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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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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). The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I think NY has always – by definition – been urban. So we’ve seen an explosion in the number of startup companies and subsequently a huge burst in the number of incubators. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. But there does seem to be huge startup energy around the Flatiron District / Union Square.

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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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

For our first measure, we tabulated the venture capital raised by accelerator firms --that is, companies that are tied to local accelerator/incubators. Capital raise ability is one of the ideas behind the whole trend towards accelerator--to help startups raise capital, who otherwise might have found it more difficult. Of that, $97.47

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

The terms “CTO&# and “VP Engineering&# have such stigmas associated with what they are that I’m sure some people will feel uncomfortable with the definitions I’ve put forward. But for non-technical founders let me offer you a definition that you can use when you build a team. I don’t believe it.

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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. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Early-stage funding.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The most significant event definitely has been the opening of our Westlake Center for Entrepreneurship in July  a unique facility that combines a public co-working space, private offices for start-ups, an event space and classrooms. gerhard apfelthaler education incubator' I have to be a little self-promoting on this one. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

San Diego-based biotech investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit, saying late Tuesday evening that it has entered into a definitive agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to sell Sitari Pharmaceuticals to GSK. Sitari was developing treatments for celiac disease, and was being incubated at COI Pharmaceuticals.

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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). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

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. Common resources provided by most of the incubators and accelerators today include the following: Access to shared office facilities for multiple startup teams at a very low cost.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Eli Portnoy: We were definitely not looking at acquisition opportunities. Using the incubator to figure out what we were doing made sense, and it gave us a platform to launch and have some unfair advantage in building out our business. Were you looking at acquisition, or did it just come up? It was really great.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

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. Alex Benzer: We're definitely looking at taking money later this year. After TechStars, how did you end up in LA?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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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. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Early-stage funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Step into a new entrepreneur era where the definition of “work” is something you love. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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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. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups. Early-stage funding.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly Some have made the model work. and chartbeat. It’s simple.

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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. A little known, but valuable resource, every startup should investigate is a formal or informal connection to your local university.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Micro-VCs, by definition, are firms that invest institutional money (meaning other people’s money) in projects that are at the seed stage or are too small to attract the attention of more traditional venture capitalists. Startup incubator seed funding. A micro venture capital firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Step into a new entrepreneur era where the definition of “work” is something you love. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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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. They can handle it all on their own. Sam Rogoway.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Here you are definitely betting on the person, rather than the idea, but the upside potential is huge. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

DreamHost is not totally unique, but it''s definitely managed and owned by the founders and team members. We incubated it, and a couple of years ago spun it out as a new, for-profit company to help folks all over the world implement Ceph. At UC Santa Cruz.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. Are incubating companies one of the main focuses of Engage:BDR? We are constantly incubating projects since Engage:BDR started. You definitely want to create some impact. We have a launched a performance agency, technically a CPA product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Step into a new entrepreneur era where the definition of “work” is something you love. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.)

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people. You know what I mean.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is an intelligent iOS app and offers definitive, interactive, fun beginner guitar course of 150+ lessons/practice exercises with video tutorials through 49-day calendar that you can follow at your own pace. How It Works. it’s like a video game! Winning the USC’s Silicon Beach Awards however is not their only accomplishment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Here you are definitely betting on the person, rather than the idea, but the upside potential is huge. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Named after the timeless Betty Davis song, Nasty Gal carries the spirit of founder Sophia Amoruso — adventurous, stylish, and definitely unique. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Social Media: Snapchat.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Each city has a different focus, but the combined amount of startups has definitely drawn some investors’s eyes toward Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Amidst the search she found her way working with NYC based incubator Techstars as an associate. Amanda talks a bit about life working for an incubator. This definitely won’t be the last time we hear from Amanda. She wanted to get involved, which led her to startups. From Techstars to Karma.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

It seems the focus on “virtual&# goods has been both the demo of the consumer as well as the fact that by definition virtual goods have almost no marginal costs to the seller so giving a huge slice to the carrier (and Zong) isn’t a problem since actual costs are ~ $0. 15mm in Series A. Wildfire Interactive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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