InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. Eleanor Roosevelt – US Diplomat & Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. During those same 15-years, I made innumerable mistakes. Entrepreneurship is best learned experientially , both directly and through the experiences of others.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

Are you one of the folks who spent this afternoon changing your LinkedIn password, after a password leak at the popular business social networking site? If so, Los Angeles-based MySocialCloud has a feature for you: an automatic, random password generator. MySocialCloud said it has had a feature which allows users to create extremely secure passwords for the passwords stored at the site, to help prevent issues like the one which occurred at LinkedIn.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 7, 2012

I am constantly surprised when speaking with entrepreneurs and CEO’s who act puzzled and a bit flustered when I ask, “So what is your mantra? Tell me about your company in ten words or less.” Almost every one begins a long explanation of their business that is nearly impossible to follow, let alone recall a few moments later. And each lost an opportunity to tell their story in a memorable way that has power and boosts their enterprise value in the minds of the listener.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- Cracking the code of Healthcare IT: it spells HL7. TCOSC. The who, what and why of HL7. Did you know that HL7 represents members in more than 55 countries, and is intimately involved in worldwide efforts to improve healthcare through information technology? HL7 is an ANSI standard, learn what it means to adhere to HL7 definitions and how to develop products that comply with HL7.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2012

Business success begins in the mind of the startup founder and his team. A winning startup is a team of entrepreneurs who build and run the business as an extension of who they are, rather than some extrapolation of the Google or Facebook model. It’s not so easy to fake the important attributes when the going gets rough. So before you risk it all by jumping into a startup, do a reality check on your own mind to see if you can find a majority of the following attributes, summarized from the book

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

Look out, Pinterest -- Pasadena-based LoveIt is looking to unseat the popularity of the photo sharing site, with its new platform, and $6M in funding. LoveIt, headed by former PriceGrabber President Ron LaPierre, said today that it raised a Series A round from Juvo Capital and PG Ventures, to bolster its "visual curation and sharing platform." The firm said its allow individuals and groups to discovery, collect, organize, and share photos with their friends, and has already inked deal with major

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- Software Product Development - How to Triple Your Likelihood of Success. TCVN. Product development has always been challenging. Software products, while being easier to mold and perfect, offer additional set of management and technical challenges. The industry average rate of success is only 29%. Given the mind boggling speed of change in web and mobile technologies, on shoring, offshoring, intellectual property protection and slew of other challenges, the road to succ

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. The reality is that if you build a business you love, you may in fact make big money, but if you start a business to get rich, you will probably fail.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the online service which helps startups manage their fundraising process, announced this morning that it has linked with half a dozen startup accelerators to help those firms' companies help raise their funding rounds. CapLinked said it has tied with Launchpad LA , Science , 500 Startups , Tech Wildcatters , Amplify , and LaunchBox Digital on its invitation-only program, which allows startups enrolled in those accelerators with access to the firm's premium TEAM acco

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Technical Review Software Review Los Angeles Startup 224

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 4, 2012

We’re driven by challenges and the desire to win. It’s in our blood as humans, some more than others. Gamification fuels that drive and brings the competition to technology. We see it in web applications, mobile apps, project management tools, etc. But if you’re a company looking to motivate your employees or engage with customers where do you start?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- LAVA Mobile: Mobile-Mobile. An overview of mobile technology, apps and business models associated with vehicles, fleets and transportation networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2012

A “downer” is defined here as someone who seems to dwell on the negatives of every business challenge, and loves to highlight bad news or potential problems. No matter how smart or experienced this person may otherwise be, things must change or they will kill your startup. I’m not talking about someone who has an occasional bad day, but rather people who when asked, “How are things?

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2012

Southern California has seen a big increase in interest in space recently--particularly with the success in the last few weeks of one of the area's highest profile, venture backed startups, SpaceX , delivering a spacecraft to the International Space Station. However, the region's spaceflight roots run deep, with one of the anchoring institution being the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. Govindarajan is referencing his new book Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home , a book on strategy, or what Govindarajan refers to as “pushing back the fold of the future.” Govindarajan speaks from the world of academia, as Professor of Interna

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 8, 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- The Customer Experience of User Experience. SDSIC. Jeofrey Bean and Sean Van Tyne will share their aggregate views of some of the best customer experience and user experience companies and the practices that make them better, different, and more valuable than their competitors. These experience makers are small businesses and large companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. That’s why I often say that ideas are worth nothing, until they are put in the context of a business plan and real people committed to executing the plan.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2012

For this morning's Insights and Opinions , section, where we feature the voices of Southern California's technology industry, we have an article from Howard Marks , the co-founder of Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine and co-founder of gaming giant Activision. Howard asks why there is a discount for Los Angeles tech startups, in terms of valuation.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2012

For those companies looking to venture into the mobile space, there are multiple platforms in market to help accomplish the move. However not all those platforms can provide companies with all tools needed. Appcelerator’s Titanium is the only mobile cloud platform to enable fully native-cross platform, mobile app, hybrid and HTML5 web development, from a single codebase.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- TCA Entrepreneur Mixer. If you are an entrepreneur and want to meet angel investors and fellow entrepreneurs, don't miss the Tech Coast Angels OC Entrepreneur Mixer. Join us in a relaxed, informal environment to mix, mingle and discuss new business ideas and how to get funded. If you are an entrepreneur with a business that requires immediate funding, or a concept or idea that needs input from others, you will benefit from this opportunity to meet active angel investo

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2012

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone to wake up and answer website email requests. That’s just not sufficient to hold today’s fickle, less loyal, and ready to jump customer. Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

Crowdfunder , an online site offering up a platform to help startups raise money for their firms via crowd funding, is dangling $25,000 in a contest open to Los Angeles companies. The firm, headed by Chance Barnett, said that its new crowdsourced startup contest, called CROWDSTART LA , will award $25,000 in funding for the company judged the most popular via votes on the site.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 2, 2012

In the fall of 2011 Apple introduced the world Siri your personal virtual assistant (PVA). Now for those with a iPhone 4S, Siri was an exciting new tool. You could talk to her, ask her questions, get your schedule, and even ask her for a joke if you were having a bad day. But what if you were on a phone other than the iPhone 4S? Well…you had to find your own jokes on that bad day.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Evening with Shaun Tomson, Former World Surfing Champion, Entrepreneur, Author, Film Maker and Inspirational Speaker. The 101 Executive Alliance cordially invites you to join us for a Keynote Speaker and Executive Networking event. Come enjoy Shaun Tomson, our keynote speaker, and also have the opportunity to meet and network with other C-Level senior executives from companies along the 101-Corridor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. But remember that “dancing with the wolves” can also get you eaten for lunch. You have to take the risk, but keep your wits about you. Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - w

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

Ken Rutkowski , the well connected Los Angeles founder of networking group METal International and KenRadio , has a new platform for his musings on technology and media, on a new show on KFWB. KFWB NEWS TALK 980 said that it is launching Business Rockstars , hosted by Rutkowski, on Monday, June 18th, weekdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Rutkowski is a fixture around Southern California's technology industry, and had been involved in the Founders Institute's Los Angeles efforts.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 6, 2012

The stories are everywhere…VCs and Angel groups are passe’–the cool kids are raising money from “Super Angels” Just go talk to a friendly millionaire, and he/she will simply write a check to finance your “A” round. Need a few million? No problem. Oh, and it happens quickly, too. Now where did I leave his phone number… Well, maybe.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- The Security SIG Presents: Securing the Enterprise; An In-Depth Look at Modern Day Cyber Attacks. CommNexus. As communication technologies become ever more prominent, web security becomes increasingly important for small and large companies alike. According to a Norton study, cybercrime cost the global economy $388 billion in 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2012

Most entrepreneurs start their company with the highest of ideals, and wouldn’t dream of building one with a culture of indifference or downright unethical behavior. Yet all too many succumb to the pressures of survival, driven by demanding investors in a cutthroat competitive environment. How does a Founder recognize the warning signs, let alone know what to do about it?

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2012

A new, grassroots effort by Alex Benzer, Tara Tiger Brown and Sean Bonner, Represent.LA , is looking to map out the Los Angeles startup community, by plotting out the list of startups, incubators, accelerators, and others in the community. Brown says that the site is a way to "promote the LA tech scene and strengthen the community bonds that span across a wide distance and many freeways.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. Chris Anderson wrote a really influential book some years ago called “ The Long Tail ” that shaped how many people think about emerging Internet markets. If you haven’t read it you should consider adding it to you library. It was especially influential in my mind in thinking about media. At the simplest level you can think about markets in terms of the number of times media is consumed and/or purchased by people plotted against the tot

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Listen to Angels, Investors, Venture Capitalists and Catalysts and what they have to say about investing and being investor ready. Pitch your business, idea or concept through live video feed and hear feedback from industry veterans. Ask questions and learn. Special Guest, John Tillquist and Dave Gullo.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2012

Did you ever wish you had a more visual, easy to use way to identify which of your social media posts on Facebook are getting the most interest from your friends and others? A new service, Likeabilitee , is looking to do just that, by plotting your social media activity against an easy to use, visual interface. The new service--created by by Mark Sylvester, the founder of IntroNetworks--is in private beta.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2012

A report today says that the hugely successful flight and mission by SpaceX may open up the doors for that firm to gain a new customer: the U.S. military. The report , from Reuters, says that the third successful flight by SpaceX means that the firm has met one of the first requrements to fly military satellites into space. SpaceX already has a long line of satellite launches in its books, and the firm recently announced a plan to launch large satellites into space for Intelsat, with a new rocke

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

How do you take the fashion tastes and preferences of consumers, and harness that to create your own, collaborative fashion brand? Allison Beal and Brian Garrett are trying to figure that out with their new, Los Angeles startup, StyleSaint (www.stylesaint.com). Garrett was most recently a venture capitalist at Crosscut Ventures, who helped identify and fund ShoeDazzle--co-founded the company with Beal, a fashion industry insider who was introduced to Garrett by prolific Los Angeles angel investo

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

Anaheim-based electric vehicle maker Fisker Automotive has signed a deal to expand its dealer network, saying Thursday afternoon that it has signed a deal with Penske Automotive Group , the auto retailer founded by Roger Penske, to open up a new dealership in Arizona. Fisker said that Penske will operate a new franchise, Fisker of Scottsdale , which will carry its electric vehicles.

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Networking 164

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2012

What's the latest startup to launch of out Santa Monica-based business "studio" Science Inc. , run by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones? That would be appear to be Gumhouse , which just raised $6M in a funding round, from such venture firms as Polaris Ventures, Science Inc. and others. Gumhouse reported its funding via a regulatory filing, but has not yet detailed what the firm is up to otherwise.

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