SoCal CTO

APRIL 1, 2009

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day.

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JUNE 18, 2010

industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Online service offering privacy certification for web sites.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Tuition.io, dubbed Mint.com for student loans, has helped students from over 130 universities manage over $100 million in debt, which represents over 10,000 student loans.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. How did the company come about?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Disclosure: we helped build the system that is behind these.) ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

OneCubicle helps you build a career, through a jobs page, jobs listings, career advice, micro transactions for resume help, and an upcoming celebrity mentor feature. Around 2000, I decided I had to stop focusing on TV and start getting onto the web. You can also use the service to network to your next job.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Maybe its because Im 66", but I think most clothes shopping really stinks and when was the last time that a sales person was actually helpful. Having help narrowing choices is what its going to be about going forward. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson , founder of Lunch.com, is an experience entrepreneur, who sold his last firm, VirtualTourist.com , to Expedia. Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. on the web, how do you hope to stand out?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Crazy, huh?

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. April 24, 2009. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Email us at info@socaltech.com. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. innovation.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Forwarded message -.

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Those deals require that a certain minimum people participate, and many also have a maximum number to take advantage of those limited time specials, which helps them to get more exposure and business, plus helps out the community. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” You could just outspend. You Can’t Sign This Deal.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

What can they do for funding, where can they go for help? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. Seems an obvious fit.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

Sean Broihier: We are an online art marketplace, and help living artists and photographers sell prints of their artwork. and photographer is an online web presence and an order fulfillment partner. AS I was working my engineering job, I got obsessed with programming and building a business for the web. things of that nature.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. We also have some really interesting opportunities in the social web that the business has not previously pursued, which will actually let people in the social web know who we are. So let's talk about ThisNext. What's the focus of the firm nowadays?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The constrai.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. We'd always go into client meetings asking: how can we help you? Talk about Telesign and what you do? How did the company start?

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

I've been in the ad network business, helping Adconian, and know the web site publishing world. In early 2009, no one was paying attention to that, so we spent some money and devoted resources to build this. Tags: evan rifkin interview startup entrepreneur advertising tagworld. They have been phenomenal to work with.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2011

As Mark states below “Forums are the original social media&# , people sharing information across the web on all sorts of different topics. We put a heavy focus on integration, allowing your community to be deeply embedded into the fabric of your website and the social web. Who are your three most influential entrepreneurs?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But a new entrepreneur on the block is already reaping the benefits of choosing the road less travelled. This partnerships will help find innovative ways to market firm’s reusable materials. Most of us think junk is bad and we have been brought up thinking the only way to dispose of junk is to trash it. Recycling Waste Platform.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Ive not found that much use for LinkedIn to help my blogging, but Im starting to think about this. Maybe this meme will help. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Nimble's software connects to your email, social accounts, and more, and helps you track your customers, sales prospects, sales pipeline, and much much more. Businesses in 2009, 2010, and 2011, when they wanted to start a business, they didn't buy a Novell or use Exchange. Here's a simple example to help you visualize this.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Jeff Kupietzky: I think, like other folks, we had challenges at the end of 2008, and through 2009. I think where the turning point will be, when it's not the traditional domain investors, those individual entrepreneurs, but where more institutional money comes in. This year we think we'll return to the growth profile we had.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

However, it was an idea and concept which had been brewing for awhile, and besides, I had a personal interest in starting my own company and wanting to be an entrepreneur. I ended up planning a move to Hamburg, Germany to help with their European operations. It was the fall of 2008, when Lehman Bros. longer than I had planned.

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SoCal Delicious

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. Solicit trusted advisors help with interviewing.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

founder, Steve Cunningham, this is exactly the thought process he went through when developing a product to help you take in and use information faster. And there lied a problem for an entrepreneur to solve. Like Gary Vaynerchuk, Cunningham built the family business 10 fold through creating branded web content with a viral touch.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Tradesy’s mission is help women get more of the fashion that makes them look and feel great, while spending less. Listing an item is free and takes 60 seconds or less, via web or mobile. The site also helps maximize the value of items for sale with a proprietary pricing recommendation engine that reflects what buyers are likely to pay.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

“We’ve added a significant number of new customers in recent months alone, including premier multinational brands, and we’re now helping these companies to achieve their communications goals with unprecedented cost-efficiency.”

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. ► October (1) New Video! Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Dec 26, 2009). More tiers = more complication = more confusion.

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