InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them. “The goal of an accelerator is to get companies funded with seed financing.

Startup 270

Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Even though they usually end up innovating and creating at the idea level, they usually need to have a business partner or someone else, to either become CEO of a company, or help them translate their innovation into practical use. Then, I went and founded a company called Intelisense. Who can enter the competition?

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. Spotlight: LA Tech Summer SuperDemo is all electric car company CODA.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

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. What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA?

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

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. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

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

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). We sat down with David and Allen to learn more about how the company wants to change how startups are created.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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. Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

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. He did what every LP did, looked at returns, talked to portfolio companies, talked with our competitors and so forth.

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

A friend helped him get out of this situation and changed Matt’s life forever. Get connected to the right mentors and your business may catapult to the next level. Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. The answer? Something so simple.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

They have hired great people, have brought on great mentors, have raised money from top tier investors, and we are excited for a bunch of big announcements in the months ahead,” said Teller. The company’s CEO, Brendon McQueen, graduated from Columbia with 12 loans that totaled over $120,000. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. 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! Still Time to Submit Your Company! He received a B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

We talked with Scott--who until recently, was a student at the University of Southern California--about how he created his company and how that investment from Branson pushed him to take his startup full time. Scott Ferreira: MySocialCloud helps user manage their online life, through three tools. First off, what is MySocialCloud?

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: A team from OKCupid works out of the space, as well as a few of the best civic-focused tech companies in LA. Venture Capital: Upfront Ventures.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

InfoChachkie

MAY 4, 2015

The track was Like A Rolling Stone , which became Bob Dylan’s biggest selling song as was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2011 as the Best Song Of All Time. However, my career objectives aside, Computer Motion needed a CFO to help them raise money, so I took the role without hesitation. That was the beginning of my career.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Organization Mentor Training 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall is garnering some excellent companies being submitted and most of which I wish could all be part of this amazing night. 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! to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Professor Vijay Pande of Stanford University, Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education and Vish Mishra, Venture Director at Clearstone and mentor to The Hive and The Fabric have joined CFI’s Advisory Board. There are thousands out there too, many of them engineers building companies in Silicon Valley just like Mehta.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

The judges for this must-attend event will be people who can help fund and build your business – and you don’t have to wait for an introduction. She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

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. Really great feedback that’s going to help us build an awesome product. There’s something like 4.5

Social Network 92

Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Johan Nel, CEO and founder of Umuntu Media says,” Mimiboards will help people on the continent record and handle issues live as they emerge. For Media companies – this could be huge. Who are the founders, investors, mentors behind the Mimiboard? The holding company behind Mimiboard is Umuntu Media.

Advertising 91

Advertising Media News Content 91

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Employers also have a hard time looking for viable candidates for their company. We clearly went through some difficult transitions in the company. The company almost died. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. Hearing that your company almost died. I had to lay off 60% of the company in one day.

Mobile 86

Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” The old media companies were resistant to change. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market. What started as a tech company is gaining ground as a media company.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Daradiction

JULY 22, 2013

Kris is professional photographer / photo journalist and he has some fantastic clients including TED.com, United Nations, National Geographic, and the company that I'm working for, Esri. Esri is the 2nd largest privately held software company in the US and we do lots of conferences for our users, partners, and so on.

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

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent. These trends seem likely to persist.

Startup 112

Startup Technical Review Technical Support Study 112