Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Food production and distribution, group collaboration, remote training or education, sensor technology (tracking people movement, temperatures, etc), certain biotech deals. There are large sums of money to be invested and if investors can get comfortable with “downside protections” they’ll still write checks.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Writing 263

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

The material was essentially a rehash of my four years of undergrad business training. By avoiding an entire semester of Core classes (one fourth of my entire Wharton education), I was able to take every single entrepreneurial course offered by the University, while simultaneously earning a Minor Degree in drinking beer and playing poker.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2015

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Startup 109

Startup Resource Training Ideas 109

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

She highlighted for me how we measure human potential today and it’s based on the workforce that existing post WWII where teaching rote memorization of facts: Math, reading comprehension, writing, basic science, etc. We educate and train and test for a set of skills designed to succeed in 1950.

Design 150

Design Ideas Startup Writing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Startup 57

Startup Resource Training Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 97

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Like a true entrepreneur, even though you were young, you took control of your life and pursued an alternative education. That there is always a way to get what you want (for me, it was to pay for a private education) even when it seems like there is no possibility.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Like a true entrepreneur, even though you were young, you took control of your life and pursued an alternative education. That there is always a way to get what you want (for me, it was to pay for a private education) even when it seems like there is no possibility.”. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. If you can imagine, you can have your entire educational life online. Zareh Baghdasarian: My training is as an engineer.

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Training 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. I wasn’t raised badly — I was well educated. And they didn’t want pity.

Writing 150

Writing Startup Design Training 150

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Eying sustainability gains for its supply chain, BMW backs Boston Metal’s CO2-free iron production tech.

Startup 229

Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

A new group of investors have clustered around writing earlier-stage, smaller checks. I used an analogy I heard from Michael Dougherty (founder of Jelli) recounting what First Round Capital told him, “sometimes you’re on the local train and sometimes you’re on the express train. That’s awesome.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2011

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Startup 94

Startup Resource Training Ideas 94

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Out of 41 companies who submitted their software for approval, only three were accepted--us, McGraw Hill, and Peoples Education. Over 12 months, until we were generating enough dollars of cash flow, we basically used that credit to write ourselves convenience checks, so we could pay our rent, pay for materials, and for those sort of things.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

It was a great training ground to learn the business of venture capital. 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.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Invest Capital Startup 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Fariborz Maseeh: All of my training is in engineering. That course is different in that it will help mentor the engineers to write their business plans, which is very different from regular entrepreneurship courses, where it's usually an outside speaker lecturing students about what they have done in the past. READ MORE>>.

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 27, 2015

For example, security suppliers will have to re-write firewalls for the new protocol, but without any single organization to set the direction of the deployment of IPv6, approaches will be in constant flux. With that in mind, here are the top threats facing IPv6 that professionals should be aware of: A Need for IPv6 Security Training.

Training 40

Training Organization Networking IP 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

We need to take some risks in education and in innovation in this country so anybody that it trying to break through the traditional mold and try to create a new model ought to be lauded, not attacked. The value of a college education. I am very passionate and on record about the value of education. Education is self discovery.

Education 322

Education Startup Incubator Class 322

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

Every university has educational courses and can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. They are likely to be able to get grants to fund development for you in strategic focus areas, like alternative energy sources, that would otherwise cost you many thousands of dollars.< < Business plan creation.

Help 94

Help Startup Mentor Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2010

Usually that means writing something down, since it’s hard to maintain something, or track yourself against it, if it’s not written down. Education and training roadblocks. Does your dream require additional time and money for training or academic credentials? What personal support resources are available?

Startup 53

Startup Resource Training Ideas 53

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

As described in Advice For Emerging Entrepreneurs , let the BDC train you and grant you opportunities to make mistakes on their time, on their dime. Such mini-ventures, as described in Small Ideas, Big Benefits , will not only educate you, but will reduce your risk when you exit the Herd. Keep your write-ups to a single page.

Startup 243

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Natalia Oberti Noguera: Pipeline Fellowship is a program to educate and bring more women into the investment side of business. We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. In education, we hold workshops on topics like portfolio strategy and evaluation. What is Pipeline Fellowship about?

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. So some show notes if you’re a bit busy to watch the video.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. For an educator, it helps to bring classroom training to life. But, it didn't seem scalable. That could be an expert, a consultant, and author--it's a great way to bring knowledge to life.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ).

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. The strong advantage is that these organizations will stay with a company from acceptance to ultimate IPO or M&A sale, helping financially and with education, encouragement and introductions along the way. Accelerators.

Equity 156

Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. Information specialists. Software specialists. It shouldn’t be a huge transition.

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Cyrus Farudi – Co-founder of Capsule. MUST be on this list!!

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. Information specialists. Software specialists. It shouldn’t be a huge transition.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. The future is a computer vision world, from autonomous vehicles to robotics to security, training, education and entertainment.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers. Information specialists. Software specialists. It shouldn’t be a huge transition.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Dec 26, 2009). Short-sighted, no?

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. reinvented, with more people online and trained. I’m going to write a whole post on BothSid.es AOL was closed, the Internet was open. They controlled distribution to the masses.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The Internet and its information wave have changed everything – it’s the problem, with constant change, and it’s the solution, if you use it to navigate quickly and self-educate. When I do mentoring and writing about current experiences, I realize all the things I don’t know, and this gives me more incentive to learn more.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Startup Class Education 93

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The Internet and its information wave have changed everything – it’s the problem, with constant change, and it’s the solution, if you use it to navigate quickly and self-educate. When I do mentoring and writing about current experiences, I realize all the things I don’t know, and this gives me more incentive to learn more.

Startup 97

Startup Class Education Entrepreneur 97

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Yesterday I went to see the film Waiting for Superman. Wasn’t that the American promise?

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340