Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

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Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

We understood the irony of the message as we sampled their sheer, almost-not-there lipgloss, then looked into a mirror decorated with white vinyl letters in the bustling pop-up shop: you look good , our reflection told us. allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. It’s not a compliment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” sites ( Kickstarter ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

One of the hot new approaches I have seen around the country for assisting startups looking for funding has been “crowd-sourcing” tools ( ProFounder ) or “crowd-pitching” events ( Funding Universe ). These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events.

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Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Our core business is around a glam bag program, a monthly subscription which costs $10 a month, which delivers a themed,curatated makeup bag containing five full size or deluxe samples from top beauty brands. Social media allows women to seek out other, like minded women, and learn from them. Or, maybe they'd learn from a magazine.

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Commerce Content Sample Yahoo 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. A sample of three views is adequate.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. A sample of three views is adequate.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. These aren’t “sample sizes” but rather full experiences for women who trust FabFitFun to curate for them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2015

Others with the right confidence and personality were able to garner funding, despite a weak business plan. Smart Shark Tank presenters have done their homework on each investor, and customize their sample product or anecdote for each. Investors invest in people, more than ideas. Grab investor attention in the first couple of minutes.

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Entrepreneur Sample Ideas Customer 106

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig. Brian Garrett: The way I describe it, is it's a fashion, media, and commerce company.

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Startup Commerce Design Media 182

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

At the time, they were shipping out CD ROMs with 300 albums, album artwork, and three song samples each. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp. There were also opportunities for me down here, as I was running the venture fund.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

A huge thanks goes out to the Social Media ClubHouse (SMCH3) for helping put this all together. License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. Media Temple hosts websites.

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Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Inspired Instruments (www.yourockguitar.com) announced a round of funding, saying that it has developed an electronic guitar which combines the game controller functionality for popular videogames like Rock Band and Guitar Hero with actual musical functionality.

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Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

You need all these before you start looking for funding. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2021 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 14, 2009

A few sponsorship spots still available for early 2010 events: TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.

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Stickam Content Draper Web 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2010

License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Media Temple hosts websites. Big and Small.

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Stickam Draper Technical Review Sample 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

License your original work on AudioMicro - we accept for review and potential licensing representation all content that meets our minimum quality and sample rate standards and Terms of Service. is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates. Media Temple hosts websites. Big and Small.

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Stickam Technical Review Draper Venture Capital 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better. TechZulu still has a few slots open for our early 2010 events for our large diverse audience — social media users, venture capitalist, PR people, developers, bloggers, Hollywood entertainment and many more. Advertise and get noticed with us!

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Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

You need all these before you start looking for funding. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment.

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Social Media Media Patents IP 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

You need all these before you start looking for funding. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2017 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment.

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IP Invest Patents Social Media 93

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based HauteLook (www.hautelook.com), an online private sales site, scored a major round of funding--raising $31M from Insight Venture Partners. What is all that funding going towards? We've been accelerating our marketing, and we also have a fantastic test going in the social media world.

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Sales Email Startup Sample 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

You need all these before you start looking for funding. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2017 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 31, 2010

I find a simple working business plan is adequate for most (unless you are seeking outside funding in which case you would want to be more in depth). Funding Sources and Requirements; profile of potential investors. - The are free samples on the web.but caution, some are better than others! Current owner investment.

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Sample Social Media Incubator Marketing 140

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Since the official YC announcement and launch of their crowdfunding campaign, they’ve successfully raised an initial goal of $482,000; to fund a final immunization experiments before undergoing Phase I clinical studies. “ Let’s Talk Funding. The Eventual Goal? “ How it Works. “ How it Works.

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Artificial Inteligence AMA Organization Research 110

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

You need all these before you start looking for funding. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Still, it is recommended that you add the familiar ©Copyright 2010 symbol at the beginning or end of each media and document segment.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 103

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). 7:00 80% of the VC funds last year went to a small handful of funds.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

See a sample reprint in PDF format. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Order a reprint of this article now. October 5, 2012.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44