Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2019

For example, there was no concept of that before blockchain. There are certain physical characteristics of those players, and certain players are more valuablefor example, rookies and all stars like Bryce Harper. If you wre lucky enough, for example, to get a Clayton Kershaw perfect game, you could sell it on the marketplace for $400.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

Colby is a living example of how it works there, starting with his Parengo Coffee Shop in Sikeston, Missouri. For example, in a small town with no other hardware store, you may be lulled into complacency as customers flock in at any price, but soon a competitor will pounce. Entrepreneurs not innovating are actually losing ground.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Stringent spending controls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2015

For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Even if they realize that they need real technical strength at the top, they are not sure how to attract and select the talent and expertise they really need. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Stringent spending controls.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Campus Explorer, Burstly, RingRevenue, Cocodot, ElephantDrive and DataPop are good examples. Earlier today, we talked with Greg Martin at Archer Venture Capital. I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1)

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2017

For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2013

For example, if it’s getting harder to charge a price premium for the product you’re marketing, or others are offering your subscription service for free, it may be time to start thinking in a new box. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2011

For most new high-tech products, the first customers are always “early adopters.” Technical issues like execution speed, file size, and memory usage are typical examples that always need further optimization. The conventional wisdom is that early adopters are the ideal target for new products, to get business rolling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. Tags: entrepreneurial revolution startup high-tech business. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. We'll be putting that data through an API, and putting in onto other websites, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. I recognize that different small businesses will have different types of startup costs.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

As Guy notes in the accompanying video interview, his primary goal with Enchantment is to reach a broader audience, beyond the high-tech, startup world. He is a great example of…building an enchanting company. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. It wasn’t the Guy fan base.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For most new high-tech products, the first customers are always “early adopters.” Technical issues, like execution speed, file size, and memory usage are typical examples that always need further optimization. The conventional wisdom is that early adopters are the ideal target for new products, to get business rolling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business. I recognize that different small businesses will have different types of startup costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

That means first take some baseline measurements of, for example, lead arrival rate today, and costs associated with your current media marketing. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Or are you too busy?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

He’s also a shining example of the various people we need to build and maintain a strong technology ecosystem here in Los Angeles. Independent sources are also validating the market, like Startup Genome who recently named Los Angeles the third best high-tech center in the world, just behind San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Examples of some leaders in this space include Mike Maples in Silicon Valley and David S. Twenty years ago, it cost $5 million to really launch a high-tech startup, when the same thing can be done today for $500 thousand. Every early-stage startup should explore this new funding alternative.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. We have outrage over the rising real-estate prices which these “techno geeks” can pay.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

At the risk of undoubtedly offending some readers, here are a few highly subjective examples of each school of musical creativity. Incremental advances often arise from transformations, whereas disruptive, discontinuous and radical innovations are usually the result of combinations. Copier: Led Zeppelin <Don’t believe me?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That means first take some baseline measurements of, for example, lead arrival rate today, and costs associated with your current media marketing. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Or are you too busy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

As an example, one major public company, for whom I worked at the time, issued the following internal directives: All foreign subsidiaries are no longer permitted to engage ‘expeditors’ to obtain permits, licenses and other permissions from government entities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Examples include PartnerUp , StartupAgents , and Cofoundr. If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2011

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

Examples include PartnerUp , StartupAgents , and Cofoundr. If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Join entrepreneur groups online, like Linkedin “On Startups”, Facebook for Business, and use Twitter to find people with like-minded interests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

That means first take some baseline measurements of, for example, lead arrival rate today, and costs associated with your current media marketing. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Or are you too busy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Twenty years ago, it cost $5 million to really launch a high-tech startup, when the same thing can be done today for $500 thousand. Examples of some leaders in this super-angel space include First Round Capital, Baseline Venture, Maples Investments, and Felicis Ventures. Many old-line VC firms have grown too big and unwieldy.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

One of those high profile neighborhoods here is Pasadena, home of Idealab, Caltech, OpenX, and many other high tech companies and institutions. For example, JPL and Idealab have literally spun out around 300 companies. We''re identifying the community, and identifying the members of the community.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

At the time, that was high tech, and bricks were a combination of mud, hay, and muck. An example is we'll be holding events, which will be open to the broader technical community, and will not just be for Muckerlabs. He literally created new industries and disrupted existing ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

That means first take some baseline measurements of, for example, lead arrival rate today, and costs associated with your current media marketing. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. It’s all available for “free” on the Internet, but your time is a valuable resource. Or are you too busy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

For example, obtaining periodic renewals of business licenses became a very tedious and time-consuming process for the local subsidiaries. These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. It's architected to generally make those sort of exemptions available.

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