Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Social Network Startup Patents 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

This drove Mike to follows his passion in lieu of returning to the private equity world he had been in prior to business school. Bill pay aggregation software has been around for a few years now and is nothing revolutionary, but PayDivvy is not just an aggregation service. with the soon to come addition of offers.

Conference 96

Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Sales 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Guide 92

Guide Startup Social Network Patents 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Conduct a routine credit and criminal check, using commercial services like HireRight.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. Out of that, I got to learn about financial default, financial services, and banks. The firm is backed by a notable list of angel investors, and based in Los Angeles. Tell me the story behind Payoff.com?

Startup 197

Startup Ideas Southern California Social Network 197

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

billion people lack access to formal financial services, because they don't have a history, and don't have a credit score. In addition, we use primary and secondary social networking information, in order to verify they are who they say they are. For 85 percent of the people, we can provide them with credit in under two minutes.

Startup 100

Startup Santa Monica Custom Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Line up an experienced team.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Conduct a routine credit and criminal check, using commercial services like HireRight.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Line up an experienced team.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Get a real customer and real revenue. Sell one.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. I did that, and the company was acquired by Disney to provide the Go Network, and I became part of Go Network at Disney.

Southern California 245

Southern California Idealab Startup Custom 245

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. This must be someone who is willing to pay real money for your product or service. Line up an experienced team.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Get a real customer and real revenue. Sell one.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. What is Near Networks? I'm very familiar with good production values and telling stories visually. How is the company funded?

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Get a real customer and real revenue. Sell one.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 101

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

If you give away your product or service to the first 10 customers, that’s a good learning experience, but it’s not real traction. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Get a real customer and real revenue. Sell one.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Technical Review 338

Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. Leila is a recipient of the Rainer Arnhold and TEDIndia Fellowships, and serves on the San Francisco board of the Social Enterprise Institute. . . Dave McClure. .

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2018

Home sharing is on the rise, along with more temporary lease options, high-touch service and smaller spaces in sought-after urban locations. In startup-land, however, the presumptions about where housing demand is going looks a bit different. Seeking roommates and venture capital.

Startup 272

Startup Los Angeles Demand Social Network 272

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. They also avoid Reg D. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements). Online text book rental service. Offers a private label service that allows campus book retailers to offer an online rental model; serves 1.3mm to-date. Online radio music service. Social network app developer and ad network.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. Current shows generally only have 5 episodes at a time, which makes the service pretty mediocre as far as consumer value goes. They were late to the iPad and late with a subscription service.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

For a corporation and LCC, you must register a service agent. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Create and manage your social media presence. Clarify who gets equity , and how much. Service-Based Businesses.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Have convertible notes really won? Requests - Expect 70% on request (e.g.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. love to find great products and services made by entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It was, and still is, an incredible customer service tool. But if you can make the right moves, the right choices, at the right time, you can become the number one network. It’s a powerful tool for social utility and a great social network. I believe that Twitter has enough scale and enough brand equity to succeed.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

You work in (or run) a services company. With the advent of geolocation and fantastic payment services such as Square, the future of freelanc. The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades. Entrepreneurism / Monetization financial services, Technology, Transparency. . Kevin Reeth, Outright.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69