Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. If you live somewhere where this is the case you’re better off discussing with your employer that you may from time-to-time work on private projects outside of work hours and you want their clearance in writing that this is OK. Register a company.

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Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I had my own list on my iPhone, writing down what I wanted to watch, and where those shows are. Joey is a longtime entrepreneur and friend, and we've almost worked together a number of times over the years, and it happened he was selling his adtech company while we were in Southern Arizona together in 2019, and he asked me what I was up to.

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Startup Netflix Ideas Content 113

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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. He had the idea that people would want city guides to tell them where to eat and what to do.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Essentially, it guides the author through a four step process to design, build, test, and publish their creation. If you're an expert in a certain technology--say, business process design--and have thought about publishing a book, this is a quicker, faster, and more comprehensive way to share it with the world.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

This post is a “how to” guide so I’ll save the “why I believe Snapchat is an important medium” for one of my next posts. I do regular (almost daily) “Snapstorms” of content around one topic for entrepreneurs and VCs. You can follow me on Snapchat here or by searching in the app for msuster.

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Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. was once a wannabe entrepreneur, and then I was a first-timer.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

We write and create our own content for the game. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. The Coloft is a space for entrepreneurs, independents, startups, programmers, designers, professionals, and awesome people in general.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. You are also less likely to be an entrepreneur when your personal obligations, like family and mortgage pile up. Talk about the Meebo team and early Meebo experiences.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

It is designed to get the person your asking to reveal more than they would if your question directed them toward a more narrowly defined path. I’ll likely write about other question strategies at a later time. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. You might be surprised how much you learn.

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Startup Invest Course Research 311

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: On Sunday we presented to a panel of judges consisting of entrepreneurs and a VC investor. Interesting offer considering he did nothing.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

came to engineer and serial entrepreneur David Kaiser (Founder and CEO) in 2008 while surfing on his laptop while watching TV. Kaiser joined forces with Bruce Schwartz (Founder and CTO) to write an entirely new code language they called Interactive Television Markup Language (ITVML). has accomplished. The ideation behind Coincident.TV

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Bruce Sallan (@BruceSallan) - I'm a former showbiz guy who writes a dad's column. CarmenElena Mitchell (@therealgirls) - Creator, "The Real Girls Guide to Everything Else" Web Series. Cynthia Lou (@CynthiaAnnLou) - Designer, Writer, Web & Brand Strategist.

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Social Media Journal Media Education 40

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

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact. In Search of an Oxymoron – The Ideal Lawyer. Sometimes You Do Get What You Pay For.

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