LA Tech Week in Review
With so much going on in the thriving LA tech and startup ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the news in ...
5 Ways to Successfully Make Your Startup Stand Out
Startups, especially those that are bootstrapping, tend to focus more on building product/services than they do on marketing them. But ...
Where We Are Investing Now: Biosciences
Health is a remarkable area for early-stage investment. It shows more activity, more exits, more corporate involvement, and more overall ...
Stop Investing in Companies and Start Investing in Brands
Imagine this. A promising new band is ready to start their first world tour. They have managers and found investors ...
10 Strategies For Building A Business With Influence
Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize ...
How to Successfully Network While on the Road
Any entrepreneur can share countless travel stories of lonely hotel dining and tasteless room service dinners. Combine that with red-eye ...
9 Communication Tips That Can Boost Your Career Value
Every business professional and entrepreneur believes they are good communicators, but how do they know? It’s really the perception of ...
Early Stage Slumps Come and Go: We Will Always Be Here
The Twittersphere and blog landscape have been aflame at year’s end about a slowdown in seed investing. The amount of ...
4 Breakthrough Thinking Strategies Force Innovation
Why do a few entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, seem to come up with all the real innovations, ...
What Playing a Sport Can Teach You About Running a Business
On a podcast, I recently heard serial entrepreneur Jason Wilks refer to how his experience playing golf helped him run ...