Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Every entrepreneur should do the same due diligence on a potential investor that smart investors do on their startups. While the majority of investors are looking for a win-win deal, there are investors who like to prey on entrepreneurs who have little financial experience, don’t read the term sheet or are simply desperate for a deal.

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Entrepreneur Coach Invest Sample 108

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Most entrepreneurs I meet are reluctant to disclose anything about their idea to investors before getting a signed confidential disclosure agreement (CDA). Yet I can assure you that people who are paranoid, or want to avoid all risks, won’t be happy as entrepreneurs, so it’s all about balancing the risk-reward scale. Build trust first.

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Ideas Tips Technical Review Patents 159

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

These steps are not aimed specifically at entrepreneurs, but I see how they can be applied there as follows: Do what you know and enjoy. Figure out what’s really important to you as an entrepreneur. Build a network of contacts to allow you to harness the power of others’ strengths. Build stronger relationships. Marty Zwilling.

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Help Entrepreneur Sample Organization 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner.

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Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. This name (www. Social media accounts.

Startup 145

Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need is a memorable “ elevator pitch ,” to communicate your startup value proposition and leave a great first impression on friends, investors, employees, and future customers. For reinforcement and later questions, you should always be prepared to provide physical takeaways.

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Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ In fact, for the most part, all you need is a laptop and Wi-Fi connection.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2012

These are not aimed specifically at entrepreneurs, but I see how they can be applied there as follows: Living on purpose. Figure out what’s really important to you as an entrepreneur. Build a network of contacts to allow you to harness the power of others’ strengths. Build stronger relationships.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Sample Organization Summary 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

Most entrepreneurs I meet are reluctant to disclose anything about their idea to investors before getting a signed confidential disclosure agreement (CDA). Yet I can assure you that people who are paranoid, or want to avoid all risks, won’t be happy as entrepreneurs, so it’s all about balancing the risk-reward scale. Build trust first.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2013

These are not aimed specifically at entrepreneurs, but I see how they can be applied there as follows: Living on purpose. Figure out what’s really important to you as an entrepreneur. Build a network of contacts to allow you to harness the power of others’ strengths. entrepreneur get-it-done startup Stever Robbins business'

Startup 133

Startup Sample Organization Summary 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Reverse due diligence on the investor is a comparable process whereby the entrepreneur seeks to validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of every potential partner.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. This name (www. Social media accounts.

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IP Invest Patents Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. non-disclosure entrepreneur investor CDA business'

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Ideas Demand Patents Entrepreneur 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. Here are some examples: - You ask a small sample set so that data isn’t statistically significant. who was in the sample set?

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Statistics Startup Report Research 415

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. This name (www. Social media accounts. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 103

Startup Patents IP Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2012

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Who is right? Unknown interested party.

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Startup Patents Sample Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. This name (www. Social media accounts.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Certainly both of these crowd-funding approaches provide the entrepreneur with an opportunity to hone his pitch, and get some real consumer feedback on the idea. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Sample potential customers. business name entrepreneur founder startup TBD' Patent Office for Trademarks. Favor common suffixes.

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Google Customer Custom Sample 117

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

Among a sample of companies started in 2004, two-thirds of founders were in the 35-54 age bracket. If you connect these dots, it becomes clear that middle-aged entrepreneurs will play a central role in leading us out of our recession and restoring normal levels of employment. Tags: entrepreneur startup boomer business.

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Blogging Entrepreneur Sample Yahoo 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2011

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Who is right? Unknown interested party.

Patents 90

Patents Sample Ideas Entrepreneur 90

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

These are not aimed specifically at entrepreneurs, but certainly can be applied there as follows: Living on purpose. Figure out what’s really important to you as an entrepreneur. Build a network of contacts to allow you to harness the power of others’ strengths. Tags: entrepreneur startup do more work less business.

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Startup Sample Organization Summary 98

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

We caught up with Andy, whose executive experience ranges from ZeroDegrees, NBC Internet/Xoom.com, Infoseek / Go Network, to CNET and Snap.com, and whose last firm was MerchEngines, which he sold last year, to hear more about his new startup. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. What is Punchcard?

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Once we get to scale, it will start generating a network effect. That's a small sample of some of the externalities we hope we can generate with the network effect. Just last week, we released a Facebook feature called Like lock, which requires a person scanning to Like your Facebook page to get access to a video or promotion.

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Startup West Hollywood Metrics Entertainment 220

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. This name (www. Social media accounts.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Patents IP 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Certainly both of these crowd-funding approaches provide the entrepreneur with an opportunity to hone his pitch, and get some real consumer feedback on the idea. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2010

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Who is right? Unknown interested party. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 48

Startup Patents Sample Entrepreneur 48

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The evening’s networking and mingling continued with the room of entrepreneurs, technologists, bloggers, technology enthusiasts, investors, and the local technology companies being showcased by Tech Cocktail. Taking all the guess work out of initial introductions.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Userplane Social Media Santa Monica 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Sample potential customers. This may sound obvious, but a miss here will cost you dearly. Patent Office for Trademarks. Favor common suffixes.

Startup 104

Startup Google Customer Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Your company name and Internet domain name should probably be the same, so check out your preferred names with your State Incorporation site, Network Solutions for the domain name, and the U.S. Sample potential customers. This may sound obvious, but a miss here will cost you dearly. Patent Office for Trademarks. Favor common suffixes.

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Company Companies Google Customer 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. Passion is also the featured heavily in nearly every presentation I give to entrepreneurs or on college campuses or in talks with MBA students.

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Startup Entrepreneur Design Funding 419

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

See a sample reprint in PDF format. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 October 5, 2012.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

Here’s a short sample of what we now do. Our format is simple: We do one day with just LPs and VCs so that we can first network amongst our peers and learn what the changes in our industry are. So I decided to change up our format a bit. I had a few objectives in mind. So our LPs get to hear the live discussions and participate.

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Venture Capital Startup Course Funding 150