Building successful startups is not easy. That is why only one in ten startups actually succeed. But, if you are going to have any chance of success, you need to K.I.S.S.—Keep It Simple Stupid.
3 Must-Have Tech Services for Every Growing Business
The basics of starting and operating a business have not changed, but the process has become faster and much more efficient. We can only imagine what the future will bring with the addition of new technology and other cloud-based platforms. If you have not made the decision to get your business up and running, there is no better time to do it than now.
10 Key Principles To Drive Customer Decisions Today
Ten universal truths about selling, and the customer decision process, which every business needs to address in their product, business model, and their whole customer experience. Just think of your whole business as the sales engine, rather than just the sales reps.
LA Tech Week in Review: 3/10/19-3/16/19
The New Old Way of Doing Business
There’s so much information out there now that it has become nearly impossible for an economic agent to act rationally using all available data. The art of choosing what not to pay attention to has become more important than the science of choosing what to pay attention to.
How Digital Skills Training Gives Your Company a Competitive Advantage
If you are not investing in these kinds of digital training solutions, you are not just losing your advantage — you are falling behind. Company leaders literally cannot afford to wait to invest in digital training. As you define your strategic vision for the future, it is more important than ever to increase your workforce’s digital proficiency and move past the competition.
5 Investor Types Who Will Test Your Negotiating Style
Feld and Mendelson identify the five most common negotiating styles that you will see on both sides of the table, and talk about how you can best work with each of them.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/18/19
Notable startup fundings for the week ending 3/16/19 featuring funding details for Tendermint Stash, Polarr, Offerpad, and much, much more
The AlleyWatch February 2019 US Venture Capital Funding Report
Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and seed funding during the month of February nationally. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C+) including mention of notable rounds. USE THE […]
The LA Venture Capital News Digest: 3/15/19
This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in LA for the first half of March 2019 featuring Gotham Green Partners.
Why You Should Let Your Kids Lose
Modern parenting needs a much healthier debate. Many parents are creating “fake environments” and entitlement which make kids fall hard later in life. These are some of my honest POVs and ideas on why it actually be beneficial to let kids lose up front.