etc.)

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