SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 -- LAVA Special Event: Venture Funding in Digital Media. Incumbents are finding new ways to adapt, startups are embracing disruption, and a new class of incubators/accelerators are leading a large infusion of capital. See [link].

Media 100

Media Funding LAVA Incubator 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent in 2012 to 54 percent by 2022. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. with demands for new products and services. Reinforce your brand in international markets.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Unlike most university programs that are over architected and underfunded, the TMP evolved organically, based on the demands of its students and input from the local community. The TMP began in the late 1990''s as a single class inside the Engineering College. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit.

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. The working class grammar of these light-hearted phrases underscored that the band was not taking itself too seriously. Any time will do."

Startup 269

Startup Cloud Computing RSS Writing 269

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2016

a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

UCSD 49

UCSD San Diego Artificial Inteligence Research 49

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses.

Startup 286

Startup Technical Review Custom Customer 286

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. So Investor A might have bought 20% of your company in 2012 and in 2013 with no addition money invested suddenly owns 40% of your company. But entrepreneurs – convertible notes have no MINIMUM! That’s complicated.

Startup 354

Startup Pricing Equity Venture Capital 354