socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. We caught up with Mickie Rosen , the firm's CEO, about the company, its links to Best Buy, and how it was incubated out of Fuse Capital.

Incubator 239

Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Startup 108

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Barnehama was tight-lipped about the specifics of the technology that Elementary is using for its robotic stack. ”

Los Angeles 207

Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Funding 174

Funding Startup Equity Examples 174

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

a crowd-powered platform that gives accredited investors access to exclusive deal flow and technology transfer opportunities has launched in beta its crowd-powered portal for startups, JumpStartFund. How its online incubation works. Social capital rewarded. El Segundo, CA based JumpStarter Inc.,

El Segundo 76

El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. We had to find other, more diverse ways to allocate our resources and grow businesses. Photo: Dave Fink on left, Jonathan Neddenriep on right. What is Postie?

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Prizes vary from competition to competition including, credit for co-working spaces, free hosting accounts, gift cards, scholarships to incubators and at times even nothing more than just bragging rights. Most entrepreneurs in a startup struggle to get that initial capital needed to execute development of their great idea.

Competition 65

Competition Networking TCVN Southern California 65

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

What we realized, is that using a platform like the Dodgers to validate those products, and at the same time, solve some of our own problems, made a lot of sense. With the background of our ownership group, and their interest in putting capital to use and our resources to work, we saw the opportunity to create strategic partnerships.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures. Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

When we think of our neighbors to the North in Canada, we think of bountiful natural resources, open land, and flannel shirts; we don’t necessarily think of tech. The major cities are dominated by industries such as oil, resource exporting, and politics. Same space, different spin.

Startup 109

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 109

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. How long has the service been available?

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha works tirelessly to build a platform of advocacy around issues such as tech inclusion, diversity, and education. 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. As the President of Start Co.,

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

The amount of capital varies by accelerator. We decided, after looking at Los Angeles, that what was needed most in Los Angeles, and what entrepreneurs were interested in here, was that we'd need a little bit more capital offered than other accelerators. whereas in Los Angeles, there's sort of a paucity of those kinds of resources.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”.

San Diego 40

San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5 ” She is redefining how business is taught and using her personal online platform apart from a designated channel platform to do so. Online content isn’t a small market, nor is it going away anytime soon. Same with CreatorUp.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Potential resources available to entrepreneurs are enormous, but often under-utilized. Utilize business content curators and coaches.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

At the time of founding, our iHub’s main focus was renewable energy because of the abundant sunshine in greater Palm Springs, the reliable wind in the San Gorgonio Pass, and the geothermal resources at the Salton Sea. Our platform can be used worldwide. Finally, we do not have a venture capital firm.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 107

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Ian Harris - VP of Partnerships, LA Cleantech Incubator. Ian Harris, VP of local Cleantech incubator believes ‘Cleantech’ is now more a political term than a technological definition.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Startup 113

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

At the time of founding, our iHub’s main focus was renewable energy because of the abundant sunshine in greater Palm Springs, the reliable wind in the San Gorgonio Pass, and the geothermal resources at the Salton Sea. Our platform can be used worldwide. Finally, we do not have a venture capital firm.

Startup 121

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 121

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 17, 2012

When we think of our neighbors to the North in Canada, we think of bountiful natural resources, open land, and flannel shirts; we don’t necessarily think of tech. The major cities are dominated by industries such as oil, resource exporting, and politics. Same space, different spin.

Startup 56

Startup Incubator Seed Funding Platform 56

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. daqri is an augmented reality and mobile web content publishing platform that utilizes QR codes to deliver content.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Who can get help get access to their capital?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Under the program, the firm will offer five to six pre-funding entrepreneur groups, on a rolling basis, co-working space as well pro-bono access to the firm’s resources including legal services and introduction to sources of capital and other trusted services providers.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? That is how great businesses are built. Choose that market.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Silver Sponsor.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150