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. ” To provide guidance and feedback to event participants on their various ideas, Startup Weekend has enlisted local entrepreneurs and experts with experience in the edtech space.

Education 71

Education Entrepreneur Startup Mentor 71

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

How did the idea to launch your own accelerator come about? Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. They all had come from backgrounds as investment professionals, which is how they had built their own businesses.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. They have aggregated talent into similar locations to learn from each other and made it easier for high-profile mentors to meet many companies at once. Accelerators have been great for our respective communities.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. All of our mentors are investors as well. They're aimed at the big idea.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22nd, 2012. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. We have three main components: education, mentoring, and practice. In mentoring, we match experienced angel investors with, what I like to call them, “angels-in-training” so they can share the lessons learned. There are a lot of mentoring programs out there.

Mentor 84

Mentor Invest Entrepreneur Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The idea came from having been recently married herself and seeing how expensive it can be to buy a new wedding dress. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Once off the ground she could attract mentors from her industry. How’s that for an ex painter?

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m. Directions to the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter 2012. There are still a few tickets left for you to be part of what will surely be an amazing night.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). 36% of all apparel jobs in the US are in Los Angeles.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. My general advice is to do less. Easier said than done.

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Investors in LA are not jaded and are still very receptive to ideas, unlike in Silicon Valley. It was the morning of June 26th, 2012. As a young entrepreneur, you get introduced to mentors and successful entrepreneurs on a daily basis who want to help you. Marks and Liu finished by talking about LA as a whole.

Startup 107

Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. Mavens are critical.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

They dream of appearing at the door, with their idea on the back of a napkin, and popping out a few months later with investor money to burn. Y Combinator , led by Paul Graham, claimed success in 2012 with 172 companies over 7 years, which then had a combined value of $7.78 Expert mentoring and training. Initial funding.

Incubator 103

Incubator Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

They dream of appearing at the door, with their idea on the back of a napkin, and popping out a few months later with investor money to burn. His tests focus on personality traits alone (ignoring your startup idea), looking for fluid intelligence, openness, and agreeableness. Expert mentoring and training. Initial funding.

Incubator 115

Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. You can be an entrepreneur and at the same time you can be a mentor or an investor to someone else’s project. In 2012 Miigle was just in its beginning stages. How much has the product changed from where it was in 2012 and where it is today?

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money. But these requirements may go away with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act passed into law back in 2012. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We select ten per class, and help those startups connect with mentors and other people in that local environment who can be helpful to the business. Since then, we've replicated the model with a local managing director, local mentors, and have expanded to roughly 25 different programs around the world. billion combined.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money. Most entrepreneurs start asking for money from this tier, when they have very little more than an idea. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

Startup 91

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The original idea was how to get jobs for people using text messages. The current iteration of what we are doing now has been around since 2012. It was cool that I spoke at the White House last year about mentoring. I am very active in mentoring women and minorities. TechZulu: Let’s start off with an obvious question.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86