Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The goal of most business incubators today is to strengthen the local economy, and commercialize new technologies. However, many research and technology parks also house incubation programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Donation good-cause model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Build a web site and incorporate while in school.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Ultimately, most get the best help from business advisors and mentors.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

El Segundo-based iChange , the online community site focused on nutrition counseling headed by Stuart MacFarlane, has raised another $500,000, as part of an ongoing $600,000 funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. iChange has previously raised funding from business mentoring firm and incubator Momentum Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. only accredited investors can use crowdfunding sites such as EquityNet to buy ownership in their favorite startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Business incubators for sharing services were all the rage back in the days of the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2016

The Walt Disney Company has named its next class of startup participating in the Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator and mentoring company held on the company's Burbank campus. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This popular funding source, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This popular funding source, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

To that end, last week, Los Angeles-based MuckerLab (www.muckerlab.com) announced its plans--and a big lineup of local CEO mentors--to start up a new, YCombinator- and TechStars-type program in Los Angeles, headed by former Silicon Valley venture capitalist Erik Rannala , and affiliated with the TechStars Network. Erik, thanks for the time.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

One of the founders of PROnoise.com, an Indie music site that will shortly go live, confirmed that he’s getting real value out from being part of the StartEngine Accelerator. In a conversation yesterday, Chase Smiegiel, noted that he’s getting great mentoring from two seasoned entrepreneurs. No buyer’s remorse here.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We're really excited for the next steps. Sam Teller: Great question.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. We noticed that many of those sites were not pre-populating the site with content, were not drawing from external channels, and were not starting conversations on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. We have some great mentors now.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The program is basically to take entrepreneurs, pair them with a mentor who is also an entrepreneur themselves, either a CEO or a CTO. It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. There might be one or two mentors, one might be a CTO, another, a CEO.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

Which is why some senior tech leaders (that include Tony Pritzker , Howard Marks and Josh Berman ) banded together to bring the community online through a new site called Built In L.A. It is all part of the strategy to build the site slowly with the most impact. that has quietly soft launched this January. Built In L.A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This popular funding source, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

By using SteelHouse, ecommerce sites can use live data to instantly respond to a customer’s wants and needs for stronger transaction values, increased conversion rates, and an overall better customer experience. Incubator: Amplify LA. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This newest source of funding, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” Join a startup incubator or accelerator. This newest source of funding, where anyone can participate, per the JOBS Act in the US, is exemplified by online sites like Kickstarter.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. Of course, you should monitor social media such as Twitter, the social news sites, Facebook, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Don’t be fooled by thinking that dating sites are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Use the surge of crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. Blayze CEO Ben Smith started first as a mentor and a resource to the community, believing in give before you get.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As a mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs , I often get asked for tips on a strategy to get started. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Use the surge of crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. There you can get in for as little as $20, or even less. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Use the new Crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. There you can get in for as little as $20, or even less. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Use the new Crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. There you can get in for as little as $20, or even less. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Use the new Crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. There you can get in for as little as $20, or even less. Do your homework before investing.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Game mechanics have become a popular way of increasing user engagement and pushing user adoption, referral and retention, and many startups have sought ways to incorporate game mechanics into their sites. Why You Should Write. Status / reputation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Use the new Crowdfunding sites for small amounts. The hottest new way of investing in startups to go to popular online sites like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. There you can get in for as little as $20, or even less. Do your homework before investing.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2016

In Michigan, the Great Lakes Ag Technology Business Incubator is helping farmers turn their ag ideas into businesses. Radicle’s physical presence includes sites in San Diego; Palo Alto, CA; Research Triangle Park; parts of the Midwest; and Israel. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Heather Smithers under a Creative Commons license.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

You can be an entrepreneur and at the same time you can be a mentor or an investor to someone else’s project. Members can freely browse and explore the site. The site is now a lot faster. What is different about Miigle that an entrepreneur will come to expect of the site? Personas in Miigle are very important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I’ve always wondered if there was some way that I could quickly deduce a new entrepreneur’s “sweet spot,” and optimize my mentoring to those strengths and weaknesses, maybe similar to the Myers-Briggs type indicator for business professionals. Ultimately, most get the best help from business advisors and mentors.

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