Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Dreams may motivate your team, but customers expect real solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2021

In my work with many entrepreneurs and investors, I also see and support the strong movement to this business model, which can be characterized by the following attributes she outlines: Deliver value to the greater community, as well as customers and insiders. Develop a personal-engagement extraordinary service mentality.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2020

On Friday, the Kenyan augmented reality game developer Internet of Elephants launched its latest game in partnership with the conservation science experts from the Borneo Nature Foundation, Goualougo Triangle Ape Foundation, Zoo Atlanta and Chester Zoo. The game developers tracked several families of monkeys .

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). When to start PR? It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Croquet is developing software for collaborative applications, which has applications in virtual worlds and augmented and virtual reality. Imagine, when you are interacting with a real world object, you can move it around, and it's very visual and alive. In the real world, you pick up an object, and you can hand it to seomeone else.

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MAY 21, 2019

It was an amazing gathering of some of the most ambitious early-stage CEO’s looking to make a dent in fields related to healthcare, biology, AI and other transformative fields. It’s encouraging to know that there are still great VC firms like KV that are looking to make these short of big bets on shaping the future.

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JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. I’ve also seen the converse too many times – sales reps who walk into a meeting and spout out, “so, tell us what’s not working in your manufacturing process!”. Click here. This post is about the “P” or pain. That is still “pain.”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. Tell us a bit about what your startup is working on? I was traveling one time for work. I read them the story over the phone, and I shared this idea with my co-founder.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

At the time, Barnehama had taken time off from DAQRI and had begun thinking about how to use the technologies he’d developed around computer vision and visualization to have more of an impact on human lives. . Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6 After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2

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JANUARY 26, 2013

It makes it easier to persuade others to join you, it alerts other angels & VCs that you’re a company to be on their radar screen, it helps potential customers know that you may be worth doing business with and it builds you up to announce other milestones down the line. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? But trust me on this.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace. The third pillar of our solution, is an ongoing mitigation strategy to make sure a company is achieving diversity and inclusion objectives.

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JANUARY 23, 2011

There is obviously no black-or-white answer, but I’ve tried everything from working a large international agency, to hiring in-house people to doing it myself. You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

If you care about being a compelling presenter you need to work on it if it doesn’t already come naturally. If you care about being a compelling presenter you need to work on it if it doesn’t already come naturally. Tell a story – Every great presentation tells a story. Show some energy!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

With our app, it''s easier than entering your credit card information, your billing information, and shipping information. With our app, it''s easier than entering your credit card information, your billing information, and shipping information. Explain what your service/app is all about?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Kurt and his crew can make these, and about 35 of other once-in-a-lifetime treks, a reality. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Kurt Kutay, Founder and CEO of Wildland Adventures , believes that "luxury adventure travel" does not have to be an oxymoron. Ever fantasized about climbing Mt.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

You are constantly faced with decisions and there is always incomplete information. You are constantly faced with decisions and there is always incomplete information. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. This is part of my Startup Advice series.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. Tell us about your project?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. You left our team to work on THAT idea? ” Now they have a deep sigh when they hear what you’re actually working on. CEO transparency. It almost sounds uncontroversial. Of course not.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Or read the quick, informative summary below the image! Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I love origin stories. Our team was comprised of mostly graduate students, and I had already graduated and working in the footwear industry for Deckers Brands. Our team was comprised of mostly graduate students, and I had already graduated and working in the footwear industry for Deckers Brands. What was the company’s genesis?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Actively lead conversations, as well as real listening. That means they want to see you as a leader, with innovative ideas and a real point of view.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Dreams may motivate your team, but customers expect real solutions.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. How we are doing this, is we are connecting users with real, local experts. What's the story on how you started the company? Bong Koh: We started at the end of April.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For people who are serious about losing weight and improving their fitness, the way to do that it to use a dedicated expert--a trainer, a meal planner, or dietician, who can work with you on a daily basis and create a custom plan. Most adults by now have figured out that magic pills and juices just don't work.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

Over the years I’ve been in many meetings where a group of people that I was with wanted to extract information out of a group of people with whom we were meeting and failed to do so effectively. If you’re: raising money you might like to ask how the investor makes decision. Some quick stories.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

Almost everyone has had some situation where you wanted to give someone a phone number, but only temporarily--think Craigslist, or maybe at that bar or business conference, where you want to hand out a number, but only have it work for a short while. Can you describe what it does and how it works? Let's talk first about your app.

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JULY 7, 2015

Sam is more succinct and well-stated than I and I’m guessing ENIFA wouldn’t make the NYT. I love how open Danielle has been throughout the development of her startup Mattermark including honest reflections of when she has changed her opinion. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol. Morrill said.

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JULY 9, 2013

We developed this at our first company and called it PUCCKA – the overall methodology is described here. Like it or not enterprise customers have procurement processes, budgeting cycles, decision-making authority, competing interests for time & resources and key meetings that must take place in order for your sale to be approved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2012

In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

But, the real value is from the consumer side, because we allow individuals to talk to and refer businesses to their friends, and just to their circle of friends. Taher Scherzay: I spent 20 years working for the industry, working for Lucent Technologies. What's the idea behind FavRav? How did you start the business?

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JULY 13, 2013

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. it would make more sense than “me.” Last month they turned the tables on me. Here is the link to the video interview.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Technologists, in particular, who spend most of their time working in the business, rather than on it, still harbor several myths that contribute to their frequent demise: "A great technology will lead a successful business." Investors want proof of a business model and real customer revenue, as well as a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat.

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