InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

After studying at UC Santa Barbara''s entrepreneurial program , he returned to Spain, excited to start a venture and make a positive impact on his homeland. Even Google News decided to close in Spain due, to a new law designed to protect legacy businesses. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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Entrepreneur Startup Santa Barbara Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Santa Barbara-based SendMeHome (www.sendmehome.com) is looking to solve that problem, with a free service to print out labels which attach to your item, and where you can register items in case they are lost. Andrew Lee: The front page is designed for people returning items, and is easy to use. How do you get those items back?

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Santa Barbara Startup Writing Ideas 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

My definition of a startup is, ‘a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.’ As a retired serial entrepreneur and current venture capitalist who teaches entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara, I could not agree with Steve more. We now know… that startups search for a business model.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 10, 2011

He overheard me talking about Steve Jobs in conjunction with the entrepreneurship class that I teach at UC Santa Barbara. Another of Mac’s stories highlights the degree to which Steve treated his designs as works of art. I regularly bring successful entrepreneurs into my UC Santa Barbara classroom.

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Tips Startup Santa Barbara Entrepreneur 279

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. The key it to have “realistic capital.” Otherwise, good luck!

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Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

socalTECH

MAY 18, 2009

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. And, haven't some folks been trying to educate people about the market for awhile?

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Santa Barbara Education SaaS 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

So eventually you have your company funded but only 2 of the 5 people who started the company are still around. Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you?

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. Navy, Pfizer, & Unisys Corp.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I have a few meetings with the team, perhaps about the website design, radio show structure, an event we are working on, a sponsorship (perhaps the uniforms for our youth basketball team). Santa Barbara: the home of the clicks (and the calls) , Do your kids Google poo? Sometimes I make a blog entry. Great posts.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe? Up until a few years ago most software companies used the ‘waterfall’ method of development that required lots of documentation (detailed marketing requirements specifications, functional and design specifications, etc.) You’re right.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Likeabilitee (www.likeabilitee.com) has come up with a new, highly visual service which makes it very easy for you to analyze and understand how people are engaging with your social media posts on Facebook. We were even funded back in 2006 by Adobe, to move over to Flex. You hit the nail on the head.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84