Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

It’s not often that one gets to see a community emerge from the ground up, but it’s happening more and more in smaller cities across the U.S. Others still focus on the right balance of angel and venture investment paired with accelerators to nurture the startups. and around the world. Why, you ask? That’s right.

Twiistup 98

Twiistup Clearstone Conference Training 98

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Clearstone Venture Partners (www.clearstone.com). Startups Made Simple. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblog.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. on April 24, 2009.

Rustic Canyon 100

Rustic Canyon Southern California Technology Council High Tech 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

We spoke with Phil Ressler--a former venture capitalist from Clearstone Ventures--who is now CEO of BigStage. They can put themselves and their friends into the media and the digital experience. There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

Company 111

Company Companies Startup Twiistup 111

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 20, 2009

This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Angel Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 150

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

A few months ago, Peter Lee --a venture local capitalist who has served at firms such as Prism Ventures and Clearstone Ventures Partners--joined a relatively unknown venture firm here in Southern California, Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com). He made a lot of money from those deals, so in 1999 he set up Baroda Ventures.

Southern California 113

Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

The Quigley Report

MARCH 2, 2008

That is a question that comes up now and then when I am meeting with enterpreneurs. In my opinion, most of what inspires a VC to get excited about a market comes from rumor, hear say and general media publications. This is one of the reasons so many venture backed deals are flawed from the start. What do VCs read?

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Clearstone Startup Education 40