Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

.” Collins’ company just raised $10 million in a funding round led by GV , the investment arm of Google parent company, Alphabet. But Alphabet’s investment team is far from the only group investing in the restaurant infrastructure as a service business.

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Startup Los Angeles Demand Pasadena 279

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Yet I still recommend apps as a good starting target for aspiring technical entrepreneurs, since they don’t require a large initial investment, and you can learn an incredible amount about the realities of business, without risking a lifetime of effort and several investor fortunes. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier.

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Develop Development Platform Mobile 138

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 8, 2021

The company said it conducted over 25,000 fully-integrated fusion reactor core experiments, optimized using machine learning programs developed in collaboration with Google and processing power from the Department of Energy’s INCITE program, which leverages exascale-level computing, TAE Technologies said.

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Technology Artificial Inteligence Google Orange County 354

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. The firm has backing from such investors as Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and OReilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. We talked about Facebook.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). That's the first time organized, institutional, managed capital is coming into a company, right after friends and family.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

(www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. Mike Jones: (chuckles) I think I get the feeling that Google chooses you, and you don't choose them, in a weird way.

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Dollar Shave Club Entrepreneur Startup Google 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M founded in summer of 2017.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

Yet I still recommend apps as a good starting target for aspiring technical entrepreneurs, since they don’t require a large initial investment, and you can learn an incredible amount about the realities of business, without risking a lifetime of effort and several investor fortunes. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. You have a unique position, being both in the investment banking as well as being an early stage investor.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Given the general consensus that Business School is essentially a farm system for investment banks and consulting firms, I was initially concerned when one of my star entrepreneurial students, Sieva Kozinsky , told me of his plans to attend my alma mater, Wharton. Online commerce is something these founders have experienced and understand.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Allegis Startup Competition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2013

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Change is always hard, so people already on Amazon are not easy convert to another e-commerce system. Overconfidence.

Demand 89

Demand Google Commerce Pricing 89

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2019

Two of the hottest sectors in the market today for investments and startups are in the area of machine learning/big data and advancements in automotive technology. Less than 10 percent of people are taking public transportation, and only about 20 percent of commerce is online.

Artificial Inteligence 113

Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Platform 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

In a recent book by David Cushman with Jamie Burke, “ The 10 Principles of Open Business ,” the authors contend that many recent success stories in business, including Google, Apple, and Amazon, were built on at least one open business principle. Shared risks (open capital). Review your current investment in “creating goodwill.”

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Startup Organization Social Media Custom 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Yet I still recommend apps as a good starting target for aspiring technical entrepreneurs, since they don’t require a large initial investment, and you can learn an incredible amount about the realities of business, without risking a lifetime of effort and several investor fortunes. Position yourself to capitalize on the next frontier.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2011

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Change is always hard, so people already on Amazon are not easy convert to another e-commerce system. Overconfidence.

Startup 90

Startup Demand Google Commerce 90

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

In a new book by David Cushman with Jamie Burke, “ The 10 Principles of Open Business ,” the authors contend that many recent success stories in business, including Google, Apple, and Amazon, were built on at least one open business principle. Shared risks (open capital). Review your current investment in “creating goodwill.”

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Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development. Joanne Chen, Partner at Foundation Capital.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Those retailers look over at the online world, and wish they had the same kinds of tools that e-commerce retailers had to help them improve their business. The startup is backed by Morpheus Ventures, NextEquity Partners, Visa, and March Capital. How do they solve that problem? We caught up with Amit to hear how things are going.

Startup 113

Startup Custom Customer Sales 113

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

One would imagine with so much influence and potential capital flying in the packed room, the atmosphere must have felt thicker than a frenzied shark tank. Updates could be as exciting as closing investment deals, or harrowing as the news of losing a co-founder. Shippo is changing the game for e-commerce shipping.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. Jamie is currently also co-founder of March Capital Partners, in addition to running the summit. One is the traditional buyer, the Microsofts, Oracles, Googles, and Ciscos of the world, with their cash.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., We can see marchan transactions, and if they are making e-commerce transactions, if they are paying things at small kiosks. How did you end up starting Tala? I love LA now.

Startup 100

Startup Santa Monica Custom Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT).

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 3, 2012

Google, Zynga). Opportunity to leverage native skill sets including online monetization, commerce, digital media, data analytics is not tied to location. LA is the capital of middle market companies. More capital being invested in LA by the strongest firms in Silicon Valley. Cooley Godward ).

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Rustic Canyon Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 77

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Back then were were looking for the same things users look for today – the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 The Past (1985-2002).

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. E-Commerce: Nasty Gal. Events: Digital LA / Silicon Beach Fest.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Check Google , Yellow Pages , and local directories to ensure your business name is not taken. Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Track and improve traffic through Google Analytics.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Cohen, Capital Thought. Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. the ability.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

but businesses spend 18 trillion a year, but very few companies are trying to facilitate that kind of commerce. It's just a matter of time--when someone goes to Google and searches for a ball bearing, that search will be dominated by our content. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. The Spark Capital website (it’s one of my favorites). Content, of course, is the same!]. Other Deals.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Xconomy

JULY 11, 2018

Mark Cummins wondered why online search engines could help you locate a landmark halfway around the world in a second but couldn’t tell him whether the corner store had a craft beer he liked.

Help 68

Help Startup Product San Diego 68

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Should brands offer e-commerce through apps? Jones, Founder, Chairman and CEO, ChaCha Search, Inc. Where should marketers and investors place their bets? But does every brand need an app?

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

We can all aspire to grow companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review IBM 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We can all aspire to grow companies like Google, Facebook, and Apple, which have the aura of fun, while still improving your lifestyle and offering the dream of untold riches. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102