Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). “There’s something going on in LA.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. They are launching their next book, a true field guide for entrepreneurs, called The Lean Entrepreneur: How to Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So that’s why we are excited about 2021 because there will be more and more entrepreneurs and businesses. Here’s something other entrepreneurs look forward to:: #1- Employee engagement. As an entrepreneur, 2020 has been a big bowl of uncertainty for both myself and my clients. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. 17- Pivoting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, and now sites such as SketchUp and Makerspaces have all the tools you need to make almost anything computer related. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S. Increasingly, these metro areas are regularly appearing in rankings of the best cities in the United States for startups and entrepreneurs. It’s no wonder so many entrepreneurs launch their startup in Boulder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. As an alternative, if you are an entrepreneur looking for the next big thing, where should you look? That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More entrepreneurs want to be socially responsible these days, but fear a negative impact on profits, growth, and the ability to find an investor. In the short run, there are real costs associated with the “triple bottom line” of maximizing profit, people (social), and planet (environment). Doing business is a human process.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In the last few days of 2022, we asked a few entrepreneurs and businesses what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- I was born and raised in Mexico but currently, I live in beautiful San Diego California. The end of every year is the opportunity to reflect on a 365-day journey. Pivots were made and goals were shattered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2018

Research from the Universities of California, Berkley and Stanford University found that a big problem for many failed tech start-ups was premature scaling, essentially businesses growing too fast. With greater experience of trimming costs, you should be able to maximise your profits best. Yet fast growth isn’t always the best route.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. We like to be able to see the concept.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

One such instructor, David Calderon, mentored two of the three grand prize entrepreneurs; Calderon recently granted an interview to Bplans’ own Caroline Cummings on how his teams found such great success. ” Ismael’s dream is to become an entrepreneur. “We hope to have the company up and running by March 2014.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. As an alternative, if you are an entrepreneur looking for the next big thing, where should you look? That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Back in the early 2000s, the Maker Movement took hold in California, based on the emergence of such do-it-yourself (DIY) tools as 3-D printers, Google''s SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop, with all the tools you need to make almost anything. A recent California event packed in 100,000 people. Diversity breeds success.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners the businesses they’re starting in 2023 and here are the responses. #1- I'm considering offering my guests additional personalised experiences for an extra cost. Thanks to Robert Davidson, California Title Loans ! #12- 1- Health consulting business. Photo Credit: Nathan Lloyd.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2020

Kajabi has a user base of more than 25,000 information entrepreneurs, who use the platform to market and sell digital educational content. The investment firm was impressed by Kajabi’s ability to provide a true all-in-one solution that was not cost prohibitive, according to a Spectrum press release. Core Functionality. Investor Input?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2023

I’ve noticed that most young entrepreneurs are more socially conscious today than ever before, which is a great trend. I would expect that to seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with no clear business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

There is no cost but you must physically be based in or move to Los Angeles for the 6 months of the program. When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Here I make the case that entrepreneurs must stay focused on the prize, not the doubters. Entrepreneurs. ” **. It can be one of the strongest motivators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. But this measurable difference in outcomes, however significant, is not stopping aspiring entrepreneurs from building businesses where they live today.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Much of this is unfounded – some is not. the link is here.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

For the uninitiated, Zoho introduced a CRM system that was one-tenth the price of Salesforce.com and penetrated the lower end of the market using an Indian cost structure. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka and Uuma. Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Over the years, we've had entrepreneurs from all over the world attend and pitch, and I'm delighted to see that we're propagating the methodology and the platform far and wide. With that, let's look at the two entrepreneurs who pitched today from Costa Rica. and each book costs $375 retail. We have done that in 1M/1M.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

With the rising cost of healthcare and so many inexplicable diseases and conditions striking the US on any given day, most consumers are simply at a loss as to how to find affordable treatment in their area of the nation. XpertDox Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Modern Fertility.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. Next, we had two very interesting entrepreneurs. Meeting Wave.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2020

I’ve noticed that most young entrepreneurs are more socially conscious today than ever before, which is a great trend. I would expect that to seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with no clear business model.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

after a 24-hour journey from California. a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3 a.m. At 11 a.m.,

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It is the true entrepreneur that takes that frustration and turns it into an opportunity which usually means creating a business and sometimes resulting in an empire. Felena Hanson has shown that she is a true entrepreneur. Hera Hub is a spa-inspired, shared workspace and business accelerator for female entrepreneurs.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2019

I was honored to give the commencement speech at the University of California Santa Cruz, right down the road from the ranch. Rather than my usual talks about innovation and entrepreneurship I shared a few lessons learned after serving seven years as a public official on the California Coastal Commission.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

But this is becoming less true today, as more and more entrepreneurs find their way across the U.S. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups.

United States 48

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. in Computer Science.

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