Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations. Peer support.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital. Are there any links between Best Buy and the service?

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1. READ MORE>>.

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Social Media Media Idealab Software Review 182

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. The core business we have built on is taking out-of-market startups and introducing them to investors. One mistake I made early on is I thought, ‘capital is fungible, look at the foreign exchange markets.’ It’s actually quite common.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Anybody who has worked in venture can tell you that if you took every intro that came your way you’d simply spend all of your time in meetings reviewing new deals sent to you.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

There are many paths into the VC world, but they can generally be lumped into two categories: (i) serial entrepreneurship, and (ii) tech-oriented investment banking. An effective way to associate yourself with high-caliber members of your startup community is to lend your gratis support to a venture accelerator or incubator.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers. That has grown very nicely, even those we''ve not been overly aggressive with marketing. DreamHost was doing around $30 million when I joined, and we''re now approaching $50 million in recurring revenue, due to hosting growth and cloud hosting growth.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Bill received his B.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? How is an angel group like the Pasadena Angel relevant in today''s world of accelerators, incubators, crowd funding, and more? Second, go immerse yourself in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

If they come out on top, Mobile Therapy can expect prizes and support from Tech Wildcatters, 500Startups, Consumer Electronics Association, Crowdfunder, Techstars, American Airlines, and more! Tech.Co: Since launch, what was the most challenging part of gaining market traction?

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2013

Stained Glass Labs (SGL), the first Glass and wearable technologies accelerator has launched the world’s first comprehensive app directory and a self-service app publishing portal for Google Glass pre-launched applications. Comprehensive App Directory. SGL says the Comprehensive App Directory launched is a simple 2 step process.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. We take your application and review it. The startup incubator actually found us.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. I got to see how different marketing and middlemen in the industry, such as Teleflora, 1-800-Flowers, and FTD, operate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a recent book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 118

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a new book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit).

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Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2014

You can review all the specifics of this approach in a book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur''s Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Marty Zwilling.

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Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Customer 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

They don’t realize that these are still rare, require a large risk, and may not be the best way to keep up with change in the market. As an alternative, I usually recommend more incremental innovation , derived from recognized market changes, done on a regular basis, without the big-bang expectation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2019

You can review all the specifics of this approach in the classic book by Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom, appropriately titled “ Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation ,” but I will net it out here. Nail the go-to-market strategy. Nail the go-to-market strategy.

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Startup Technical Review Customer Custom 98

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. If the hosts have credentials themselves, they can share if they have liability insurance, pet first aid or CPR certification, if they're a vet tech, and any professional associations they might be involved with. We spoke to Aaron about the company.

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Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. Stacy Stubblefield: We were part of the incubator, so we had some other contracted employees who were working and helping us develop the product.

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Marina Del Rey Software Review Startup Incubator 113

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. If the hosts have credentials themselves, they can share if they have liability insurance, pet first aid or CPR certification, if they're a vet tech, and any professional associations they might be involved with. We spoke to Aaron about the company.

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Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. However, there just hasn't been the underlying technology to make it possible to pull all of that together. What is Postie? What is a print cloud?

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2012

You’ve taken care of the 1) product, 2) marketing, 3) overall experience (to garner positive reviews), but then what? How do you guarantee a simply favorable review versus a regularly returning loyal customer?

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Software Review Idealab Pasadena Customer 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

He told TechZulu,”I figured the market could do with some alternatives.” I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. We have numerous candidates in various stages of the interview process including a number reviewing offers. ” Here is the interview in full.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year.

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Services ReachLocal Demand Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

While the epicenter of tech innovation is undeniably Silicon Valley, a tide of new hubs emerging across the globe are gaining recognition. Our key markets are the U.S. and Canada – and we have offices in both locations, helping us to grow our key markets. Mohsin Ali Khan is the Head of Marketing at hide.me

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. I met with Seed San Diego partners Taner Halicioglu and Eric Gasser, who also reviewed the companies and provided their feedback. I widened my net this year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This doesn’t mean randomly attending every networking event you can find, but it does mean joining and actively participating in a couple of entrepreneur groups in your area, such as a local business incubator, Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), or The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). Increase your visibility and expertise in your domain.

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