SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Sometimes we draft business plans and coach the entrepreneurs on their pitch, and sometimes we even help develop a business model. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Los Angeles is a great place for startups. We occasionally get involved with very early stage startups.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

I can’t imagine encouraging an entrepreneur to follow in my path, but for me, operating alone with no board of advisors, no business plan and no outside capital, I was making it up as I went. But there was something else at work here. As I look back, I can remember so many times where I benefited from good luck.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? You would then have been able to choose to grow another product that was in demand, or start your farm in Southern California.

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

To keep track of the business side of the operation, Stuart uses QuickBooks online, a variety of spreadsheets specifically designed for Red Wagon, and Palo Alto Software’s LivePlan. “We The service guided us into making our initial written business plan to get funding for our store.

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www.jasonnazar.com

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. Challenge #3 – There Needs to Be More Institutional Capital in Los Angeles.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

And, once you’ve decided which overall business structure is the right fit for you, it’s time to get more specific. We recommend that you write a business plan. This should outline your goals and how you plan to achieve them. Click here to see their complete guide to writing a business plan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

The very cool thing about the program, and then some of the other business planning classes that we took afterwards, was we were really encouraged, I think, to look at the need and talk to the people who are experiencing that need most sort of dramatically out in the real world.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

It is prudent for small business owners, who sometimes lag behind in technology innovations, to reach their customers through digital channels. Joseph Meuse is Founder and President of Business GPS which was founded in 2013, with offices in the Washington DC area and in Southern California.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Initially, she cast a wide net, focusing on any angel investors who would meet with her locally in Southern California. You don’t have to do a hard sell, you can just go straight into your business plan.”. However, the somewhat niche nature of her app proved a difficulty.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds.

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