socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2013

The new funding was led by Rincon Venture Partners, and also included 500 Startups, Daher Capital, Floodlight Ventures, Cooley LLP, Drummond Road Capital, and Eric Hammond. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter. READ MORE>>.

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Web Software Framework Web Development 164

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. That way the strategic isn’t as involved in the early-stage messy stuff when you need to quickly change direction when your strategy isn’t working and need to get more funding rounds done.

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Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur Framework 279

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. 10:15 Do you the LPs are more open-minded to single VC funds today?

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Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. Plus, if you need more money it’s far less for each to dip into their respective pockets to fund you. I love that. And it’s kind of true. The Perils of Many.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

We want to change the culture and framework of the I'm killing it culture of early stage entrepreneurship, where you're expected to hold everything inside, even if you're struggling, and where you don't feel like you have an outlet for the feelings you are experience as you build your business.

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Invest Framework Coach Startup 113

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One of them is Movio , a two-year-old startup leveraging generative AI along with other machine learning frameworks like GAN to make videos featuring talking human avatars. It has so far raised around $9 million in funding from investors including IDG, Sequoia Capital China and, most recently, Baidu Ventures.

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Generative AI Marketing Artificial Inteligence Template 182

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

It needs to be funded to be successful. It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. There's a cutoff point once you reach roughly 3 person months of development time. The grind is too much and too long if it gets beyond that size.

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Guide Startup Mobile Framework 296

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I broke down the types of CC companies into 5 main buckets today to give a framework to think about your startup if you’re entering this space: 1. Here I talked about Lending Club where I understand hedge fund managers are now deploying capital to lend directly against pools of borrowers.

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Marketing Course Pricing Networking 361

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. Most VCs fund companies with a degree of traction.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Last week, the firm announced a funding round and a couple of key advisors, as the company looks to ramp its social gaming efforts and leverage a deal with Zynga. Finally, what are you doing with that new funding? What does it take to take a social gaming firm to the next level? We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company.

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IP PHP Design Startup 217

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. By fund II (2007) he was able to raise $15 million (if you watch the video you’ll hear an interesting story of how he did this) and he had a proper fund. I think they were all brand new or just forming.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Cloud Computing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, universities, and even high school programs. You go all over the country, the world, and the Web searching for “best practices” in marketing, finance, planning, and funding. Internal forces (your startup team).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

They funded their new company with their own money and started some serious ad testing. What if we could build ads that people actually like on the same framework advertisers are used to?” The founders bootstrapped Lyfe Mobile and plugged away until they received their first round of funding. “We had this crazy idea.

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Mobile Networking Advertising Southern California 102

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. It seems to me that we obsess too much with product features, sales pipelines, competitive pressures, fund raising and such.

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Coach Technical Review Framework Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2021

The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. These can easily result in CEO/Founder replacement or funding freezes if not handled openly and above-board.

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Social Media Startup Framework Course 143

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

Startup 127

Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 127

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2020

Investors are looking for breakthrough solutions to fund. But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems. That integration is the breakthrough that you should be looking for as an entrepreneur. Try that mindset next time!

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Startup Artificial Inteligence Ideas Entrepreneur 134

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. And if it’s not I’m generally not that interested in funding it. So back to MBAs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

Today I’d like to give that advice in more tangible terms and with a framework to think about your tasks – the funnel. VC meetings are easy to come by but money in the bank is the only thing that will fund your next 12 months. We all know the type of person who lives in the top end of the funnel.

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Startup Framework Sales Venture Capital 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2015

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Startup Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 109

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.” It’s harmful and hurtful to the startup and those that lead it. ” Of course I agree with this.

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Startup Sales CTO Coach Course 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2014

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? Mix personal and business funds. You now have a clear financial framework to help you make better decisions, and you will act more strategically, less impulsively. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Framework 106

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? Accounting?

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2017

The company recently raised $8M in a funding from Evolution Media, Aspect Ventures, Upfront Ventures, as well as a long list of angels. An example was Rob Thomas, the Producer of Veronica Mars, where we helped him partner with Kickstarter to help fund the Veronica Mars movie. Talk about this funding and what's next for you?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

Startup 112

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

Perspectium recently raised a funding round from TVC Capital. The company is all about data solutions which combine meaningful application frameworks together. You're received some funding lately? David Loo: Yes, we recently landed our Series B, our second round of funding. What is Perspectium? How did you get into this?

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SaaS Startup Customer Custom 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Audiolife was built on a framework to handle all the back-end work through store fronts allowing musicians to focus on what they do best. GoodThreads goes the extra step with the ability to integrate product purchases on event registration and fund raising pages. Currently Audiolife is at 250,000 members and growing.

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Technology Framework USC Platform 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2012

This mantra is complemented by a framework known as the five M’s, which are five key principles for unleashing creativity in any environment: Mood. Me too” startups don’t get funded, and they certainly don’t get bought for a premium by the sleeping giants who are looking for outside innovation to kick-start their growth again.

Case Study 101

Case Study Ideas Framework Entrepreneur 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup News Framework 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Just make sure you can fill in all the details.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

But you can’t secure the funding needed to scale. . Today, we have Ryan Feit, CEO of SeedInvest to give us a bit more insight on some important key points – useful for any founder who’s looking to raise funds. Finding a better way for entrepreneurs to raise funds. Introducing SeedInvest.

Invest 100

Invest Startup Technical Review Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2011

This mantra is complemented by a framework known as the five M’s, which are five key principles for unleashing creativity in any environment: Mood. Me too” startups don’t get funded, and they certainly don’t get bought for a premium by the sleeping giants who are looking for outside innovation to kick-start their growth again.

Startup 94

Startup Case Study Ideas Framework 94

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Consultants should provide you data & frameworks – not decisions. Crowd funding now exists. In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. They are your sparring partners. They are there to help you correct your course when you want to make decisions that their history and wisdom tells them might lead you into a dark alley.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Course Guide Entrepreneur 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

Treasure – Most entrepreneurs assume that treasure means funding. The jungle framework is a great one to set the right perspective. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

Startup 99

Startup Competition News Framework 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2012

The basic alignment framework of strategy, customers, people, and processes hasn’t changed, but the pace of technological, competitive, and social change has increased at an amazing rate. These can easily result in CEO/Founder replacement or funding freezes if not handled openly and above-board.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Framework 93