TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2018, co-founders Schuyler Deerman and James Chan started selling healthy meals at WeWork offices around Los Angeles out of giant Yeti coolers, standing around the kitchens during lunch time. “At On days when we did the ‘Positive Popups,’ people loved it. The voracious fight for your salad bowl.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

I personally run many group lunches & dinners and I attend even more so I’ve developed a set of tips I often pass along in how to make these the most effective they can be. Why a Board Dinner (or Lunch)? I usually recommend about 20 minutes of this if it’s a 2-hour dinner and about 10 minutes if it’s a 60–90 minute lunch.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009 -- "Using Broadband to Spark Economic Development" USC Speak and Spark Lunch. In this environment, broadband networks have gained new favor as an economic development tool. s attractiveness for enterprises of all sizes.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2015

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

And some will willingly work for stock options, an amount to be negotiated based upon time spent and stage of corporate development. Jokingly, I used to tell people that I worked for food, with so many free lunches being offered from all sides. But alas, there is no free lunch.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

General Admission Tickets ($50) include access to all the week’s events including a Job Fair at the Verdugo Jobs Center, Site Tour of the newly completed CBRE offices at the Masonic Temple, Lunch at LegalZoom, Panel Discussion with Disney, Reception at the Museum of Neon Art, plus so much more (space is limited per event, RSVPs are required).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

General Admission Tickets ($50) include access to all the week’s events including a Job Fair at the Verdugo Jobs Center, Site Tour of the newly completed CBRE offices at the Masonic Temple, Lunch at LegalZoom, Panel Discussion with Disney, Reception at the Museum of Neon Art, plus so much more (space is limited per event, RSVPs are required).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

General Admission Tickets ($50) include access to all the week’s events including a Job Fair at the Verdugo Jobs Center, Site Tour of the newly completed CBRE offices at the Masonic Temple, Lunch at LegalZoom, Panel Discussion with Disney, Reception at the Museum of Neon Art, plus so much more (space is limited per event, RSVPs are required).

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Glendale Legalzoom Sites Networking 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

General Admission Tickets ($50) include access to all the week’s events including a Job Fair at the Verdugo Jobs Center, Site Tour of the newly completed CBRE offices at the Masonic Temple, Lunch at LegalZoom, Panel Discussion with Disney, Reception at the Museum of Neon Art, plus so much more (space is limited per event, RSVPs are required).

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Glendale Legalzoom Sites Networking 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Valley Hackathon II is a technology focused event that brings in students from 9th to 12th grade and college who are interested in computer science, web and app development/design, public policy, marketing, government and political science. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided for participants.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The funding specifically goes for expansion into Los Angeles, as well as Chicago, plus for product research, development, and marketing. Allset said it lets users book a table and pre-order a meal, so that users can have a wait-free lunch in less than 30 minutes. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2014

The company--led by Christopher Webb--develops a service for restaurants which lets them accept online orders through their own, branded mobile apps, Facebook, and a restaurant''s own websites. The company also has seen update at corporate cafes--including Google''s--to make ordering lunch easier for their employees. of its service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2022

Watch especially for uncharacteristic new habits, such as working late nights or weekends, as well as really negative indications, including showing up to work late, taking long lunches, and leaving early. Only willing to talk about work is a signal that someone isn’t interested in developing relationships.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Hollywood Hack Day is a two-day event that brings developers from all over Los Angeles and Orange County together to create the next generation of entertainment applications. We'll keep you fed and hydrated (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) the entire weekend. Sunday, November 6, 2011 -- Hollywood Hack Day. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Hollywood Hack Day is a two-day event that brings developers from all over Los Angeles and Orange County together to create the next generation of entertainment applications. We'll keep you fed and hydrated (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks) the entire weekend. Saturday, November 5, 2011 -- Hollywood Hack Day. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2021

Happy employees, in this view, are more loyal, make better decisions, excel at managing their time, and develop other crucial leadership skills. Enjoy a 15-minute quiet time at lunch to reset, every day. Short – limit time spent daily developing a new habit. With effort, the behavior change will be permanent.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 -- ISSA LA Lunch Meeting: Implementation of DNSSEC. Speaker Bio: Mr. Fadi Cotran, PhD, is the Director of Technical Business Development for AEP Networks. The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) attempts to add security, while maintaining backwards compatibility. See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development. The risk of the daily routine.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2012

As we spend more of our lives on our mobile phones, local data and apps become critical in helping us find the restaurant for a lunch meeting, the bar where our best friends are Friday night, the local retail store to make our next purchase, and to interact with our city government to make the cities we live in a better place.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2011

Over the years, I have often heard the complaint from CEO friends that they have become so swamped by the demands of their growing businesses that they feel themselves further and further from the center of their industry, no longer at the forefront of information and competitive development.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Former employees describe Friday catered lunches where costs could run over $100 per person, and Royan was known internally for a “book ordering problem” — a former employee said that “unbelievable amounts of books” would be delivered each week to the office by Amazon to maintain the firm’s extensive library. Alas, no $100 catered lunches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

Invite key people for coffee or lunch one-on-one, and get to know them and their business. Be passionate about what you do, but develop a really strong plan, and a strong plan B too. Go directly to the source – your real live customers, and get their priorities, issues, pressures, and challenges. Start networking smarter and smaller.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 -- LINC BizDev - Lunch Networking for Business Development Representatives. Increase your referrals and introductions by networking with bizdev people from interactive companies. See [link] (more).

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. Each week, Tom and I would have an informal lunch and discuss issues that ranged far and wide. Tom rose through the programming ranks to become the chief architect of my software.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

The following post is advice I gave to my good friend Sam Teller when he was just a junior baller, “ Never Ask a Busy Person to Lunch.” ” It was meant mostly as tongue-in-cheek advice but basically said senior people should be coffee not lunch unless you really know them well.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

If I had a daily person who could guide me through better choices in breakfast, lunch & dinner (and not sabotaging it all in the evenings, which is my weak spot) then I think weight loss would be much easier. If you’re not able to identify your bad choices and develop a plan you’re never going to fix them. Hit the number, Mark.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 30, 2013

SoCal Code Camp is at it again, getting together an amazing pool of experts to speak in front of fellow developers and developers-in-training here in Los Angeles. This fun conference will have over 85 sessions on various technologies including Web Development, Mobile, Ruby , Javascript and more. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Develop metrics to monitor work intensity. With these strategies, and others that you can add from your own experience, I believe it is now an ideal time to think bigger than more time off, free lunches, and better game rooms. Let that be part of their job satisfaction.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Develop relationships with fellow CEO’s in non-competing businesses for a start. Perhaps even formalize the relationship with regular lunch meetings or meetings in groups of CEO’s to discuss personal issues without fear of the discussion leaking outside closed doors.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Ben Satterfield is the co-founder of TestFlight, an immensely popular piece of software for iOS (and now Android) which lets developers distribute beta copies of their apps to their users. TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. What is Burstly?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

There is no free lunch. Switch your attention from product development to sales. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Install a real board of directors.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 24, 2013

Develop an e-coupon campaign. We welcome spam of this nature and I for one would like to see what Tuesdays lunch special would look like. Find people that like pizza, junk food, candy, fast food, meat, bread and other similar items on Facebook. Over 10 million people “like” Taco Bell’s page. I’d start there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

You can’t make someone want to deal with you, but you can try to increase their motivation to deal with you – like getting together for lunch, or trying to communicate in another way. Rather than have a confrontation, someone backs off. Benefit from harsh feedback about your work. Receiving criticism is never easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

They “don’t care what people ate for lunch.&# They’re fine on their existing social networks, which these days mostly means they’re happy with Facebook. But I had an hour to kill before lunch and I was on California Street in Palo Alto. I think they’re missing something. It wasn’t always so.

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Berkonomics

JULY 3, 2010

And some will willingly work for stock options, an amount to be negotiated based upon time spent and stage of corporate development. But alas, there is no free lunch. Some charge by the hour, making themsef available much as an attorney, keeping track of hours spent on phone calls and emails with you.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

The moment your future head of sales, marketing, product or even junior developer says “yes” is the moment you’re most vulnerable of losing them. The moment you get an “accept” you should have all of your key employees email, call or even grab lunch/drinks/coffee with the new recruit to welcome her to the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

Any company who develops products reliant on iOS spends weeks crapping their pants before WWDC. You need to be “known” for your sources of differentiation so even when the press declares you dead because Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter are going to eat your lunch they are describing the threat in terms of them copying YOU.

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