Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Avoid risky or questionable business domains.

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Pasadena Angels have redesigned our site with a new focus on Entrepreneurs and LA Basin tech resources. We started by surveying a group of local entrepreneurs and our own members to find out what they wanted in a site. We rebuilt the site with that in mind. Angel Investing Bluebeam Pasadena Angels Raising Captial'

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. A great website design simply reflects well on your business and the quality of your service. There are many aspects that go into a responsive web design that meets your client’s’ needs. Using a Responsive Sizing Design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Avoid risky or questionable business domains.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 30, 2020

Barnehama also emphasizes that Elementary’s robots are not designed to replace every human interaction or assessment in the manufacturing process. The low complexity and ease of deployment of Elementary’s hardware was another big selling point for Islam that convinced him to invest. .

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

million site visits in October alone. Vibrant Planet Vibrant Planet is a data-driven science and cloud-based solution designed to support restoration efforts. Not only has this helped to raise its profile, it's also allowed them to invest further into their science team, and their cloud-based planning and monitoring tool, Land Tender.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. . “For us, the broader mission is A+ personal care for guys everywhere — not just guys in New York or guys in the Bay Area or guys in Los Angeles,” he said. Paul Munford.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Using its proprietary printing technology, Relativity says it can slash the time it takes to develop a rocket from design to launch by up to two years. “Our entire investment strategy is to invest at the inflection points where things cross over from froniter to mainstream investments,” says Knauf.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

“Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. Today, when you start a brand, your first hire is probably someone to build out your Shopify site. That salesperson would have had relationships with all the different release valves for inventory.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

The two met in their early twenties when Nguyen was trying to launch a fashion business and Lim was solidifying her career as a social media celebrity and designer. . Both Nguyen and Lim are serial entrepreneurs. Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Last week, we ran into Deena Varshavskaya , the founder of Los Angeles-based Wanelo (www.wanelo.com), a social shopping site focused on allowing women to share and follow others as they shop online. It's a site you can post, find, and collect your favorite products for anywhere online. How long has the site been running?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Build a prototype product.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

For years, AT&T invested more than $1.9 billion Investment. billion Investment. McNeely said,“I’m proud of the investment AT&T continues to make in California. Toebben added that this investment by AT&T will help more people and businesses stay connected in today’s fast-moving technological world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2015

According to lynda.com, the round also included investments by existing investors Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, and Meritech. lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Years ago I led a deal and invested in a company that looked like it had lots of promise to disrupt the women’s clothing industry with special algorithms and an online store. And designers or manufacturers never did offer to ship direct. But something had bothered me from the very start – unsalable inventory.you trusted the data.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

El Segundo-based Just Fabulous , a new startup spun out of Intelligent Beauty, the e-commerce firm headed by Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg, said this morning that it has raised $33M in a Series A funding round, for its "fashion styling" and fashion site. Simmons also has been appointed President and Creative Director of the site.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MindJolt offers up a broad catalog of casual and social games from its site. www.cocodot.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Another major source of services clients these days is online industry directory sites and ranking review articles. It pays to invest more in building remote relationships with these site owners, or spending quality time with podcasters and popular blog influencers. Highlight your personal leadership values and experience.

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Services Technical Review Social Media Case Study 121

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In reality, it doesn’t take a huge investment of money and time to build a prototype today. With a realistic prototype, you can get more accurate feedback from customers on their real need and what they might pay, before you invest millions on the final product. Quantify the implementation challenges.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

According to a message on the firm's site, it is "temporarily suspending its retail operations" and is no longer offering products. The company had developed a system to help women find clothing based on their shape and size, matching that to specific designers and clothing that most flattered their figure. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We will design and manufacture an apparel brand based on the inspiration of collective editors. We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. The two sat down with us to explain the idea behind the company.

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2011

Todd has a unique view, having worked both on the venture and high technology investing side at Anthem, as well as the architecture and construction industry now. We're unique in that we are a design and build firm, we do both architecture as well as construction. First, explain what your company is all about?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The company of eight was engaged in web design, which, early in the growth of middle-sized business on the web, was hot at the time. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. How the industry was growing around the company.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

The remaining $200 million came from new investors Macquarie Capital, Mori Building and Shell, as well as existing investors 83North, Broadscale Group, Ervington Investments, Hearst Ventures, Planven Ventures, Pitango and RiverPark Ventures. If so, go check out Layoffs.fyi, the site doesn’t just list layoffs.

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Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

What do you think of the design elements? When commenting please state if you have specific skills in visual design, copy or similar. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! We wanted to emphasize the number of truly big wins that have been created by the partners at GRP in their 20+ years of investing.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 3, 2020

With these insights you can make informed decisions and boost repeat customers, without having to invest too much money. Fortunately, field service software is designed to keep track of all this and more, so you can focus on the big picture. More specifically, CRM software is designed to track opportunities.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Design a product or service that you can sell. Identify the total investment required for profitability. A very common mistake of early-stage startups is to request a small investment to get started. Facebook is indeed the largest growth site on the web, with almost three billion user accounts, all free.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

Six years ago, the company had proved that its reactor design could sustain plasma indefinitely — meaning that once the switch is flipped on a reaction, that fusion reaction can continue indefinitely. Vulcan, Venrock, NEA, Wellcome Trust, Google, and the Kuwait Investment Authority are all backers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Yet everyone has limits, and every investor implicitly has similar limits on what makes a startup investable, or one to avoid at all costs. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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Sites Technical Review Social Media Entrepreneur 81

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. This event series is designed to help investors and entrepreneurs engage with one another.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Avoid risky or questionable business domains.

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