SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 23, 2011

Monday, May 23, 2011 -- How to Build a User Base; Reaching the Critical One Million Mark. This week entrepreneur and Farmville Founder, Sizhao "Zao" Yang is going to share his insights on "How to Build a User Base; Reaching the Critical One Million Mark." Tech Coast Angels. If you've got questions, Zao's got answers.so

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Platform Acquisition Networking 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. It’s not.

Blogging 420

Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy? Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process. Is your spotlight bright enough to start a new wave? Do you need this for recruitment and retention?

Social Media 89

Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Post navigation.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. business entrepreneur investor Maxwell Wessel Silicon Valley startup location' Marty Zwilling.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

They''re starting to look at more advanced conversion funnels, LTV analysis, and we''re seeing an overall maturity of user acquisition techniques by big buyers. We called 2011 and 2012 the years of shotgun media buying. asher delug airpush mobile interview startup entrepreneur' READ MORE>>.

Startup 196

Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have started five companies. Email is becoming ineffective, and by 2011 there will be three times more smart phones than computers. In September, we took $250,000 in an equity investment round, which was an interesting combination of investment plus acquisition of the assets of another company.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2011

and most recently Myspace, where he ran an online marketing team focused on SEO, social media, and paid traffic acquisition. GroupPrice was recently named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Brilliant Companies for 2011. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo!

SEO 85

SEO CTO Coach Conference Social Media 85

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. How about mergers and acquisitions? acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' But, most did not file their S-1''s. We don''t worry about that anymore.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Acquisition. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Venture capital. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. MYTH 5: The SoCal crowd is better looking. Okay, so they got this one right.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. More Mansion Videos.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. Enter Facebook.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Grade A Entrepreneurs , September 5, 2010 Why Krispy Kreme failed in Australia - Start Up Blog , November 3, 2010 Mellow Johnny’s: Retail Stores as Community Hubs - IDDICTIVE.COM , July 14, 2010 Is crowdfunding an option for my business?

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378