InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

In their new book Startup Life , serial entrepreneur and venture investor Brad Feld, along with his wife Amy Batchelor, describe what has, and has not, worked for them during their 22-year relationship. Brad is in the midst of writing a series of startup-oriented books. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes.

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JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. However, a number of them wanted to vicariously experience the startup world through John and Kyle''s venture. From 35 To 500 Readers.

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JULY 26, 2010

In early December of 1818, Jose de la Guerra devised a brilliant plan to thwart the French pirate Hippolyte de Bouchard who was lurking off the coast of Santa Barbara, contemplating an attack. I knew that having friends and allies on the playground that would back up “the new kid” was of paramount importance.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. If you could share one startup lesson with a young entrepreneur, what would it be? So I ask prospective new entrepreneurs, ''What is it specifically that you can bring to the industry?''

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. In my home we have a network of Alexas that provide news, information and music but have also become our de facto home intercom system.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By definition?—?I’m two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As noted in Success, Santa Barbara Style , my definition of success includes living where you want to live and making money doing what you love. For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 2, 2011

Entrepreneurs must be unreasonable in order to dismiss the status quo and create novel solutions. However, an irrational lack of reasonableness will sabotage an entrepreneur’s efforts. I gave this talk was given to perspective and current UC Santa Barbara students, hence my references to UCSB’s Technology Management Program (TMP).

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Although the article is informative, it is the accompanying sidebar that has remained with me over the succeeding years. Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. We don’t give up on things easily. We didn’t give up.”. “ We are stubborn on vision.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

The data consistently confirms that: (i) venture capitalists are typically not adventuresome, and (ii) most startups lack the three intoxicating factors which cause venture capitalists to pull out their checkbooks. This concentration is partly due to natural causes – successful startups spawn other successful startups.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Resources must be committed before information is fully known. Even as additional cards are dealt and more information is evident, no player has absolute command of all the facts until the hand is completed. In many hands, the information is never completely known, as players do not show their cards when they fold.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. The firm--which was started in the quiet and. Demand Media.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

That''s what Los Angeles-based FieldLevel (www.fieldlevel.com) has been working on, making it easier for coaches to network and exchange information on athletes. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I recently got together with Aaron Shechet and an early stage startup to discuss the direction the company might want to take. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. While at UC Santa Barbara, I started a café which served over 1100 dorm residents.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In my capacity as a Professor of Practice at UC Santa Barbara , I was asked by the Student Association if I would consider interviewing rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur Tyler The Creator. Despite the electric atmosphere, Tyler was relaxed, sincere, humorous and characteristically profane, from start, to finish.

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MARCH 6, 2018

One of my former students, Sieva Kozinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of StudySoup recently shared his startup insights with my UC Santa Barbara students. However, the one that stood out to me was the importance of curating their peer groups in advance of graduating and starting an entrepreneurial career.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Have you ever had a couple of drinks, started to feel a mild buzz and wondered if you’re over the legal limit? A Santa Barbara based company, Milo Sensors, is tackling this problem via a wearable that constantly alerts your smartphone of your blood alcohol level. Greathouse: I am a big fan of startups with a purpose.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. Fan, Not A Fan Boy.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In non-geek speak this means that there is so much information out there now it’s hard to separate the good stuff from the rest. I’ve been thinking a lot about this over the past two years and bending the ears of any entrepreneur who will humor me to hear what I think the solution needs to look like. Sign me up, baby!&#.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Kevin O'Connor is the co-founder of DoubleClick , which he took from startup to IPO on the Nasdaq in 1998, sold it to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for around $1.2 After DoubleClick, Kevin eventually settled down in Santa Barbara, which is where his newest startup-- FindTheBest.com (www.findthebest.com) is headquartered.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Acrobatic ninjas, the Austin Police and several livid tradeshow executives – a perfect recipe for a reality television show, but not a great combination for Seth Epstein’s startup, Social Stay. What’s up with that?” Michael and I continued setting up our booth. Epstein, are these young people under your direction?”.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

As an Instructor of entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara, I welcomed the chance to read Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer And Venture Capitalist. They are both former entrepreneurs and current Partners at Foundry Group , a highly successful, early stage venture firm. Things I Loved.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Santa Barbara-based SendMeHome (www.sendmehome.com) is looking to solve that problem, with a free service to print out labels which attach to your item, and where you can register items in case they are lost. How did you come up with the idea? Why not just write your phone number or information on an item?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

15desks.com), a new startup focused on the education market. We talked with him on why he decided to head up this startup, and what 15desks is all about. It's started with managing courses and grades, on to a whole array of other services. When you are in college, there's a whole array of things that open up.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. I've been an entrepreneur for many years. It's a big step forward over the FAX.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. Thus, while we maintain a healthy degree of optimism, we begin each funding discussion knowing that most nascent startups are not worthy of an investment, until we prove them otherwise. Unicornless.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 31, 2014

Thus, I was honored when Bob agreed to share his insights regarding mentorship with my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students. That Bob overcame his initial anxiety and reached out to his future mentor, is an important lesson for all young entrepreneurs. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

If this gentleman was such a pivotal player in the early days of the PC revolution, why is he essentially unknown to most entrepreneurs under forty years old? Few young entrepreneurs know about Mr. Kildall’s contributions because of his behavior, not Mr. Gates’. However, this essay does not focus on Microsoft’s actions. He was wrong.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Open up a “sales process” and solicit bids from multiple companies. Establishing a sales process was the least attractive option, even though this approach might have resulted in a bidding war that could have driven up the purchase price. Tags: Entrepreneur Strategic Planning The Fringe. Doing nothing became our BATNA.

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