SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. In this interview, Simon says it’s crucial to focus on your product, especially in a mobile world where the App Store reviews are all you have.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

One of the worst things for an entrepreneur to have happen to them is to lose communication due to battery life. Software Platform. There are countless times when I myself have been on the great power outlet hunt at a networking event, conference, you name it and can either not be found or already swooped up by someone else.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Up 33% this year, according to the Washington Post, online commerce is trending upwards from $175 billion in 2007 to a projection of $335 billion in 2012 (Forrester Research). The rise of ecommerce giants EBay and Amazon.com has shone a light on a new path to consumerism. This is certainly something online software could approach.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Despite the fact that he can create things on Autodesk’s Maya that their own software designers may have never have dreamed up (or more accurately, that only a few people on this Earth can), being a ‘big wig’ was never May’s intention. Due to the nature of the process, this allows for on-going change.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

So what changed that ushered in the new era that was officially dubbed Web 2.0? Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. The Present Era.

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