Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In my experience as an angel investor for new startups, I’m always surprised by how many entrepreneurs are looking for funding without outside advisors. An early Advisory Board is the best way to evaluate candidates for this formal Board, to be your boss, and accountable for business reporting. Skip insiders, friends, and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2021

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

I recommend a trial run with an experiment or MVP (minimum viable product), at full price and cost, before the big bang launch, risking your investment money and a major time commitment. Growing too fast kills many new ventures, due to staffing costs, inventory, and funding delays. Mergers and acquisitions also require new skills.

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Tech.Co

MAY 11, 2022

But according to business owners involved, the program has recently been approved for greater funding and is set to exit its pilot phase over the coming months. Amazon has also reported that the businesses need to be in current be in operation, so they're able to be covered by liability insurance. Verifying Sign up for the Tech.co

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 16, 2016

The industry can only go so far with growth through hyper-inflated pricing and mega-M&As. At some point pharma has to figure out how to make more drugs more efficiently, or face major dislocations like business-destroying price controls. pension funds) with little appetite for experimentation with new managers and more funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

. “Marshmallow first began by providing car insurance cover for UK-based expats, a group who had historically been quoted insurance prices that were 51% higher than the market average. After most lockdowns were lifted, demand for services like beauty treatments has skyrocketed. ” Sharper Startup Focuses Warrant Investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

As I outlined in my talk, I believe the greatest Internet companies created over the past 15 years have been “deflationary” meaning they are driving down the prices or goods & services. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Prices down. Network Up. But what else?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Today 70 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Need office or Tech Space?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Don’t let the demands of seasonal fluctuations spoil the party.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2015

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What I found out very quickly, is there is a tremendous demand among the independent production community for this information. Those are people trying to get their business plans funded, funding for movies or shows, and want to be able to show they can provide a return on investment. Pricing starts at $19.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. New capital to be used for international expansion and to challenge Skype.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2013

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2012

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Nick Desai: FitOrbit delivers a proven solution for fitness and weight loss over the Internet, for the first time, at a price people can afford. Exercise TV is the largest, on-demand, fitness TV network, and is in nearly 40 million homes now, providing on-demand, fitness content from expert trainers.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. are reflected in their stable of on-demand, hourly paid consultants and freelancers for a number of business roles: Market Research.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2011

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises, rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

Startup 106

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.” He built & IPOd Demand Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2010

This Founder holds staff meetings only to report crises,rally the troops, and get status reports on assignments. There were product development problems, pricing problems, and early customers who demanded more features and delayed contractual payments. Staff meetings are for one-way communication.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

By John Williams Fast Company magazine recently reported that PayPal founder Paul Thiel is giving away $100,000 to twenty-four young men and women to finance startup businesses. But if you've spent all your money on the website for party supplies, you may not have the funds to have the site redone. Moonlighting can pay the bills.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be. If you can show regular cashflow and are willing to put your profits into their bank you can often fund expansion this way. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC. One big challenge is how to grow the company.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I think that's too bad, actually, because what search does is capture demand very specifically for your product--but broadcast will generate demand for advertisers. The premise is that this was a forward auction, and it's a disappointment to broadcasters if the prices don't go up. What's your status--you're still self funded?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. I know that Founder’s Coop has a fund as does TechStars Seattle.

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