Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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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. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Size.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. There have been a few major changes in the industry, which make space a compelling investment these days. Is this the usual three month format for a Techstars accelerator?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

People who know you, trust you, and believe in you above all else are always candidates for requesting an investment. If you are looking to fund a technology study, before any specific commercial product can be considered, you need to focus on relevant large organizations with deep pockets. Explore crowdfunding for the prototype stage.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. The accelerators are succeeding in generating more companies at the same time that the VC industry is contracting. A VC I respect just told me “the environment is not flush with cash, no matter what the media is saying.”

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure. How did a startup like yours go from that research to a product without millions and millions invested in semiconductor infrastructure? So those resources have been fantastic. level technicians there to help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

According to my experience and a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Join a startup incubator. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Applied research is still primarily scientific study, seeking to solve practical problems, but doesn’t yet focus on a commercial product. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes. Product verification and clinical trials.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . It's generally thought that investment banking and management consulting are terrible backgrounds fo. Entrepreneurism / Monetization investment, latin america, startups. . Build Something, Build Anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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