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Insights: Turning Soft on Social Entrepreneurship

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Maybe at the time I was thinking I had to get tougher with my investment decisions; I hadn't made any money investing in high-tech startups, how could I invest in a company focused on society's transportation challenges with an emphasis on bicycles, of all things?

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Reflections on 2020: Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks. Today, we have Nick Hedges, CEO of MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com). You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here.

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8 Brand Models To Attract Your Perfect Fit Customer

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Tech-focused service that solves complex problems. The customer experience is a function of satisfaction with both the service, support, and usability of complex products. Companies in this realm typically are thought of as services business, even though they may offer product components as well. It’s a recipe for disaster.

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The Right Startup Advisory Board Has A Big Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

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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A Startup Advisory Board Dream Team is Priceless

Startup Professionals Musings

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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David S. Rose – Father of Angel Investing in New York

Startup Professionals Musings

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My fourth investment, and the first one I led, was into a mobile applications company, which was also ahead of its time and never truly understood its market.

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An Advisory Board is a Startup’s Best Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

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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