socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2010

San Diego-based IntraStage , a developer of quality management software for companies who design and manufacture electronic products, including statistical process control (SPC) and other testing and data analytics tools, has raised a round of angel funding. Other investors were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Angel 140

Angel Tech Coast Angels Funding CIO 140

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Research 87

Research Marketing Statistics Report 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2014

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market-research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Marketing 97

Marketing Entrepreneur Statistics Research 97

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. Form there, we got interest from incubators, angel investors, and venture capital. We worked night and weekends, fleshed out the concept, and in July and August of 2008 we launched the product, took on some angel funding, and started the process.

Coach 252

Coach USC Statistics Startup 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. These are also important for your product positioning in the competitor section of your business plan.

Marketing 59

Marketing Startup Statistics Research 59

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. Yet every business requires revenue and volumes, as certainly as it requires a product to sell. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Notes Wadhwa, “Jason [Calacanis], Fred [Wilson], and Silicon Valley VC’s, I’ve got news for you: you’ve got it all wrong. I’m now a VC that funds entrepreneurs. At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. I like surveys.

Startup 289

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capital firms raised $4.1 The continuing rise in the price of fuel, combined with the ongoing evidence of global warming, has highlighted the need for alternative energy sources, and green products. Next comes sales volume by channel.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

From my perspective, projecting financial returns is part of the homework every business person needs to do in sizing customer opportunity, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value, before expending their own resources in a highly risky venture. Per-unit cost less your cost per unit sold is your gross profit margin.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". Dear Friends, We have no income and no venture capital funding.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We still need some IPOs and some big trade sales to happen to validate the market in a big way. I think from the perspective of real credibility, what we need is venture capital in the private equity marketplace. HG: The best thing would be an influx of capital. We need some big exits. I mean we had our share.

Los Angeles 84

Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Equity Invest Startup 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups recently used this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Startup 150

Startup Technical Review Equity Statistics 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

That’s economics (or statistics) for asking whether price ratios of how investors value companies was simply coming back to historical norms. Pragmatic cost cuts are always possible and often productive. I am a VC so this will be seen as self serving. You should read the article but I’ll provide the money shot.

Startup 150

Startup Pricing Venture Capital Statistics 150

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. Community Home Loans: FOR SALE. Upstate NY Retreat For Sale.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to recent National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 20% of venture-backed startups now use this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 115

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. According to recent National Venture Capital Association statistics , only 16% of venture-backed startups now use this alternative, due to high liability concerns, demanding shareholders, and high costs.

Equity 55

Equity Startup Technical Review Statistics 55