Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2016

government has ambitious plans for a long-term health study with one million Americans, and one of the world’s most powerful tech companies has a big part to play, including the storage of all the data on its “cloud” servers. Those concerns are shared by the public. But they did not view tech companies as trustworthy stewards.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When I first joined Crosscut Ventures five years ago, the firm had $20 million under management and was just starting to invest out of its second fund. We now have $250 million under management, are investing out of our fourth fund and have made more than 80 investments. Liquidity and transfer of wealth.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Studies have shown that the practice of meditation positively affects the nervous system by lowering blood pressure, lessening symptoms of anxiety, fighting depression, and curbing insomnia. VR has been studied and used as a tool to relieve stress, PTSD, and other significant health issues. Photo by Guided Meditation VR.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. We invest in life sciences, medical devices, but we're also a generalist investing in SaaS technologies and real estate, as well.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

It was an important launch for GM and its Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, who used a study commissioned in the wake of the ignition switch engineering scandal to accelerate her plans to transform the culture and operations at the automaker. The service’s demise seemed to begin after the company lost its CEO Julia Steyn in January 2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Major platforms are available online to find Angel groups or VCs, including Gust and AngelList. These platforms, and every investor who uses them to find entrepreneurs, expects to find a good business plan posted. A business plan may be a small investment to get a shot at that opportunity. Clemson University professor William B.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Greathouse : DataPop & Kenshoo recently released a study that highlights the potential opportunities on sites like Pinterest and Polyvore. The DataPop Kenshoo study does a great job of identifying some low-hanging fruit, (for instance) simply adding products onto social commerce can be a great start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

For one, because millennials, according to various studies, are consuming less alcohol than previous generations and are therefore seeking non-alcoholic beverage alternatives. Y Combinator, the popular accelerator program and investment firm announced this week that it has promoted longtime partner Geoff Ralston to president.

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StartUp Beat

JUNE 22, 2018

That’s a large part of why he decided to create LawMaker.io , which bills itself as a revolutionary platform that gives those in the U.S. Touting itself as a “free lobby for the lobbyless,” Thakkar said its a platform that could very much change the face of U.S. ” Lawmaker.io

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2014

Bryce Clemmer: We were studying this area, and two things that jumped out at me was data that was showing digital audio platforms were exponentially increasing in terms of usage, and at the same time, digital video platforms, such as YouTube, were also exponentially increasing. Both of those were instrumental.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Justin Wu: Sidevision is a video e-commerce platform which allows brands and content providers to better monetize their videos with interactive apps. Justin Wu: We integrate with any video platform, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, and we''re built on top of an API. which has also invested in us. What is Sidevision all about?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. Before SVB, Rob worked at marketing startup Impower and as investment manager at Fisher Investments. He earned a B.A.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pharmstandard International, the Luxembourg-based investment arm of the Russian pharmaceutical giant Pharmstandard (and a first-time investor in Avelas), led the round. It was joined by two other new backers, Ervington Investments and Alexandria Venture Investments, and previous investors WuXi Healthcare Ventures, Bregua Corp.,

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

There's a new Michigan State University study that came out earlier this year, which says that in only five years, a third of the U.S. WeMo is a consumer friendly, connected home, Internet-of-Things solution and platform that we developed, to control light switches, connected outlets, plugs where you can monitor your energy, and schedule.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. In terms of where we offer to our customers, we have 250 different areas, from early childhood to studying for an MCAT or the bar.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Just this year alone we have studied 3,400 North American enterprise software companies including many in SoCal and dug in deep on over 200 of these companies. Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform. be the pig and don't get greedy. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. It's a concept similar to investing in property--you want to be able to make the most money when you buy the place, not when you sell it. Coming into the U.S.,

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka. think Apple.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2016

That grew into these napkins, and into a platform, where we have the opportunity to teach individuals, including using videos, a glossary of finance terms, and other assets. The course initially helps teach students about paying for college, understanding loans, and how to complete their studies. For many people, that's the same way.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. Explain what you mean about branding in the employment area?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 88

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Tumblr – “Microblogging platform&#. Other deals.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform. Michael Witz: We've been building smaller, lightweight games on the Facebook platform since early 2008. They're exceptionally talented and bright people.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

At their annual developer conferences, Google I/O, held last month, and Apple’s WWDC, last week they both announced updates to their development platforms. Google is making major improvements to Android Studio, while Apple is continuing to invest in Swift and announced Playgrounds, an exciting new way to learn how to program in Swift.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. I immediately was recruited out into another company in webcasting, CTM Marketing Group, building out their platform for them. I believe the key here is key, and the ability to provide this for free, which is why we took the recent investment.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. At RingRevenue we’ve created a call performance marketing platform that at its core is all about getting more high-value calls to advertisers who want them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Major platforms are available online to find Angel groups or VCs, including Gust and AngelList. These platforms, and every investor who uses them to find entrepreneurs, expects to find a good business plan posted. A business plan may be a small investment to get a shot at that opportunity. Clemson University professor William B.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

What would it take in investments to acquire and retain traffic to support these businesses? After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). Competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

What Muhammad takes for granted is that every company that starts out immediately knows what he has learned over many years – that marketing is a long, hard slog of continually investing in repeatable, testable channels. ” Whenever I work with early-stage teams I have discussions about the meat & potatoes of online marketing.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. We really started to study the current generation of smartphones and what people do with them. Phil Kelly: Before Yapert, I was angel investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. When you think about great companies that have survived market changes or platform changes you think about Facebook, Snapchat, Uber and the like and have to respect their great ability to constantly adapt. So Why Imbellus?

Design 150

Design Ideas Startup Writing 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

Major platforms are available online to find Angel groups or VCs, including Gust and AngelList. These platforms, and every investor who uses them to find entrepreneurs, expects to find a good business plan posted. A business plan may be a small investment to get a shot at that opportunity. Clemson University professor William B.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Writing Slides 100

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

According to a joint study by Twitter and Annalect, influencer recommendations have just as much sway as friends when it comes to building consumer trust. Investing in Micro-Influencers. Join and interact with potential influencers on community platforms and tech forums that relate to your company.

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Technical Review Content Marketing Social Media 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Studying other people’s blogs will help you identify what you like and don’t like, and how you want yours to look and feel. Add content regularly. Conversational style.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69