Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

But there are a lot of things that become norms in the VC industry that always drove me crazy from entrepreneur’s side of the table. Translation for any first time entrepreneurs can mean one of: a. As an entrepreneur you’re used to being optimistic and finding a way to make things work despite the odds. I get that.

Entrepreneur 297

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Java 297

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. Another investment from this batch, Mogul Millennial, is building a media brand around connecting Black professionals with professional resources.

Invest 237

Invest Startup Artificial Inteligence Class 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

There is still abundant money available for early stage investment, but many of the rules have changed, as well as the processes for accessing these resources. There are a host of companies that can be accessed through web-search engines that can provide both secured and unsecured financing.

Funding 192

Funding Entrepreneur Startup Invest 192

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. Customer data, as well as internal data, is a key resource for every business that must be secured and protected.

Social Network 108

Social Network Training Startup Technology 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is talking about the fact that there are over 2,000 billionaires in the world today, and how their innovative idea could make them one of the next ones. Becoming an entrepreneur is actually a commitment to a new lifestyle, certainly very exciting, but also facing many unknowns and risks.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Thompson''s jaded take on the travel industry, I wondered if there was a travel company that bucked his stereotypes and properly balanced making bold destinations accessible while respecting the unspoiled resources and culture that made the locales interesting in the first place. Then we started advertising and getting media attention.

Entrepreneur 187

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

InfoChachkie

MAY 6, 2013

The nasty and brutish deaths of the unfortunate turtles are disquieting , but the process ensures that the survivors are (on average) strong, healthy and able to capitalize on the ecosystem''s resources. Fortunately, there is a key difference between startups and baby turtles: entrepreneurs can make their own luck.

Entrepreneur 246

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Capital 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2015

The cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. I was inspired by a recent book, “ Resource Revolution: How to Capture the Biggest Business Opportunity in a Century ,” by Stephan Heck and Matt Rogers.

Startup 100

Startup Resource Entrepreneur Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2018

As I have said many times, the cost of entry for an aspiring entrepreneur has never been lower, and the total wealth of opportunities has never been larger. I was inspired by the classic book, “ Resource Revolution: How to Capture the Biggest Business Opportunity in a Century ,” by Stephan Heck and Matt Rogers.

Resource 66

Resource Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 66

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. Here are ten key messages that I would like to leave you with: I continue to gain respect for entrepreneurs. I’m sure you know what I mean.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Blogging Social Media 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. Customer data, as well as internal data, is a key resource for every business that must be secured and protected.

Technology 165

Technology Social Network Training Startup 165

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly Store. budget business e-commerce entrepreneur startup' A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars. But don’t wait too long if you want to stay ahead of the curve. Martin Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

By way of a definition, a business or startup incubator is a company, university, or other organization which provides resources to nurture young companies, helping them to survive and grow during the startup period when they are most vulnerable.

Entrepreneur 86

Entrepreneur Incubator Startup Seed Funding 86

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web. “If There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). Search Engines. Social Media.

Web 61

Web Social Media Content Sites 61

Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2011

It is a real risk for the successful entrepreneur that the daily demands of business make it more and more difficult to know the pulse of the industry, which becomes more and more risky as decisions are made and resources allocated to projects or products that may no longer be as attractive as before.

Marketing 191

Marketing Demand Media Resource 191

Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

It is a real risk for the successful entrepreneur that the daily demands of business make it more and more difficult to know the pulse of the industry, which becomes more and more risky as decisions are made and resources allocated to projects or products that may no longer be as attractive as before. . The risk of the daily routine.

Marketing 120

Marketing Demand Media Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Investors celebrate teams that quickly find the flaws in the original plan and reallocate resources in another direction before more wasted effort. Green Dot Corporation was formed by an entrepreneur in the year 2000 to create a product to permit those without credit cards to purchase items on the Internet.

Class 176

Class Resource Email Examples 176

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

First movers in a new space need users more than revenue to maintain market share, so investment pitches need to highlight this priority in requests for funding resources. Unfortunately, the Internet and heavily-funded startups have nurtured a customer expectation of free web services and smartphone apps.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Organization Invest Customer 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

There are about 80 million of them, and nearly two-thirds of them are already in the work place as entrepreneurs or with jobs. Resources abound on the web to help Gen-Y business owners learn from others and become long-lasting entrepreneurs. entrepreneur gen-y startup j2 Global baby boomers gen-x' How about you?

Tips 93

Tips Entrepreneur Startup Tool 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. If they read it and like it, do they click through to your web site, or engage with your organization in new and different ways? entrepreneur goals startup metrics social media'

Social Media 102

Social Media Media Entrepreneur Metrics 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When you are starting a new business, every resource is precious, including time, funding, and people. New businesses often burn excessive resources working on the wrong things, or doing things the wrong way. Excessive resources required in this area are rarely recognized. Poor communication and visibility from the top.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2019

What we're able to do, is build that dream for smaller hotels who may not have the resources, they come to us, we bring all the disparate systems and data together, and we create a really great guest experience. We took that platform, and converted it to a web experience. As an entrepreneur, what's the biggest lesson you have learned?

Mobile 113

Mobile Startup Platform Web 113

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. How did you transition to entrepreneur? This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). Tell me a bit about your background.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. There are more than nine million backers on Indiegogo that engage and support entrepreneurs in over 19,000 campaigns on the platform each month.

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

Put a half-dozen entry-level tech entrepreneurs together anywhere outside of the Bay Area, and it won’t take long before they start listing the local market deficiencies. But too many Web entrepreneurs squander that advantage by jumping into the same market as other Web startups, and offering similar goods and services.

Venture Capital 49

Venture Capital San Diego Truecar Web 49

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2018

Even though my family was reasonably more advanced, they were using a system which was still running on DOS, in black and blue, and was not even web-based. We love Omar, our partner at Sequoia, who is an entrepreneur himself, and sold his last company to Google for $700M. He's a very sharp entrepreneur, and shares the same vision.

Startup 173

Startup Pricing Marketing Entrepreneur 173

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

As an advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I tell people that these platforms are an easy and low risk way to test your fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, without jumping off the cliff. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site. New business models are changing the rules of business.

Platform 145

Platform Startup Social Media Customer 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2012

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup, worrying about not giving their all to an employer, juggling the multiple roles, or even a legal conflict of interest. If your hypothesis is, “we can build a better web-based chat client”, that’s something you could test quickly.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Funding 95

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Darin Andersen, the busy-bee creator of San Diego’s Cyberhive, iHive, and xHive startup programs, says eight early stage tech companies have joined the co-working space he has been building out in Bankers Hill under a new “Entrepreneur in Residence” program.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur San Diego Training Resource 40