Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. “The Getting Mobile-Ready.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. Farbod Shoraka: We started out in the summer of 2011. I have such respect for other platforms and technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. The second reason is that we are a hybrid fund with a unique strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

May 4, 2011 was the official launch date). Examples: lunch, cupcakes, prescription. Examples: home delivery of produce, coffee, baked goods. Examples: couch, package to the post office, donation items. They can also review past deliveries the courier has done, and any comments past customers have left them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A look around technology industry, perhaps the heart of the global revolution, shows a happily working international community all pushing for the common goal of innovation. category E visa for investors as a prime example of the recent troubles. Take the U.S. In Silicon Valley’s favor, “U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2012

One of the areas that startups and healthcare investors have turned their attention to in recent years, is leveraging the many advances in technology--wireless, smart phones, software, and more--and applying those to the health area. That division was focused on implementing core technology for the wireless industry.

Software Review 140

Software Review Cloud Computing Startup Technical Review 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2010, we sold the game assets and name PlayScreen, which we had acquired, and formed a new company with some solid financial and technology guys. William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. stars, mostly five star reviews. Talk about your other titles?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. For instance, Kids React reviewed a video by DeStorm , while the Gregory Brothers incorporated Kids React into their hilarious Chuck Testa video.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” They cite Quara, Google, Twitter & Facebook as obvious examples. Tech Companies most certainly do take calls. Of course tech companies with free products don’t want to take a phone call from end users.

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Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Tech Coast Venture Network

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Many businesses may also benefit from new rules prohibiting insurers from denying coverage or raising premiums due to health status or preexisting medical conditions. And those taxpayers could find that, in addition to the rate increases that might be imposed in 2011, they will face an additional 3.8%

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

Think about music as another example. It had the effect of greatly reducing the industry size but also of allowing some less known artists to reach audiences that previously would be unthinkable due to cost constraints. In 2011 YouTube had 1 trillion views, which is the equivalent of every human watching 140 videos.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. And he showed us examples how implementing his team’s innovations directly sky rocketed company sales. Chatting with someone live doesn’t need to be tech support.

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