Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In the old days we used to call a restaurant to book. As long as they didn’t lose the book or make a mistake. As long as they didn’t lose the book or make a mistake. We built “book it now” functionality in LA and then San Francisco. After hours there was the answering machine.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

First, I recently read the must-read book Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton. I’m friends with several people in the book and I’m sure they didn’t love being written about – nobody ever does in this sort of book. But the book is a must read for entrepreneurs. I love politics.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even though Lyft nor Sidecar presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 they need to be mentioned as they were a huge time saver both getting from after party to after party and also to get to the airport. The company raised millions in the past few months and was the winner of Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012 New York. com , but for transportation.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 24, 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012 -- How To Create The Next Facebook. Join Barbara and Forbes writer and entrepreneur Tom Taulli as we discuss what he learned as he researched and wrote his upcoming book, "How to Create the Next Facebook." Tech Coast Angels. Hosted by Barbara Seymour Giordano. See [link].

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Imagine you’re sitting at a clean desk and 10 people came into the room unannounced, with documents, books and piles of information to read, throwing it on your clean desktop, while running out of the room saying, “Thanks! Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012. An elevator pitch would suffice.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -- An Evening with Brad Feld. An evening with venture capitalist Brad Feld to discuss his new book Startup Communities. Join us at Cross Campus for a discussion with Brad as he takes us through his new book, Startup Communities.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 -- Marketing ME: Building your book of business by developing YOUR personal Brand. Broads Circle. Join us for this hands-on breakfast workshop specifically geared towards attorneys and accountants to create your strategy for success.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2014

Handybook lets users book home cleaning and repair services online or through an iOS app, and is one of a number of peer-to-peer marketplace startups which have brought their services to the LA market.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Contentric. All content is being digitized: movies, books, TV, news, music, games. Contentric 2012 will rocket you into the near future of content, giving you a 360 degree view of how our lives and our businesses will change. Content is Morphing. Are You Read to Morph with It? See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 13, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 -- 85 Broads presents GILT: By Invitation Only. 85 Broads / LA is thrilled to welcome Alexis Maybank, co-founder of the Gilt Groupe and 85 Broads Power Circle member, to Southern California for an exclusive, intimate evening of hors d'oeuvres, VeeV cocktails, networking and QandA/book signing. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Flinja was co-founded by Victor Young, Rebecca Bahr, and Calvin Shen, and was part of the Summer 2012 class from Howard Marks' StartEngine effort. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

The competition never stands still, and new opportunities are evolving, based on culture changes in your customers, new technologies, and new problems in the world which need to be solved.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2012

In a statement, Nirvanix CEO Scott Genereux said that the company booked more revenue in Q1 of 2012 than nearly all of 2011. It appears that the funding comes after a sudden surge in revenue and adoption of the firm's services. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Evening with Shaun Tomson, Former World Surfing Champion, Entrepreneur, Author, Film Maker and Inspirational Speaker. He is the author of the best- selling book Surfers Code, and the writer and producer of the award-winning documentary film Bustin Down the Door. This will be a well-attended event.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 -- Cloud Computing: What entrepreneurs should know to reap the benefits of Cloud Computing. Moderated by Jeff Reid, Printronix; panel includes Dave Templeton, Kelley Blue Book; Joel Manfredo, CTO County of Orange; Dave Carlson, IHS; Michael Siersema, CSC. TechBizConnection. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

His upcoming book, The Trust Manifesto, about trust in the era of big data, will be released on October 4th. In his 1990 book, City of Quartz , Mike Davis envisioned another enclave of exclusion and elitism: Fortress LA. Damian Bradfield. Contributor. In the summer of 2018, parts of San Francisco’s public utilities turned gold.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Former employees describe Friday catered lunches where costs could run over $100 per person, and Royan was known internally for a “book ordering problem” — a former employee said that “unbelievable amounts of books” would be delivered each week to the office by Amazon to maintain the firm’s extensive library. What a boring mess.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Most impressive, Amazon had Hsieh retain his role as CEO, and gave him latitude for projects like his famous book, Delivering Happiness , which spun out into a separate organization of its own; continuing to focus and build out the Zappos company culture; and testing new management paradigms such as Holacracy.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

I rarely see such a change in my life from simply reading a book, but this is one of those times and I had to share it. My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. She even wrote the book “A Parent’s Playbook for Learning.” This is a true story.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

When on long drives or stuck in LA traffic a lot of business owners rely on the radio and books on audio to keep them entertained and distracted from the bumper to bumper grind. It’s 3 simple steps.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Brad Feld points out in his widely-read book Startup Communities , that business schools within universities are generally devoid of innovation and thus are not engines of entrepreneurship. The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million. Techpreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

If you hadn’t read the book I’ll bet most of you (like me) had never understood the role that Coach Campbell played with the three execs but according to the book at one point they were having weekly sessions with him. EXECUTIVE COACHES. See there are tons of people who play the role of mentor in their own capacity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

I just finished a new book by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

OpenTable says it seats over 12 million diners per month via online bookings in over 28,000 restaurants, the online restaurant reservations network connects restaurants and diners, helping diners discover and book the perfect table, even helping restaurants retain customers. with more cities coming by year end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. billion collected in 2012. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. billion in loans since 2012, when its business “morphed” into an alternative lender, according to founder and CEO Dave Gilbert. million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

LendingClub helped to pioneer the model, saying in November 2012 that it had surpassed $1 billion in loans issued since 2006, when it was founded. billion in loans since 2012, when its business “morphed” into an alternative lender, according to founder and CEO Dave Gilbert. million in 2012 to more than $59 million in 2015.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely. Costco wanted to launch us online, on costco.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! by Michael Carney on November 8, 2012. PandoMonthly presents: A fireside chat with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/pan… 31 minutes ago. pandodaily.com/2012/11/08/how… 1 hour ago. ©2012 - PandoDaily | Contact | Facebook | Twitter | Powered by WordPress.com VIP.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

Michael Greenberg: We like to be more of an open book. That's when I started my first company, ScaleFunder, which we spun out of the UC California system in 2012. We're arming them with the ability to retain the customers with most value, and attract more customers that look like them. Machine learning is a bit of a buzzword.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The young company has been heavily promoting its “all-you-can-fly” private flight service that can be booked in 30 seconds or less on a mobile device now that it has secured the necessary licenses from the United States government to operate its flights.

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