socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What is the idea behind the Tech CEO Network? The Tech CEO Network is there to fill the gap. That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering. It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The founder succession dilemma.

Startup 130

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 130

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. The firm is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm's technology is a result of CIA-funded research efforts at USC. READ MORE>>

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Mission Ventures USC Social Network 100

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. It was announced in the 90''s.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: Essentially, we started off as a graduate school project at USC. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Over the past few months I've been building my networking, and we've done about a deal a month so far. I think the right team and network are very important, as is traction, validated by customers. They're pretty competitive about deals. TX Zhuo: I moved down here four months ago. I'm glad to meet everyone.

Funding 253

Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. Sara Akhteh received her BA in Film Theory from UCSC and her MFA from USC in Production.

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

It's great for networking, and for developing friendships. We met at USC, and we had traveled a lot with study abroad programs. Aigerim Duiseneyeva: We met with Idealab through a USC Marshall competition. It's also great for networking. What's the story on how the company came about?

Startup 199

Startup Idealab USC Ideas 199

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The founder succession dilemma.

Startup 97

Startup USC Entrepreneur Statistics 97

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Both Waxman and Elbaz are serial entrepreneurs, with many successes under their belt (Elbaz with Applied Semantics, which he sold to Google, Waxman with such companies as Firefly Networks, SpotRunner, and PeoplePC). I was just at USC yesterday, and they''re really focused on great things in science in engineering.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

In a famous Harvard study of 212 new ventures a few years ago, USC professor Noam Wasserman found that half the founders were no longer at the helm after three years, and over time 80% were forced out. Offer low cash early, with bonuses or stock options for milestones, to people in your personal network. The founder succession dilemma.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2012

There were a few hours of just networking and playing an ice breaking game to get to know people. Before the pitches started, I ran into a fellow Trojan I knew who just graduated from USC, Nathan Doctor. We were all in such a high for winning the competition!!! Pitch and form teams! I loved the energy of it all.

Startup 99

Startup Technical Advisors Ideas USC 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Sherry Gunther: MyMiniPeeps.com is a unique, online community for kids ages 6-13, which is both a social networking community as well as a game site. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites. There's more competition, but there's a lot more available to you as a developer.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

What we've done, is we've taken technology originally developed at USC, a CIA funded project, and gained global commercial rights for the non-security sector. They want a means of representing themselves that is animated, and changeable, and actively communicates in places like MySpace, Facebook, and other social networks.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313