Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined a long time ago from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. We'd always go into client meetings asking: how can we help you? How did the company start? You would not have heard of it, because it was very small.

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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 helps to have seen the way down twice before to know many of the signs. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds.

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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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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Department of Energy to help develop tools to secure the power grid. However, in the last ten years-- especially with the power grid--regulatory agencies have started to demand that those systems be able to be monitored for compliance. Paul Myer: Veracity was originally part of Frost Data Capital, as part of their incubator.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

The successes Engage:BDR has right now, helps highlight LA as a city for tech companies to develop and grow. I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. As the demands and supplies grew for advertising, we built a stable capital to create Engage:BDR. How much did Engage:BDR grow? Proudest moment?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

Will all that activity help create the next big technology, advertising, gaming, or e-commerce startup? Much of the focus is on absorbing that energy, the enthusiasm of the startup community here has created over the last few years. It's unclear.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Microsoft BizSpark (www.microsoft.com/bizspark) - Microsoft has launched a new program called BizSpark to give startups a helping hand. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

We think we are a company that will help ring in the 5G era, with high efficiency and high performance electronics. You also asked about our labs, and we have been fortunate to be part of the UCLA Incubator, which you may know houses the California Nanosystems Institute. level technicians there to help. Thanks, and good luck!

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

For many founders, getting noticed by investors, potential customers, incubators and other companies, is a necessity to take your product to the next level. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business. Meet the Startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

Makerspaces are becoming the new incubators and accelerators for startups, and support contacts, including lawyers and marketing groups, will be easy to find. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization. Customers today increasingly demand solutions that are customized just for them.

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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. Water and power infrastructure .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective. Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator? We also brought on a handful of very strategic angels, all of who had been operations in ancillary spaces, where they could help us accelerate the business. We raised $3.5M in funding in that round, which closed about a year ago.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ChowNow is helping level the playing field for smaller restaurants through innovation. ” ChowNow is anticipated to sign up 1,000 new restaurants in the first half of 2013 as result of high demand, fast setup, affordability and ease of use.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Testing is what helps determine whether you’re really on to something. It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. Will (many more) millions help you get five years into one?&#.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

The hardest part for us, and what really took the longest is actually the user interface, and making it easy to use, and intuitive, helping to make it clear when people have multiple, different numbers, where those calls are coming in from. I was also very involved in the strategy on Yahoo's Brickhouse incubation effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

The startup incubator actually found us. They sat down, told them how they know how to build businesses and grow them, and that they think they could help. We don't peak and valley with demand. That strips out the volatility, and just helps us lock in the price of fuel at the day's rate. Wade Eyerly: They are incredible.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. Jeff was tweeting about needing help organizing and promoting the upcoming #140conf LA Meetup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both.

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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. Los Angeles is 3 rd in the global startup ecosystem, behind Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley. With Yahoo!,

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2010

Back by popular demand Schmoozd 3 is set for this Thursday, July 29th 6-10 PM at Wokano in Santa Monica, CA. Venture Capitalists, Marketing VP's, Angel Investors, and Hot Tech Startup's are just a few examples of attendees all looking to make a connection and help better the community. How about VC/Angel advice?

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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]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Current round: $4.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

and Canada – and we have offices in both locations, helping us to grow our key markets. There are a number of co-working spaces for new businesses that help them to keep the costs down. There are so many startups, and a great demand for talent as a result of this. Our key markets are the U.S. We work with U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Yet I can’t help thinking there are many predictable failures that come from a lack of basic planning. If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? But you should.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: In addition to the technology based entrepreneurship that is incubated in the iHub, CVEP operates a business services division that assists all types of local businesses with planning, financing, and growth. Our reach includes mining operations in Australia, rest stops in California, and hotels in Washington DC.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: In addition to the technology based entrepreneurship that is incubated in the iHub, CVEP operates a business services division that assists all types of local businesses with planning, financing, and growth. Our reach includes mining operations in Australia, rest stops in California, and hotels in Washington DC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. Over demand led the SV Angel team to double the size of the fund to $20 million. Wildfire Interactive. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

The demand for our products and services is really high, unemployment is high, the need for new technology is high, as is the need to increase efficiency from businesses. Launchpad is a virtual incubator and accelerator, where we put companies in and give them quantitative and qualitative feedback and mentorship.

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