Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. We met at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Robotic Embedded Research Laboratory where Harsh is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. We need to sit less, and move more. What audience are you targeting?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. The traditional way to handle that is to write code. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the challenges is simply timing: so many things have to happen at once for these projects to get off the ground, and most governors and mayors lack the timing skills required to get them over the finish line. Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. How can you practice timing?

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. We'll even write a half a million check. What's your thoughts on the local venture market?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. Maybe this meme will help.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Most of them suffer from lack of activity, but it's worth a shot. Ask them about your concept.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 22, 2010

government agencies provide funds, such as SBIR and STTR grants, to small biotech and medical device firms in support of their RandD and commercialization activities. Attend this SoCalBio Workshop to sharpen your grant-writing skills and learn how to tap various government funding opportunities from the NIH and DoD. Numerous U.S.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

I am someone who likes to interact with my Representatives and Senators, by way of writing letters, emailing, and what not. When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

There is one thing I learned a long time about about setting goals, “you manage what you measure&# so you need to begin by regularly recording your weight. Writing down your weight from your scale is obviously a manual process and it’s tedious. Measuring my daily activity. We’ll see. Enter Withings.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. That really is helping to move the ecosystem to the next level.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Until sites begin to agree on common patterns for objects like People, Groups, Activities then there's going to be a big barrier to doing a lot of the stuff that we want to do. It will make life better if you are developing applications that you'd like to play in multiple places (write once, integrate/debug everywhere).

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

You are writing about the essentials of business. I am planning right not to write a post about how startups often get SEO wrong. It provides a more active opportunity for people to get to know each other, and in more detail. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? That's great.

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Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

We've made some investments here and there, and are now building a team, and making a lot of investments in SoCal tech companies. I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company. After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. bkuo READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Geography - Rincon is now very active in the Bay Area. However, in 2008 we were focused almost exclusively within Southern California. Without insights into the Northern California startup ecosystem, our thesis was, "Why are these guys seeking capital in SoCal?

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. We're still powering actions there, but we're not doing editorial.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

If you have a team of 10 people then by definition 90% of the time spent on activities is not put in by you and on a team of 100 it’s 99%. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. And because “communications” is a two-way activity, great leaders are listeners.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. We write and create our own content for the game. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. The time has finally arrived!

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. If you've taken a course, and need an application to do chemistry or math analysis, there's a store where you can write, share, sell, or buy those applications.

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). We've been really successful with global companies, and all of our clients are global.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Their relationship with you is not as important as the one they have with the people that write them checks. They have you write a grant and send you into a venture capital firing squad, which is a group of VCs, engineers, and other business guys and was a lot like a firing squad. At the end of the day, that's what they care about.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

SoCal CTO

APRIL 20, 2010

The other common aspect to each of these is that they are things that we don’t do very often and probably are not very good at it – yet they are very important activities and something we need to get right. This is pretty much the exact definition of when it makes sense to use Performance Support. What is performance support?

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eHarmony Examples FAQ Design 150

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Plus, there's always shoulder surfing--when people write them down, and are grabbing for your daytimer or spreadsheet for passwords--that's treating passwords like it's the 1950's, and leaving your front door key under a door mat. But, it was important that was in Southern California.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California. With all these many activities and so many people coming together it becomes inevitable that situations may arise that can interfere with the community’s best interest.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I don’t think so. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. m writing about how I became our technical co-founder.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Write me an e-mail and let me know what youre up to! I’ve been asked a few times recently, “Wow, these analytics you write about are great, but how does a startup begin to bite off the relevant parts? splunk is neat since it's somewhere in-between writing your own log parsing and buying off-the-shelf reporting.

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Startup IP Email Report 29

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. Tania & I each do activities that we don’t get enough time to do during the year like mountain biking, rock climbing, water skiing and sunset hikes with spectacular views.

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Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of. Alissa White – Founder of Matcha Source.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. If you are an entrepreneur or active in the angel/seed sector, you should read it. I’m going to try to do something for you guys that I’ve always resisted doing. One of the big questions, probably the biggest questions that I get from reporters, is 'what trends do you see?

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

With this method you occasionally might block searching Microsoft employees who aren’t aware of their company’s spammy activities, so make sure you serve them a friendly GFY page that explains the issue. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. from the IP address range 65.52.0.0

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SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

There are personal factors that come into play like real estate value, stock market activity, etc. This gives you a better idea of how the company is doing so you can adjust your follow-up reserve (increase or decrease it). For an angel, investment and reserve are more personal because you’re investing your own money.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Automating the Path to a Better User Experience - The Product Guy , July 5, 2010 I started writing about Quick-UX in 2008. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved. Each of those domains would get one point in the aggregated list. If duckduckgo.com had appeared twice, it would still just get one point.

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