Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. based start-up incubators, and former CEO for Myspace. Cult of Celebrity: When Stars Align with Technology Companies. Yup That’s the one! Speaker List.

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

” Last year, I was introduced to Karma’s company and services from a friend. Recently, we had a great opportunity to sit down and chat with Amanda Bensol, head BD/Marketing for Karma. Amidst the search she found her way working with NYC based incubator Techstars as an associate. “What’s that?

Outsource Development 108

Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. Now, a new breed of companies is finally making it out, which has had a huge impact on valuations. There''s a huge backlog of companies trying to make it out.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The University of Southern California is home to many innovative students and companies. In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies.

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. Santa Monica-based Tuition.IO (tuition.io) has s created a way for companies to both help their employees tackle that mound of student debt, as well as attract better and more loyal employees.

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Help Startup Platform Santa Monica 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years. Obviously, as with many other accelerators, we provide mentorship and shared resources, and help with creating a company, access to public relations, and other resources like legal help. What inspired you to start this? They're aimed at the big idea.

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

What types of companies will be part of Techstars LA? The companies really are at the discretion of the managing director and team on the types and focus areas of the companies who will be included. Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood.

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Hollywood Mobile HTML JavaScript 82

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2014

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA), there are currently over 1,900 members in over 60 nations.

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Incubator Entrepreneur Technical Review Mentor 103

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: In 2012, when the current ownership group bought the Dodgers, the group they pulled together was pretty heavily investment focused. As we came in, and started looking at opportunities the Dodgers had in front of them, they saw many great, smart, innovative young companies approaching us. That's how we approached it.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Bill serves on the boards of directors of numerous companies. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Please join us in congratulating this quarter’s Spotlight companies: Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. Applications are now open for the January 2012 program.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

For example, he explained a situation where his company could not meet payroll the next day and was about to go out of business. There was one particular memory that stood out, which was when my co-founders and I first started our company. It was the morning of June 26th, 2012. It was a success and the group made payroll.

Startup 107

Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

While great strides have been made in the mobile economy, there are still many challenges and opportunities to consider, and much we can learn from the market frontrunners. The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. Founded by L.A.’s

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. October 5, 2012. COMPANY FB COMPANY|FB. COMPANY GOOG COMPANY|GOOG. COMPANY YHOO COMPANY|YHOO. COMPANY MSFT COMPANY|MSFT. COMPANY TSLA COMPANY|TSLA. Financial News. Professor Journal. SmartMoney. NAME Yahoo.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio. When was it launched?

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

But these requirements may go away with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act passed into law back in 2012. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Startups are private companies with no common document filing requirements. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298