SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011 -- How to Make Money And Do Good. Join Barbara and Rafe Furst - entrepreneur, angel investor and Unreasonable Institute mentor - as they delve into and learn about and creative ways to build effective, internationally scalable solutions for the greatest challenges of our time. Tech Coast Angels.

Tech Coast Angels 124

Tech Coast Angels Mentor Entrepreneur Angel 124

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.

Startup 270

Startup Incubator Doc Mentor 270

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. Join us for the 2011 season of the popular monthly Monday Club entrepreneurial growth luncheons. The events are held to provide coaching, mentoring and networking for early stage companies. See [link] (more)

Coach 100

Coach Mentor Networking Companies 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

His organization helped create 67,098 new jobs in 2011. ways to discover opportunities though mentors and advisors. Our keynote speaker is Ken Norland. Ken will present break though strategies in business planning, staffing and funding?powerful powerful support services you can use at little or no cost?ways See [link] (more)

Technology Council 113

Technology Council Mentor Organization Funding 113

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 29, 2011

I guess no one told him about the medical startups that were purchased by Medtronic, Linvatec, Storz, Mentor, etc., As shown in the following chart, the overwhelming focus of investments during Q1 of 2011 was in later stage companies. all of which continue to thrive in Santa Barbara to this day. STAGE: Few Harvests, Little Planting.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Capital Funding Technical Review 233

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. The goal for the entrepreneurs is to receive coaching, mentoring and resources for their companies.

Coach 113

Coach Mentor Resource Ideas 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

They've provided a completely free facility, furniture, Internet access, mentoring, sponsorship--all of those things are provided for free. I jumped in at the end of 2010, just as the majority of investments happened--I think $50M to $52M came in 2011. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company. So, that't the foundation.

Incubator 212

Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2011

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 -- PortTech Enterprise Forum. Its mission is to attract and mentor companies with technologies that will enable the Port of Los Angeles, and ports worldwide, to meet their immediate and future environmental, energy, security and logistics goals.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum San Pedro Incubator Commerce 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 -- Overview of Agile/ Scrum. Kevin Graves has been mentoring Agile/Scrum teams for the past 2.5 The has been involved with 7 different teams and 150 sprints. Tonight, Kevin will be providing an overview of Scrum/Agile and compare it against traditional waterfall methodologies.

Mentor 100

Mentor Development Develop 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Get connected to the right mentors and your business may catapult to the next level. Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Something so simple. Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Mentors outside of the university will come and help the innovators and students who have come up with their new ideas, and help them to convert those into professionally prepared business plans. Fariborz Maseeh: The first selection will be done in April of 2011. Here, the mentors come and focus on what the innovators want to do.

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg. Rob Maigret. Scott Sangster.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. 2011 – Tony Hsieh interviewed by Frank Gruber while circling around Austin, Texas during South by Southwest on the Delivering Happiness bus. By Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo. co-founders.

Commerce 197

Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 197

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

During the fall of 2011, Steve wrote a controversial post entitled, Why VCs Should Be Startup CEOs. Board skills (Startup coaching, mentoring, strategy, operational/growth). If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles! If you have not yet read it, take a moment to do so now.

Venture Capital 239

Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur SaaS 239

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify Mentor Panel in full swing. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Like good mentors Paul, Jeff, Richard, Oded and David as well as Chris and Kris create an atmosphere in which the motivated founders can take advantage of the knowledge base to which they are exposed. Setting up for Eric Garcetti.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. Many potential investors asked me, “Aren’t you just going to leave and form your own fund?”

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

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. The great firms transition day-to-day leadership and often those who don’t fail to protect their “franchise value.”

Venture Capital 161

Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

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.

Startup 112

Startup Technical Review Technical Support Study 112

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I had asked Mike Jones for advice on entrepreneurship, and raised money for a startup through Mark Suster and Jon Callahan, and ultimately ended up in San Francisco in 2011. David Carter: I think the biggest thing startups need to do is find mentors that they can trust and learn from.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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. Sam Teller, the Managing Director of Launchpad LA hinted that big news would come soon. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Incubator: Amplify LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We select ten per class, and help those startups connect with mentors and other people in that local environment who can be helpful to the business. Since then, we've replicated the model with a local managing director, local mentors, and have expanded to roughly 25 different programs around the world. billion combined.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011. Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. Event Details.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2012

We started thinking about new ways of interacting with social networks in November 2011. Any mentors or VC’s? No mentors and no investors so far, we are open to discussion. Of course we were thinking also on the expression “gift of the gab(i)” How long have you been working on Gabi? Gabi is nearly eight months old.

Social Network 89

Social Network Startup CTO Coach Social Media 89

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Their all new all electric car is set to be released for sale in limited quantities at the end of 2011. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. wonder what that might be? Attend and Support.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Companies Company 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2010

The technologies are used to supplement traditional courses, to support full distance learning courses, and to facilitate a variety of other collaborative interactions including virtual office hours, team meetings, professional development, student projects and mentoring and tutoring opportunities.

.Net 49

.Net Education Course Acquisition 49

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology.

Tech Coast Angels 80

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

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. This article was inspired by a conversation with my friend and mentor. That was the beginning of my career. Right then and there.”. Don’t say “No” to yours.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Organization Mentor Training 100

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. The teams of volunteer individuals and organizations are not just in for hype. He build a venture, PlaySpan Inc.

Clearstone 79

Clearstone Organization Education Google 79

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Who are the founders, investors, mentors behind the Mimiboard? Umuntu received funding in September 2011 – the amount was approx. The holding company behind Mimiboard is Umuntu Media. www.umuntumedia.com ). I am the founder , Investors are Eva Fund. Johan also came up with the original concept for Mimiboard.

Advertising 91

Advertising Media News Content 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Though Tanz has accomplished much at a young age, he is humble and embedded in the local tech community as a mentor to other startups. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98