Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs use this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. Entrepreneurs need to start small and pivot quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. There are lots.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Also known as General Counsel, this position is an expensive one to fill and maintain. Chief Security Officer.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

Michael Chasin: We initially started with $30,000 in angel funding from an entrepreneur here in Los Angeles. That''s why people turn to Legalzoom and Docstoc, and use those free documents because they just don''t want to deal with lawyers. It sounds like you have some angel funding?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. Eighty percent of new entrepreneurs used this approach, with only six percent using investor funding. Entrepreneurs need to start small and pivot quickly.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. That's important, because it allows marketers to re-invest and give credit to that marketing event, so they can buy more of it and get more customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. entrepreneur startup legal shortcuts investor founder business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding. The best way to short-circuit this problem is to have a frank and open discussion with former employers, perhaps under the guise of asking them to invest in your venture. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed.

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Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 99

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Shaan Sethi to hear more about the startup, as well as Shaan's journey from investment banking to running an apparel startup. In the early 2000's, I'd worked as a consumer, retail investment banker. There were lots of things we did around investment and acquisitions.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., Bryant launched his venture career with partner and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel back in 2013, according to Crunchbase.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Post navigation.

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