Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. If three of us go to the first meeting there’s no reason to have a follow up meeting 6 weeks later!)

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Our user numbers are up.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy.

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that funding is something you do in “funding season,&# some mythical 2-month period when you’re ready with a great Powerpoint deck and you hit up all of the VC’s at the same time so that you can quickly raise money and get back to the job of building a business.

Venture Capital 309

Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. In addition, we had a fully stacked line up of showcasing startups with Causora , Floshare , Kiosked , and Yekra.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Our user numbers are up.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

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. We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Oh, and the cocktail party afterward also rocked! (I

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. In my post “ Measure twice, cut once ” I’ve outlined how to plan before you start raising. Should You Start with Your “Safety Schools?”

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially.

Help 365

Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent. Banner Ads. Text is what we’re reading.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

As the human ear ages it loses its ability to hear high-pitched sound frequencies (above 15-16 kHz) through a condition known as presbycusis that starts at 18 years old. So even though it’s a playground I have mostly to myself right now – I figure every gathering is a bit more fun when your peers turn up. So, too, Snapchat.

Snapchat 150

Snapchat Screening Venture Capital Guide 150

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. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Some flew in from overseas, different states and from Silicon Valley to attend.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Head to the beach on the first weekend of summer to celebrate LA’s digital innovators in tech, startups, entertainment, fashion, marketing, and more!

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to. With the pitching energy escalating in the room, regular pitches began short after.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. was starting. 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.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 21, 2014

All of the LA Hacks sponsors were displayed around the outer ring of the stadium and the students were greeted by a large glowing LA Hacks logo on the big screens. All of my friends who have risen up to amazing coders who started off knowing nothing, they learned what they know by building things and creating things.”.

UCLA 108

UCLA Los Angeles Snapchat USC 108

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 18, 2014

Using a similar look as Guilty Gear, where beautiful 2D hand-drawn animations fill the screen. Just get in a game (solo or up to four player co-op) and just start doing Hadoukens or Body Slamming zombies. Play as Ryu or some other random Dead Rising character dressed up in Capcom cosplay and revel in the nostalgia and mayhem.

Entertainment 72

Entertainment Class Startup Screening 72

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Nick and Rupert got in touch with TechZulu to talk about Filmzu, the entertainment business, and startups. TechZulu: Where did the idea of Filmzu start? Nick Ghirardelli: Filmzu started because we were sick of bad movies getting made and bad content in general. Everyone had to have started somewhere.

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2014

Attendees were treated to 20 characters to choose and beat senselessly, while more than 30 characters are reported to show up in the final game. Smash Run is simply a side-scrolling beat-em-up. The game demo was simple and sweet. It looks like Nintendo has a new IP up its sleeve. Excitement Level: Very High. Bayonetta 2.

IP 77

IP Startup Design Training 77

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. Start by trying to narrowing the list of total prospective VCs. As I like to say, in the era of social networks and transparency if you can’t figure out how to get introduced to a VC then hang up your cleats now. Maybe up to 6 hours.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Diamond Sponsor.

UCLA 104

UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

After casting was announced, the winners and the celebrities kept fans up to date with daily insights of the behind the scenes action via their Facebook pages preceding show’s production debut. Bluefin Labs gave an impressive demo of social TV analytics with real-time ad optimization and social media lift.

Conference 78

Conference Beverly Hills Social Media Media 78

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2010

Those were my first thoughts when I saw how many people were lined up, dying to see Nintendo's latest device, the 3DS. Each game I played (or watched) seemed to require a lot of fine-tuning via a slider on the 3DS's top screen. It really felt like Mario was jumping out of the screen and back down onto a Koopa.

Screening 49

Screening Entertainment Startup Technology 49

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

If you’ve ever seen anyone hold their phone or tablet up to a seemingly empty space and laugh hysterically, they probably weren’t crazy, just enjoying an augmented reality app. CEO’s, startup founders, leading programmers and technology officers, there were plenty of prominent personnel at the event.

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Join us for an evening of demonstrations from vetted technology startups, followed by an inspiring keynote from Two Bit Circus Co-Founder, Brent Bushnell. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Signs will direct you to Korn Hall.

UCLA 97

UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This allows publishers to easily create missions and activities to get people involved more directly than just reading stuff on a screen. Checkout the Photo Scavenger Hunt as a demo of the product. According to Joshua Schachter on his blog , Human.io He says, “Human.io

Mobile 68

Mobile Writing Activity Screening 68

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 31, 2013

At Google I/O a couple years back, showed a demo of Google Glass by watching a French woman holding her baby and recording that moment. I sought out to fix this problem and started working on the coding, even before I got the glasses. As you can see my screen lights up and you can see the Glass unit on.

Google 80

Google Content Startup Entertainment 80

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. LawPivot is a legal Q&A website enabling companies, especially startups, to confidentially receive crowdsourced legal answers from highly qualified lawyers for a fraction of the cost.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship. Event Details.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102