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

MARCH 12, 2013

The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.” 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. Natural mentors – a desire to help. ” I always felt the same.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Tuition.io, dubbed Mint.com for student loans, has helped students from over 130 universities manage over $100 million in debt, which represents over 10,000 student loans. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. .

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Silicon Valley’s big VC firm’s The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway, and Anand Rajaraman have today launched Data Elite , to help tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges through data science. Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. No room for failure.

Netflix 82

Netflix Incubator Class Funding 82

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

This morning, Techstars (www.techstars.org), the startup accelerator which has had great success in spreading its approach to helping to get startups to the next stage of their life�usually, funding�announced it has opened up its third accelerator in Los Angeles, Techstars LA. The focus is on helping the startup.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

million in cash for SeatMe and up to approximately 263,000 shares of its Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.7 Also excited about the deal, Alexander Kvamme, SeatMe’s co-founder and chief executive officer said SeatMe will help connect consumers with great local businesses. million by July 24th.

Class 81

Class Web Pricing Customer 81

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. I was then sitting in my economics classes, and saying--I bet other people would like to buy these. We reached out to a few molding companies, but they all said we were too small and couldn''t help us with what we needed.

Startup 196

Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Because we've treated entrepreneurs respectfully and actively help them and their businesses succeed, they've encouraged their peers to engage with us. Mark Suster at GRP Partners is doing an incredible job helping foster the ecosystem, as a great investor, primary force behind LaunchpadLA, acclaimed blogger and strong SoCal advocate.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The competition is set up to award $50,000 to the best team each year, and is also tied to a class on entrepreneurship for engineering students. Fariborz Maseeh: Initially ,we hope that the business plan competition would help solve one of the fourteen National Academy of Engineering grant challenges.

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8 billion by 2014. 62% of adult US Internet users check or send email on a daily basis.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. What tips can you share to help emerging entrepreneurs be as responsive? “I You even include your email address at the back of the book.

Santa Barbara 262

Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. I said, “if you can help first-time entrepreneurs get access to investors – that’s golden. 2011 is one big cocktail party all over again. So I feel the need to speak up.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Our global and diverse team of engineers, scientists, and researchers with world-class expertise in video conferencing, object recognition, object tracking, and augmented reality is committed to continuous innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial culture that will accelerate the commercialization of our revolutionary technologies.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Its evolution has resulted in a new class of entertainment entrepreneur, the creators of professional YouTube content, affectionately known as YouTubers. During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million.

Google 133

Google Develop Development Funding 133

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. Jenna can also search for local events, boot camps, or fitness classes. How many users? What is your business model?

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. upStart.LA is a startup accelerator based in Los Angeles that helps tech entrepreneurs get their business up and going.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Daradiction

JULY 22, 2013

Plus the view from our front porch is world class, overlooking a solid point break and white sand beach. The first we did in 2011 is what got me to start up jazz guitar lessons, and the posse noted my progress. Here's Jade celebrating the last bottle she helped polish off and it looks like a new one is about to be cracked open.

San Diego 76

San Diego Conference Startup Class 76

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

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We've got a nice API with ties to the enterprise class applications. We do lots of training, integration, and comarketing, and they're our number one customer--we want to make sure their 155 people are absolutely successful, to help us drive market growth. The final thing is our business model. We have an almost no-risk model.

Startup 113

Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. And in August 2011, Facebook began leasing about 13,000 square feet in Playa Vista. Derek Wooden.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. It is this reminder that helps me form my internal compass and not hide behind a fortress. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. And as I said to my close friend Adam Lilling who helps run Launchpad LA. You can stay in super exclusive hotels.

Startup 319

Startup Organization Entrepreneur Blogging 319

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. This spells further unemployment, cuts in services and a further retrenchment in middle-class spending and housing prices. I saw this first hand in the first dot-com crash.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298