Berkonomics

JANUARY 12, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from a number of angel investments, including mine. He volunteered to close the incubator and returned 96% of our investments to all of the angel investors.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 9, 2019

Currently working out of Quake Capital’s Austin incubator, the company helps patients search for and compare the cost of procedures, connect with doctors and book everything from in vitro fertilization to stem cell therapy, cosmetic and reparative plastic. O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2012

EverySignal , the latest startup out of startup incubator/studio Science, Inc. EverySignal--which has been in soft launch since September--delivers email notifications to let users know about the important events in their social circle, rather than having to filter through a deluge of social networking updates and data.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elementary Robotics was co-founded by Bill Gross, the brains behind an increasingly resurgent Idealab incubator, and Arye Barnehama, a former head of design at the augmented reality startup DAQRI. That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. .

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 16, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! Email info@digitalla.net. Friday, June 22, 2012 -- Digital LA - Silicon Beach Fest, June 21-23. We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! Email info@digitalla.net. Saturday, June 23, 2012 -- Digital LA - Silicon Beach Fest, June 21-23. We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2012

We're teaming up with west side studios, venues, incubators, and startups to plan the first ever Silicon Beach Fest! Email info@digitalla.net. Thursday, June 21, 2012 -- Digital LA - Silicon Beach Fest, June 21-23. We've never had a home-grown startup-entertainment tech fest in LA, so let's make it happen!

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2011

The firm's CEO, David Weir, said in an email to users that the article--which investigated the firm's accreditation process--"badly misrepresented" the company's policies and procedures.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

the digital business studio and incubator headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. The site also incorporates status updates via email or MMS of pets during a user's vacation, and allows pet sitters to set their own pricing and schedule. The new startup is backed by Science, Inc.,

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. When asked about their reaction to the damning Triller investigation, Collab Crew emailed TechCrunch a statement , but declined to disclose if or how its members were impacted.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

According to StartEngine, in an email to investors in earlier equity crowdfunding efforts on its site, that in the coming weeks, StartEngine will be offering its own shares to investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. The emails were so tailored, that many merchants called back to thank them for the personal attention.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. Stacy Stubblefield: We were part of the incubator, so we had some other contracted employees who were working and helping us develop the product.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Friday, September 26, 2008 -- "Rising Above the Gathering Storm in the OC: A Business Incubation Network helping move OC Start-up Companies Forward" UC Irvine Office of Technology Alliances. Email tanyaz@uci.edu. This lunch features speakers who will share their experiences and advice on starting companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. He doesn’t email you. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. I doubt he owns an item of clothes worth more than $20. Not the Dave I know. And thoughtful.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? Other times, the entrepreneur went on to assemble a great team and execute the plan as it inevitably changed again and again. I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. What is LavaLab/what is the vision? What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

To start off the year, we are publishing our first interview for the season with Jamie Siminoff , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Unsubscribe.com , an online service which helps you unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters and email lists. I had been doing some angel investing, and incubating several projects. They'll just keep getting it.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 24, 2016

Kirsten is the founder of ChickLabs , an incubator that focuses on helping primarily women entrepreneurs. Email readers, continue here…] Chief Strategist. By David Friedman. I met Kirsten Mangers several years ago after she successfully sold her startup, Webvisible. The culture of a company attracts and retains great people.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Nimble develops customer relationship management software which allows users to track their interaction with business partners, sales prospects, and more, including emails, social media, and more. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

Then I got an email that asked: I'm leading the marketing efforts for an early-stage startup. Accelerator / Incubator Mentors Most accelerators and incubators have a long list of potential mentors. This happens a lot at the incubators / accelerators. I'm a mentor at Start Engine and Founders Institute LA.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Email info@techzulu.com and we will add you as one of the stops. When: July 26, 2012 6-11pm. Where: Santa Monica, CA (Silicon Beach!). What do you do on a Tech Crawl? Be Part of the Crawl! Don’t Have An Office? No worries!

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 8, 2013

Maybe it could work for someone, but I don’t personally know of any examples in which a young company was able to whip up investor interest through a cold email. Consider Incubators. Incubators aren’t for everyone; if you’re an experienced serial entrepreneur, for example, this is not going to be your path. Avoid cold contacts.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2018

They then register with us, and give their email provider permission to give us access to a cop of their receipts. Once it's in our system, we will monitor priecs for 90 days, and when prices drop we either email the retailer you purchased from on your behalf, or we will go and claim that difference from the credit card company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ChowNow also offers snazzy tablets that digitally track to-go orders, automatically email customers their order info and wait times, while building a customer database. Additional marketing support is available for email lists, promotions and custom collateral.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. He heads their business development practice and they have been very active in incubating, investing in and helping grow LA startups. Are you merging?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 8, 2012

It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Email info@techzulu.com with subject line “Tech Crawl Host” and we will add you as one of the stops. When: August 30, 2012 6-11pm. Where: Venice, CA (Silicon Beach!). What do you do on a Tech Crawl? Be Part of the Crawl!

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. We've now exited the incubator and actually have an office at Microsemi.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 23, 2012

It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Email info@techzulu.com with subject line “Tech Crawl Host” and we will add you as one of the stops. Be Part of the Crawl!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

It’s like a bar crawl, but with startup/Accelerator/Incubator offices instead of bars. Email info@techzulu.com with subject line “Tech Crawl Host” and we will add you as one of the stops. Have a free beer or beverage, drop off a resume, see the office space or just kick back. When: October 4, 2012 6-11pm. Tech Crawl Venues.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 26, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an email I wrote to a student who asked me if she should drop out of school to run her business fulltime because she was anxious "to do great things.". My response is almost always the same; I think dropping out is a very bad idea. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? You are not the first student to pose this question to me.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

To make it easier to explain, we come from a part of the world where there's been email, display, retargeting, programmatic, and social advertising, which allows us to heavily leverage data, testing, and optimize real time results, so marketers can make good, informed decisions.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

People are used to the idea to check their email when their attention dozes off, or do other things. The firm was incubated with the founder's own cash--the other founder is my father. How can you provide this for free, when other people charge so much for web conferencing solutions?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

However Gmail is only private email conversations. It's a casual setupit's not an incubator, it's not an accelerator, and we're not charging anyone for space. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that.

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