Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2016

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. We do, as of the writing of this in early December, seem to be seeing a correction at this time. On Demand).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

It also applies to other parts of my life such as presentations. I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides. I left that presentation and sat down in a coffee shop.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

As a startup entrepreneur you’ll have many demands for your time. The problem is that the scarcest resource in any entrepreneur’s life is your time. “Thank you for writing to me – it’s nice to hear from you (or meet you) via email. Everyone will want you to speak at conferences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Product Software Review High Tech 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 110

Tech.Co

MAY 24, 2017

My spouse’s work is demanding, but he is an extremely present dad, covers for me during work dinners, and still spends the time to talk to me about how to handle work matters. Whether it is yoga, a workout class or even just writing a journal, spend at least three to four hours on yourself a week.

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Class Journal Writing Demand 91

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

“It would present a huge opportunity for a variety of climate tech sectors, ranging from clean electricity to carbon management to vehicle electrification.” This increased competition is good for hardware vendors and ultimately could create new businesses for entrepreneurs who want to become ISPs of their own.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The market changes, executives learn new things, customers demand changes, and technology changes. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 75

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. Market Size. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. 5 companies presented and all were talented. It’s two young guys who both dropped out of college to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. We’ll see. Enter Withings. One of these was WakeMate.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution.

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Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. What we found is that there was no present solution to do this. Skip classes.

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Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. The Present Era. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. It turned out that this drove even more demand for StrongMail. StrongMail Systems, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

It is a company with a mission to create better access and more funding for Black entrepreneurs and executives. And Black entrepreneurs wanted access to decision makers but didn’t always have the easy connections. It’s about swimming in lanes where others aren’t present. So let’s get it. Guy Primus, CEO of Valence Valence.

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Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneur Networking 314

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

As you establish Bro relationships, be mindful of the natural tension which is always present. As stated in Time Wounds All Heels , successful serial entrepreneurs are honest, ethical and avoid even the appearance of deception. However, due to demand from his readership, Baum was forced to write him back into the adventure series.

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Startup Organization Allegis Commerce 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

That is what I Tweeted when I saw DataSift present as a finalist at TC Disrupt last year. Read this story that is typical of many entrepreneurs with whom I talk. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution. I can’t put it in writing but I won’t stop it.” In fact, they seem intentionally opaque.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Boy wearing Oculus Rift via Wikipedia As an advisor to many entrepreneurs, I still hear frequently the irrational exuberance that crowdfunding is the quick alternative for startups that are passed over by overly demanding angels or venture capital investors. He points out that the word crowd precedes funding in crowdfunding.

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