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. This report evaluates the maturity of more than 1,900 technologies and trends in 89 areas. Startups can now truly define a problem, and position their solution for rapid growth.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Thursday launch of Data Collective demonstrates the increasing uptake of Big Data and signals a new door for entrepreneurs building Big Data companies. They say , “We believe another even larger scale disruption is underway and we are poised to help our entrepreneurs take advantage of it”. Founded Two Years Ago. Big Data Shift.

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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

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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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

Randy Churchill and his team at PricewaterhouseCoopers meticulously prepare a quarterly report detailing the venture landscape, called Shaking The Money Tree. As shown in the following chart, the overwhelming focus of investments during Q1 of 2011 was in later stage companies. It is also somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 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. Great entrepreneurs are a force of nature. I think a few Cleantech leaders are going to emerge in 2011.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Our list was far from definitive, but some noteworthy outcomes from last year’s selection suggest we’re taking the right approach: — Cypher Genomics , founded in 2011 with software to rapidly identify the genetic variations amid billions of gigabases of genome sequencing data, sold last November to San Diego’s Human Longevity.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and VC, Karl Mehta has launched Code For India (CFI) to empower the country’s citizens to actively participate in improving their communities. With just a mobile phone, the app connects volunteers at primary schools even in remote villages and gives them the ability to collect and report data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Teens fueled that growth when in 2011 12% of teens reported using Twitter. SocialBakers , a site that tracks data, reported in December 2012 that 1.4 engagement entrepreneur Jim Tobin marketing social media startup' They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. Maybe they just don’t care.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein is an incredible marketer. He noted that entrepreneurs should not, “… expect other people to get the subtlety and nuance of your vision.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. You''ve got to do your report every month. Once you know the space, China really helps entrepreneurs. tradesparq alibaba trading international trade china entrepreneur startup kleist michael' Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. Frank Addante, who founded Rubicon, is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded L90, which was acquired. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. The now-public. revenues and profitability, and has seen strong results from its partnership with YouTube. LiveNation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. percent higher than those of last year.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

TechZulu is heading off to BlogWorld and New Media Expo October 14-16 where we will be reporting live and bringing you some of the biggest names in the tech industry along with all the keynote sessions. 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. TZ Highlight.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Originally introduced by Senator Kerry and Senator Lugar in 2010, the act was reintroduced in late 2011 based on opinion that company creation could be a strong push towards job creation. The Startup Act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs: Reducing regulatory burdens.

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Tech.Co

JULY 31, 2017

Yet as an entrepreneur, you can rarely hide under the rock and pretend there’s nothing else happening around you and no one is demanding your attention. While back in 2011, a cell phone user received or made 12 phone calls a day on average, the number has dropped to just 6 calls in 2015. Shift to Snapchat-Styled Videos.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

This article is not just another report on the case of Aaron Swartz but serves to be a tribute to the life and awe inspiring personality of a complicated, principled, and brilliant man. In 2011, Swartz was indicted on federal charges of illegally downloading over 4.8 Knowledge is Power. Activism, Lawsuits and Depression.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

We discuss the origins of Webdoc and as an entrepreneur how Vincent deals with competitors and the general day to day of being an entrepreneur. Think Minority Report meets the web. What is the most difficult and best things about being an entrepreneur? Who are your three most influential entrepreneurs?

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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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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Being that the theme of the night was community, it was perfect that the event was held at CoLoft , a workspace in Santa Monica that focuses on start up entrepreneurs. We entrepreneurs exert so much energy making the sale when a customer requests a refund it’s like a stab to the heart. But you need to pay the bills!’ I resisted.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. Event Details.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S drivers aged 18-64 reported talking on their cell phones while driving. Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. Splunk Fastpitch – Auto tech Entrepreneur pitch hour.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But a new entrepreneur on the block is already reaping the benefits of choosing the road less travelled. She adds that in San Diego, she was responsible for commenting on Environmental Impact Reports, coordinating with city planners, and drafting specs for best practices in C&D recovery/diversion. Recycling Waste Platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. There’s plenty of innovation in Africa – it just isn’t as widely reported as it should be. How does it work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. percent to 23.4

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It’s a little bit of augmented reality combined with a Minority Report-esque shopping concept. Think minority report.” It was 2011, so these were valid questions. Through this process, they asked themselves repeatedly those dreaded questions that entrepreneurs go through on the daily: is it the right time?

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. More Mansion Videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur - OnStartups , November 1, 2010 There's always talk about the end game in the form of an acquisition, funding announcement, or eventual flame out. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. Enter Facebook.

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