socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

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Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Another method?

Invest 96

Invest Startup Offshore Satisfaction 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Another method?

Invest 92

Invest Startup Offshore Tips 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Don’t just call, but personally visit these contacts.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

I asked him if he wouldn't mind sitting down with me, and he helped me develop the business model, and suggested that I work with some offshore developers on automating the system. The current way people handle this is someone calls a call center, they walk through a process by phone call.

UCLA 204

UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag. A sample of three views is adequate.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Any mention of “offshore”. Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions. Another method?

Offshore 70

Offshore Tips Satisfaction Invest 70

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Network with other entrepreneurs. Contact peers you have met through networking, both ones who have used this investor, and ones who haven’t. Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Don’t just call, but personally visit these contacts.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot. We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team. What is the business model here? Clark Benson: There is the initial business model, and then there is also what we grow into as we scale.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Open, democratic, leveling, freeing information from closed networks. The wisdom of the crowds. Or so it seems. I then learned about the large world of Internet arbitrage, lead gen, and “crap-taculous&# revenue as one friend calls it.

News 284

News Blogging Search Engine Optimization SEO 284

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

For me one of the tell tale signs of a real entrepreneur is that they know how to network well enough to find technical talent to join them. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. I have another exception.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335