Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Chang Xu for her tireless effort in helping me prepare and analyze the data) If you met with LPs to raise a fund in 2009–2012 the most common refrain was, “We have too many managers and too many dollars in venture. We’re trying to limit our exposure.” That has changed dramatically in the past five years.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

With plans to open offices in New York and London next year, FlxOne says its major focus is to empower companies specialized in real-time advertising and help grow with them. Matthijs Keij, CEO FlxOne, is opportunistic that there is demand from firms around the globe. billion in Q2 2012. Take action. billion, up from $8.7

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

I wrote a one page business plan and create this logo: My business idea was simple, I wanted to help people “make it work” in their business using technology and building operational software solutions. We started with Citrix again, but this time, it became obvious to us that the demand was coming from the residential sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Yet you can never forget the seasonal business cash flow and activity demands that are approaching, so to be prepared – you need to start the planning now. Even though these last few years have not been great financially for entrepreneurs, it always helps to look at the cup as half full, rather than half empty.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

At the moment Spotify or Pandora can help aggregate certain songs for you, but you still need to type out what you’re looking for and at times it takes a couple of steps to get to what you want. It is the first app that brings on-demand music using voice technology. The new app, Vela brilliantly solves that problem for you.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2013

Groupon today launched its high-end restaurant service dubbed Groupon Reserve ,aimed at helping users find finest things to eat, see, do and buy. As Groupon has evolved, we’ve seen growing demand from our customers for upscale offers and exclusive experiences. with more cities coming by year end. Premium Deals.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

My 16 year old was living with his mom this past year as my business of 12 years went under in June of 2012. I tried to help him but my method was wrong. Instead of demanding he do his work, I jumped in and worked with him. I helped him study and I made it fun. You get what I mean. When it collapsed, he lost his hero.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2014

Many entrepreneurs still don’t understand that building a business culture today of doing good, like helping people (society) and planet (sustainability), is also a key to maximizing profit. By adding to perceived value, a company attracts more sophisticated and demanding customers less expensively and more quickly.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Josh Meyers: When I looked at Slickdeals at 2012, I saw a company that had been around for more than ten years, a company that had incredible content--really amazing content. We''re hoping to continue that growth trajectory, and help increase it, via online marketing and other forms of marketing, as well. That''s how we got into LA.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. and we were met with weak demand, slow growth and high costs. The process of “systematizing” a business quite literally involves building systems that help you to achieve scale.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. If you said 6 million (as of April 2012), you’d be close, because JustFab is growing by nearly to 500,000 members a month. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members. Brandon Beck – Riot Games.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We meet to discuss trends in the industry and to find ways to work together to help with SoCal deal syndication – somethings that happens automatically on Sand Hill Road in NorCal due to proximity. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit).

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Alex was instrumental in helping HostPro grow into one of the largest web hosting companies in the industry, with over 70,000 customers worldwide and operations in Los Angeles; Seattle; Boise, Idaho, and Boca Raton, Florida. As the CTO of SOA Software Alistair is helping to shape and mature the enterprise API and SOA industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

High unemployment, wage stagnation, lowering real estate prices and the lowering of demand for products may lead to deflation (where prices of goods & services decrease each month – i.e. the opposite of inflation). The tech industry can help with job stimulation, but we’re not immune to macroeconomic trends.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Mr. Csathy helps clients by leveraging his vast network of relationships and unique breadth of business and operational experience that is equally split between new and traditional media. On Demand). Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. All of this attention has helped raise the profile of the region as a lifestyle destination, which has led entrepreneurs to see the valley in a positive light.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. All of this attention has helped raise the profile of the region as a lifestyle destination, which has led entrepreneurs to see the valley in a positive light.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. Investors call Bull Cap. Enter “the cap.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

He’s helped shut down more companies than he’s started. . Fun fact: iWaboo Group was founded in 2012 as a pure retail company that owned gadget concept stores in Italy. India’s Mobile first eBates and its digital assistant helps consumers find the best savings online. On-Demand Lawn Care and Snow Plowing. Drivio, Inc.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Willis Hsieh: When I first met Dina, she was a technology transfer associate at UCLA, and she helped us get our license to the technology. We believe that plastic solar cells will be uniquely competitive in windows applications, which we believe will be coming out in 2012, based on our own schedules.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see how big people like Match.com and eHarmony became on the trend of helping us find our dating partners and why this would be improved my mobile, social networks. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. As you know, Time Warner eventually spun off AOL for peanuts.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

October 5, 2012. From her new perch in Los Angeles, shes helping to launch a company that she says lies "at the intersection of marketing and digital entertainment, philanthropy and lifetime experiences." 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. million in the first eight months of 2012, a 20.4% VENICE RISING.

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