Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source.

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Incubator Los Angeles Southern California Funding 80

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

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Develop Development Product Funding 102

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2015

Pasadena-based customer relationship management (CRM) software developer Rexter is launching a new product, later today, at the Microsoft Accelerator Demo Day in Seattle.

Product 100

Product Pasadena Software Development Activity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

Resource 102

Resource Ideas Funding Research 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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Develop Development Product Startup 70

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. join us at our November Entrepreneur Speaker Series event where Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator at CSUN, will reveal the secrets to “Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast.” Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship.

Marketing 100

Marketing Incubator Los Angeles Pricing 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2018

Arensis is a developer of a microgrid product used for renewable energy projects that convert biomass into energy. According to the company, in the last 12 months, it already purchase two, UK wood pellet production facilities where it has installed its biomass-to-energy technology.

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Funding Incubator Los Angeles Technology 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Incubator CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

In my experience as a business advisor and occasional investor, many of you won’t make it that far, succumbing to the high costs of getting those first customers, funding an initial inventory, and building an operational support process. Use this strategy to fill gaps in your product line without great new cash outflow.

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Startup Resource Customer Custom 161

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. We discussed (for ~1hr) how to approach getting the first set of enterprise customers.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

Help 165

Help Research Startup Funding 165

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

San Diego-based wireless video surveillance developer MicroPower Technologies --which was part of the EvoNexus business incubator--said this week that it has started up a financing program, to spur demand for its surveillance systems. micropower financing surveillance systems customers evonexus tech coast angels' READ MORE>>.

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Tech Coast Angels Demand Startup San Diego 138

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I explain to her that, like the contestants on the show, we work with very early startup entrepreneurs to build the next great product. What's the difference between an incubator, Maker space, and other accelerators and what you do? What's the difference between an incubator, Maker space, and other accelerators and what you do?

Startup 100

Startup Incubator Invest Resource 100

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. What enabled you to get that first customer on board? We were really focused on customer acquisition. How did the company start?

Marina Del Rey 113

Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. How frequently they’re using the product?

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Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Building your public image and presence should start even before product development, through your website, logo, and blogging.

Tips 161

Tips Startup Social Media News 161

socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

According to the company, its Series A financing will go towards expanding its team, meeting customer demand, and scaling for growth. The firm''s products include a range of autopilot hardware (circuits and software) specifically used for UAS designs. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. READ MORE>>.

Google 174

Google Downey Incubator Technology 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2020

It all starts with a customer perspective to uncover problems and frustrations, and then design solutions from the customer backward. But customers also tend to think linearly, so they don’t always know what they want. Back away for a while to let the problem incubate in the unconscious mind.

Startup 127

Startup Tool Entrepreneur Ideas 127

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

Steve Blank via Flickr by jdlasica I see more and more entrepreneurs who seem to have everything going for them – vision, motivation, passion, even a good business plan, product, and money, and yet they can’t close customers. Great businesses begin with a customer problem that has a big and monetizable pain point.

Startup 98

Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I find that non-startups spend most of their resources linearly enhancing existing products, rather than monitoring change in the marketplace and catching the next wave. Employee and customer input are good for fixing bugs, but not good leading indicators. Balance the focus on productivity versus creativity.

Marketing 117

Marketing IBM IBM Resource 117

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

One of the companies out of San Diego's EvoNexus incubator sent out an email Friday via EvoNexus, saying that it's looking for a new name to offer up a service to provide customer care over social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The company--Face It Corp., The company--Face It Corp., READ MORE>>.

Company 157

Company Companies Incubator San Diego 157

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. This is the stage where you move from building a product or solution, to building a business. Here is where you learn to listen and communicate with people and customers.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Help Incubator Startup 139

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. You will usually find the Innovator entrepreneur in the “lab” of the business working on their invention, recipe, concept, system, or product that can be built into one or many businesses. But none have any lock on success.

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Entrepreneur Framework Mentor Web 134

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Curious Minds is a hybrid incubator-accelerator-angel investor firm designed for startup founders with entrepreneurship in their DNA. We nurture great ideas into Minimum Viable Products and then into independent revenue-generating companies. Our approach to business development is based on Eric Ries’ Lean Startup method.

Startup 70

Startup Incubator Ideas Design 70

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, offers up a online, subscription service which delivers high quality razors to customers on a monthly basis. The new startup, which spawned out of the walls of Science Inc., READ MORE>>.

Dollar Shave Club 178

Dollar Shave Club SoCalTech Incubator Los Angeles 178

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. In fact, people lower in the organization are often closer to the customer and have more insight into what works and what doesn’t.

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Ideas Framework Summary Organization 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The few deals I was a part of are deals where I loved the founders, loved their working products and was excited to be a customer as well as an investor. We invested in and advised a few incredible startups and are incubating a company we've been working on behind the scenes for a long time. You'll hear about it soon.

Invest 154

Invest Southern California Startup Incubator 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

When we look at companies, the simplest way to think of it is product-market-fit. When a company either has revenues, if that''s the primary metric, or if it''s a consumer application, high user acquisition and engagement, we know there is some degree of product-market-fit. An idea, prototype, customers, where? READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. As your customer list grows in one, you own it for the second.

Entrepreneur 145

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Course 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Are there any links between Best Buy and the service?

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Request a small business grant.

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Startup Capital Equity Funding 106