socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Santa Monica startup Amp , led by Sarah McKinney, has launched its service into beta, saying that it is looking to help students and professionals find information on sustainability resources. The startup says it wants to create a "Yelp for sustainability." sustainability service guide directory green cleantech startup'

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. And it’s why many early-stage companies blow up. Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members.

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Startup Coach Course Snapchat 385

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. There are people who tell startups that they should hire the most senior people that they can find. Bringing in a senior person who’s “done it all before&# is often a mistake in a startup. So what if you’re already a mid-stage startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Here’s my non-conventional guide to improving them. We started with our financial statements. So I changed things up and became much happier with my results. But they were in a slide and people asked you questions so it ended up chewing up 30 minutes. Most board meetings aren’t as effective as they could be.

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Startup Slides Guide Writing 331

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

Don’t take money, especially start–up loans, from unsophisticated investors. . I was a co–lender and assumed the chairmanship of a young startup where the entrepreneur’s cousin also loaned money under the same terms. The post The best advice startups will never follow first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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Startup Entrepreneur Invest Course 317

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. Social proof is defined as “looking for others to guide our decision&# and it can be both explicit and implicit. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs. Start Engine.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Startup 246

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Startup Advice. As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. Large companies can be strange sometimes. Sometimes it actually does.

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Startup Sales Slides Metrics 298

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

If you want to get in better shape and haven’t read that you might start there. I started advice with the premise that no amount of exercise or food eating plan would help with long-term fitness or weight goals unless you first had a mental plan and a set of measurements to track your progress. I want to share with you how I did this.

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Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. This is a very important to do when you first start a company. I’m going to set up the framework today and in future posts I’ll drill down into each area. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. Compelling Event.

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Sales Startup Resource Customer 393

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

For our Insights and Opinions section today, Sean Callahan--who co-founded Plixi, and is now working on SlimSurveys --gives thirteen tips for tech startup founders. Sean is also author of Startup Field Guide, Mistakes To Avoid, Tips to Get Ahead , documenting what he's learned over his time in the startup world.

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Tips Startup San Diego Southern California 209

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

This post is a short guide to what I’ve learned: 1. In a startup this is a mistake. In this instance I typically recommend that startups NOT hire a big, well-known PR firm. There are some excellent PR firms that will occasionally take a “strategic view&# on you as a startup. It’s a continual process.

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Startup Writing Press Blogging 349

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

"I started the site when I was 19. "When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. " Creating and sustain a successful startups is beyond difficult. '" An ethically-centered version of this sentiment is applicable to startups.

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Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two.

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Technical Advisors CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 332

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. Here's an example of that kind of email.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Richard’s Startup Tips. As discussed in Thrill The Messenger , slightly off-color, unconventional quotes will help ensure that your startup’s voice is heard. I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. Startups are not bound by the past. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Tweet this quote].

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Tips Startup Guide Media 264

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Startup founders make decisions on a daily basis – significant decisions that will have lasting impact on their business. Actually, many startups need two kinds of technical advisors. We’ve talked about this before in Startup CTO or Developer. No good innovator turns down advice! And Maybe You Need Two!

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Technical Review CTO Coach CTO Hire Software Review 260

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 286

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

I was never into spicy foods growing up but after living in the UK for nearly a decade and having so much great Indian food around me all of the time I developed more of a taste for it. I moved back to the US and after a stint in Palo Alto moved to LA where I started to notice Cholula sauce at some of the best Mexican restaurants I visited.

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Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Product 415

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

That's the idea behind HypeMarks (www.hypemarks.com), a new startup looking to tap into your social graph to guide you to the web. We help you turn you and your friends into personal tour guides to the web, ultimately making it easier to find new and awesome sites through each other. What is HypeMarks all about?

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USC Startup Web Ideas 252

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

There are definitely times where a more narrowly defined question makes sense and where you want to guide the person you’re talking with to a narrow boundary to illicit a certain type of response. We started presenting our company and talking about our views of the industry. He started opening up. It was golden.

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Startup Invest Course Research 311

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

When I first started as a startup CEO in 1999 there were no guides on raising venture capital. 2) how seldom lawyers walk you through the “how can this term be used against you&# scenarios or the “pragmatic guide to VC terms&# overview. There was no guide. This article originally ran on TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Guide Blogging 304

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

We spoke with founder and CEO Samantha Lurey on how her startup is trying to make travel with kids--and eventually, adults--more fun, by providing location-based applications which provide curious travel facts, customizable postcards, and more on different destinations. I ended up hunting and pecking through to find the right information.

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Guide Framework Mobile Startup 232

Startup San Diego

MARCH 11, 2024

The Startup Spotlight Podcast is the newest podcast focusing on local Founders, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Creatives, and Leaders in the San Diego—Tijuana region. Whether in early-stage, growth, or crushing it, we’ll […] The post Newest App Guiding Patients Through Their Pre & Post-op Process | Startup Spotlight ft.

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Guide San Diego Startup Entrepreneur 104

SoCal CTO

APRIL 25, 2017

Here is the most recent version of an all too common email inquiry from a startup founder. I'm working on a start up idea in the XXX market with my partner and we are currently looking for full stack developer to join us as a technical co-founder. Startup and Founder Backgrounds This is a cold email.

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Email Startup Development Develop 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

The idea has four principles guiding and underlying every business: Higher purpose. I would expect that to seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with no clear business model.

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Guide Capital Entrepreneur Course 128

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We caught up with Bong to hear more about his new startup. From the ground up, we're focused on both social and fun, and our brand attributes are aspirational, cultured, and fun. What's the story on how you started the company? Bong Koh: We started at the end of April. What is LifeCrowd?

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Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Although it may be comfortable to start a company with your friends, it is a mistake, unless your friend(s) happens to be ideally suited to their role in your venture. One could broadly recast Gates’ quote by saying, “the best way to prepare to become an entrepreneur is to start a business and study how great startups succeed.”.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

A big group of local, Silicon Beach startups and established tech companies have signed up to showcase the Los Angeles high technology world, according to a list released today by Silicon Beach Sunday. and Retention Science.

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Cornerstone OnDemand SoCalTech Sample Guide 263

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. ” Here’s what I mean … Let’s start with what it takes for a journalist to want to write a story.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

He also describes how he recruited approximately 100 of LA''s top startup executives to share their advice with him in the following five-minute video. Jason''s mentors gave him over $500k to start Docstoc, before he had even created his product. and set up meetings with people that you want to be like. Don''t Always Look Up.

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Mentor Startup Technical Review Software Review 263

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

This applies equally to VCs, startups & big company executives. When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. It’s ironic because I believe creativity is the most important success criterion for a startup.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

What I have seen in startups correlates well with Roberts’ evidence that there are three basic elements of a winning culture mindset today – fast is better than big, possibility over profitability, and being passionately outward-directed to customers and employees. Teams and individuals at all levels must be motivated to make decisions.

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Guide Social Media Organization Customer 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

Either way, don’t assume that the entire room is up to speed on your company. My plan would be to start the presentation at the 50,000 foot view and then dive down to a more granular level once we’re all base-lined. You need to let the energy of the room guide you. Does that sound ok?&#.

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Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 11, 2011

That’s why people turn up to Buzzfeed. In working with brands, Jon says: “ Vary creative, try lots of things, the costs are so low, why would we put up one piece of branded content? we started this convo at minute 47]. “How-to&# guides work well. But of course we also focused on making content go viral.

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Buzzfeed Content Tips Blogging 354

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2014

To that end, another, local high tech startup-- Slipp --created a mobile slideshow which shows a photo and some information on our socalTECH 50--so you might congratulate them in person tomorrow night! The main event starts at 6pm, and we''ll also be featuring a great panel including. You can register here. READ MORE>>.

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SoCalTech Mobile Guide Networking 147