socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We launched a Digital LA - Women series with four panels starring female founders, entrepreneurs, developers and PR, which will also continue into the new year.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Climbing the ranks for our Los Angeles, CA region, Mobile Therapy was one of two semifinal winners. However, demonstrating that value to clinicians without a DEMO or a pilot is a challenging aspect of the market adoption. Did you do anything in particular to rally your fans and clients? This is actually my ninth startup in 20 years.

Competition 122

Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Angels have been prolific for years now and they, too, rely on downstream money to cover their bets. Web Summit. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo! And there’s conferences.

Venture Capital 374

Venture Capital Invest Press Startup 374

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The program is set to begin June 30, concluding with an Investor Demo Day in September where each team will present their company to a room of industry leaders and investors. Also joining the team will be Yohei Nakajima , former academy program director at CoLoft, a popular co-working space for tech entrepreneurs in Santa Monica, California.

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Entertainment Santa Monica Ideas Mentor 102

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

” If your company was featured there (in the early days of what people called Web 2.0) The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base. Here’s how you should think about your PR plan.

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Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 I think the model works well,” said McCann.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Smith , the founder of Croquet (www.croquet.io), a new Los Angeles startup which actually has its roots at the very beginning of the modern computing era. The web is so powerful today, that Croquet allows them to now create truly collaborative applications that could not be done before. For today's interview, with talked with David A.

Platform 168

Platform Startup Examples Web 168

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A mobile and web platform that lets our users give and receive text messaging advice in a anonymous social community. Then fellow Trojan Alex Banayan gave a talk about the three traits of success in an entrepreneur. Anyway, then came the REAL demo pitches and after the final one, judges were off to deliberate. Neighborly.

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USC Startup Tech Coast Angels Guide 82

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). even if it’s just a web conference call walk through. Most entrepreneurs don’t put enough effort into these phases.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Start Engine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. It’s a clutter-free, haggle-free, hassle-free solution to self storage.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. Or maybe a goldmine.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Last week I had two very contrasting presentations from entrepreneurs that gave me the idea for this post. Pitch 1: I had an awesome young entrepreneur come in this week to talk about his seed stage business. Pitch 2: This entrepreneur had a full house. It was a 1-on-1 meeting between the two of us. is important.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Yahoo 288

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Last Friday was the final deadline for all StartupDemo applications to be submitted and we are hard at work selecting the best Startups to Demo during the event. Tech Coast Angels is ever-mindful that some of the world’s greatest companies began with angel investments and we take our commitment to that tradition seriously.

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Technical Review Software Review Santa Monica Tech Coast Angels 58

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Demo Day / Angel Pitch. Tons of info and tons of fun!”

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. Demeter Interactive is a digital marketing and communications firm based in Los Angeles, California. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

Daryl is also an angel investor, and has invested in such companies as MindBody Software and YouMail. We spoke to Daryl about the firm, the founders, and their use of Amazon Web Services as its back end. It looks like you're using Amazon Web Services heavily in the service? I've been an entrepreneur for many years.

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Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Leveraging mobile application and online platform.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. Program head Robert Jadon describes Startup UCLA as more of a pre-accelerator than anything, meaning the the ideas are typically earlier stage and the entrepreneurs less experienced. Love the student entrepreneur scene in LA right now!

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. Arguably the greatest research and development nexus in the United States rests in the area spanning San Diego to Los Angeles. Web Design Software. Cloud services.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. What: Spotlight Series Event. RSVP: AGENDA.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur - Steve Blank , June 10, 2010 Who is an entrepreneur really? It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. The sunk costs trap. Let's see why.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175