Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

As an employee of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets from 1999-2003 and of the Indianapolis Pacers from 2003-2008, I learned first-hand from the likes of Rod Thorn, Byron Scott, Jason Kidd and Larry Bird about the importance of leading by example and keys to assembling a championship-caliber team. Any competition in LA?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. My angel investing strategy vs Joshua Schachter - Gabriel Weinberg , May 18, 2010 Joshua Schacter has a great AMA thread on HN about angel investing. But startups can shoot themselves in the foot when founders use consultants at the wrong time or in the wrong way.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. I told him, I wanted him to invest his time. An example of that is we have built in daily tips, which we have put together after going through 17,000 medical studies on what to do to reduce early memory loss. So Nolan is behind the design of the games?

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In the Bay Area, Roudi said about 180 companies pay Plug and Play an annual fee to get an inside track on incubating startups, and in some cases could be making investments in San Diego companies as well. But for startups, there will be more available options and perhaps the market for downtown office space will be a little more competitive.

San Diego 40

San Diego Incubator Avalon Mentor 40

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Founded in 2007. Employees: 27.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. On the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. ON the other side, we had incredible high ranking search results when we were baked off against the competition. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

billion in 2008 to $11.3 The banking system network, including regional boundaries & security controls, is a great example of what can be done when private enterprise understands a need. All installments of the AeA Competitiveness Series can be downloaded for free at: www.aeanet.org/cs. billion in 2013.

Web 2.0 40

Web 2.0 Web AeA Journal 40

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The military-industrial complex of which I am a part is a great example of this. This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government. One example I found was H.R. In fiscal year 2009 (FY09) the proposed effort will amount to a roughly 15% increase of $12 billion.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Ill take a simple example and "jargon it up" to illustrate my point. Lets take a bicycle.

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Examples: B2C Example (for an eBay user): 1. B2B Example (for a StrongMail user): 1.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. That was written in September 2008. Mostly, no.

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

They also talked about their outlook on the venture capital market, and how likely they are to be investing this year, given the worried economy. If I've seen companies that are similar to them--or half a dozen companies--even if the area might be big and exciting, it will be hard to make an investment. We're really excited about 2009.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? Timing your startup - Chris Dixon , November 7, 2010 I never had the opportunity to invest in YouTube but I have to admit that if I did I probably would have passed (which of course would have been a huge mistake). Maybe you could get v1.0

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2012

Shopping cart providers, website builders, and crowdfunding platforms, for example, can create accounts and facilitate payments for their users through the WePay API while limiting the scope of PCI compliance. WePay was founded in 2008 by Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. When was it launched?

Startup 71

Startup Tool Capital Customer 71

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

For example, most companies out there--probably 99 percent of the companies out there, do their balance account reconciliation in Excel. For example, they don't know when new accounts come in, when balances change, and there's very little control and visibility. People don't have control over the Excel processes.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta. For example, for one day when you finish your book, you can submit it here, or there--and put those all on your wish list. It's something that is really neat which we invested in, which we've never seen anywhere else. We are trying to keep it competitive.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. For example, Starting Point’s (Startup 1.0) ► October (1) New Video!

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

. ► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 ► October (1) New Video!

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 12, 2010 This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Make it unique.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I asked him what motivated him and he told me, “I started it in 2008 as a project with my daughter helping canvass for Obama. She’s a competitive athlete. I challenge her ideas and investment themes just as rigorously as anybody else and pull no punches. I shot back quickly at my LP “ You’re kidding me, right?

Startup 150

Startup Los Angeles Help Screening 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210