Start-up World Cup - Los Angeles Regional Pitch Competition
SoCal Tech Calendar
APRIL 22, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- Start-up World Cup - Los Angeles Regional Pitch Competition.
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Praying to the God of Valuation
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? There was no money train.
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Seed Stage Startup Pitch Competition
SoCal Tech Calendar
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 -- Seed Stage Startup Pitch Competition. Startup Coil. startups and entrepreneurs pitch on stage for product, business model, and investing feedback, and one winner will take home a valuable prize package. See [link] (more)
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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Do you need a board when you first start you company? If you haven’t raised any money or if you raised a small round from angels or friends & family I would suggest you avoid setting up a formal board unless the people who would join your board are deeply experienced at sitting on startup boards.
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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.
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Reflections On 2019: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2019
The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?
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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 9, 2020
general manager ( Stefano Benatti ) — filled more orders in the first two months of 2020 than all its sales for 2019, according to Cevolini. The venture is also one of the few e-motorcycle companies drawing engineering tips from competition. Track competition is a secondary arena for Energica. Image Credits: TechCrunch.
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8 Tips For Getting Your Startup Right The First Time
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.
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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy.
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Venture investors and startup execs say they don’t need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 8, 2019
Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019. Srinivasan (@balajis) March 8, 2019.
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Eano’s Stella Wu is not your typical construction tech startup founder
TechCrunch LA
MAY 20, 2021
One startup that aims to help make the process simpler, cheaper and less stressful by helping people manage the home renovation process has raised $6 million to help it grow even faster. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar Renovating a home is an exciting, yet often fraught-filled, endeavor.
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Reflections on 2019: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital
socalTECH
DECEMBER 23, 2019
For my partner, Craig Cummings, and I - 2019 was our first full year as Venture Capitalists! What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds.
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ACG101's 3rd Annual Emerging Growth Pitch Competition and Showcase
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 30, 2019
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 -- ACG101's 3rd Annual Emerging Growth Pitch Competition and Showcase. On June 5th, we're showcasing a select group of Greater-Los Angeles's finest startups in an event you won't want to miss.
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8 Work Trends Driven By New Ventures And Competition
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. People who get paid by results have every incentive to think up smarter ways of getting work done. Freelancers now make up 35% of U.S.
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127 6 Keys To Convince Investors Of Your Competitive Edge
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 12, 2019
Most entrepreneurs are quick to assert to potential investors that their product or solution will kill the competition, but unfortunately your opinion alone is not enough to convince most experienced investors. A competitive advantage to a non-problem or tiny niche is not interesting to investors.
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Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. But these days, ground up is tougher. The key takeaway?
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WhiteFox Defense: Solving The Drone Incursion Problem, with Luke Fox
socalTECH
JANUARY 28, 2019
How did the company start? Luke Fox: We started out a few years back, as a high-performance drone manufacturer. What were doing in 2019, is scaling the company. That will inevitably open up the drone industry, and all the opportunities to use drones for good. Were also scaling up our product for our current technology.
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6 Insights To Current Funding Trends For Your Startup
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 19, 2020
Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2019 was down a bit from record highs the previous year, but up significantly over the last few years.
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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.”
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416 The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 18, 2019
The company started the year with no revenue and at it’s peak had a run rate well in excessive of $100 million / year. They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage. Turns Out There Are Competitive Moats There were some tech meme’s out there last year that scooter companies had no moats.
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Reflections on 2019: Brett Brewer, Crosscut Ventures
socalTECH
DECEMBER 26, 2019
What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. These are all gigantic categories with hundreds of new startups founded each year. in 2005 for $680M.
Trust & Will Hits 100K Members
socalTECH
JUNE 17, 2020
San Diego-based startup Trust & Will , which offers up online estate planning, says it has hit 100,000 members to its service. The company was founded in 2017, but only raised its Series A in December of 2019, when it raised $6M in funding. READ MORE>>.
Reflections on 2018: Anna Barber, Techstars LA
socalTECH
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here in LA we continue to be excited about the growth of the startup ecosystem and the quality of the companies here.
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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2019
In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.
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5 Factors That Set Your Best Startup Funding Strategy
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 9, 2019
To refresh your memory, angel investors are typically high net worth individuals, accredited by the SEC and willing to invest their own money in a high-potential startup for a share of the ownership. Most startups need more money than they anticipated, to grow and expand their business, after development and rollout.
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119 Trust & Will Adds $6M
socalTECH
DECEMBER 17, 2019
San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which offers up online services to help people create trusts, wills, and guardianships, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The startup had announced $2M in an earlier funding in January of 2019. READ MORE>>.
CLU New Venture Fair
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 2, 2019
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 -- CLU New Venture Fair. The New Venture Fair (NVF) is a valuable part of Cal Lutheran's entrepreneur education experience, in which student teams share their innovative startup projects in a competitive environment. They represent the brightest, most motivated, aspiring entrepreneurs on campus.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
NOVEMBER 10, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Transportation. Join John Roussant and a panel of nationally recognized visionaries, vehicle manufacturers, startups and investors in the advanced mobility space who will explain the massive changes and focus on opportunities for innovation.
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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Opendoor has opened the door, so to speak, for startups to apply their technical expertise in search, marketplaces and audience segmentation to rethink the very antiquated and analogue world of property. All are previous investors from the startup’s last round, a $16.55 million Series A also led by QED.
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Interview with Dan LeBlanc, CEO and Co-founder, Daasity
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 14, 2019
We spoke with CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc , a veteran of ProFlowers and FTD, on how he started the company and he problem the startup is solving for direct to consumer brands. What does your startup do? What's your background, and how did the startup come about? Dan LeBlanc: Daasity is about two years old.,
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The Pros And Cons Of A Secret Business Relationship
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2022
We all have to communicate and collaborate with other people at work, but most of us start out instinctively trying to maintain an emotional distance from others in the work environment. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Can be a competitive advantage.
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Creating the Next Big Startup Takes More Than Passion
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2019
Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is convinced that his or her idea could be the next big startup, blossoming into a billion dollar unicorn. For example, it’s always smart to start by making your entrance into a hot sector. In fact, customer experience can be a greater competitive advantage than your product.
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5 Ways To Increase Your Agility In The Face Of Change
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile , just to keep up. They started with a focus on books, but expanded online access to cover almost everything.
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Ford’s 2020 Escape plug-in hybrid takes aim at Toyota RAV4 Prime
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 8, 2020
The 2020 Ford Escape plug-in hybrid — a first for the SUV — comes with an EPA-estimated 37 miles of all-electric driving range and 100 miles per gallon equivalent, stats that will put the redesigned model into competition with the new Toyota RAV4 Prime. The Toyota RAV4 Prime has an estimated 42-mile EV range and 94 MPGe. this summer.
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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2019
The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. Start tracking your costs as well as income elements. Every employee or entrepreneur needs to build a competitive reputation on the Internet, through a website, blog, LinkedIn profile, and social media.
Office Relationships Are Key, But Affairs Are Trouble
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
We all have to communicate and collaborate with other people at work, but most of us start out instinctively trying to maintain an emotional distance from others in the work environment. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Yet the 2019 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Can be a competitive advantage.
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94 8 Keys To Business Success For Entrepreneur Introverts
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
It really is possible for an introvert to succeed as an entrepreneur, even though you can’t expect to start and build a business alone. These days, by starting a blog or publishing on the Internet, you don’t have to be a social butterfly to get supporters and be recognized as an influencer.
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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 29, 2020
The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund.
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7 Key Strategies To Ensure Long-Term Customer Growth
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2020
Remember when you were a startup? Their insights will broaden your view, and enhance your ability to keep up with a rapidly changing market. What worked for you yesterday probably won’t keep you alive and competitive tomorrow. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/20/2019.
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Meet the 25 Startups Competing at SXSW Startup Night 2018
Tech.Co
MARCH 1, 2018
And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world. Seek (Lehi, UT).
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How Starting A Business Fits Into Every Career Today
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 28, 2019
With the cost of starting an online business today at an all-time low, I can’t imagine why everyone doesn’t have a web site and an LLC to mitigate liability and minimize taxes. Instead, having your own business going shows initiative, leadership, wider experience, and makes you more competitive for any role available.
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73 How To Boost Your Selling Skills And Win In Business
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 25, 2019
Image via Flickr by Alan Most of you who start new ventures don’t think of yourselves as sales experts. Yet in today’s competitive and rapidly changing world, top notch sales and marketing skills are critical to the success of every business. Thus, in my view, it’s never too early to brush up on your selling and marketing skills.
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5 Ways To Engage The Right People In Your New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2019
In my work with new and aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most struggle with putting together a written business plan, often pointing out that someone they know started a business without anything written down. Starting a new business starts with selling everyone, including yourself, on the viability and specifics of your idea.
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Don’t Wait To Catch Up Until Your Customers Hate You
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 31, 2019
For example, I recently picked up my phone to call a well-advertised local company for a TV repair. He outlines six key macro-trends in business today which makes that make this an ever-growing challenge for leaders, and offers some real guidance on how to mitigate the impact: Leaders still reeling from competition and recession.
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