SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- Startup Business Development - A Four Hour Hands on Workshop. re a founder who wants to learn more about growing your venture via partnerships and alliances? Or you hold or are interested in a job in Business Development at a Tech or Internet company. Coloft Academy. See [link] (more)

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Develop Development Startup Help 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

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Venture Capital Funding Capital Startup 161

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2012

Appcelerator’s Titanium is the only mobile cloud platform to enable fully native-cross platform, mobile app, hybrid and HTML5 web development, from a single codebase. Allowing developers and the like to create a mobile application only once and have it running on many devices without having to switch between tools.

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Platform Mobile Develop Development 78

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Thursday, November 1, 2012 -- LA CEOs - Developing Relationships with the World?s Mark will share secrets about getting your product or service endorsed by professional leagues and top athletes. s Biggest Sports Leagues and Stars and How to Succeed. Confirmed RSVP is required.

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Develop Development Education Networking 113

Steve Reich

JUNE 26, 2012

.” That was the understatement of the week, as I learned by attending YouTube’s Premium Partner conference, YouTube Access 2012. It’s not about cats dancing on keyboards, but serious professionals making comedy, drama, sports, cooking, and every other type of video content you can imagine. . The event was last week in New York.

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Southern California SoCal Content SoCalTech 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

I got a chance to chat with Espree this week about the panel and what event goers can expect to gain from the panel. The organizers of SXSW really care about their community and I think a lot of people do the best they can do to make the whole conference come together smoothly. When: March 11th 9am (During South by Southwest 2012).

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Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2012

“Competition for the future is about what you are doing today,” Vijay Govindarajan preaches passionately from the stage at the front of the Metro Toronto Convention center on June 5th, 2012 at the Art of Leadership Conference. “Strategy is about next practices, not best practices,” finishes Govindarajan.

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Pricing Statistics Examples Design 80

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Sonos has been remarkably quiet over the years about how the company has been doing financially. However, the company disclosed Monday that it had $535M in revenue in 2013, nearly double the revenues the company had in 2012, making it one of the largest companies on the Central Coast.

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Redpoint Santa Monica Acquisition Capital 159

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. 10 New York City startups we’re crazy about. Developers. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Hear from key influencers and investors about trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery and hybrid TV standards and opportunities for advertising and marketing campaigns. Our very own Amanda Coolong will be moderating the Attracting Venture Capital, Social TV, Social Media and Mobile Trends panel.

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Social Media Newsletter Mobile Startup 84

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Apps Alliance and MEDL Mobile Mixer. With both MMCF and Mobile Con 2012 in town we decided to throw a little "thing" to celebrate. Who will be there: Developers, Publishers, Executives and Investors that focus on the mobile market from San Diego and abroad. See [link].

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Mobile HTML San Diego Acquisition 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Lit Motors is a San Francisco, CA based company that designs and develops environmentally-conscious transportation solutions. Users will be able to learn about their favorite DJ, discover new artists, find every bit of info in one place instead of scouring the web. Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012.

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Press Email Tips Conference 103

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. The main discussions included: Location & Mobile development, Marketing and Business & Strategy. She gave us a great presentation about context. The Where 2.0 Wherecamp-SF.

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 77

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 1, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 -- Los Angeles Clean Technology Council Conference. See product demos and learn about new ventures. Network with hundreds of entrepreneurs, CEOs, dealmakers, investors, JV partners, technical/business advisors, developers and marketing professionals. See [link] (more)

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Technology Council Los Angeles Conference Technology 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 27, 2012

Thursday, August 2, 2012 -- LA CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs - How to Manage Teams in a 2.0 Does your development team need ?just How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? Learn from one of our very own LA CEOs, Bill Sewell, about his team? just two more weeks? to deliver their work?

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Downey Training Funding Product 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012 -- Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits. Without a clear vision, you could lose the respect and loyalty of your employees and peers who respect leaders who put time and effort into thinking about where the business is going and how best to get there. See [link] (more)

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Develop Development 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room. While everyone developed their products throughout the day, SWLA teams briefly said hi to Marc Nager (StartupWeekend CEO) during a quick Skype call who was down in New Zealand facilitating Startup Weekend.

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012 -- LADOTNET February Event. The Los Angeles.NET Developers Group is The Premier Forum for Los Angeles Area.NET Developers. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft.NET technologies. See [link] (more)

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Education Los Angeles Startup Organization 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 26, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Listen to Angels, Investors, Venture Capitalists and Catalysts and what they have to say about investing and being investor ready. Gary Phillips retired in 2003 after a 34-year career in Research and Development. Ask questions and learn. Special Guest, Gary Phillips.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel San Diego Research 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2011

It brings together entrepreneurs, CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups and business developers. The main discussions included: Location & Mobile development, Marketing and Business & Strategy. She gave us a great presentation about context. The Where 2.0 Wherecamp-SF.

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Conference Startup Mobile Ideas 63

InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Despite the snarky rumors that Google’s content development program was poorly managed at its outset (e.g.,

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Google Develop Development Funding 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

About three years ago, we found we were doing lots of manual testing of our code. So we developed this automation system, which saves thousands of hours of time for our engineers, running 50,000 automation tests a day. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: In the last six years we've grown about 80 percent.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

About three years ago, we found we were doing lots of manual testing of our code. So we developed this automation system, which saves thousands of hours of time for our engineers, running 50,000 automation tests a day. started in August of 2012. Claude Jones: In the last six years we've grown about 80 percent.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. This post is about the “P” or pain. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing.

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Sales Slides Startup Customer 367

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 30, 2012

Thursday, August 2, 2012 -- LA CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs. Does your development team need ?just How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? Scrum is not just for developers, it?s

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Downey Framework Training Education 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Or more directly – they are likely narcissistic resuscitations of your newest features or bragging points that nobody but your marketing team and your mom care about. But mostly they’re thinking, “Will my audience even care about this topic?” Think about Luma Partners. I am a VC. I hand out money.

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Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 12, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast presents: These Companies Rock! Mike Wald from local hot start-up Oniracom will talk about the company's management of some of the world's most successful entertainment properties including Jack Johnson, Matisyahu and Disney Records. See [link] (more)

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Enterprise Forum Company Companies Entertainment 113

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. The long-term model will figure itself out over the next few weeks, but today, it’s all about the inaugural class and Jadon and his colleagues are extremely proud and excited about this group. by Michael Carney on September 13, 2012.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Accounting and Taxation for Startups. At the inception of a company the entrepreneur typically focuses on product development, RandD, customer relationships and sales and marketing.Often, accounting and taxation are overlooked. See [link] (more)

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OCTANE Startup Equity Sales 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

We caught up with Debra Baker , Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., to hear about how the program is both helping the studio tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community, as well as helping those startups find new customers in the media and entertainment business.

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Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubble to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. First, what is SupperKing all about?

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 250

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubbe to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. First, what is SupperKing all about?

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In the 1980s, high-tech companies stored information about their customers on their sophisticated and high-cost computer equipment. A layperson would be excused to think that in 2012, questions about how to store data on computers have been worked out. Talking about scale is important even early on in a project's lifecycle.

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Platform Startup High Tech Develop 227

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- Managing Your Product/Service Lifecycle. Your product is just about to go out the door. Youre reviewing your launch plan and task assignments. But how do you ensure that your product or service is what the customer really wants, needs and will pay for?

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Product Services TechEmpower Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

We spoke with founder Manrique Brenes --a veteran of such companies as Skype and Cisco--to hear about Blossom''s products, plus its link to such companies at Vizio. What your product all about? Manrique Brenes: What we''re developed is a smart irrigation controller. Can you talk about the backing you have from Vizio and Accton?

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. We've also developed a version in partnership with Samsung for their connected TVs and video players, and recently released an iPhone version. There are lots of apps out there for viewing video, what's different about Frequency?

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Social Network Startup Services Organization 232