by brantcooper | Jul 9, 2014 | Brant's Rant, San Diego, Startup Community
Note: This article first appeared in Xconomy during San Diego Startup Week. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps better known these days as Oxforddictionaries.com, a startup is defined as “a newly established business.” To purists, perhaps, this might...
by brantcooper | Apr 24, 2014 | Brant's Rant, San Diego, Startup Community
San Diego Tech Founder Chris Hoover was kind enough to produce these fantastic notes on Charles Hudson’s talk from April 23, 2014. Thanks, Chris! (Edited for clarity.) Charles Hudson (Bay Area VC SoftTech) discussed perspectives on funding...
by brantcooper | Nov 28, 2013 | Brant's Rant, Economy, Lean Entrepreneur, San Diego, Startup Community
I’m going to go out on a limb here. I guarantee that good startup mentors exist everywhere, even in your neck of the woods. Without any more evidence than my personal experience—working alongside hundreds of mentors and entrepreneurs around the globe, including such...
by brantcooper | Sep 12, 2013 | Brant's Rant, Economy, San Diego, Startup Community
Mentoring is hard. Mentoring is also a more significant part of the economy today than since, perhaps, apprentorship in the craftsman age. Why? The rise of entrepreneurship and the freelance economy is similar to the craftsman age since as the very structure of the...
by brantcooper | Apr 8, 2013 | Brant's Rant, San Diego
(UPDATE BELOW 4/10/13) With Brad Feld coming to town this week, I think it’s a good time to evaluate the state of San Diego’s Startup Community. If you don’t know Brad, you should take a few minutes to learn more about him. He is an entrepreneur...
by brantcooper | May 9, 2011 | Brant's Rant, Economy, San Diego, Startups
Whether there’s a tech bubble or not is an interesting discussion going on in the blogosphere. (Reading guide is below.) I fall into the “boom before bubble” pack. Having lived through the 90s’ bubble, there’s no way we’re there...
