Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

It runs our proprietary technology, and it's a platform that people can plug into. I think, now more than ever, Flippy meets the distinct challenges and can help our customers spur new growth. He thought that was b t, and he said-if you are able to do this, he told me he'd be my first customer and supply us with seed capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

This can be a great way to test your product and get customer feedback. Expect to be diluted by 20-25% with each equity round. They’re typically issued at a 10-20% discount to equity depending on the timeframe; higher range is for longer timeframes. Coworking and incubator spaces are great sources as are lawyers and bankers.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys, which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Our platform can be used worldwide. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys , which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Our platform can be used worldwide. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Where do those videos get distribute?

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of strategic, operational and senior management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity backed assets and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Custom ad deals and partnerships. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Here’s why that is important: when users are on your website you want to convert them to become paying customers. It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion. 4mm in Series A.

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Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. What are you working on now? I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. the startup scene really is booming in la!

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Stop Listening to Your Customers. A common assumption among startup entrepreneurs is that listening to potential customers is the best. Entrepreneurism / Monetization Customers, research, startups. . How to (Ethically) Profit From Your Customer's Insecurities.

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Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Are you going to do all of this? You have too much on your plate.

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