InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

In addition to being a classic children''s tale of good versus evil, the film also contains some surprising 2013 job hunting tips for joining a startup. Though you seldom encounter orcs or dragons in the startup world, the inevitable perils and risks of a startup are more akin to joining an adVenture than simply accepting a job.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. Noah completely opened up the kimono, let us peak under his Irish kilt and stood there vulnerable willing to share his honest experience growing his company.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Our investment strategy has always been to do predominantly Series Seed & A round deals, which makes up > 85% of our first investments. University Endowments.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Despite every challenge he had to face he was determined to see his stunt through the end and not give up. Thanks to Matt Hunckler and his conference PowderKeg which collaborated with Connections, I discovered a whole city enthusiastic to support one another’s entrepreneurial endeavors – Indianapolis. Word of mouth travels far.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Note: This is Part II in the Startup Team Building series. Tolkien’s The Hobbit exemplifies the proper attitude that you must have when joining a startup adVenture. For your hospitality our sincerest thanks, and for your offer of professional assistance our grateful acceptance. Read Part I HERE. No problem. Be patient.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Getting Things Started.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Thanks for the time today. Omkar Kulkarni: The program starts March 28th through June 23rd.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Thanks for the time today. Omkar Kulkarni: The program starts March 28th through June 23rd.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

In addition to being a classic children''s tale of good versus evil, the film also contains some surprising 2013 job hunting tips for joining a startup. Though you seldom encounter orcs or dragons in the startup world, the inevitable perils and risks of a startup are more akin to joining an adVenture than simply accepting a job.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

If you're a startup business owner, how do you get to the next step, and build your first product? That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Let me start out with my premise: “Data rooms are where fund-raising processes go to die.” I have to back up and give you more context. I’m going to start with the reasons and then explain how to use your best data to your advantage. I never thought of this until I became the Founder & CEO of my first startup company.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

The data consistently confirms that: (i) venture capitalists are typically not adventuresome, and (ii) most startups lack the three intoxicating factors which cause venture capitalists to pull out their checkbooks. This concentration is partly due to natural causes – successful startups spawn other successful startups.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 9, 2012

When I started this company, the desktop and WindowsXP were all the rage. There are no deep pockets, there’s no safety net. You fight until the last ticking moment and then you put up your white flag, or in our case, take a bullet. As I write this, the articles and comments about my company’s demise continue.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. What's the story behind Hark?

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. With each company that we've started, we've concentrated on a particular market. Tim Grace: We all get our started at HNC Software in San Diego.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

More likely they either end up finding an excuse not to meet, delaying a meeting indefinitely or in most cases actually taking a meeting. If I do it to them twice it may start to affect our relationship or at least their willingness to take more meetings from me. Over-introducers also consume a lot of personal time in making intros.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. We've translated that into a screening test, which started offering out in October of last year.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : AngelList is the productization of raising startup funding. 6) Naval, why does the startup world need AngelList and Venture Hacks? . “As These days, thanks to code and community, we can productize almost any process done by humans. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

We thought we'd catch up on what's happening today, and in particular, how Innovate Pasadena (www.innovatepasadena.org) is looking to spur even more startups and technology in Pasadena�and why that's important for the rest of Southern California. They've filled up pretty quickly. For example, Orange County with medical devices.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

It started as a partnership between myself and my co-founder, Ryan Phillips, who is a professional photographer. Why did you decide to start your own company? Finally, I decided it was time to remove the safety net, and had an idea of my own to pursue, so I started by own company. What's the story behind PurePhoto?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Zenvoy (www.zenvoy.com) is looking to change that, with a service that helps match professionals with one-on-one networking. Bill Webster: Zenvoy, is the go-to, one-on-one networking startup for professionals in LA and across the country. What is Zenvoy? What's the story behind the company?

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2014

Southern California in recent years has become a hotbed of financial startups, and for years has been a destination for companies looking also to address companies across the border in Mexico and Latin America. One of the startups here at the intersection of both, is San Diego''s Quippi (www.quippi.com). What is Quippi all about?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2010

We will be at CES from start to finish (January 7-10), so make sure to keep up to date by checking back daily. We want to give a huge thanks to our sponsors for making TechZulu and CES possible. AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

We had started by creating a private label, search engine for charities. Through that, it evolved into a rewards program, and instead of charities, we started bringing it out to brands. It just keeps going up. Also, as we've increased earning opportunities, our revenues have gone up, and the user numbers have gone up.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2019

For this morning's interview, with caught up with serial entrepreneur James Citron , the founder of Pledgeling (www.pledgeling.com), a startup which enables any business to help connect their business with social causes. James Citron: This is actually my third startup. What is Pledgeling? A few things happened to me personally.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Richards , who most recently sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and previously also was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com, Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2012

One of the startups which is looking to tap into that growing community is Los Angeles-based InstaCanvas ( instacanv.as ), which is headed by Matt Munson. In about three or four clicks, you can set up a gallery, and we give them a personalized URL so they have an identity online, and anyone who loves their photographs can see their gallery.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

When you play Monopoly with your children, you can subtly underscore an entrepreneurial mindset in their gameplay which will ultimately help them develop valuable startup skills, as described below. In addition to the Luxury Tax board space, there are also Chance cards that require you to pay a percentage of your net worth in taxes.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. You've been an angel investor here for awhile, why did you decide to open up a fund this time to external LPs? It all starts there. Tell us about the new fund? We'll also do some light ad-tech.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The way we get compensated, is we receive a percent of net sales that flow through the website. It looks like you have many top tier brands and customers signed up, what has been the reason for their adoption? John Tomich: We started our company in 2004, and we''re now about ten years old.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2011

Ever since the huge success of Monrovia-based Green Dot in its IPO last year, netting a huge return for local angels, investors here have taken a second look at financial startups. What's the benefit of this to consumers? It took us four years to develop our anti-fraud payment system. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

What's your background and how did you start the business? Jed Simon: We did something unique, is instead of raise a ton of money and then try to build our product and launch it, we soft launched last year, raised money from two high net worth individuals. Can anyone sign up for this, or does this take a more complex application?

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve gave us some insight into that split, and how Rightside is focusing on the new world of gTLDs.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Both are potential uses of genome editing, which thanks to the CRISPR-Cas9 system has spread throughout the world’s biology labs and is now on the doorstep of the outside world. “We have a window of opportunity to start incorporating security measures on the front end.”

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2015

We have started with all U.S. What's the hardest thing you've had to figure out so far with your startup? Tony Farwell:We're just about to hit our fourth year, and we have grown very quickly in terms of both net members and revenues. What does that marketplace look like? Tony Farwell: We really serve a two sided marketplace.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

Very few Southern California startups make it from seed funding all the way up through an IPO, and rarely do they do so with their original founder. One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May. READ MORE>>.

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