Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $200M in 260 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Raising capital is a necessary step, and survival time without it grows short, or interminably long. It decreases your odds of being bought.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Knowing this venture firms have come up with a canonical checklist of what they would like to see.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. In California, regulators have forwarded a measure to have buildings achieve zero net energy consumption. Sustainability now ranks in the same level as demographic shift and technological advances in revolutionizing the real estate industry.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

But wait, before letting your eyes glaze over or clicking out of here entirely, give me just two minutes of your time to explain – because the opportunity is big and the technology is really cool. The fusion of insurance and technology, so-called insurtech, is one way that’s happening. She’s based in L.A.,

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

In the state of California, for example, software development and technological companies are provided a credit of up to 7.5% Although the California credit must be added to the income tax liability, in some cases, the federal credit can be applied against federal payroll tax. of the qualified expenses.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. I’m writing this post to make sure you’re all on that same playing field. Here’s how I learned my lesson: I started my life as a consultant.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Convergent Technologies When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies , a company that was proud to be known as the “Marine Corps of Silicon Valley.” Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder?

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AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? He mostly covers Southern California.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Project Agrippa , for example, piloted a new “ Hacking for Strategy ” initiative inspired by their experience in Stanford’s “ Technology, Innovation and Modern War ” class that Raj Shah, Joe Felter and I taught last fall. Steve Weinstein , 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application. Ask them about your concept.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. Watching User Interactions – One of the biggest problems in technology is that systems are designed by people who are technical by definition.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As it turns out, innovation is not so much systems and processes as it is about building a risk-taking culture, according to Tellis, a professor of marketing, management and organization as well as the director of the Center for Global Innovation at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Learn something new - most programmers love learning new technologies or solving new kinds of problems. Not Knowing Enough - Unfortunately, you also cannot get into a conversation with a programmer and not know the first thing about the technology. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it.

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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. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

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JULY 6, 2016

But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish. I say this as somebody who has lived in 6 countries and worked in 9 — having lived abroad for 11 years of my work life.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. This series of blog posts is my attempt to understand how science and technology policy in the U.S. the undisputed lead in a technology and innovation driven economy – until the rise of China.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

While Silicon Valley remains a hub of technological innovation, it is not the only hi-tech enclave where big ideas are brought to the fore in the commercial arena. Intezer.com is another award-winning technology company focused on Genetic Malware Analysis. Intezer.com. oz-code.com.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

San-Diego, California-based GoFundMe essentially is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. But online payment technology didn’t catch up with their vision, until now. Enter a website called GoFundMe.com.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2018

In today’s business environment where innovation and technology converge and the modern day entrepreneur has more support and incentive than ever to begin their dream startup company, more often than not discussions about state and local business taxes have a similar tone: “The company is losing money; we don’t owe any taxes.”.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Learn something new - most programmers love learning new technologies or solving new kinds of problems. Not Knowing Enough - Unfortunately, you also cannot get into a conversation with a programmer and not know the first thing about the technology. If you don't understand the basics about mobile technology, then read up on it.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2020

While much future forecasting looks to digital disruption , we shouldn’t think that the only fields that can be subject to disruption are those that are essentially technology-based, such as cloud services and data management.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

ExpoMarketing is a world-class trade show display company out of Tustin, California. The truth is virtual experiences have been around for years but the pandemic will force many to adopt and implement the technology. Creating a new product within the wheelhouse to appeal to a different audience. Meet ExpoMarketing.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2020

Solar, natural gas, and wind power the plants, and each of these technologies has a flaw. California, which has the nation’s strictest energy laws, may not meet targets for pollution reduction. The new grid is more chaotic and more prone to failure. Energy Policy May Not Work. is not entirely clear.

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APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. and Half.com. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

At the time, LA and Santa Clara were both the epicenter of the technology industry due to the significant overlap between the aerospace/military industry (Los Angeles) and the computing business (Silicon Valley). Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

Texas, Michigan, and California were among the most impacted states by weather-related outages. Many parameters may be monitored by technologies like machine learning algorithms and the Internet of Things (IoT). Around 80% of all major power outages that occurred from 2000 to 2023 were caused by weather.

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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Optimization technology is not new. And this part of the product is entirely free to use.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a business lawyer working with startups in technology and digital media every day, I’m fortunate to have a front-row seat as entrepreneurs create value out of thin air. Most of the technology industry is notoriously apolitical. What can we do on the public policy front to turn the United States into one giant Silicon Valley?

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