SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- San Diegos Gazelles- What is behind their success? There are thousands of books on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Our panelists havent written any of those books.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 8, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011 -- Guy Kawasaki on Gaining Influence in the Digital Age. Guy Kawasaki -- high profile entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management guru, best-selling author and blogger -- has been a powerful force in business and technology since helping launch the Apple Macintosh in 1984.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011 -- A Conversation with Eric Ries. In a very special Lean LA event, serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis from Mahalo and This Week in Startups will interview Eric Ries live on stage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. See [link] (more)

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Mahalo Santa Monica Los Angeles Startup 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Those of us in the business of calculating (guessing) this mythical peak in value often make the same mistake as our entrepreneurs. Not so long ago, Basil Peters wrote his book, “Early Exits,” after analyzing 150 young companies and their exits. How do you know when you are at or near that right point to sell for maximum value?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 27, 2011

Thursday, June 2, 2011 -- Early Exits. Early Exits describes a strategy for startup investors and entrepreneurs to build a new ventures, prove business models and exit companies in 2-3 years without the need for multi-million dollar investments. San Diego Tech Coast Angeles.

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Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital San Diego Pricing 100

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely. The company was always seeking capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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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.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” But the word is out on Reuters that LinkedIn, Twitter, and maybe even Facebook are looking hard at going public this year, so all of a sudden the IPO option is back in business plans again as an exit strategy for startups.

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Social Media Media Draper Startup 89

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE.

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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.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

InfoChachkie

MARCH 15, 2011

By 2011, the video had been. In 1987, when Rick Astley filmed the video for his hit song Never Gonna Give You Up, he had no idea it would eventually become one of the most viewed videos of all time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

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 plan to fix but can't until we are all in the same location and a photographer booked. I still loved it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. This is a theme that comes up in one the most influential business books for me of the past decade, The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb where he talks about the role that luck plays in business success. I hope to offer experiences from being an entrepreneur and being a VC.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 17, 2013

Since that day, Mike has written a successful book and toured nationally as a musician and comedian. Performers Are Entrepreneurs. Mike was surprised when I identified him as an entrepreneur. It''s funny that you say the word ''entrepreneur'' and I''m just trying to make money to eat and have an apartment. “It''s

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Will Zell (CEO) is based in Columbus, OH, and is an Empact100 entrepreneur who was honored at The White House in 2011. Zach Ferres (Chief Technology Officer) has been an entrepreneur since the age of 15. I am constantly reading articles, stories and books about and written by fascinating people. What Inspired You?

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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. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Bottom of the sales funnel.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. August 2011. We did not.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

See my Forbes article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ” Michael Fertik and David Thompson outline this issue and others in their book “ Wild West 2.0. business entrepreneur online reputation startup' Take heed, and take action. Marty Zwilling.

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Blogging Content Google Sites 99

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Gtrot makes it really easy for college students to book trips and share their travel experiences. Also, the new iPad rumored for release in first quarter of 2011 to sport a 7-inch screen and a micro or mini USB port. TechZulu Live Episode 10. This week on TechZulu Live we had special guest Brittany Laughlin of Gtrot. TZ Highlight.

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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. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

I just finished a new book by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. engagement entrepreneur Jim Tobin marketing social media startup' Don’t Buy It ,” which asserts that “earned” social engagement drives far better business results than paid social exposure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Other than the occasional NBA game, he consumes his video content via our iPad and Xbox. He is not alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Nothhaft, in his new book “ Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership ” are already calling these last ten years the “Lost Decade.” Nothhaft has put together a challenging but small list of things we have to do to revitalize our innovation leadership, and I’m supportive: Liberate entrepreneurs from regulatory shackles.

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Help Technical Review Patents Startup 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit. Andy, a trainer, uses amSTATZ to book appointments, handle payments and message with multiple clients. Who is on your team?

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. We grab large data sets of different things, such as movies, cars, books, or people, and then our interface adds what I call the opinion layer to that. Our growth has been steady from month-to-month, and has just started to ramp up heavily in 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Sure, there is always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. Overall, investors put $7.5 billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S.

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Venture Capital Startup Capital Seed Funding 93

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2011

Let’s dive into the interview and find out what sparked the idea for iGottaGuide and get a few helpful tips from a fellow entrepreneur. Nobody tries to book bland, cookie-cutter trips, but the reality is that the current offering of guidebooks and travel websites don’t make it easy to find unique activities. How big is your team?

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Startup Guide Entrepreneur Ideas 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2013

See my previous article on “ Get A Domain Name Without Bankrupting Your Startup ” Michael Fertik and David Thompson bring this issue and many others together in their book “ Wild West 2.0. They can assist you by linking to positive and neutral content about you, thus displacing or minimizing the negative content.

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Custom Customer Blogging Content 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

” The app is so easy to use that his 1½-year-old was able to figure out how to upload his photo and create his own personalized story book. Gregg and Evan Spiridellis are often asked for the secrets to their success, and offer this offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs based on their experience. They rebranded JibJab Jr.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

No longer content with recipes and digital address books, we were now connected to the world with endless amounts of information. 2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers.

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

” The app is so easy to use that his 1½-year-old was able to figure out how to upload his photo and create his own personalized story book. Gregg and Evan Spiridellis are often asked for the secrets to their success, and offer this offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs based on their experience. They rebranded JibJab Jr.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 65

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

No longer content with recipes and digital address books, we were now connected to the world with endless amounts of information. 2011 and Wherecamp 2011 just happened this past week. It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers.

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. Guest: interview with a special guest, ranging from world-reknowned business entrepreneurs to leaders in technology law and policy.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81