Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

According to articles on Entrepreneur last year, there are now almost 1,000 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $65 billion and 270,000 jobs to the economy. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs. In the U.S.,

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

More specifically, we are a real time bidding platform which enables marketplaces to be set up, where an advertiser can bid on consumers who are in the process of buying a particular product. Starting with that vision, we acquired a company that had built the base platform, based in Guatemala. Why is LA key to that?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. In addition, the investors decided they were just tired of their investment, and wanted to move on. The original company found that getting IVR deployed was actually very hard.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It can be a significant time and financial investment to run and maintain a network. Companies receiving managed network services tend to experience higher levels of network availability and bandwidth compared to those who do not outsource. Improved Network Quality. The average data breach costs $3.92

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. They are an LP, which is 75 percent of their fund, but they make direct investments for 25 percent.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

You need to establish your accounting platform and systems, including accounts receivable and accounts payable. It makes more sense to outsource to get the exact services and level of financial support you need, while keeping your cost structure low. In the very early-stages, your startup finance strategy may be pretty straightforward.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. At the end, it's all about systems, the knowledge behind the databases, and making smart investment decisions. They don't have to hire staff and make a huge investment, they just have to invest in their product line.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

LB: Currently, we are about 75% and that’s really because in this phase we have developed what I think is the most critical aspect of our platform, which is the technology that allows us to truly build our community. We’ve made it very easy for people to access the Miigle platform. Personas in Miigle are very important.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

I had been doing some angel investing, and incubating several projects. What lots of people do instead, is they use the spam button or delete button in their email platform. Fred Wilson has a pretty good track record on investments he's done in the web space. They'll just keep getting it.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. This is the gold standard, and it is achievable with preparation, investment, and common sense. How to Achieve 99.999% Uptime.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s the whole basis of my investment philosophy, which I call “ The Entrepreneur Thesis.&#. I had my operations team telling me it was too hard for them to run analytics unless we built in our new BI platform. The former was outsourced, the latter was our own team. This benefits you, the entrepreneur.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2016

The Azure Security Center provides unparalleled security and support for services that are anchored in the cloud, and it is an integral part of Microsoft’s effort to provide its customers with an agile security platform that has the capacity to provide a holistic security solution for cloud-based systems. Excellent, reputable standing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That was an insider round, where ssetnailly, Upfront led and angel Brian Spaly, the former co-founder of Bonobos and the CEO of Trunk Club ended up investing. Today, we help enable returns in-person, but we also provide software for retailers that want to outsource their return portal. That money was meant for us to expand.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Recycled Bride is the world’s largest wedding marketplace; a peer-to-peer platform that connects buyers and sellers of designer wedding dresses, accessories, and anything else wedding-related. TechZulu caught up with Recycled Bride and here is what we found! What is Recycled Bride? When was Recycled Bride founded and where is it based?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. Bambi Francisco.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Timing your startup - Chris Dixon , November 7, 2010 I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have been a huge mistake). It is also true that there are good deals and good entrepreneurs that can't find anyone to invest in them. You got it.

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? .

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