Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

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. Write a business plan and pitch deck for learning. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Learning by doing is the only way to go.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

As BCG writes in its report: The good news for SoCal and any region with tech ambitions is that the Bay Area has in some ways been too successful. Over the past several years we have observed a significant decrease in startups leaving SoCal,” said Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

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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? To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Don’t forget business writing and communication. Get involved in startup-business incubator activities with peers at school. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Knowing whom to back within an organization that is feuding and when to back them is one of the hardest things about our job. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. It’s not you.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

We sat down with Kelly ahead of the announcement to chat about the new fund, why they think military veterans are particularly well suited as startup entrepreneurs, why the two went from organizing individual deals for funding to a formal fund, and more. Tell us about this new announcement? That's what we did with Scott Painter and Fair.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Something to write your notes, another to set reminders, and one that does both. Because we’ll probably default to the organized chaos of the native iOS/Android notepad anyway. For the unfamiliar, Fetchnotes has devised a beautifully efficient method in note organization. We’ve all been there. ” Huh?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

Don’t look here for venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage government grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Start by contacting the school entrepreneurship support organization. Finding a team. I’m involved with their community outreach program as well.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. In addition, quantitative measurements included participants’ valuations, fundraising success, exit valuations and survival rates.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Event organizers Daniel Gross, Regional President of Southern California for the Kairos Society, and Zachary Goodman, President of the USC Entrepreneur Club, kicked off the event by introducing their respective organizations as well as their future plans to host other events. The organization taught me how to build culture.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

I’m a fan of building projects in a more organic way. Sure, it makes the process go a bit slower, but I’ve had people from Brazil, Asia, Europe, and other parts of the world write me saying how they loved the idea of Miigle and have been looking for such an ecosystem. It helps us prioritize on things that really add value to our work.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sources should include local startup incubators, blog owners, and government support organizations, such as SCORE. Every industry organization has regular local meetings and annual conferences for education purposes and bringing the right people together. Write a business plan for your desired new business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t care if you’re a 10-person organization, a 1,000 person organization or a multinational corporation – often it is the few key players that change the dimensions. Community Leaders + Organizers. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. Incubation 3. StrongMail Systems, Inc. Relaxing 2. Go-to-Market 5. Spam Changes Everything 6.

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