10 Tips for Crafting Your Executive Summary
Your executive summary is essentially the cover letter to your business plan: its goal is to get the reader to check out your business plan and, hopefully, to set up a meeting. Think of your executive...
View ArticleInnovation Crush | How an Investor Thinks Through Innovation
Every day, 1000’s of new bright-eyed and bushy tailed companies sprout from depths of start-up soil. Some are formed in incubators, and some are the results of a few cocktails and some ink on a...
View ArticleInfographic: Over $1B Raised in 2013 by Los Angeles Startups
Overall, great news for our fair city with a 25% increase in funds raised in 2013 over the year before. This last year, we saw a record high of over $1 billion raised with 200 launches and 25...
View Article500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference
Coming hot off the tail-end of a much involved SXSW week (where the talk of the town was wearables, alternate-communication apps, and the internet of things); I was excited to immediately find myself...
View ArticleSimplifying Startup Investments: Ryan Feit (CEO) of SeedInvest
The very mention of the word fundraising can illicit some powerful emotions among entrepreneurs. It’s frustrating, taxing; a full time job in itself. And those who have gone through the process, know....
View ArticleBreathometer | The Pocket-Sized Life Saver
It was mid week at this year’s SXSW at the TechZulu x Indiegogo tech lounge. The packed schedule of entrepreneurs and founders were coming through at a steady stream, with the perks of great local food...
View ArticleNext Gen CrowdInvesting | Chance Barnett (CEO) of Crowdfunder
Back in January, at the annual TechZulu Startup Forecast, our panel of industry leaders and investors spent a healthy dose of time discussing the ongoing JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) and...
View ArticleBatch 8 500 Startups Demo Day | Our Top Ten
Amphitheater seating, hundreds of investors. Stage lights above four months of hustling behind you. X marks the spot. You have three minutes. As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day, we...
View Article10 Signs Your Company Isn’t Ready to Raise Startup Capital
I don’t think I need to make the case for raising capital for your startup. For many companies, bootstrapping will only get your company so far…and then, in order to grow bigger, faster, it’s likely...
View ArticleHow To Attract The Right VC Partners
The relationship between investors and founders can be tricky to navigate. At the best of times, it’s symbiotic, leading to gains for both sides. At others it can degenerate into a test of wills, or...
View ArticleTech Startup Aims to Disrupt the Boating Industry
As more and more tech startups launch vying for the attention of both consumers and investors, founders are figuring out which niche to serve and which industry to disrupt. Launching in 2012,...
View ArticleAmazon’s First Transparency Report: What Does It Mean?
After releasing its first ever report, Amazon has left many consumers and users wondering about a number of things. Of all Fortune 500 companies dealing with tech, Amazon is the last one to disclose...
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