SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 -- The Art, Technology, and Business of 3D. Decisions about image capture, data formats, metadata, and file management will determine what 3D consumer product features can be developed, and the nature of the 3D experiences that consumers will enjoy.

Technology 113

Technology Entertainment Tool Resource 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. If you have a venture you believe in and you are showing good growth traction, it's all about growth not profitability.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Class Writing 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. The conference coincided with the news that three-year-old start-up is looking to raise funds at a price that valuates Foursquare at about $500 million. Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0

Conference 63

Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Community Sponsors.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. 10 min per presenter). As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. ” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites. That results in huge savings--up to 75 percent--in price, and you can also do it all in about ten minutes, because we've integrated directly with your course schedule, and filtered through the entire web simultaneously. I graduated in May of 2010.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?&#. I’ve spoken about this in a post entitled, “ Do you even need VC ?&# How does your brother-in-law feel about that? What to do?

Startup 319

Startup Venture Capital Capital Competition 319

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the proliferation of starutps in the past 2 years. years ago we read the “ RIP Good Times &# presentation from Sequoia. New stuff gets created, it’s fun to play with and talk about. But what about education? This article first appeared on TechCrunch. Then you stop.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

Eric Greenspan

MARCH 25, 2013

As I began prepping for my talk at USC Marshall School of Business about the recent failure of my 12 year old company Make It Work, I cannot deny many memories were dug up. In 2010, after my 5th talk, USC Marshall School produced a case study about the customer centricity offered by the company. Then, something else happened.

USC 157

USC Case Study Study Email 157

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 24, 2011

Over 600 people came to this event to listen share and network, including entrepreneurs, VC’s and investors. William spent about half the time showing amusing new commercials and going through the evolution of his life leading up to the inception of Vizio as well as how a $600,000 investment turned into a $3 billion company seven years later.

Orange County 104

Orange County OCTANE Technical Review Outsource Development 104

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I remember reading many years ago about how devices being connected in the cloud would be far more pervasive and have a much bigger impact on our lives than the simple PC’s that we operate. That’s always stuck with me.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Startup SoCal 278

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 In my experience, this has been really hard to do successfully.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Farb talks about how he did that.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. How do you stand out?”.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Scott sat down with us last week and gave us some hints and tips about finding angel investment nowadays, and how the economy has affected local angel investors. We invested all through 2009, and are currently seeking investments to do in 2010. I do expect that 2010 will be a year of back-to-basics, with a focus on building businesses.

Tech Coast Angels 182

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

Networking 150

Networking CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Matching Algorithm ► October (15) eLearn 2009 Presentation – Twitter Along Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics Online Business Networking Los Angeles Social Media to Build Reputation and Reach Prospec.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Guide CTO Coach Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

We all make important, complicated decisions in our life and having accurate, objective data about our choices allow us to find and compare products that meet our needs. With that said, what books, blogs or other resources do you recommend for emerging entrepreneurs? If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " And in the spirit of how to get your ideas to happen, they asked me to talk about entrepreneurship and the myriad ways you can "be your own boss."

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We spoke with Farhad Mohit , the CEO of Flipagram and a successful serial entrepreneur (having founded Bizrate, which later became Shozilla, and was sold to Scripps), to learn more about the story behind Flipagram and the vision behind its app. They have a much better presentation than what mine was, which was too broad.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

We spoke with Farhad Mohit , the CEO of Flipagram and a successful serial entrepreneur (having founded Bizrate, which later became Shozilla, and was sold to Scripps), to learn more about the story behind Flipagram and the vision behind its app. They have a much better presentation than what mine was, which was too broad.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2010.” Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves. Marty Zwilling.

Innocal 96

Innocal Entrepreneur Competition IBM 96

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2011

We billed it as “Andy’s birthday trip&# to New York and for weeks all he spoke about was, “going to New York for his birthday to see the Statue of Liberty.&#. So I Tweeted him that I’d be delighted to meet a group of startup entrepreneurs and I’d even buy them all lunch. 2-for-2 on Twitter serendipity.

Startup 299

Startup Training Course Email 299

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 7:01 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Google 150

Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

Some evidence is already present. The one thing that has become clear to me over the last couple of months is the skepticism that many late-stage VCs (and LPs) have had about late-stage valuations. The impact hits VCs in an immediate way that most entrepreneurs don’t realize. I’ve written about fauxmentum before.

Marketing 150

Marketing Venture Capital Startup Invest 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. Manage the present. In the boxes he writes: 1. Selectively forget the past. Create the future.

Pricing 80

Pricing Statistics Examples Design 80

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

He was asked about how you get a network business going - and it was extremely challenging. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Where LinkedIn Works for Me A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive About this Blog Southern California Tech Central Southern California Tech Central Loading.

eHarmony 150

eHarmony CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This is something Ive always wondered about. Posted byTony Karrer at 7:05 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

Incubator 150

Incubator CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150