TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g. crash redux. the week in web3. “I

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APRIL 23, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used by brands to manage partnership and affiliate programs, has launched a new product to help those companies with managing mobile linking. The company recently raised a huge $75M funding round, led by private equity investor rovidence Strategic Growth (PSG). READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Good-cause crowd funding. Example sites include StartSomeGood and the Facebook Cause page.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based SeeVolution , the online web analytics and heatmap firm headed by Edo Cohen, has raised $530,000 in angel funding, the firm said this morning. The firm says it has now raised over $730,000 in funding from angel investors. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

In school, you're taught to stretch weak ideas to reach your document page limit. The challenge is to communicate your idea in one page, and close the deal quickly. This will pay big dividends in getting your favorite project funded, or justifying your own salary, or negotiating a bonus. Maximizing Business Productivity.

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JULY 16, 2015

Woodland Hills-based Readz , a new startup that is aiming to help marketers quickly create microsites, landing pages, white papers, and other content, said today that it has raised more than $7.15M in funding, and launched its products. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

million visits and 78 million page views, from 4.1M The site features photos, images, and videos of everything from stylish products to (not unsurprisingly) beautiful women. The firm recently announced $895,000 in a funding round. The site says it had 8.6 unique visitors in Q4 of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2012

Los Angeles-based social video site Chill , fresh off an injection of $8M from its investors, is launching a brand new effort to help consumers find the most interesting videos on the Internet from its home page. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. This new model will allow large numbers of “regular” people to invest small amounts each online to fund early startups.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Last week, Los Angeles-based Chill (www.chill.com) made a stab at that, debuting a new front page meant to guide user to the most interesting videos on the web, through an easy-to-use interface. What's the whole new front page all about? It's exactly what it sounds like, a front page of video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2011

If challenged, the founder usually cites the Facebook business model (free service to users, revenue from ads), but forgets that Facebook has had several hundred million in funding, and has been profitable only in the last two years. Don’t count on that to fund your startup. Don’t count on that to fund your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

If it’s so important to investors, perhaps you should be using traction to measure your own progress, independent of a need for additional funding. According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. Define realistic traction metrics to validate your business goals and funding needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The founder explains that the product or service is so “buzz-worthy” that the merits will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. It usually implies an opportunity to win big, like a lottery, or experience something sensational, like an incredible video or free product.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I worked with the head of each product area, such as YouTube, on how to drive more value for our large partners. How is your company funded, and where are you now? even though we''re at the bottom of the page.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Your idea will attract the funding you need. Will key funding be your family’s entire nest egg, or just half? It is better to risk less and be on the same page than to risk more and have your spouse worried and resentful day after day. Mix personal and business funds. Never commingle personal and business funds.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Newegg said that Gwyther has been sued by Global Archery Products, which claims the arrows he is reselling infringe on its patents. Newegg also is helping to promote Gwyther's GoFundMe page. Newegg also is helping to promote Gwyther's GoFundMe page. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. If the investor thinks you are coming to ask for domain advice, and you ask for money, your success probabilities are shot. Fully prepare for the assault.

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JULY 16, 2012

The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Jeremy Gocke: With Fliptu, we're aiming to fix the disjointed media and product discovery process for consumers and brands. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Hence, her analogy of content like “The Da Vinci Code” which had 464 pages and 105 bite-sized, fully realized chapters. In essence, you’re not intimidated by the size of each episode so you dig in and might just read 8 chapters in a sitting before realizing you read 35 pages. And so it is with video. Quibi = “quick bites”).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Bockerstette, Main Street Venture Fund As I outlined last week, trophy angel investors are always looking for trophy entrepreneurs. The result is that the Main Street Venture Fund consistently has more money available than good opportunities for investment. There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

It’s basically taking a page from the application development playbook where off-the-shelf toolkits can reduce by months the time it takes to get an app into the market, according to Pragma chief executive Eden Chen. Pragma’s investors agreed. The company raised $4.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2022

But with the pressures of the economy, and limited access to outside funding, we all know this isn’t always possible or appropriate. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity. Having too much on your plate can turn your dream into a nightmare.

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JULY 18, 2012

Jamie Siminoff , the former CEO of Unsubscribe.com, has a new project, and--rather than angel of venture capital funding--he's turned to none other than Kickstarter to fund it. POP's project page on Kickstarter says it expects to be able to charge 10 iPhones at a time using the device. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I Investors are buying part of the business, not the product or service. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Wireframes?

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Fullerton-based Hipgeo , the developers of iPhone apps for tracking and logging your travels, said today that it has launched a new version of its product which is specifically aimed at travelers.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In most cases, I provide some combination of the following advice: Brevity - Maximum length: two pages. No VC Fit - Match your venture with appropriate funding source. Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages. Opportunity. The Company.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Are there specific landing pages? Arbitrary new pages? Wireframes?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. According to Verve, the new funding will go towards further development and expansion of products.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

funding round for tag management, helping marketing departments with that effort. A digital marketing tag is typically also referred to as a page code, which customers put on their websites when they want to deploy certain digital marketing solutions. You just raised a round of funding. How do you streamline that process?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. If the investor thinks you are coming to ask for domain advice, and you ask for money, your success probabilities are shot. Fully prepare for the assault.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

When I think about the people in our generation I most respect: Elon Musk, Larry Page, Richard Branson – they are optimists to a fault. It was really gratifying to read Larry Page’s interview in the FT this past week. If anything I’d like to fund 5 more teams and projects this ambitious. When we ship product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Yet according to the latest data from AngelSoft , only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.” Build a prototype product.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. The new funding brings Rubicon's total funding to $60M. As part of the announcement, Rubicon said it will have over $100M in revenues in 2010.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Here investors are looking for feature problems or quality issues on the current product. A hard look will be taken at the technology maturity, the current development progress, and customer satisfaction with early product shipments. Status of the solution. In addition, manufacturing and inventory levels will be reviewed.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

The two renamed themselves Seedling, and announced a new funding round from Upfront Venturess. We have around 350 products all aimed at kids of all kinds of ages. We have an impulse activity line, combined with a party line as well, and the products developed by P.S. XO. Putting the two together seemed a very natural process.

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