Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. Idling capacity is a notion that was first systematically studied and measured in the context of industrial processes. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. When I’m on a VC panel, I’m always amused by the answers from my co-panelists as they are usually the same set of “VC cliches” which makes it even more fun when I blurt out my answer.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s coming from Leif , itself a startup that provides financing services to edtech platforms so that they can offer their students income share agreements (otherwise known as ISAs, arrangements where students are not required to pay back tuition loans until they find jobs).

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 10, 2010

A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009. Tags: results investment exit california southern acquisition merger capital venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

At least one study has shown that ninety percent of decisions are made based on emotion, but that people then go back to logic to justify their position. Rather than just listing the innovative new features of your solution, as well as your commitment to quality and service, use feedback from named customers or beta users to make key points.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

There is an application process and fee for members to join Collab Studio ATL, but the group hopes these costs will be subsidized by partners in the future — they say that the application process is more about assessing the needs about an entrepreneur or creator and what services they require from the space.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. Idling capacity is a notion that was first systematically studied and measured in the context of industrial processes. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

The venture capital firm that bears his name. Study the origins of the retail sector and you’ll see Jews who emerged from market stalls like Marks & Spencer or Neiman Marcus. When it comes for speaking up for venture capitalists for which you are simply not a “king” I have but one bit of advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell bent on winning competitions for the school. The protagonist in the film, Andrew, is a drummer and the story is his experiences in his freshman year of one of the most elite music conservatories in the country.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. How is the firm funded?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Size.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. In terms of where we offer to our customers, we have 250 different areas, from early childhood to studying for an MCAT or the bar. Many of these other services pay under $20 an hour, and ours is an average of $30 to $35 an hour.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

How is this different from other DNA testing startups and services out there today? The second thing I learned as a VC, is that data paralyzes people. VC is definitely a dream job. In 2014, we did an IRB approved study when I was doing this for 30 to 40 percent of my time, where I learned three things.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. We haven’t hit that wall yet for three reasons: 1) not enough elapsed time, 2) the VC market is frenzied now, too and 3) we haven’t seen a market downturn since the volume picked up.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

But I have been in close contact with the NVCA, many of the major law firms and many of the major VC firms. If your US-based business is adversely affected by Covid-19 such that you would need to lay off employees imminently and having access to capital would enable you to keep more employees on the payroll then you might be eligible.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. You should, too. (no,

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

How long have you been offering up this service? MIT and McKinsey did some studies on this, that showed about $400 billion a year is lost in the tech industry, due to lack of diversity and inclusion. A diverse team will increase your profitability by between 31 and 41 percent, according to that McKinsey and MIT study.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

According to one study, there were over 835,000 people working out of coworking spaces last year. The largest VC backed companies in this space have raised several hundreds of millions in funding to help expand their global footprint. Coworking has exploded globally over the past two years.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. Study after study shows that for most high-value products, close rates are higher and order sizes are higher when you get a customer on the phone. “People still want calls …&#. They’re not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. Idling capacity is a notion that was first systematically studied and measured in the context of industrial processes. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services.

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Xconomy

APRIL 6, 2018

The FDA didn’t smile upon a big submission of depression studies from Alkermes, while those fighting liver disease got a mixed slate of data as a big medical conference looms. After the deals, we’ll move on to data. There were plenty of policy and drug-price headlines, Read more » Reprints | Share:

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

San Diego-based Wheels (www.takewheels.com) was co-founded by Jon and Josh Viner, who were the co-founders of Wag, where they raised nearly $400M in venture capital. I think what was really interesting, which we found studying how things have gone in San Diego, is how our vehicles have become San Diego's top choice among consumers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Cramster is looking to create online study groups, to help high school and college students study math, science, and other topics. What we're trying to emulate is the face-to-face study group.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

You work in (or run) a services company. With the advent of geolocation and fantastic payment services such as Square, the future of freelanc. The financial services industry has been shrouded in mystery for decades. Entrepreneurism / Monetization financial services, Technology, Transparency. . Kevin Reeth, Outright.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2019

AngelList claimed in its report, Startup Growth and Venture Returns, that someone who "blindly invests in every credible deal" would do better than an angel investor who happened to miss "the best-performing seed investment". AngelList's service is aimed at promoting seed investment.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

The unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic led the LA-based startup to rework and accelerate its original launch plan — shifting its first focus to getting a telehealth service up and running fast. We have folks lined up in New York and Texas and other states that we’re onboarding right now.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Barter your services for their services.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

Even if the goods and services are changing hands as gifts, or the revenue motive exists only to make services sustainable, the economic value is evident. Idling capacity is a notion that was first systematically studied and measured in the context of industrial processes. There is value in the “idling capacity” of all assets.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups. They teamed up with Dr. Julie Edge, who received a grant from The Kauffman Foundation to conduct the first study on cofounder relationships.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

If you look at an enterprise developer of IT team with DevoOs, they have to create applications, manage those applications, and now are dealing with open source, hundreds of different web services, network elements, all virtualized and with containers and new tools. All of that represents opportunity, as well.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

We built that to 50 people with funding from a VC in Ireland closely connected with the European company. ISPs are looking to differentiate themselves with value added services, beyond just telecom and entertainment services, and you are starting to see themselves looking at a platform and what they can add.

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. MIT’s approach to nurturing entrepreneurship has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

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