Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Status of the solution.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from RXBAR founders Peter Rahal and Jared Smith, CXT Investments, and Lean Luxe founder M. ” And in his view, Huron will be set apart with its “ability to create a brand with a tone of voice that resonates, with products that work, at a price point that makes sense for this guy.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as GoFundMe. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co In the U.S.,

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2012

The new service, which is in private beta, uses AngelLists's API and Invested.in's social fundraising platform to drive angel investment deals. said the new service will help companies manage startup pitches, questions and answers to investors, provide term sheets, and close deals directly on their own, custom web site.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

They told me all about why this is such a good idea: hard to manage price discovery in the commercial real estate market; fragmented information about vacancies obtained from landlords and brokers; and the large scale of transactions. I found myself explaining all this recently to a company team that was pitching me on its story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. Status of the solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. We all believe that supply and demand meet to create stable prices (reflexive). Busts result when lower prices stimulate more supply.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Actor Ashton Kutcher has backed a New York-based sports, concert, and theater tickets site, SeatGeek , the firm said today. The funding also included A Grade investments. SeatGeek helps users find the best prices on upcoming events and shows. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. in a funding in November.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. Last week, Syrup Tech raised $6.3

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. 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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

They can find additional grants from large philanthropic directories, and your favorite alma mater site. This is at least double the time required for most equity investments, and may be a delay you can’t afford in keeping up with the market and your competitors. In the U.S. Of course, nothing is really free in the business world.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Los Angeles-based matchmaking site eHarmony is approaching a redemption deadline from its last venture funding round, according to a report today from Reuters. It's unlikely that the venture firms would do so, however, given the current valuation of eHarmony, which has been rumored in recent months to be seeking an IPO.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

million site visits in October alone. Source: gumroad.com Gumroad really started to take off in 2023, smashing revenue records for three months straight, a feat that was attributed to a price hike it carried out at the start of the year. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2010

A little known Southern California venture capital investor is benefiting from the IPO of Silicon Valley-based Fabrinet today, after Fabrinet said it has priced its IPO and will list on the New York Stock Exchange. Shea web site. Fabrinet said Friday that it has priced its IPO at $10.00, down from an estimated pricing range of $12.00

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Demand Media priced its IPO on January 12th, saying it hopes to debut on the NYSE at between $14.00 Demand Media's IPO is being underwritten by BS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, and Pacific Crest Securities. and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. These resources often include a cash investment, as well as office space, and consulting. Use crowd funding.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

For this morning's interview, we talked with Noah Auerhahn , President of San Diego-based Extrabux (www.extrabux.com), an online site focused on providing consumers with comparison shopping combined with discount offers. For people who haven't heard of ExtraBux, what is the site all about? Noah, thanks for the interview.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We let restaurants set pricing based on demand, and then if you're hungry looking for a place to eat, we match you up with a restaurant offering a great deal. John Delacruz: A user goes to our site, tells us what they are looking for, and how many people in their party, and we find them a nearby restaurant. How do users do that?

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online professional document sharing site run by Jason Nazar , is announcing this morning that it has added around 100,000 books and 150,000 documents to the site, as part of a deal with Overdrive.com. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Everyone has their own view of the price-value equation, they listen only to other customers like them, and they have an instant world-wide view of the alternatives. Customers skip over your ads, and easily find the real best deals through “best value” sites on the Internet. Convenience – make the experience memorable for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). We built a strong brand in the city and acquired a ton of organic traffic.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2011

Donnelly, and he also was behind eCompanies, which invested in such companies as JAMDAT Mobile, Boingo Wireless, and USBX. The way brighter makes that dental care more affordable, is it empowers consumers to find dental benefits, and allows them to compare that by price and reputation. 45 billion of that is spent out-of-pocket.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Identify the total investment required for profitability. A very common mistake of early-stage startups is to request a small investment to get started. So let’s take a look.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. 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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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

The call from a fellow VC to “look harder” made me decide to request a site visit. It mapped pretty well to my dream team for an A round investment. The company agreed on a price but felt it was a bit lower than they had hoped for. I was interested in the company but I wasn’t chasing the deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. This model facilitates donations to charities and creative projects, and has been around for a long time via sites such as Rockethub. Other popular funding assistance sites for startups, including StartupAmerica and Startups.co

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers. Plus, younger attorneys understand technology, and are used to sites like eBay, Etsy, and others like that. That happens in just a five minute process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Minimize investment in prototypes and tooling. For example, if you have no technical background, you probably can’t create or sell an enterprise software product for a low price, even today. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2011

San Diego-based StockTwits , the real-time messaging service focused on the stock investing community led by Howard Lindzon, is aiming at the investors relation community with a new service. In particular, StockTwits has addressed some of the compliance concerns of public companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

Matt told us how InstaCanvas lets users of the Instagram site sell and buy photos they post on the site, and how the company is hoping to bridge the virtual and physical worlds with their service. I then invested in a company called Better, which did testing for pay-per-click ads and AdWords ads. How does InstaCanvas work?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. Let me not bury the lede. So there you have it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

These companies often have offshoots that offer other local services, such as dedicated internet access for enterprises , Ethernet, Wavelength, Cell Site Backhaul and SONET services. Choosing a provider with CIR options will help protect your network investment so you get what you pay for. Request Custom Pricing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

sites still dominate. And SEO juice of sites with no value makes searching for real product feedback suck. I’ve already written about why I invested in this company so won’t go on and on again. Also in the video: - Is it a good idea for VC’s to pay stratospheric prices? - Burstly ( Led by … me! -

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