Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

For example, I do business mentoring at nearby Arizona State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I live in Arizona, so I’ll use that state as an example. If your home state is Arizona, and you plan to do business there, following is a list of five key advantages of incorporating your business in Arizona: Incorporation fees are low. Local attorneys, if required, are more familiar with Arizona laws.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Bockerstette, now living in Phoenix, Arizona, an active investor, business advisor, and a founding member of the Main Street Venture Fund. So, if you want to attract a trophy investor, first do your homework and hone your skills on these eight P’s. You can contact him directly at jbockerstette@me.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator program that I am familiar with, available to non-students. For example, I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Early-stage funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Today’s article is presented by the founder of Stealthmode Partners in Phoenix, Arizona. Moral: Before you decide that it’s absolutely necessary to take outside investment, explore all the possible ways you can partner, outsource, affiliate, collaborate, or…heaven forbid, get customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

Look for special programs for entrepreneurs, like the Arizona State University Technopolis program that I am familiar with, available to non-students. For example, I live in the Phoenix, Arizona area, home of Arizona State University. Early-stage funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2010

Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. I chair the Selection Committee of the Arizona Angels, and have been an active Angel investor as General Partner of Lobodos Ventures over the last thirteen years. Tell us what you really do these days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. If looking for help, you can find interns willing to work for the experience, and real insights into new customer segments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2011

Between 1985 and 2004, according to a survey by Duke and the University of Arizona, people with no trusted friends doubled, and now totals almost one quarter of the population. Fewer friends is often viewed as a good thing, and good friends are the real value. Trusted friends are on the decline in our society.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University. Most schools also foster relationships with local executives whom they use to lecture in MBA courses, judge student business plans, and assign as mentors for spinoffs (I have done all of these).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Herbert, now living in Phoenix, Arizona, who is an experienced corporate executive, and a consultant specializing in optimizing organizational performance. As an entrepreneur, if you are the business, the value leaves with you, or its ability to grow is gated by your personal skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Bockerstette, now living in Phoenix, Arizona, an active investor, business advisor, and a founding member of the Main Street Venture Fund. You can contact him directly at jbockerstette@me.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Bockerstette, now living in Phoenix, Arizona, an active investor, business advisor, and a founding member of the Main Street Venture Fund. Landing a trophy investor requires the personal skills, competency, integrity and experience that comes from being a trophy entrepreneur. ### Today’s article is presented by my friend Joseph A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2010

Between 1985 and 2004, according to a survey by Duke and the University of Arizona, people with no trusted friends doubled, and now totals almost one quarter of the population. Fewer friends is often viewed as a good thing, and good friends are the real value. Trusted friends are on the decline in our society.

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