Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help. No executive I know writes all his own contracts, but every smart one owns every one that is written for him, and understands every element.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. It is also the best thing to send in advance see here.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund? All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. First, no matter what anybody tells you (people don’t want to believe that we’re influenced by the crowd), social proof is hugely important in fund raising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Target income and expense by year, including funding. Here I recommend a 5-year projection of revenues, expenses, and funding requirements. Budget time and dollars for each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2023

Either they are never really ready to commit, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. The act of communicating and writing enhances learning. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything. Relationships are a test of your learning readiness.

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Social Media Startup Entrepreneur Education 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I really like it when independent directors write a check into the company. If a multi-millionaire writes even a $25,000 I assure you that it has a psychological impact on how they’re thinking about the company. That way somebody who writes $25,000 gets $50,000 worth of stock plus warrants. But if they could even write $2,500?—?money

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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. Tags: entrepreneur investor angel successful funding business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund? Do VCs really take risks on ground-breaking ideas any longer or do they just fund businesses once there is proof of traction? How does one come up with the right idea to start a company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. Most of these scenarios involve attracting outside investors, strategic partners, or key team members: You are the team and you don’t need outside funding. On the other hand, your mother probably won’t read one.

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Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help. No executive I know writes all his own contracts, but every smart one owns every one that is written for him, and understands every element.

Startup 109

Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2020

Either they are never really ready to commit, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. The act of communicating and writing enhances learning. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything. Relationships are a test of your learning readiness.

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Social Media Startup Education Entrepreneur 127

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Yet I continue to get funding requests that never mention any specific plans or costs to be associated with these elements. If you are not willing to set targets for yourself, don’t expect investors to commit their funds. I’m assuming that most of you will see these as essential elements of a real business, but not needed for a hobby.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

They cite sources like a recent BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this NY Times article. In fact, they are probably in such a hurry to give you money that they don’t want you to waste time writing anything down and passing it along to new investors. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Of the 80 companies that have completed the program since its 2007 inception, 49 have received funding, 8 have been acquired and 8 have ceased operations. Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. One, I wanted to know what it was like to write a book. There were a couple motivations.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. It’s why I don’t write for TechCrunch or similar much any more. I study for tests last minute. I write my presentations the night before.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Others I have not.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. Equally, put away your computer, your iPad or whatever other electronic device you use unless it’s 100% in note-taking mode and you’re using a stylus to write. The thing is?—?no You don’t have to have an opinion on every topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2013

I don’t think we can fund in that category, Jody. I’ll write you an angel check, then. How smart she was – studying to be a doctor. I’ll have the egg-white burrito. I have to eat something healthy around you or I’ll feel guilty. Is it true that you have 3% body fat? I know, I know.

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Venture Capital Study Writing News 406

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Will Henshall: Focus@will is the first, ever music service which helps with focus and distraction, while writing, reading, and studying. How is your company funded? We're funded by the Michael Vlock and Karen Pritzker Family Fund and some private investors. Explain what Focus@will is all about?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. I’m now a VC that funds entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. Did you have any prior background in this, and what were you two studying?

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USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. As of this writing nearly 50,000 versions have been created and uploaded and watched by some 200,000,000 people. Study the video game industry.

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2017

There is no Obamacare replacement, at least not as of this writing. The Senate Republicans are fractured, with a handful of conservatives and moderates each giving a cold shoulder to their chamber’s version of healthcare reform, the Better Care Reconciliation Act.

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Writing Report Artificial Inteligence San Diego 56

Xconomy

JULY 21, 2017

But as of this writing, McConnell will allow a vote next week to start open debate, much less tightly controlled than the secretive BCRA that went nowhere. A straight-up repeal, floated by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, was also shot down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2015

Either they are never really ready to start, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. The act of communicating and writing enhances learning. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything. Relationships are a test of your learning readiness.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Education 102

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. And if it’s not I’m generally not that interested in funding it. I also know many people who never studied business as an undergrad who appreciated the knowledge that they gained as an MBA. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. It’s true this was much bigger in the dot com era but I’ve studied the data and know that over the past decade these numbers are right. billion in returns.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. If you figure out how to scale a video product inside of Facebook really, really, quickly they’re likely to allow it to happen for a while so they can study the positive & negative impacts on user experiences.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. Our first project was 3D imaging of the heart, so that doctors could study a pacemaker and defibrillator recall from the Alfred E.

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. I heard an entrepreneur last Friday tell me that after he appeared on AngelList he had a funding frenzy with one investor whom he had never met offering to fund him after just 15 minutes on the phone.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2016

Either they are never really ready to commit, study an opportunity until it has passed, or fail with tools and techniques from a bygone business era. The act of communicating and writing enhances learning. The Internet and the current information wave have changed everything. Relationships are a test of your learning readiness.

Entrepreneur 61

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Education 61

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

You recently conducted a pilot study. Can you share with us how the learnings of this pilot study impacted your strategy? HV: It was a research study that was conducted through USC, but the sites were at the Oasis Active Adults Community and we also worked with the Front Porch Center for Innovation and Wellbeing.

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. All-in-all one study found that “1 in 5 people who receive an Internet coupon redeemed it;” so clearly digital couponing is more than just “another distribution channel,” as some analysts have previously stated.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. In terms of where we offer to our customers, we have 250 different areas, from early childhood to studying for an MCAT or the bar. We're taking these new funds, and putting them directly into sales and marketing and development.

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