Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2012

San Diego-based MP3tunes , the online music locker service started by Michael Robertson, has filed for bankruptcy, according to documents posted to the web by an ex-employee. The bankruptcy-due-to-entertainment-studio-lawsuit is not an unfamiliar one for Robertson, whose most famous startup, MP3.com,

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I’m currently working with several startups, helping them launch new web businesses. What keeps you up at night? Or they need to be going into a scaling up mode. Or maybe not.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

It pays to document your thoughts so you can recall them and combine them with future hunches. Film and radio helped Hitler mislead a nation, yet those same technologies have also educated and entertained billions of consumers. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Cowabunga, the waves are bitchin’!

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2012

Note: This is Part VI in the Startup Team Building series. The Beatles longevity and success was largely the result of their group dynamics, which are identical to those present in successful startups. A team comprised solely of engineers is greatly handicapped, as is a team exclusively made up of sales and marketing executives.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I was skeptical and had a lot of issues with giving up control of my inbox, but I’m hooked now. I scan/fax documents to Evernote that I want to keep. DropBox (Cloud Document Storage): Service to safely store documents in the cloud so you can access from any computer or mobile device. It works amazing well.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

How did the fund get started? It was through that experience, that I sat up in my chair when working at Intel Capital, thinking that, this is cool, I've got a pretty big checkbook to write from, and to do deals from, but there are so many more companies I could be investing in that I am not. We're seeing that move into tech as well.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. What's the story behind Hark?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

It's a fascinating new world out there in entertainment and media, where YouTube stars are now as popular--or maybe, more popular--than traditional celebrities. An example of that, is I do a lot of running, and I did a video where I ran 100 miles over the month, and documented the process, and that inspired other people to do the same thing.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Once the Ball Starts Bouncing, You Never Know Where It Will Stop. If the crowd is gathered to see an entertainer, you could sell T-shirts, posters, etc. The student scholars whose notes were used to create the consolidated document were given a complimentary copy (and thus the benefit of the notes from the other two students).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tal is currently CMO at Visual.ly , a data visualization startup. What I like about the opportunity is that…Docstoc uploaded the…document and put it on TechCrunch. Irrespective of your startup’s size, do not hesitate to shine a bright light on your competitors whenever they stray from fair and ethical practices.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Labinot Bytyqi, founder of Solaborate, connects with TechZulu and discusses with us the ideas of Solaborate and the LA startup community. Labinot Bytyqi: The whole idea came up when I was working in the corporate world. What direction do you see the LA startup community is going? Each task has a different platform being used.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 18, 2009

They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. Having grown up in LA, and having started Docstoc down here, there’s a bit of a shared connection. Local News Online & More Valuable User Generated Content.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2013

TechZulu caught up with Kaleio founder & CEO, Jim Riley who promised that Kaleio is giving students or non-executives tools needed to succeed as until now, there hadn’t been a platform for them to directly and professionally network with others within their desired industry. Entertainment, Media, Arts & Professional Athletes.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 14, 2011

A data entry specialist or full-time ‘document processor’ to really utilize strong organizational skills? So what’s the internship all about? Probably in need of an administrative assistant to organize the work flow from clients? will be having an extremely interesting summer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

It’s the time of year when many new startups are struggling to rise above all the noise and be heard. With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. Hope you all enjoy.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. You can think of even your PC as a stack in which the hardware manufacturers handled physical layers, Microsoft handled the OS layer and application companies built higher up in the stack.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

he forcefully kissed and groped women, forced his hands up skirts, locked and blocked doors and made direct comments about the need to have sex with him. There are four named individuals in the story, each risking careers by publicly speaking up. So why speak up? These weren’t simply flirtations?—?he

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

It conjures up a range of emotions anytime I’ve privately expressed my opinion to thought leaders in our industry that I believe it is one of the most innovative companies in digital media. I asked Jonah about his started position in photos, lists, GIFs and text and where he thought video fit in. Others are skeptical, “Ha!

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