Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event. For Developers, programmers and technologists seeking the latest and greatest engines and tools for AR; learn from case studies and post mortems delivered by experienced developers from the leading companies in the space. Dates: May 17-18, 2011.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2017

Los Angeles-based Ring , the developer of connected doorbells, security cameras, and other similar devices, has raised $109M in a big financing round, to help fund global growth. Siminoff's last successful venture was Unsubscribe.com, which he sold to TrustedID in 2011. Ring, led by Jamie Siminoff, has now raised over $209M in funding.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 7, 2020

When a group of scientists from Amira Pharmaceuticals wanted to start a new biotech after the company’s 2011 acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb , Celgene provided seed funding. Rob Williamson, a longtime biotech entrepreneur, joined PharmAkea as CEO in 2013 after the company formed its “build-to-buy”-style.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Together they envisioned a Match.com type of site for entrepreneurs to find each other and make things happen. In November 2011, they launched the CoFoundersLab.com platform. They took the “Match.com for entrepreneurs” model literally and hired the former CTO of Match.com to create the algorithms to help predict and recommend matches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2011

New wind energy development is essentially cost-competitive with conventional energy technologies. Nevertheless, if you are looking for a hot sector to help you recover from tough economic times, get you tagged as a world leader, and increase your probabilities for funding support, put some energy into this one in 2011. Wind power.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Saturday, December 17, 2011 -- Teens in Tech Conference. We'll achieve just that in front of an audience of young entrepreneurs, developers and designers. The Teens in Tech Conference is about connecting youth and technology with entrepreneurship, startups and the web. See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. In any case, an entrepreneur in one who likes to build new products or services, and works ON their company, while a public business executive works IN the company.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide. General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university.

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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. Despite the snarky rumors that Google’s content development program was poorly managed at its outset (e.g.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Thursday, November 10, 2011 -- Los Angeles Twitter Dev Teatime. An to give developers, product managers and entrepreneurs from around the Los Angeles area a better understanding of Twitters application programming interface (API) and overall platform. See https://dev.twitter.com/form/los-angeles-dev-teatime.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011 -- Mobile Hack Days LA. The mobile development community is invited to come out and have fun over a weekend (Sept 16-18), starting Friday and ending Sunday to create something great and unique and finally implement that idea youve had and collaborate with other energetic, like-minded people.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. The format of the meetings is to have several entrepreneurs present their projects and to have an interactive discussion from the attendees with comments, suggestions and ideas for the presenters. See [link] (more)

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2019

—Ezoic, a startup that developed software for web publishers that uses machine learning techniques to personalize layouts and ad placements for site visitors, raised $33 million to further develop its technology. Based in Carlsbad, in northern San Diego County, Ezoic launched its platform in 2011.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 22, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011 -- Power of Angel Investing. It will also go into depth on how to develop angel-entrepreneur relationships that lead to success. A faculty of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and expert service providers delivers the seminar.

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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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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. Competitors, seeing a successful development of a niche, flock into the competitive void with products or services built with a fresh view of the current environment.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. 7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice). > Greetings loyal readers. and Forbes.

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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.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

If the tech community believes that a certain area is the epicenter of a particular industry, motivated entrepreneurs will start their ventures in such locations, thus reinforcing the geography’s perceived advantageousness. As shown in the following chart, the overwhelming focus of investments during Q1 of 2011 was in later stage companies.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011 -- OCTANe Building Blocks - Managing Innovation. This program is part of OCTANe Foundation for Innovation's (OFI) "Building Blocks" series - a six month development program to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage, and grow a successful business. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 10, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 -- MIT Forum: More With Less: Energy Efficiency Tomorrow and Today. Along with developing renewable energy sources and energy efficiency both by academia and the private sector, the cutting edge technology that will make a difference is being developed right here on the South Coast.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 13, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 -- LA AppShow. The LA AppShow brings together app developers to demo their newsworthy new apps and unrecognized app gems to a live audience with an exciting social backdrop. Typically the events are watched by developers, entrepreneurs and investors.

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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.” If you use the mentor-driven model that we pioneered at TechStars, you get entrepreneurs who are deeply connected with the broader entrepreneurial landscape.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

Tim Sae Koo: I just graduated from USC in December of 2011, with a business entrepreneurship degree. What's the biggest thing you've learned so far as an entrepreneur? Tim Sae Koo: As a first time entrepreneur, I've had a fair share of failures along the way. What's your background? The younger you are, the faster you can fail.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011 -- Synthetic Biology Today and Tomorrow: The Way Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Want the World to Be. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Our February program will focus on the entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges of building a business based on synthetic biology.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

crackdown on illegal online gambling and online poker back in 2011. We allow for game developers to put gambling results within their games, so that a consumer can play games that have gambling inside of them. In 2011, we watched as there was a whole world of online, illegal gambling being shut down. Why a new startup?

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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. First, for those not familiar with DreamHost, talk about what your company does?

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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.

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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.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development. 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.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

In a world that is hyper competitive – even amongst VCs – I can honestly say that not only is the media recognition accurate but it is amongst the proudest days I’ve had in developing Upfront Ventures and our future. Great firms find future leaders and develop them. He’s a force of nature.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

For those that may be unfamiliar with Idealab, it was founded in 1996 by entrepreneur Bill Gross, Idealab provides a broad range of operational support to its companies, allowing the company management teams to focus on getting to market quickly and cost effectively and to take advantage of the serial start-up experience of the Idealab team.

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