Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. One senior mentor to Launchpad LA recently said, “I got more out of Launchpad LA than I even put in.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
As a startup mentor and investor, I am approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who assert that business plans take too much time, are inaccurate, and rarely add value. They cite sources like Profitable Venture Magazine, “ Why Business Plans are a Waste of Time ” and this Forbes article.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 20, 2014
In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. Salty Girl Seafood - Another focus of the TMP is the recruitment and mentoring of women entrepreneurs.
InfoChachkie
APRIL 6, 2015
To go into production, I needed to build hundreds of molds and invest in a cost effective quantity of wheels. I assume you become his mentor? Powell: This is funny, because in the beginning I thought I was mentoring Stacy. How involved did you get in marketing the products you were creating? In a class by himself.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 19, 2015
I felt this myself as we went from a few founders huddled into a tiny room to the front page of the Financial Times, an influx of VC interest, magazine covers, invitations to high-profile events and the pressures of trying to live up to this perception and the economic opportunities everybody expected. Advisors / Coaches / Mentors.
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 16, 2013
Product Development: philosophie. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.
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