Berkonomics

MAY 22, 2014

Bill Payne has been actively involved in angel investing since 1980, funding over 50 companies and mentoring over 100 more. I don’t fund new companies that have prepared PPMs for investment. The PPM does not meet the investing terms and conditions of the angels. By Bill Payne.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. Cody is presently Executive Director at Techstars and head of Techstars accelerator and startup programs in North and South America.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2010

Last year I was invited by a mentor to critique his team's PowerPoint presentation. This year I'm mentoring a team all my own and enjoying it very much. There's a large field of 15 finalists and I'm a judge for the 4 software sector finalists, so there's no overlap, no conflict with the team I've mentored. How to be kind?

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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. Are you making investments in those firms as part of the program? It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors.

CTO Coach 194

CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. 10 min per presenter). We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Xavor invest through our dependable consulting services. RSVP: AGENDA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

I think it’s been tremendously helpful to us because the founder of Awe.sm ( Jonathan Strauss ) has a mentor who is going through similar issues but is a few years ahead in terms of company development. We have Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media on our board. And the outside director adds a “non investor” point of view.

Startup 294

Startup Carson Summary Press 294

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Their value will be well worth the investment. The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues. Less than three is not a board. Members should be compensated, starting at one percent of stock or a small retainer plus expenses per quarter.

Startup 145

Startup Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

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Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 114

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

We continue to have a steady stream of industry and thought leaders raising their hands to be mentors for our upcoming cohorts. And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help. Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd: Cross Campus is one of the companies I invested in, as the first, lead investor, about seven years ago. How is it that you're investing in a fund out of Israel connected with Tel Aviv University? Finally, when are you going to start making investments from the fund? Behzad Kianmahd: Nothing is easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

In addition, he has often stated that his first priority is serving his employees and his extended business family, through coaching, mentoring, and effective communication. If you invest the time and effort to install and upgrade processes and systems, you can replicate results and grow the business without multiplying your own efforts.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Coach Satisfaction Mentor 123

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Men have dominated the world of investment. There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment.

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Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. Once you prepare the deck each department that contributed slides feels compelled to get it’s half hour of time presenting their progress.

Tips 212

Tips Slides Startup Technical Review 212

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

I’m a total believer in servant leadership and mentoring others, but nobody wins when you are in charge as an entrepreneur, and the business fails because you didn’t do your job. In my experience as an angel investor, it was an accepted axiom that we invested in people, even more than the product.

Product 123

Product Startup Tips Entrepreneur 123

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Walt Disney Company & Techstars have officially announced the Disney Accelerator, a three-month mentorship and seed-stage investment program for 10 lucky companies. It’s another great day for the LA tech community. Disney Accelerator, Powered by Techstars. Visit www.disneyaccelerator.com for full details.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

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Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Bockerstette, Main Street Venture Fund Angel investing in most parts of the country remains a relatively informal and unstructured process. Professional angel investing takes time, knowledge, skills and resources. Professional angel investing takes time, knowledge, skills and resources.

Entrepreneur 83

Entrepreneur Mentor Invest Angel 83

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. “My Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”.

Venture Capital 288

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

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.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. As a result, smart investors will tell you they invest in the jockey, not the horse (people, not ideas).

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2016

If you are a recent college graduate, mentor college students. You can practice this talent by volunteering to give presentations at work, school or in non-profit organizations. Like athletes, entrepreneurs benefit greatly from a coach, in the form of a caring mentor. Refine Your Personal Pitch. Image: AP Photo / Rick Bowmer.

Company 80

Company Companies Startup Mentor 80

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As a business mentor, I sometimes feel besieged by people begging for my view and support of their latest idea. There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). What's the theme of your investments? That's why we have investments in Heal, Saucey, and FragMob.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

If you use the mentor-driven model that we pioneered at TechStars, you get entrepreneurs who are deeply connected with the broader entrepreneurial landscape. The Numbers - Most Accelerators offer participating startups a modest capital investment in exchange for a 5% to 10% equity interest.

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Incubator Startup News Entrepreneur 238

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

For Scott Ferreira , the founder of MySocialCloud.com (www.mysocialcloud.com), it was an investment from Sir Richard Branson and Jerry Murdock. That was a really short timeframe, but we were able to pull it off, and my sister and I actually went to present for him. Both have been great mentors ever since.

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. Today, we’ll be presenting our favorite ten of the day in ABC order.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for. If you are an investor, you need to recognize and mentor entrepreneurs to extraordinary leadership.

Coach 96

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 96

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree report. . The group invested $8.7 million in 2010. million in 2010. million in 2010.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself. LA By The Numbers.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech.Co

APRIL 30, 2018

Their financial planning tool helps people track their spending, investments, and credit rating all in one mobile platform. Powered by blockchain technology, this groundbreaking fintech company is one to watch, no matter what you’re invested in. The app can help provide users a snapshot of all financial accounts from one’s phone.

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Startup Tool Platform Metrics 70

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Not to mention there’s a chance at a possible investment from the Established Investment Community. Potential cash investment plus prizes and important new relationships make this an incredible opportunity for startups, no matter where they are from.

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Startup Competition Google Capital 70

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years. For these reasons, I always look for an overt exit strategy in every startup I might consider for an angel investment.

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Startup Entrepreneur Metrics Acquisition 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. All of our mentors are investors as well.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Angelhack gives teams 24 hours, rather than a traditional 54 hours to build out their ideas and concepts then present them to a panel of Angel Investors. Main Prize: 50k seed investment from Start Up Labs. Disclaimer, I am a mentor for this event. Date: Saturday, December 3rd 12:00PM – Sunday, December 4th 10:00pm.

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Startup Incubator Education Mentor 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2007, we started to put some policy attached to the money, and created a jobs investment fund. In fact, they just helped us invest in Lottay, where we participated in their Series A round of investment. That is used to match any investment that DFJ Frontier makes in companies in Ventura.

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