Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

La Jolla-based Perminova announced Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a funding round, which it will use to develop its web-based cardiovascular procedure software. Perminova said the funding is split between $3M in a Series A, and $4M in a equity credit facility. Source o the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Software San Diego Incubator Equity 145

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Join a startup incubator. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. Three full time developers and no marketing spend. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. There are 3 people on their team. Capital to date? $20k

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Join a startup incubator. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Join a startup incubator. Solicit funds from friends and family.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 53

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Some have made the model work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

See how many you have personally experienced already, or are currently mentioned in your business plan: Crowd-sourcing equity. Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors.

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Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

We spoke with Nikhil, to hear why he thinks the site is important for green technology companies and investors, as well as how the effort is related to his own incubation firm, Artilient Labs. The web site caters only to people in the green space. Let's start with an overview of Clean Green Guy. What is the site all about?

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Southern California Startup eHarmony Sites 193

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The iHub is a California state initiative that selected six locations in the state to serve as specific technology development hubs. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water. Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys. Can you tell us more about your company.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The iHub is a California state initiative that selected six locations in the state to serve as specific technology development hubs. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water. Hank McCarrick, CEO and founder of Seco Sys. Can you tell us more about your company.

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Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

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. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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Entrepreneur Startup Seed Funding Incubator 101

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. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. Business accelerator.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Dinesh’s passion is developing VoIP-driven startups and creating unique online growth strategies. Diamond Sponsor.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Bootstrapping development, team management. . The constrai.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube.

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Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.),

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Participating companies get between $4,000 and $8,000 in addition to mentorship and office space while participating in the 12 week program, and have to give up zero equity in exchange. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. the startup scene really is booming in la!

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. There are three “megatrends” as he puts it – real time data, the social web and flash marketing. Wildfire Interactive. Around fifteen investments have now been closed in the new fund.

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