Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Business plan assistance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as shared facilities and space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Thus the best entrepreneur strategy for funding is to build solutions, not technology.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

Anecdotally, the effect has been positive -- coverage on this publication, as well as others has ramped significantly due to new startups in the region, both funded and unfunded, and there's been a number of successful venture and angel investments in companies associated with those efforts. Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Most relevant to startups is the push to fund initiatives and technologies that can help prevent or protect against extreme wildfires; rising sea levels and hurricanes; new agriculture resource management; and “climate-smart” technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Business plan assistance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Business plan assistance.

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Steve Reich

DECEMBER 31, 2014

4 Exits, including Bluebeam for $100mm. • $4.7mm in new funding for portfolio companies. • We’ve also been building relationships with incubators and other investors in the ecosystem. Dan Dato, Ronen Olshansky, and the CC team will definitely add to the buzz in the Pasadena Tech community. 2014 Pasadena Angels Performance. •

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Poorly implemented this category was the definition of shelfware.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. Eli Portnoy: We were definitely not looking at acquisition opportunities. How important was your accelerator experience to getting the company funded and to an acquisition so quickly and off the ground?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fact, research by Fundable shows that less than one percent of all startups are funded by venture capital and angel investors. Most successful startups spring from local incubators. It’s never too late to step into a new role where the definition of “work” is something you love.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

These resources are definitely are not limited to students, since every university wants and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already have credibility in the marketplace. Other engineering departments at ASU often provide grad students to build prototypes, and even venture funding for certain projects.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Ian Harris - VP of Partnerships, LA Cleantech Incubator. Ian Harris, VP of local Cleantech incubator believes ‘Cleantech’ is now more a political term than a technological definition.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. It's a casual setupit's not an incubator, it's not an accelerator, and we're not charging anyone for space. We're fortunate we've been able to fund that from SocialEngine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That pace has definitely slowed down a little bit. There''s tons of activity, and lots of companies getting funded. I think the incubators have a lot to do with it. There have been a lot of new angel investors coming out of the woodwork, and lots of companies getting pretty good funding and valuation.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

HR departments are definitely our partners in the process. Bootstrapping or seed funded? We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013. Our incubator 42 Engines has a unique structure where all business owners take a vested interest in each other’s businesses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Not having an enormous production crew, which businesses don't need, definitely keeps costs down. Yes, that's definitely one of the reasons. It's definitely made it easier for us to jump into the game, and it also has made HD much more accessible to local businesses. How is the company funded? Sam Rogoway.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. They were originally founded inside of Times Mirror and had a huge string of major investment success before spinning out as a fully independent fund. Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. For me, it's a matter of degree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Many companies are still near Silicon Valley, the entire tech infrastructure is all here and to be funded by various investors is easily done here compared to what’s available in LA. New companies are being raised and incubated to help build LA’s tech scene. I say, give LA another 5-10 years to become a major player in the tech scene.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

In a lot of ways, they all realize how early businesses are funded and started, and also understand the opportunity something like Dodger Stadium gives to pilot some of those opportunities. The breadth of scope of our entire business group adds value. All of that combined can change the odds of success for companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Here you are definitely betting on the person, rather than the idea, but the upside potential is huge. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. I think NY has always – by definition – been urban. And it’s not just the movement from Palo Alto to San Francisco.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I believe the days of the “job work” mentality are thankfully waning, with more people looking to get satisfaction by making the world a better place, rather than just tolerating brain-numbing work to fund enjoyment elsewhere. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Here you are definitely betting on the person, rather than the idea, but the upside potential is huge. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. What''s the story behind the big round, and why now for some funding? The company- now has around $50M in recurring annual revenues.

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