socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. At the time, that was high tech, and bricks were a combination of mud, hay, and muck.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

1) Get A Mentor. "I By always thinking like a newcomer, you can avoid the Innovator's Dilemma, in which the market leader eventually loses a new, disruptive solution. Develop a solution for a problem, market and/or user group about which you are passionate. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen. The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months. Look for the best mentors, and the toughest regimen for program survival. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Startup Seed Funding 86

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. However, despite relative salary equality, there remain far fewer high-tech women entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

TechStars has several excellent mentors on staff, led by founder and CEO David Cohen. Another variation is technology business incubators, which nurture high-tech startups and present a technology oriented variant of business incubators. Look for the best mentors, and the toughest regimen for program survival.

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Another variation is technology business incubators, which nurture high-tech startups and present a technology oriented variant of business incubators. Look first for people there who can help you, by their introductions, mentoring, and experience. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2011

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

Startup 95

Startup Technical Review Software Review High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

“When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come.

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Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2010

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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Invest Technical Review Software Review High Tech 50

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year, nearly 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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Startup Mentor Demand High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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