Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is scary. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Nick Lui shares how he lost a contract to Microsoft while still in Jr.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This year’s South By South West conference in Austin, Texas, is days away. Los Angeles’s very own Espree Devora (aka The Girl That Gets It Done ), has put together quite the exciting event for this year’s SXSW conference. When: March 11th 9am (During South by Southwest 2012). You can read it here.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even though Lyft nor Sidecar presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 they need to be mentioned as they were a huge time saver both getting from after party to after party and also to get to the airport. UberConference – Visual conference calling without video. Lyft / Sidecar – The Airbnb of commuter transportation.

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Startup Conference Google Web 77

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. conference shares what’s new in the location space. The Where 2.0 Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0 The Where 2.0

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 77

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. Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference.

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Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

conference , and Wherecamp are largely set around location, hence the word Where in the names. Conference. conference in Santa Clara, California, followed by Wherecamp, just up the road in Palo Alto. conference shares what’s new in the location space. The Where 2.0 Enter the Where 2.0 Both Where 2.0 The Where 2.0

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

But through expressing points-of-view I can raise above the consciousness of my customers (entrepreneurs and limited partners who invest in VC funds) in ways that I couldn’t without breaking through the noise of the hundreds of others of VCs who also have money. Think about Luma Partners.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

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. Yet you can run a conference and mint money.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. In 2012 over $3.2

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is about, “The journey through the ‘NO’ to get to the YES’ ” said by Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of CircleUp , on a panel at the Connections Conference in Indianapolis. Being an entrepreneur is about making a commitment no matter how painfully difficult it is to keep it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t. Also, the skill sets and expertise they can learn and experience as an entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

But entrepreneurs need to look more broadly into the B2B space for more lucrative opportunities. As outlined a while back by Adam Holden-Bache on Social Media B2B , I’m convinced that business-to-business has more money and more untapped opportunities, along the following lines: Strategic partnerships. Event marketing. Lead generation.

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Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. Simon also shares his thoughts on building a strong fan base through social media and public relations. Desai enthusiastically states, “It’s a great time to be an investor and an entrepreneur.” ” He notes that 1.2

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. None of these. It’s just a market. Not so fast.

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