Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2014

But you can’t secure the funding needed to scale. . Today, we have Ryan Feit, CEO of SeedInvest to give us a bit more insight on some important key points – useful for any founder who’s looking to raise funds. Finding a better way for entrepreneurs to raise funds. Introducing SeedInvest.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2016

Rufus Labs is one of a number of hardware startups which have started to proliferate in the community, due to low cost hardware, 3D printing, and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Plus, they don't collect data, and use really old, limited software. I actually spent a decade working in advertising and marketing.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Is there a way you can make direct mail perform more like digital advertising channels? We had to be ver mindful to prove that, because, instead of a traditional raise of capital as quickly and fiercely as we could, we self funded this fro the first six- to nine-months. in funding in that round, which closed about a year ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2016

federal income tax (Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code). This fact makes finding money for staffing, advertising, and manufacturing very difficult. Advertising is expensive. Funding is dependent on the economy. Most countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations. Multiple financial watchdogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter. So what do we mean by in-stream advertising? Advertising is great. was the 2-way web.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Reviewing financial & operational performance. Planning and dealing with extra-ordinary events: M&A, fund raising, crises. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Steve Jobs – “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? However, his first-hand knowledge of how to write, test and commercialize code facilitated his ability to lead Microsoft from startup to world dominance.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

It does the work for them, and uses the data to make intelligent recommendations specifically for that person's advertiser. Addressing the other point, of automated tools--led by companies like Google, which allows advertisers to manage their own campaigns--have actually opened up a door to us. Can you talk about that experience?

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We're lucky in that we have LA's best seed funds. Where are you now as a company, understanding that lots of things have changed due to this pandemic? We're taking the oldest form of advertising, the human-to-human story telling, and we're injecting it with data, and AI, and predictive analytics, and all these things.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. There are also others who are doing advertisements with short video. You mentioned funding--you're raising a round?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps. That's number two.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

MYTH 2: Silicon Valley companies will always have the best shot at funding. Matthew has seen hundreds of startups pitch funding though OCTANe’s LaunchPad program. Advertise on VentureBeat. Amid criticism, Uber’s CEO fights back: ‘On bad days, I look at our revenue graph’ channels. Editor’s picks.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Perhaps in part due to its dominant market share, WebEx adopted telecom-style pricing, which effectively penalized their users. Cloud computing pioneer RightScale is a prime example of a company which utilized a consultative go-to-market strategy as a means of funding its initial operations. WebEx was the early leader in web meetings.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Darrius Thompson--who was also a co-founder at DivX--to learn more about the startup, the saga behind how the company started, and the funding. Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. We've had close to 2 million tasks people have put into there in the last four months, and all this without any PR or advertising, completely organic.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Klash for iOS was released last fall and had good reviews with a 4.9 The funding led by Cologne-based mobile investor Venista Ventures says Klash is a great idea. The team says the revamped version of the Klash iPhone app has a better interface and animated GIFs for cooler proofs and a better overall Klash experience. Great Idea.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

Rincon’s Fund I portfolio is comprised of a number of such Serial Teams, some of which include: Alma mater, Rent.com: sold to eBay for $430 million. The team has applied its deep understanding of telephony and online marketing to create an infrastructure which allows advertisers to track phone calls like clicks.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Internet advertising is good.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

In this interview, we catch up with an amazing TechZulu Spotlight alumnus, Joey Flores, CEO of Earbits , a hand-curated music discovery engine that allows its bands and artists to advertise and promote their own material, events, announcements, contests, whatever. What was the original inspiration behind Earbits? But sell them to who?

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SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. Drives both discoverability and monetization.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The National Science Foundation mainly funds professors to do research. As I earlier suggested, part of the problem is due to the organization of Washington, DC, right down to fiscal years and annual budgets. In any case, right now (generally) Congress is debating funding for programs authorized in the COMPETES Act.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0 landscape.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Those crappy bots not only cost you money because they keep your server busy and increase your bandwidth bill, they actively decrease your advertising revenue because your visitors hit the back button when your page isn’t responsive due to the heavy bot traffic. It can get worse when a URI gets retweeted often.

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