Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. Most incubators start their program with some aptitude and business acumen tests. Good facilities and support services are not enough.

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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. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' Muckerlab said it previous, 18 portfolio companies have now raised over $40M to date from venture investors. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The latest startup out of Los Angeles-based startup studio/incubator Science, Inc. The startup, TripleThread , said it has launched a new service called Fourth and Grand , which figures out a customer's style and delivers a shipment of fashionable shirts, ties, pants, sweaters, and other accessories every month. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2014

Preact , a developer of software to help software companies reduce churn in their subscription customers which came out of Los Angeles-based startup incubator/accelerator Launchpad LA , has raised $4.6M in a funding round. The company said the funding came from Trinity Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

According to DogVacay--which already has more than 50 employees--it is hiring customer service representatives for the startup, looking for technologically proficient dog lovers to help with its customer service team. the business studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

The two have now turned their attentions to Serviz, which offers up on-demand home services, such as plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and other areas. Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year. Our vision is really to become the premier provider of on-demand home services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. We reasonably assure that they have oil for their engines, in the form of logistical, administrative, and professional support services that reduce their risk.

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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. Barter your services for their services.

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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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

FatCloud , a new startup developing a.NET-focused, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) development platform, said today that it has launched it services, helping developers to deliver their.NET applications. The new company is headed by Ian Miller, and is backed by startup incubator Elevator Labs. PolyServe and Hewlett-Packard.

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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 “white label” or custom contract for extra income.

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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. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It’s a business that’s been incredibly profitable for the Los Angeles company, which raised $1 million from the LA-based accelerator and incubator, Amplify and a few angel investors. Today is not just an important day for Stack, but for the future of shoppable content. Cooley LLP acted as legal advisor to StackCommerce.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, Artisan Park , is hoping to help connect artists with customers, by launching an online, name-your-own-price marketplace for art and handcrafted wares. The service said that it automatically matches up offers on items and completes a transaction for artists if they meet that minimum price.

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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.,

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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. I wrote about The Importance of Professional Services here.

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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>>.

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Dollar Shave Club SoCalTech Incubator Los Angeles 178

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. Early customer feedback will position your solution, and help you make pivots before critical time and money are lost. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

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. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

BetterWorks Shutting Down On May 31st - Also in May, What had arguably been one of Silicon Beach's highest profile, and possibly most hyped companies-- BetterWorks --shut down it services, causing widespread anguish among boosters of Silicon Beach and its new. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. What's the business model behind the firm?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Trade equity or services for startup help. 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.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Trade equity or services for startup help. 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.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The Summit will examine verticals such as transportation, hospitality, entertainment, city services, healthcare, among others, and discuss potential IoT applications. Wearable World, Inc. , Together, Wearable World and MOCI will build a working blueprint for cities around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

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. Barter your services for their services.

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Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you''ve ever ordered flowers from one of the big floral services, you know it''s an impersonal, cookie-cutter, and heavily commoditized area. The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

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. Barter your services for their services.

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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. Barter your services for their services.

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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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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

I think, now more than ever, Flippy meets the distinct challenges and can help our customers spur new growth. I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does.

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