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The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project. Lead, follow or get the heck out of the way. In peacetime the U.S. MORE
It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. In 3 years, they predict more than 50 operating units. In 5 years, an international takeover after partnering with the right investors. We are building and operating escape rooms. MORE
To put that benchmark in context, the latest estimates place the total number of businesses operating in the U.S. Upfront Ventures, a California-based VC firm, released its annual VC Survey Results in January. MORE
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”). Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. MORE
And you can now negotiate for fees for cable and satellite operators to carry your channels. Mitu Network is the largest digital media company for Latinos in the US and also targeting Mexico and South America. MORE
One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. Managing a Business Operations Strategy MORE
We work with like-minded partners who also want to help your businesses succeed by providing the best tools and content for the job. If our readers choose to learn more or purchase from links to our partners, sometimes we earn affiliate commissions that support Bplans’ mission. MORE
Partner with the competitors in your industry by creating key relationships with the right people who have the right skills and can properly complement your strengths. In Orange County, California, for example, there is a street called State College. MORE
But our hundreds of alumni — the fellows, employees, and government partners who have worked with us over the past six years — are a truly powerful movement that’s growing incredibly fast. Many of them have been carried on by the cities, counties or states we partnered with. MORE
Hunter Walk : You went from Wall St Trader to VC at OATV to operating side now at Haven , a logistics startup. And I love being on the operating side. Badass. Renee DiResta is badass. Not self-proclaimed badass. But like seriously badass. Click on that bio link in the previous line. MORE
Having grown up in Northern California and living near a Japanese family when I was really young, I always had a fascination with Japan and wanted to live there. I looked in the worldwide directory to find the partner in charge of the project who happened to be based in San Francisco. MORE
Plus, you want to find the right partner to build your truck because prices and workmanship can vary. Other possible requirements: You may also need to provide a business plan , menu, standard operating procedures, sampling plan, example of labels and proof of current liability insurance. MORE
Having taken stock of the main legal documents and actions involved in forming and operating a new startup, let’s crack open the “case” (disregarding the warnings about voiding your warranty) and examine a few of the steps, documents and key decisions to be made in getting a new startup ready for business. Most entrepreneurs focus on #3, and perhaps are also aware of the ability to search state business entity databases online (as with Delaware or California ). MORE
It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. For some examples of public transparency on what investors are looking for, see HOF Capital , KEC ( Brian Laung Aoaeh ), IA ( Roger Ehrenberg ); and Georgian Partners. MORE
As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners. MORE
That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. MORE
My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014. MORE
My aim was not to uncover the basics, but to dig deeper into the financial operating processes and mindsets of highly profitable firms. Wendy is a member of the California Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. MORE
And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. And when her assets were tapped she rented out her bedroom and even her couch on Airbnb to afford her year-one operations. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. MORE
We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica. MORE
Navy and the CIA were the primary collectors of tactical and operational ELINT on the Soviet PVO Strany Air Defense system. ELINT Tasking The ELINT program sought answers to operational questions like: What was the Radar Order of Battle a penetrating bomber would face? MORE
I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. What that means is that If you're running a utility company, an airline, or let's say, even a railroad, the data that comes off of your equipment is invaluable to running your operation more efficiently. In fact, there's a term now, it's called, "OT," as in operations technology. MORE
In 2015 Tony Hernandez left his corporate career to open Cienfuegos Cuban Café in Simi Valley, California, inspired by the restaurant his father ran in the 1980s—a Cuban immigrant who came to America in search for a better life. by Victoria Treyger, CMO of Kabbage. What is the American Dream? MORE
By Ali Behnam, co-founder of Riviera Partners. Prior to co-founding Riviera Partners , Ali Behnam co-founded and acted as EVP, Operations & Services at PeopleMover. Ali is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine with a BA in Economics. MORE
Operations. If you partner with a large, wealthy private school district who wants you to provide comic book packages to all their eighth-grade students every month, that contract might be key your business survival for a period of time. Operations. MORE
Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. MORE
Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Focus on the partner you would be working with. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. One issue he talked about was working with partners. MORE
One of the drivers for that growth is that for European, Israeli, Latin American, and Eastern Canada-linked companies, the East Coast is much closer than California. New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area. MORE
Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. MORE
Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. In Venice, California they opened a “Parachute Hotel” that let consumers experience the product for a night in a world-class location. MORE
He has also given back to the wider community by serving as an advisor to such nonprofit organizations as the Lifeboat Foundation, World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, Vancouver Bitcoin Co-Operative, and the Bitcoin Foundation of Canada. MORE
The proceeds of this round will be used to scale operations, continue building its platform for real-time location data and move its headquarters from Israel to Palo Alto, California, according to the CEO’s post on the company blog, By The Waze. MORE
Great news for European entrepreneurs of the later stage variety: Acton Capital Partners closes on a EUR 150M maiden fund , the so-called Heureka Growth Fund, presumably named after the discovery of gold in California rather than Archimedes running naked through the streets of Syracuse. MORE
Co-hosted by First Ascent Associates and Runway Incubator, “Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges” will take place on May 26, 2015 at Runway Incubator in San Francisco, California. This event will be a chance for founders within the cannabis industry to hear from and network with other founders, meet potential investors and others interested in the industry, and learn from business partners who support the space. Originally published on PRWeb. MORE
Evangelos Simoudis’ is the founder and managing director of Synapse Partners. His investing career started 15 years ago at Apax Partners and continued with Trident Capital. Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. MORE
This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital. 5. We then went back to talking about how to choose the space in which your startup is operating. MORE
” Michelle and her business partner Andrew Ekelem are the founders of Chariot Mobility, a company dedicated to updating the manual wheelchair to a low-profile, efficient and ergonomic chair that better serves the needs of its users. MORE
I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter. MORE
The entrepreneur must have a clear vision & focus, must operate in an optimized environment and, most importantly, must work with good people who share the vision. Second, they operate in the flourishing Parisian tech scene. Only one in ten startups succeed. MORE
New VP of Sales to lead EGFS business development efforts in California San Francisco, CA Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an outsource accounting, finance, and tax support firm that provides on-demand services to early-stage companies, has just announced a new partner to their leadership team. Gadiel Morantes is an accomplished executive with 15+ years of sales, marketing, and operations experience. Originally published in PRWeb. MORE
What actions will your operating team perform? It’s important that you remember (or ask your partner to remind you) not to fall back on actively thinking about a solution; rather, let your mind remain blank and clear. MORE
And, in various ways we help all new businesses make connections with local organizations that can link them with potential partners or customers, which is particularly useful for companies just entering this market from other parts of the country or the world. MORE
When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. MORE
And gaming companies like EA, Ubisoft, Bioware, and Capcom are either based out of Canada or have large operations in the country. There are a handful of respected incubators operating in the city, including Startup Edmonton and TEC Edmonton. MORE
VC Cafe
DECEMBER 8, 2010
The proceeds of this round will be used to scale operations, continue building its platform for real-time location data and move its headquarters from Israel to Palo Alto, California, according to the CEO’s post on the company blog, By The Waze.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. For some examples of public transparency on what investors are looking for, see HOF Capital , KEC ( Brian Laung Aoaeh ), IA ( Roger Ehrenberg ); and Georgian Partners.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 22, 2013
By Ali Behnam, co-founder of Riviera Partners. Prior to co-founding Riviera Partners , Ali Behnam co-founded and acted as EVP, Operations & Services at PeopleMover. Ali is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine with a BA in Economics.
Early Growth Financial Services
AUGUST 22, 2013
New VP of Sales to lead EGFS business development efforts in California San Francisco, CA Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an outsource accounting, finance, and tax support firm that provides on-demand services to early-stage companies, has just announced a new partner to their leadership team. Gadiel Morantes is an accomplished executive with 15+ years of sales, marketing, and operations experience. Originally published in PRWeb.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 13, 2014
One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. Managing a Business Operations Strategy
Fred Destin
MAY 17, 2010
Great news for European entrepreneurs of the later stage variety: Acton Capital Partners closes on a EUR 150M maiden fund , the so-called Heureka Growth Fund, presumably named after the discovery of gold in California rather than Archimedes running naked through the streets of Syracuse.
Steve Blank
JULY 2, 2015
My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners. John Kuhn , who works at BMNT Partners. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014.
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. In 3 years, they predict more than 50 operating units. In 5 years, an international takeover after partnering with the right investors. We are building and operating escape rooms.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2015
The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project. Lead, follow or get the heck out of the way. In peacetime the U.S.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 29, 2018
In 2015 Tony Hernandez left his corporate career to open Cienfuegos Cuban Café in Simi Valley, California, inspired by the restaurant his father ran in the 1980s—a Cuban immigrant who came to America in search for a better life. by Victoria Treyger, CMO of Kabbage. What is the American Dream?
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 16, 2014
Partner with the competitors in your industry by creating key relationships with the right people who have the right skills and can properly complement your strengths. In Orange County, California, for example, there is a street called State College.
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2017
That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions.
Steve Blank
JULY 19, 2017
As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. In Venice, California they opened a “Parachute Hotel” that let consumers experience the product for a night in a world-class location.
Steve Blank
JUNE 24, 2013
Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 13, 2018
He has also given back to the wider community by serving as an advisor to such nonprofit organizations as the Lifeboat Foundation, World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, Vancouver Bitcoin Co-Operative, and the Bitcoin Foundation of Canada.
Mucker Lab
AUGUST 27, 2014
As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”). Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 20, 2014
When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with.
Early Growth Financial Services
MAY 19, 2015
Co-hosted by First Ascent Associates and Runway Incubator, “Cannabis Startups: Exploring the Opportunities & Challenges” will take place on May 26, 2015 at Runway Incubator in San Francisco, California. This event will be a chance for founders within the cannabis industry to hear from and network with other founders, meet potential investors and others interested in the industry, and learn from business partners who support the space. Originally published on PRWeb.
Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2013
” Michelle and her business partner Andrew Ekelem are the founders of Chariot Mobility, a company dedicated to updating the manual wheelchair to a low-profile, efficient and ergonomic chair that better serves the needs of its users.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 11, 2018
We created virality in small pockets, such as Venice Beach, California, and the virality spilled over to the next pocket, Santa Monica.
Up and Running
JUNE 22, 2017
We work with like-minded partners who also want to help your businesses succeed by providing the best tools and content for the job. If our readers choose to learn more or purchase from links to our partners, sometimes we earn affiliate commissions that support Bplans’ mission.
Steve Blank
JUNE 24, 2013
Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Operations. If you partner with a large, wealthy private school district who wants you to provide comic book packages to all their eighth-grade students every month, that contract might be key your business survival for a period of time. Operations.
Gust
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Having taken stock of the main legal documents and actions involved in forming and operating a new startup, let’s crack open the “case” (disregarding the warnings about voiding your warranty) and examine a few of the steps, documents and key decisions to be made in getting a new startup ready for business. Most entrepreneurs focus on #3, and perhaps are also aware of the ability to search state business entity databases online (as with Delaware or California ).
Hunter Walker
DECEMBER 21, 2016
But our hundreds of alumni — the fellows, employees, and government partners who have worked with us over the past six years — are a truly powerful movement that’s growing incredibly fast. Many of them have been carried on by the cities, counties or states we partnered with.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2016
And you can now negotiate for fees for cable and satellite operators to carry your channels. Mitu Network is the largest digital media company for Latinos in the US and also targeting Mexico and South America.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 10, 2011
I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter.
Hunter Walker
JULY 29, 2017
Hunter Walk : You went from Wall St Trader to VC at OATV to operating side now at Haven , a logistics startup. And I love being on the operating side. Badass. Renee DiResta is badass. Not self-proclaimed badass. But like seriously badass. Click on that bio link in the previous line.
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 13, 2017
The entrepreneur must have a clear vision & focus, must operate in an optimized environment and, most importantly, must work with good people who share the vision. Second, they operate in the flourishing Parisian tech scene. Only one in ten startups succeed.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 9, 2018
And, in various ways we help all new businesses make connections with local organizations that can link them with potential partners or customers, which is particularly useful for companies just entering this market from other parts of the country or the world.
Steve Blank
JUNE 6, 2016
Evangelos Simoudis’ is the founder and managing director of Synapse Partners. His investing career started 15 years ago at Apax Partners and continued with Trident Capital. Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 7, 2014
What actions will your operating team perform? It’s important that you remember (or ask your partner to remind you) not to fall back on actively thinking about a solution; rather, let your mind remain blank and clear.
Mike Michalowicz
MARCH 15, 2017
My aim was not to uncover the basics, but to dig deeper into the financial operating processes and mindsets of highly profitable firms. Wendy is a member of the California Society of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. And when her assets were tapped she rented out her bedroom and even her couch on Airbnb to afford her year-one operations. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 12, 2011
This week I sat down with Chris Dixon, co-founder / CEO of Hunch and Partner at Founder Collective in the most recent installment of This Week in Venture Capital. 5. We then went back to talking about how to choose the space in which your startup is operating.
Up and Running
AUGUST 21, 2017
To put that benchmark in context, the latest estimates place the total number of businesses operating in the U.S. Upfront Ventures, a California-based VC firm, released its annual VC Survey Results in January.
crowdSPRING Blog
JUNE 20, 2018
And gaming companies like EA, Ubisoft, Bioware, and Capcom are either based out of Canada or have large operations in the country. There are a handful of respected incubators operating in the city, including Startup Edmonton and TEC Edmonton.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
One of the drivers for that growth is that for European, Israeli, Latin American, and Eastern Canada-linked companies, the East Coast is much closer than California. New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 1, 2018
I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. What that means is that If you're running a utility company, an airline, or let's say, even a railroad, the data that comes off of your equipment is invaluable to running your operation more efficiently. In fact, there's a term now, it's called, "OT," as in operations technology.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Focus on the partner you would be working with. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. One issue he talked about was working with partners.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 10, 2014
Plus, you want to find the right partner to build your truck because prices and workmanship can vary. Other possible requirements: You may also need to provide a business plan , menu, standard operating procedures, sampling plan, example of labels and proof of current liability insurance.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 10, 2009
Navy and the CIA were the primary collectors of tactical and operational ELINT on the Soviet PVO Strany Air Defense system. ELINT Tasking The ELINT program sought answers to operational questions like: What was the Radar Order of Battle a penetrating bomber would face?
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