Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2017

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution? or “So what?”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- "The Future of Energy: How Cleantech Entrepreneurs Will Reshape the Economy" Hailed as the next entrepreneurial boom, cleantech is expected to become an engine for economic growth and help restore America's leadership in science and technology.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 -- bloblive LA - Open Mic Night for Entrepreneurs. Bloblives are a weekly, city-wide series of "open mic nights for ideas" where entrepreneurs of many stripes share ideas and support each other in a fun and relaxed environment. and the audience chimes in with feedback, advice and suggestions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution? or “So what?”

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Morphlabs said that BroadBand Tower has been using its platform since late 2009. Morphlabs is headed by serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. The two companies said the investment and strategic partnership will help them accelerate business expansion into the global market and the enterprise cloud computing market.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Was it hard to raise the fund?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But VC is like congress. hours / day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

A few days ago I met a 26 year-old entrepreneur with an attitude that exemplifies what I believe it takes to succeed in this new economy and new world. Our mission is to revolutionize the jewelry industry and fundraising as a whole, by helping non-profits run money-raising events. Tags: entrepreneur role model business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I stayed close.

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APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Until I was fortunate enough to secure a job with Ron Burkle at the end of 2009. Hollod is now joined up with Burkle and recording artist D.A. All day, every day.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2015

This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. After seeing Chamillionaire interact with several entrepreneurs both at events and as an investor I started introducing him to startups in an advisory capacity. I reached out after the event to learn more.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. We want to help them, and will. Idea Mensch.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.

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JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. For entrepreneurs there’s too much money sloshing around. We are experiencing a frenetic time. My general advice is to do less.

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MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. 5 years ago.

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MARCH 5, 2012

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. "I think there is a fundamental difference between an incubator and an accelerator… (this) distinction helps people understand why, (even though) … there is a saturation point, but we are nowhere close to it. It allows them to really accelerate their own development.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Meet the VCs: The thrill of speed dating for startups. An interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund.

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JUNE 20, 2012

We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2019

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution? or “So what?”

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JANUARY 27, 2010

According to the Tech Coast Angels' Richard Sudek, Chairman of the TCA, the group is looking to hold bi-monthly mixers which will help entrepreneurs connect with its angel investors, after a successful mixer in late 2009.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009 -- CALAsia. The conference is aimed at helping trade groups from these regions tofurther explore how to interact with the California life science community and highlight the growth of biotechnology in these regions.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 -- bloblive LA - Open Mic Night for Entrepreneurs. Bloblives are a weekly, city-wide series of "open mic nights for ideas" where entrepreneurs of many stripes share ideas and support each other in a fun and relaxed environment. and the audience chimes in with feedback, advice and suggestions.

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JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. He’s also candid, humble and helpful.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

After an Adviser at his Cupertino High School told Nithin and his fellow Freshmen classmates about a school in Kenya that needed help with their educational facilities, Nithin, along with another student, created Kenya Dream and ran it as Co-Presidents. We’re helping out an entire small village. Do what you love.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment. Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops (www.SoCconference.com) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. VentureNet 2009 (www.venturenet.org) - October 7, Costa Mesa. Startups Made Simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

And so do entrepreneurs who are quick to pivot to new businesses or to sell in an acquihire. It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. And the “stay lean” argument isn’t only good for entrepreneurs, it can be good for VCs, too.

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MAY 18, 2010

Al is a repeat entrepreneur, who last founded Integrien, and was SVP and GM at LowerMyBills. We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. Al Eisaian: We spent all of 2009 doing research with moms, having moms come into our Pasadena office and researching what things they wanted in the app.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. As someone who has been both an investor and an entrepreneur, what made you decide to head back to investing this time? Kevin O'Connor: That's a great question.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Startups Made Simple. Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2014

It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea happen that was supposed to be impossible. As an entrepreneur in a startup, how do you know if you have this potential, and what are the steps to get from an innovation to a revolution? or “So what?”

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 23, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 -- SCVN Kick off event.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. 1) Mobile web.

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