socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2012

In our Insights and Opinions section this morning, we turn again to angel investor Dave Berkus , who tells entrepreneurs: Fail fast. Read the rest of Dave's post, Fail Fast! Professional investors want to live by this rule. With the first round of funding, there should be milestones to be achieved. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2021

A weekend launch by Long Beach-based rocket developer Rocket Lab has destroyed two satellites, in what the company described as an "issue" with its stage two rocket. The launch on Saturday from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand occurred just after the Electron's two stages separated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Fail to establish adequate structure. As globalization and the shifting demographics of markets and the workforce make startups more dependent on diversity, a board built on homogeneous relationships has the inherent risk of insularity. Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2014

The post Epic Fail: Worst Networking Call Ever appeared first on John Greathouse.' I promise I will never Tweet about that killer burrito I just ate - just startup stuff. Image: Wikipedia. Share and Enjoy. • LinkedIn • Facebook • Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

These will put your proposal in the circular file, and even future good opportunities from you may go to the bottom of my list: “Give me a call to hear about an opportunity that can’t fail.” Teasing or spamming an investor is not the way to his pocketbook.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I find myself nodding – even when the topic is one I don’t expect to agree with such as “fail fast.” Oh, and if you didn’t guess, the title, “if you don’t have a discrete hypothesis you are incapable of failing” is, of course, an Eric Ries quote. Most people are working on failing ideas.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2020

Long Beach-based satellite launch provider Rocket Lab had a catastrophic failure on its launch over the weekend, losing its 13th Electron mission 'Pics or It Didn't Happen', resulting in a complete loss of its satellite payloads.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 13, 2020

Rocket Lab USA Inc., the Long Beach-based space systems company, has begun an investigation into a mission failure that occurred during a launch on July 4.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has just released a video via Vine of its failed landing attempt of the first launch stage of its rocket booster in Florida. The video shows the booster failing to land on the platform, and scattering fire across the platform as it glances off into the water.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 5, 2013

If your company has said "Yes" to any of the following requests, you have effectively failed the partnership idiot test. • The post Did You Just Fail The Partnerhip Idiot Test? A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2017

Among a largely successful rush to establish a vibrant commercial aerospace industry in Southern California, it appears one company--Mojave-based XCOR Aerospace --has failed to launch. XCOR has apparently laid off all of its employees , due to the inability of the company to raise money.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 24, 2012

Article first published as Why A Prominent Start-up Executive Wants You to Get Fired and Fail on Technorati. Kim shocked some of the students by telling them that she hopes they fail. I told her) you’ve got to fail. I am telling everybody (at my company) ‘It’s OK to fail.’. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Probably not.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2011

Any Southern California residents watching the launch of NASA's Glory satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base early this morning: yes, that was a failed mission. NASA said that the satellite, an Earth-observing satellite intended to improve understanding of how the sun is affected by atmospheric aerosols and climate, failed to reach orbit.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2019

Retrophin, the drug developer founded by jailed former biotech executive Martin Shkreli, has failed its first big test. The San Diego-based company’s experimental drug fosmetpantotenate failed a Phase 3 trial, FORT, in patients with a rare and deadly neurological disorder called pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, or PKAN.

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Xconomy

JULY 22, 2019

Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for Parkinson’s disease-related psychosis failed a Phase 3 trial that was studying use of the drug for schizophrenia patients who haven’t fully responded to existing therapies. The company announced the trial failure Monday after market close.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Two experimental drugs from Eli Lilly and Roche have failed a clinical trial testing them as treatments for a form of Alzheimer’s disease caused by certain genetic mutations, the companies reported Monday.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. You may still fail but at least you’ll have less chance of failing for the wrong reasons. Why have so many before you failed? But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. I’ve seen 10 tries.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2011

Why do entrepreneurs fail? Most entrepreneurs fail. Read all of Christopher's article, The Top 5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Fail. That's the topic of today's Insights and Opinions article, from Christopher Grey , co-founder of CapLinked. Are You Mark Zuckerberg, Colonel Sanders, or John DeLorean? Nobody likes to talk about failure.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

We’ve all heard the modern day mantra: Fail Fast. In my case as a young software entrepreneur, I had a different approach: Fail Locally, one customer at a time. . – Dave. Perhaps like many businesses, mine started out painfully slow; wage-wise, I think it was three years before I earned $30,000.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2021

In my experience, one of the biggest mistakes I see you make as a startup or new business owner is to create a business that is totally dependent on you. That means you are the only one who knows how the business works, you make all decisions, and progress grinds to a halt when you are away.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

Last week we introduced the subject of non-compete agreements. Let’s dive a little deeper and present some “gray area” scenarios to consider. Then we’ll address the success or failure of the buyer with your product… First the obvious case in point.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

Last week we introduced the subject of non-compete agreements. Let’s dive a little deeper and present some “gray area” scenarios to consider. Then we’ll address the success or failure of the buyer with your product… First the obvious case in point.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 -- HR Executive Strategic Planning: Why Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail. TechAmerica. Highlighted topics to be presented and discussed in roundtabe: Why it is imperative that your HR strategy align with the overall corporate strategy. How effective HR strategy improves overall corporate performance.

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Xconomy

JULY 27, 2017

AstraZeneca disclosed this morning that a combination of two of its immunotherapy drugs, durvalumab (Imfinzi) and tremelimumab, failed to best chemotherapy at keeping patients’ lung cancers from spreading, one of the main goals of the Mystic trial. It’s important to note that AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN ).

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Tocagen’s experimental gene therapy for brain cancer therapy has failed a late-stage test, sinking the biotech’s stock price below $1. San Diego’s Tocagen (NASDAQ: TOCA ), has been testing its drug in recurrent high-grade glioma, the most common and deadly type of brain cancer in adults.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2010

Ventures , the Internet marketing firm headed by BetterPPC's Ben Padnos , has sued NBC Universal over a failed agreement to buy domains Women.com and Women.net from NBC Universal via domain name firm Sedo.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

Found this through Ben Kuo's blog: Media Matchmaker: autopsy of a failed startup from the Frank Peters show. Good stuff! It's worth hearing Betsy and then hearing the investors take on execution (roughly 45 minute mark). Quite a contrast. We had talked to them when they were getting started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

I call it failing by early adopters. Unfortunately, for most solution markets, early adopters represent only 10 to 15 percent of the total opportunity, so it’s easy to get mislead on the real requirements of mainstream customers. Psychologists call this the confirmation bias.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For instance, if you are applying to Dreamit’s Edtech program and we ask you about the problem, I don’t need you to explain the failings of our K-12 school system in detail and you don’t need to footnote basic statistics like the number of students in K-12 grade in the US. Apply to Dreamit Health or Dreamit UrbanTech? .

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

An experimental Halozyme Therapeutics treatment for pancreatic cancer has failed a pivotal study, and the company is stopping further development of the drug and closing its oncology operations as part of a corporate restructuring.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- How to prosper when others are failing. Techbizconnection. How do businesses prosper when times are tough? Join TechBiz Connection and a panel of business leaders who will discuss the strategies their companies are employing to be successful in today's markets.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2023

Fortune Magazine and Harvard studies Attempting to get to the number of real failures for all startups, not just those with angel group investments, Fortune Magazine published an article claiming that 90% of these startups do fail. Harvard University recently published a study that shows three of every four venture-backed firms fail.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The San Diego drug developer said late Monday that the typically routine step of ratifying the company’s auditor failed a shareholder vote. The schism between Arcturus Therapeutics’ board and its former chief executive is now putting the company at risk of missing key financial reporting deadlines, and possibly even losing its stock listing.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Boston, San Francisco, and a few other metro areas might dominate the US life sciences, but some weeks, all bio-related eyes are on the nation’s capital. Health concerns about vaping continue to mount, and the feds could get involved. Meanwhile, try to find someone in the federal government who isn’t involved in the drug-price debate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

All the evidence says that over 99% fail to make that leap. Talkers and dreaming without follow-through will fail. As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Managers who fail to delegate responsibility in addition to specific tasks eventually find themselves reporting to their subordinates and doing some of the work, rather than vice versa. It will inspire loyalty, provide real satisfaction for work done, and become the basis for mentoring and performance reviews. Avoid reverse delegation.

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