SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? See [link].

Los Angeles 124

Los Angeles Angel Startup Activity 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? See [link].

Los Angeles 124

Los Angeles Angel Startup Activity 124

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Kara will now be really involved with what goes on to successfully create and run a firm but while still handling her core duties of funding great entrepreneurs. Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. Does This Mean You’re Retiring? I’m only 52!

Venture Capital 361

Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

Performers Are Entrepreneurs. Mike was surprised when I identified him as an entrepreneur. Just like tech entrepreneurs, performers must create something from nothing and then package, position, promote and distribute their product to their fans. “It''s Mike''s entrepreneurial activities go beyond YouTube.

Entrepreneur 189

Entrepreneur Startup RSS Tips 189

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011.

Santa Clarita 124

Santa Clarita Startup Organization Activity 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?

USC 113

USC Startup Activity Entrepreneur 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 16, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?

Startup 113

Startup Activity Entrepreneur 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 15, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?

Startup 113

Startup Activity Entrepreneur 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 14, 2012

Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success?

Startup 113

Startup Activity Entrepreneur 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. In the US, nearly 18 million workers identified themselves as independent in 2013, up 10% from 2011. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Yammer 104

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 1, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011 -- Renewable Energy and the Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur. Given all this activity, what are the remaining challenges and opportunities? Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. As aggressive policies and vigorous investments take hold, newer and smarter technology is rolling out.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2015

I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. They are now actively recruited for many roles. In the US, nearly 18 million workers identified themselves as independent in 2013, up 10% from 2011.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Yammer Case Study Study 102

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011 -- San Diego TCA Quick Pitch. from the Tech Coast Angels, the nation's largest and most active network of angel investors. Meet, greet, and learn the art of the Quick Pitch.

San Diego 113

San Diego Tech Coast Angels Competition Activity 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011 -- Shaking The MoneyTree. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The MoneyTree Report is a staple of the financial community, relied upon by entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide. See [link] (more)

Press 100

Press Venture Capital Study Report 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 -- LAVA hosts PwC's Shaking the MoneyTree. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

LAVA 124

LAVA Rustic Canyon Mission Ventures Venture Capital 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

For the latest info, Gartner recently released their Hype Cycle Special Report for 2011 , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. While, in the field of social media, social monitoring and activity streams as well as shopping communities, have moved into the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Press Cloud Computing Technology 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. Thus, the total number of active VC professionals is actually smaller than the aggregate number of professional baseball athletes.

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Technical Review Invest RSS 242

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

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. So we went for it.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

Invest 284

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Many readers know that at Upfront Ventures that’s precisely what happened at our own firm in 2011 when our founding partner and my co-Managing Partner, Yves Sisteron, asked me to lead the daily management of our firm. It’s what creates opportunities for the entrepreneurs and it’s what helps them produce great returns for the LPs.

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

We’re almost always the lead investor and usually the most active, too. Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I still loved it. Thanks, guys.

UCSD 260

UCSD Invest Startup Design 260

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

If you take a snapshot during an extraordinary surge in valuations, M&A activity, IPOs and thus wealth creation you’d echo John Doerr’s famous quote from 1999 that, “The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history.&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. I did that?

Startup 391

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Writing 391

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers. Our services range from basically any platform service to enable an entrepreneur or developer or creative, to get online with a website, or do things like set up a blog. I was hired back in the middle of 2011, and have now been ceo for about two and a half years.

Software Review 238

Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Because we've treated entrepreneurs respectfully and actively help them and their businesses succeed, they've encouraged their peers to engage with us.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community. Greg truly is a prolific deal maker and is amongst the most helpful people to entrepreneurs in our ecosystem.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. I like to tell entrepreneurs that the “fairway&# of fund raising is 25-33% per round. The other thing I ask entrepreneurs to consider is what will happen to competition in a market.

Help 303

Help Startup Competition Framework 303

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. In 2011, we watched as there was a whole world of online, illegal gambling being shut down. We pioneered that in the US, both with technology, and being active in legislation and rules over the last couple of decades. Why a new startup? consumers. READ MORE>>.

Platform 100

Platform Develop Development Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And if I were an entrepreneur I’d rather find investors who understood “my space&# so that in tough times they felt comfortable about “doubling down.&#. Not everybody agreed.

Invest 152

Invest Angel Venture Capital Startup 152

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. million active users in the United States disappeared that month. Out of 160 million active Facebook users in the U.S. engagement entrepreneur Jim Tobin marketing social media startup' In 2012 that number skyrocketed to 26%. There is no free lunch.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Marketing Platform 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Notably, this was the lowest quarterly deal volume since the fourth quarter of 2011, a period spanning 19 quarters. What is most interesting is the activity beneath the headline data. As a percentage of overall activity, seed investing dropped from 55 percent in the third quarter of 2015 to 50 percent in this year’s third quarter.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Activity Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

first world problems and all] But I did feel like 2012 was particularly tough for me having closed out 2011 losing a close family member and dealing with cancer with both family members and close friends. I wrote a cautionary tale about that here as an entrepreneur but it equally applies to running a VC firm. I hate Decembers.

Writing 313

Writing Venture Capital Blogging Startup 313

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.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. Today, Joanne works with passionate entrepreneurs who use data assets to disrupt business functions and verticals. Andre is an innovation broker, entrepreneur and advocate for inclusion of minorities and women.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

Performers Are Entrepreneurs. Mike was surprised when I identified him as an entrepreneur. Just like tech entrepreneurs, performers must create something from nothing and then package, position, promote and distribute their product to their fans. “It''s Mike''s entrepreneurial activities go beyond YouTube.

Startup 133

Startup Entrepreneur Tips Ideas 133

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