Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Most entrepreneurs I meet are reluctant to disclose anything about their idea to investors before getting a signed confidential disclosure agreement (CDA). Yet I can assure you that people who are paranoid, or want to avoid all risks, won’t be happy as entrepreneurs, so it’s all about balancing the risk-reward scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. Here someone who is not a registered financial broker contacts you on the Internet, tells you about all the people they know with money, then turns around to ask for a “retainer” or fee to cover their time and efforts.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. He proceeded to tell me several interesting and entertaining stories about Steve (all flattering), dating back to the early-1980’s. He simply stated his opinion and went about his busy day.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Article first published as Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban on Technorati. Mark’s Startup Tips. No one is going to know or care about your failures and neither should you. Mark echoes this sentiment, "Most people think it’s all about the idea. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2019

Yet based on my own years of experience in both large and small businesses, I’m convinced that it’s not that hard to create a workplace culture where people actually like to work, and I’m not talking about perks and privileges, such as foosball tables and gourmet meals, which alone only reduce pain.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Accomplished entrepreneurs are curious about their customers' desires, competitors' future strategic directions and their industry's technological trends. " In Walt's words, "Do a good job. " [Tweet this quote].

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2017

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

Innovations Are More Than Technological Features. "Our "Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships." You can read about the variable impact of the various forms of innovation in Fast Followers. " [Tweet this quote]. " [Tweet this quote].

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

Based on my experience, survival and success are both about doing the right things , and not about doing everything. Use technology and tools, but don’t let them sink you. For some reason, too many aspiring entrepreneurs I know seem to focus on “actions” rather than “results.”

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Obsess About Customers, Not Colleagues Or Competitors. “We Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.”. The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy. Jeff left a comfortable Wall Street career to enter a world he knew little about.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Entrepreneurs don’t need to know everything about business before they start. It may include financial gain, but more likely the lasting satisfaction and happiness will result from your legacy of change in technology, or your impact on the social ecology of the world. Yet many new entrepreneurs are hesitant, perhaps out of fear or ego.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Apply for contests and business grants.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For anyone starting or thinking about creating a startup, one of the most important parts of the process is pitching and looking for investors. What works? What doesn't? What's important to show a venture capitalist? Is a business plan important--or maybe not?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But it seemed strange to me that we would openly talk about stuff rather than waiting for a big announcement to the press. So I started thinking about the “Inside Out&# organization. He’s a doctor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The best coaches are people who care about you as a person, without any ulterior motives, and intend to inspire you to be the best that you can be. I’m not talking about gossip or negative information, but positive insights that will help you spend your time to the best advantage in your career.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 29, 2010

Ten Tips on How to Make it in the Meet-up Scene. The technology meet-up scene is an odd co-mingling of entrepreneurs, engineers, social media mavens, service providers, and up and comers. Here are ten actionable tips to make the most of your meet-ups. Meet More – the key to any meet-up is first to meet others.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

After years of cloudy skies in Startupland, the sun is peeking out, and investors are tipping their toes back into the wading pool. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. Rule your technology, don’t let it rule you. Put order into the chaos by using technology to place all incoming information into four categories: appointments, tasks, contacts, and documents.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

If you are in the retail sales, hospitality, technology, inventory, administrative or fall under larger commercial companies, then you know you will require extra help during the holiday season. Highlighted below are six tips for effective holiday hiring. In your interview, do not forget to talk about stress as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. But mostly they’re thinking, “Will my audience even care about this topic?” Think about Luma Partners. I am a VC.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

Every radical turn in technology history has its great entrepreneur, and for space that person is SpaceX founder Elon Musk. In 2018 alone, venture investments in space topped $2 billion for the first time, and 187 investors wrote checks to 90 startups, according to Bryce Space and Technology. Air Force and more. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Here are some pragmatic tips on how to make your startup more scalable and investable: If you need investors, start with a scalable idea. Investors don’t invest in services startups. Automate to the max.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Think of your executive summary as the halfway point between your elevator pitch and your business plan—you have about 2 pages (give or take) to communicate your value proposition and get you to the next stop on your startup journey. Don’t worry about fitting it into a specific format (e.g., Do it yourself. Start with a bang.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2015

San Diego-based stock messaging service Stocktwits has just raised a new funding, which the company said came from its existing investors, plus strategic Asian financial technology investors, and strategic investors in the fund and ETF business in North America. funding round. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2018

Working with live events like concerts, where timing is less regimented than at a typical sporting event (which are marked by tip offs and halftimes that adhere to a pretty regimented schedule), proved too much for the initial rollout of the company’s stash drop. At least on the first night, things didn’t go as planned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Along with her insights, she offers 50 innovative new tips to grow your business. These days it is often more about being unique than being valuable. You need to give them something to talk about and incentives to be brand ambassadors.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? I promise I will never Tweet about the weather, politics or that killer burrito I just ate. Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

There are about 80 million of them, and nearly two-thirds of them are already in the work place as entrepreneurs or with jobs. Lighten your load with technology. How about you? In reality, Gen-Y is here, and they are already inheriting our businesses, so let’s figure out how to make them winners, or we will all be losers.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Great sales people are also direct about asking whether the individual that they’re speaking with controls the budget. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Entrepreneurship is more about pulling all the elements together, making change happen and building relationships. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

The best new idea for any entrepreneur should first be based on their own personal interests, skills, and lifestyle, rather than the characteristics of a given market or technology. Don’t pick a technology idea that someone else believes will make you rich and famous, or a business area you are not intimately familiar with.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Technology is essential for businesses that want to gain an edge over competitors in today’s world. However, many business owners neglect to take advantage of these new technologies because they believe that they are only available to large corporations. Cloud Services. Social Media Automation Tools. Images via Shutterstock.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2019

You can have the best technology, but if customers don’t know you exist, or they don’t know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many technology entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. Marketing is everything these days.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation? And that’s not a bad thing — accept for two niggling details.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2011

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 -- The Association for Women in Technology Presents TOMORROW'S CIO. Inspired by panelist Ashwin Rangan's book "Tomorrow's CIO: Strategic Conversations That Align IT with the Boardroom," this forum brings together a panel of distinguished CIOs for a discussion about tomorrow's IT leadership. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

The world of marketing is changing faster than technology these days. Along with her insights, she offers 50 innovative new tips to grow your business. These days it is often more about being unique than being valuable. You need to give them something to talk about and incentives to be brand ambassadors.

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