SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, and How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. Moderator and 2012 Association President AITP. Cindy McKenzie ?

Technology 113

Technology CIO AITP Activision 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 19, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- Fast Pitch Los Angeles 2012. Tech Coast Angels, 7th Annual Fast Pitch Competition. The participating companies represent a wide variety of business models, original thinking and, at times, disruptive discoveries that go on to change entire industries. See [link] (more)

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Tech Coast Angels Angel Competition 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2012

AngelHack, the self-proclaimed leader in hackathon competitions, completed its Fall 2012 season this past weekend with contests held simultaneously in five cities: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris. The three finalists from the LA AngelHack were BossCaster , Birdsai , and Unclutter.io.

Santa Monica 178

Santa Monica Competition Los Angeles Design 178

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. All 5 should be a single sheet of paper that is the company’s strategy). Direction.

Pricing 80

Pricing Statistics Examples Design 80

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- The Board Game: How Entrepreneurs and Investors Can Make a Difference with a Board. Building a great board is a critical component for success for any innovative company. MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast. See [link] (more)

Enterprise Forum 113

Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur Competition Company 113

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. In case you didn’t know, many VCs target a 3-year investment horizon for a fund and after that the fund mostly does only follow-on investments in companies in that portfolio. Insurance Companies. Wait, didn’t you just raise a fund?

Venture Capital 396

Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Runway AI user interface.

Startup 210

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 210

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012 -- Design and Innovation Showcase. Innovative industrial design can give your company competitive advantage in the marketplace by catering to both utilitarian and aesthetic requirements of the customer. Connect with CONNECT. See [link] (more)

Design 113

Design Competition Networking Custom 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Vator Splash LA. Splash is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash brings together high-caliber speakers who talk about how to build and scale great successful companies, how their industries are changing and the opportunities those changes are creating. See [link] (more)

Google 113

Google Competition Entrepreneur Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 18, 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 -- The Tech Coast Angels presents MEET THE ANGELS. Are you thinking about starting your own company or in the early stages? The Tech Coast Angels invites San Diego's up and coming entrepreneurs to "Meet the Angels" that can help you make your dream come true.

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Angel San Diego Startup 113

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. This often works best if you find a company similar to yours with great potential, but drowning in debt, or short on the necessary skills.

Startup 98

Startup Custom Customer Entrepreneur 98

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 13, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- MIT Enterprise Forum Tech Fiesta. Engage with San Diego's spiciest up-and-coming tech companies through a collaborative competition. The MIT Enterprise Forum Tech Fiesta brings together the best and brightest entrepreneurs, tech experts and industry leaders San Diego has to offer.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum Tech Coast Angels San Diego Competition 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012 -- Vator Splash LA. Splash is a single-track evening event and startup competition. Splash brings together high-caliber speakers who talk about how to build and scale great successful companies, how their industries are changing and the opportunities those changes are creating.

Incubator 113

Incubator Google Competition Invest 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 -- Custom Software. Today, companies need every edge they can get to strive in our current competitive marketplace. For many companies, custom software provides the edge they need. Unique to your company. Techbiz Connection. Custom developed software can provide all that and more.

Custom 100

Custom Customer TechBiz Software 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

However, my hometown favoritism does not diminished the fact that the TMP offers a highly effective curriculum, as evidenced by the dozens of successful companies spawned by the Program, including the following: Inogen (NASDAQ: INGN) - With a market cap in excess of $376 million, Inogen created the portable oxygen concentrator market.

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

pitch and technology competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I couldn’t help but feel like it might be a hall of crickets with a few passionate women warming the front row. able to sign up online and rent the car, with only $50,000 invested in the company, which went towards the website, database and beta car.

Conference 77

Conference Startup Technical Review Software Review 77

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. That is what we set out to solve at MyTime.

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: We've been here for six years to date.We

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: We've been here for six years to date.We

San Diego 100

San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Small Business Administration as a Growth Accelerator Fund Competition winner. It also got me thinking about what was important for winning this competition. The Growth Accelerator Fund competition is for organizations that help startups grow, become commercially viable, and have an economic impact. 31 in the nationwide contest.

Funding 40

Funding Competition Chief Technology Officer San Diego 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? More strategic.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should you start a company? What company should you start? When should you join a company? Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. When should a VC invest?

Venture Capital 202

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Invest 202

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Speak the customer’s language.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2012

Gamification fuels that drive and brings the competition to technology. But if you’re a company looking to motivate your employees or engage with customers where do you start? ” Watch the video above as I interview Molly of BunchBall about SXSW 2012, gamification, and the future of motivational gaming models.

Platform 93

Platform Mobile Startup Software 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Ambitious and motivated graduate-level and undergraduate (junior and senior) students are encouraged to apply for our internship positions: Business Development Intern (Summer 2012): Have the opportunity to work with and learn from TechZulu leadership while focusing on research, analytics, relationship management and collateral development.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees.

Help 100

Help Startup Platform Santa Monica 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. In this it has disappointed to fully achieve the aspirations of its founding fathers.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras. What''s the story behind the company? So, we''d only sold about one or two a day, but one day, I had a wholesale company in Germany interested in buying a bunch of them.

Startup 196

Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

According to a recent article in the Huffington Post , last year marked a new high for female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies, but the percentage big companies run by women is still less than 4%. In startups and small companies, the numbers are much better, but still estimated to be below 25%. Both have their advantages.

Startup 107

Startup Competition IBM IBM 107

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An alternate outcome that I also unfortunately observe in some cases are companies who had extreme early success with an initial product adoption but failed in key areas that limited the growth and therefore the ultimate financial outcomes. I see many companies that don’t make this transition well.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

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. The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low.

Startup 99

Startup Competition News Framework 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. See who checks into your competition. Groupon’s recent purchase of Whrrl parent company Pelago indicates more plans here. Understand the competition. Sponsorships and advertising.

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

With the SOLD OUT Startup Weekend Los Angeles quickly approaching (February 24th-26th, 2012) it’s time to start getting in the creation mindset. We are excited to part of this competition and to support others who are passionate about improving the state of education through technology.”

Education 71

Education Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 71

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Developed by Tencent and published by Blizzard, in which Tencent owns a minority stake, in September, Call of Duty: Mobile had a spectacular start, recording more worldwide downloads in a single quarter than any mobile game except Pokémon GO, which saw its peak in Q3 2016, according to app analytics company Sensor Tower.

Tips 149

Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

In a world that is hyper competitive – even amongst VCs – I can honestly say that not only is the media recognition accurate but it is amongst the proudest days I’ve had in developing Upfront Ventures and our future. Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In what is a fairly unusual move, last week, Tradesparq (www.tradesparq.com), a Chinese startup in the area of B2B trade information, said it was planning on setting up its operations here in Southern California, as part of an expansion and scaling of the company. How long has company been around? What is Tradesparq?

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170