Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. Respect discussion confidentiality.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. So, now, as a VC, I swore I'd never treat entrepreneurs like those VCs treated me. I love entrepreneurs. What's the theme of your investments?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009 -- CONNECT Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 CONNECT will showcase the top five IT companies in the region at the inaugural Software, Cyber and Web 3.0 The event will feature entrepreneurs in the areas of digital art, mobile software, cyber security, analytics, Web 3.0, Venture Roundtable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2011

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. Respect discussion confidentiality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. In the last six weeks, I have been pitched by five entrepreneurs under 20. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2010

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. I have used this approach with high-tech roles, like software design, as well as business development roles. Tags: entrepreneur mentoring startups business.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 5, 2014

One entrepreneur has a company which appears to be scalable to a $30 million exit value in five to eight years, and a second entrepreneur’s venture seems to be scalable to $200 million in exit value in the same time frame. Dave’s note: Popular Bill Payne returns this week with a thoughtful take on valuations.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. Nanxi Liu: Our goal is to be the software that powers content on any kind of digital display that you see anywhere, whether that''s in a restaurant, hotel, or bar. We want our software to get you to be more engaged with the content on those displays.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. I asked TaxJar’s Co-Founder and CEO, Mark Faggiano to list five reasons his decentralized venture has flourished.

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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. Most of you prefer to ignore the feedback from analysts that your chances of creating the next unicorn startup may be as low as one in five million.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Isaac Garcia , a serial entrepreneur who previously founded and sold his last company, Central Desktop, and now is working on a new startup, Sales Insider. Isaac Garcia: Sales Insider is a talent marketplace for hiring software sales reps. Why software sales reps?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. If you are a true entrepreneur, by now your head should be spinning. Tags: entrepreneur startup opportunities web 3.0 are appearing.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?".

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. If the features are interesting but not necessary for initial release, they can be scheduled for further development on later releases of the project, whether it be new software, a car, or any other sort of device.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 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. Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

We sat down with Tx Zhuo to chat about the new fund, what investments it hopes to make, and what kind of entrepreneurs the fund is looking to invest in. Tx Zhuo: I first moved to LA five years ago, and Eva was one of the first few people I met. What kind of entrepreneur are you looking for? Tell us a bit about the new fund?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Founded by serial entrepreneur Oliver Bogner and his brother Gabriel, Mate was born from both brothers’ struggles with trying to start a family. and that over 80% were concentrated in five major metropolitan areas, he knew there was an opportunity for a new business. Mate Fertility co-founders Gabriel and Oliver Bogner.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As a first-time entrepreneur working from UW’s incubator more than five years ago, Liachko says he didn’t think much about the rarity of genomics startups spun out of university research. His firm, Phase Genomics was one of the first startups to come out of UW’s genome sciences department.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

Rather than having to do painful biopsies which often come with significant side effects, Gal’s software can now be used to slash the cost for a full-body MRI scan designed to screen for 11 different types of cancer in men and another 13 types of cancer in women (who have more organs that are likely to develop cancer).

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Entrepreneurs with a high-profile role in their organization cannot credibly claim they were speaking "personally" when they make a divisive public comment. Their follow-up album, released in 2006, won five Grammy Awards and eventual sold a respectable 2.3 Association Guilt. Reactive Politics. million units.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. 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. Are you ready to start?

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?".

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Launching and growing a startup is one of the biggest missions an entrepreneur can undertake. Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. While Hide.me

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 19, 2016

To help you avoid this, take a look at the five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs often make on social media. Many entrepreneurs and businesses have topics that are too broad. The post 5 Biggest Social Media Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs appeared first on TechZulu. Not Responding Appropriately to Criticism.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more. and trademarks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications now allow on-demand collaboration. are appearing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2019

DNA image via Wikipedia As a business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. The challenge, according to a survey from a couple of years ago, is that just one in five people today would entrust their life to a driverless vehicle.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 25, 2021

A laser focus on software-enabled businesses is complemented by the thesis-driven approach laid out in position papers staking out predictions for how the ubiquity of gaming ; conscious consumerism ; new parenting paradigms ; and cultural and demographic shifts will transform the global economy. “We look at all verticals.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We help early stage entrepreneurs in technology and digital media raise early stage funding rounds. As an example is Neil Young''s Pono Music, his new digital music hardware and software venture, which is restoring sound quality to digital files. The first, is entrepreneurs really have to know how to create a story and pitch.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

The logic behind this, is that 80 percent of our bets are founder bets, and we believe we need to use every resource we can to help entrepreneurs be successful in hitting milestones. What drove your decision to focus on mental health and this aspect for entrepreneurs? It's a comprehensive bucket.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The highest ranking firms on the overall Technology Fast 500 from the area were Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of software e-commerce tools headed by Dan Engel , which was ranked at number 13 nationally with 17,468% revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We sat down with Jamie�who has been part of LA's technology industry, either as an investor or advisor since its very early days--to get his perspective on where we are today, especially as it relates to all of the companies he's worked with over the years on a more global stage and in Silicon Valley, and his advice to entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

We know one thing, which is that entrepreneurs come out of a world where there is disruption. The other thing that's exciting about this fund, as we look for health startups to invest in, is that there are a number of business models today in healthcare which weren't commercially vaiable five years ago. Jay Goss: Great question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

It starts with a browser capturing your shopping search initiatives, to cookies remembering your preferences, your software logging purchase details, to feedback via Yelp and social media data. Avoid the stress of trying to make sense of random data, and the cost of experts and software to extract value where there is none.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Based on traditional research, getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers. If you are an entrepreneur not using this model, it may be time to consider a pivot. Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services.

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