2014 Cofounder Technology 
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. You need to find the skills or experience you don’t have in business, technology or money. Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Level of responsibility and time allocated.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 1, 2014
They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
by Nick Candito, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressly. Interestingly, most organizations are using advanced technologies that offer data-driven insights for many of their day-to-day operational needs, yet aren’t leveraging the same advances applied to business processes. 4 Redundancy.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 8, 2014
Here is my perspective on the highest risk elements, from my years of working with investors and watching startups come and go: All the co-founders are first-time entrepreneurs. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2016
We have have been funding agriculture technologies, water conservation, wireless electricity, aquaponics and so forth in addition to our standard investment themes in software, data, video and retail innovation. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.
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