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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

socalTECH

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. How did the company start?

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10 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Meet Cash Flow Peaks

Startup Professionals Musings

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. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs.

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10 Entrepreneur Alternatives To Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a 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. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps.

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10 Strategies To Cover New Product Development Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

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. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity.

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Interview with Nikhil Jain, Clean Green Guy

socalTECH

We spoke with Nikhil, to hear why he thinks the site is important for green technology companies and investors, as well as how the effort is related to his own incubation firm, Artilient Labs. What is the site all about? The web site caters only to people in the green space. We notice you're also head of Artilient Labs.

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10 Ways for Startups to Survive the Valley of Death

Startup Professionals Musings

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. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

We first rolled out furniture in a newer market – Washington DC, and we increased ARPU (average revenue per month, per customer) by > 300%, we lowered our CAC (this is because the number of people who came to our site and converted went up) and thus we decreased our payback period. Study your history. Competition.

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