Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

AdTech Angel Investor Business Development CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii Launch SaaS Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora venture' They must be influential, cognizant, and you must reciprocate, pay it forward. Don’t compromise here. If you don’t have 5 then go find them. Contact me at t@tomnora.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. They don’t assign tasks and then whisk off to Aspen or to Hawaii or Miami or wherever else tech gatherings are happening. Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). From this crowd of 12 I believe you’ll see 4-5 companies with the potential to rise to prominence.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2013

Angel Investor CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii Launch Revenue Growth startup CEO Tom Nora angel investor CEOing CoFounder first revenue google scalability Silicon Valley startups tom nora'

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Hawaii Angels. 3) Some groups invest $2 million or more in pre-revenue companies, while others typically invest less than $500,000 in these very early stage ventures. Fargo/Morehead Angels. Maple Leaf Angels. Toronto, ON. New Mexico Angels. Albuquerque. up pressure. Desert Angels. RAIN Funds. Tech Coast Angels. flat to down.

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Scalable Startup

JUNE 13, 2013

Angel Investor Business Development early stage Hawaii Hiring Jobs Scalability acquisition Cash Flow first revenue hiring jobs Leader leadership tom nora' The way computers and social media and machine learning are used to streamline the hiring process must change and augment reality as it is today, not try to alter it.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Angel Investor Business Development CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii Launch SaaS Uncategorized Entrepreneur funding startup' If we saw each other on the street or lived on the same block we probably would just walk on by. So get out there, go to things that you like and are interested in.

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Angel Investor Business Development CEO Succession Drupal early stage founder Hawaii Jobs Launch Revenue Growth Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora Uncategorized venture acquisition angel investor CEO blog CEOing CoFounder google income iOS leadership Silicon Valley tom nora venture capital'

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Next Year - Many possibilities – basic web design training, a 2 day conference in April, another 2 day conference in Hawaii in May. Cost is $10 plus food cost. Only a few spots left. If you want to be involved in any of these please contact me. There’s no pay but many other benefits.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Being the CEO of a startup is crazy, fun, very hard work, inclusive, humbling and of course can be quite rewarding. Weekends are meaningless. There is a continuous decision stream where each decision informs the next. Your mind is thinking 24 hours a day, even when you sleep.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

I love the early stages of building a company. After bringing in Meg Whitman to run eBay, Pierre founded the Omidyar Network to make philanthropic investments, and returned to his native Hawaii where he’s done wonderful work for the community where he grew up. How do I know when to replace myself? This can work, too. Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Early Stage Startup , Tips for Startups « The Curse of a New Building Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 1 » 33 Responses William , on May 18, 2009 at 5:44 am Said: Heh.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I canceled my first ever extended family trip to Hawaii less than a week before going. One doesn’t have to look beyond the most prominent technology bloggers, early-stage Silicon Valley angels or even some of the biggest names in tech (Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, Marc Benioff) to find people suffering like I have been.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 19, 2013

All of these things are magical words to early stagers. Most startup entrepreneurs focus on one thing throughout the lifecycle of their company: bringing in CASH. Cash through investments, revenues, borrowing from F&F, VCs, convertible notes, deal terms, angels, etc.

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Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2013

What are people doing now because your product doesn’t exist, what is the pain you will solve? What is it that you know about your specific niche that other companies do not? How and when does this make revenue and profits? What is the growth graph? tomnora.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter: Techstars is probably the most famous accelerator but the idea of the accelerator versus the incubator because there is living field, because there’s this very early stage fields for them both. The cool thing is with the device like, that with the science like that, there’s a lot of early stage proving ground needed.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 1, 2013

Angel Investor Business Development early stage founder Hawaii Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora Uncategorized angel investor Cash Flow CEO CEOing CoFounder leadership Nasty Gal The Next Level'

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 28, 2013

One of the top 3 to 5 worries when launching a startup is is “Who gets how much stock upon start or joining? Founders, Co-Founders, next employees, Investors, Etc. The founders of SmartAsset went through this process and decided to open it up to the world.

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