Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow. Kevin McDonald is the new TCVN President, a position Foley held for the past year and Greenberg held before that.

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TCVN Orange County Southern California Equity 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! Subsidize their education and then send them home.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

He is credited with pioneering the Lean Startup Movement in 2005 via the publication of his bestselling, Four Steps To The Epiphany. Steve notes that in 2005, when Four Steps was published, conventional wisdom at business schools was that, “Startups are nothing more than a smaller version of a large company.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

But something happened during my Thanksgiving break that has me so extremely pissed off at the predatory practices of a financial institution the preys on the elderly, less educated and lower-income people that can least afford it. Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. I hope you’re OK with that. Background.

Marketing 263

Marketing Startup Education Class 263

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2019

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 Education: More students and different classes. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 86.6

Demand 83

Demand Startup Course Summary 83

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). Gregg Spiridellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005. What would Sesame Street look like, if it was created in the world of smartphones, tablets, and YouTube?

Content 224

Content Screening Startup Education 224

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We worked on consolidation with business units, and did that for Bridgepoint Education and smaller companies, where I actually drove a lot of cloud migration stuff. I started a company back in 2005, a very traditional kind of startup, where we had found angel money and had gone through traditional funding. They had probably 20 or 30.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 Education: More students and different classes. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. demographic generations out there today, ranked from large to small: Generation Y (Millennials) – 86.6

Startup 57

Startup Demand Course Summary 57

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Aaron Hawkey: Cramster is an online study community, built around students and educational subjects. After that, Rob and I took a year or so to gain traction, and in 2005 we committed full time to the business. Editor's note: Shai Reshef is the firm's angel investor, and sold his last company to educational firm Kaplan).

Study 113

Study Education Startup Sites 113

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

They are solved by people investing time and energy, by people giving other opportunities, by creating jobs, educating people, and pushing the envelope in terms of what's possible with human potential. I think if you look at most big problems today, they are not solved by money, although money helps.

Diamond Bar 169

Diamond Bar Custom Customer Organization 169

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). Gregg Spiradellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005. What would Sesame Street look like, if it was created in the world of smartphones, tablets, and YouTube?

Content 138

Content Screening Startup Education 138

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 7, 2013

Kerri set the stage at the outset of her talk, noting, “What I would like to do today is to demonstrate to all of you that you don't need to be a member of the educated elite or possess the intellect of a Mark Zuckerberg to be successful. Over the course of 2004 and 2005, we actually merged Be Free and Commission Junction together. .

Class 207

Class Santa Barbara Startup RSS 207

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

However, if you talk to a lot of people about who Vantage Media is, a lot of them think we''re still an agency, specifically focused on for-profit education marketing. That technology underpins marketplaces in auto, health, life insurance, and even education. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that.

Media 162

Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. of startup businesses as far back as 2005. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers. News & World Report , people over 40 were key players in 86.6%

Mentor 75

Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference. We're funding things like clean water, education, and other efforts. They offered me a contract job at the intersection of science and graphics, which is satellite imaging, a dream come true. I ended up managing that project.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford? Seth saw friends move out to California, go to school, and launch Plaxo.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He was raised and educated in London. He has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. ” Of course as a founder & CEO you know that your 18% of the company at an $80 million is worth more than 26% of a $30 million valuation but I promise you that this is a nuance that even really smart & educated employees struggle with. Sorry, brah.” ” Yes.

Startup 417

Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. It also was acquired by Experian in 2005. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace. became a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL in November of 2005. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

InfoChachkie

JULY 7, 2010

After nailing lead generation in the apartment listing space, they are now killing it with respect to lead generation for higher and career education. Alma mater, CallWave: 2005 IPO. Rincon’s Fund I portfolio is comprised of a number of such Serial Teams, some of which include: Alma mater, Rent.com: sold to eBay for $430 million.

Startup 150

Startup IP Entrepreneur Software Review 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

On my side, the time and money wasted with the idea to educate people is immense. Jonas on 13 January, 2010 #link In years this is the first post by you that leaves me with the feeling that I don’t care anymore. I love to sell the knowledge to my clients but ranting in blogs is somehow useless. Sad but true.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. But how do you convince millions of people that need to be educated that they have a document management problems to upload their documents in the first place? I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. We built our product at Koral in 2005 with this design philosophy in mind. I learned the hard way. What you assumed was “novice functionality” will likely be too hard.

Product 408

Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Currently offers 3mm books to over 5,000 higher education institutions in the US. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

billion (plus an earn out that could have totalled $4 billion but didn’t in the end) in 2005 before selling 65% of the company in 2009 for $1.9 We were doing an educational session on term sheets. So Skype was ubiquitous. And then eBay bought them for $2.6 billion (they retailed a 35% stake valuing Skype at $2.75 billion).

Screening 266

Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. And the beauty of the debate is that others can read both sides of the argument and start to form their own educated points-of-view. In my mind public debate is the highest form of democracy. It proves that you really have freedom of speech. Let me explain.

Blogging 250

Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. That can only come through education, training and investment in regions of the country that are not IT centers. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period.

Marketing 305

Marketing Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 305