InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

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. I recently asked Tracy why she believes that women are so under-represented across the startup landscape. What Gives?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone has to wake up and answer website email requests. That’s just not savvy enough to hold today’s fickle, less loyal, and ready to jump customer. This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing. Respect your customer’s view of usability.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. In Michael's case, he promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. "I But it's also about operations and customer relationships."

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2016

There has been a lot of worry recently in the high tech industry and from venture investors about "headwinds" in the technology market, particularly with valuations of "unicorn" companies dropping, investors shying away from investing in rounds, and even employees looking for safer jobs. billion. >.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2016

Dear readers: do you find our news coverage on Southern California's high tech companies, startups, and technology developments useful? Are we helping you to find and win customers and deals? If so, we need YOUR support. Join today at [link] READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Weve started with dark web monitoring, and we are adding credit monitoring to help our users better control their digital identity. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. Everything Is A Remix – Including Your Startup. Nobody starts out original. Collaboration – Share your results, data, customer feedback, fans, etc. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Like Steve Jobs, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison, he is one of the few startup Founders who remained at the helm of their respective companies throughout their entire maturation process. Great Startup Ideas Come From Everywhere. "At One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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Tips Startup IP Santa Barbara 275

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

In some good news for the Inland empire, solar financing firm SolarCity said today that it has opened up a brand new, U.S. The firm offers up power purchase agreements (PPAs), where customers promise to pay a set rate in exchange for the installation of solar power. READ MORE>>.

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Riverside Technical Review High Tech Startup 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Need expensive resources up front. General startup expenses are beyond your means. bootstrap business entrepreneur startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. A great technical LinkedIn profile is a good start, but not enough to assure success in your environment.

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Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

You can, kind of, if you use Naki Laundry , the new, smartphone-driven startup which lets users get their laundry done by smartphone, and which launched today in Santa Monica. Not sure if such a high tech service is for you? groupon naki laundry smartphone service deal startup laundering wash iphone android' READ MORE>>.

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Services Santa Monica High Tech Startup 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2022

No business or startup wants to be the next Myspace, or even the next RIM (BlackBerry), where changes in the marketplace were subtle. For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box.

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eBook Metrics Examples Startup 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. I recognize that different small businesses will have different types of startup costs.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization SEM Social Network 102

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Looking to provide a high-tech twist on retail loyalty punchcards, Pasadena-based Punchcard --the latest startup out of Idealab--has debuted a set of mobile apps which allow retailers to virtually "punch" customer loyalty cards on Android and iPhone. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Idealab Seed Funding High Tech 157

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

In what might be one of the more unusual perks for a Southern California high tech company, LRN , a developer of enterprise compliance and ethics software, has an unlimited, paid vacation policy. The benefit is unusual in what often seems to be an always-on, always-working, go-go environment in the Silicon Beach startup community.

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Southern California Java SoCal UCLA 199

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

What does that mean for the rest of us, who reside or grew up in the thousands of small towns that cover most of the landscape? Colby is a living example of how it works there, starting with his Parengo Coffee Shop in Sikeston, Missouri. Work to build memorable customer experiences today, or the store may be empty tomorrow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Founders who constantly give in to changes will get more until the startup breaks. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 110

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The startup also said it now has a total of 80 daily flights between its 12 California destinations. The details came from an email to prospective customers from CEO Jeff Potter. Los Angeles-based Surf Air says it has now reached a total of 2,500 members at the subscription airline, double the number of members it had last year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2011

For most new high-tech products, the first customers are always “early adopters.” I see two pitfalls with any concerted focus on early adopters; first, the size of this group may not be as large as you think, and secondly, their feedback may lead you directly away from your real target market of mainstream customers.

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Customer Custom High Tech News 91

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. How'd you end up at HG Data?

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Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2013

Browse our job postings , and navigate our (new) extensive map of Southern California high tech companies in your neighborhood. Get new customers. Sign up for our daily email newsletter to get our news delivered to you directly every morning, or search our news archives. Find funding for your startup.

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SoCalTech Help Southern California High Tech 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Last week, we announced our end-of-the-year project, which was to collect and share the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we share the thoughts of Scott Painter the CEO and founder of TrueCar , as well as a number of other successful firms and startups in Southern California.

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Truecar Southern California High Tech Startup 203

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

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Processing and approvals take time. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Startup High Tech Research Funding 97

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

They must compete with tens of thousands of other performers who are all pursuing the same customer dollars. At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers.

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Tips Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 204

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Startups Made Simple. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Think Glendale. Technology.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. As Guy notes in the accompanying video interview, his primary goal with Enchantment is to reach a broader audience, beyond the high-tech, startup world. My recommendation is that it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. A great technical LinkedIn profile is a good start, but not enough to assure success in your environment.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Xconomy

MARCH 16, 2017

Startups that develop advanced military technologies often never come to light. The company has advanced its specialized solid-state laser technology for customers in both the defense industry and commercial sector. But San Diego’s Daylight Solutions has managed to openly thrive in two very different markets. The reward for.

High Tech 55

High Tech Startup Customer Custom 55

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Processing and approvals take time. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Equity Startup High Tech Research 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Currently, social media is the least used of all customer interaction methods. Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%. My advice is to pick one, start slow, and spread out as you learn. What’s the problem?

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Social Media Media Startup Social Network 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. I recommend that every early-stage startup find three Advisory Board members. Once your company is past the startup stage, you do need a board of directors.

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Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Founders who constantly give in to changes will get more until the startup breaks. Final features approval event.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 96