Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. Be Great Fest is intended to unite them.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Venture Capital 101

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. Scott Hilleboe, General Partner at Walt Disney’s Steamboat Ventures, whose firm is quickly taking advantage of investment opportunities in China. Speaker List.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7 I think the model works well,” said McCann.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. So we went for it.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Program head Robert Jadon describes Startup UCLA as more of a pre-accelerator than anything, meaning the the ideas are typically earlier stage and the entrepreneurs less experienced. Love the student entrepreneur scene in LA right now! Michael Carney.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. We first interviewed Luc in 2012, just as he was launching the prototype for Miigle. In 2012 Miigle was just in its beginning stages.

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SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. In 2012, half of all the M&A transactions were cross border, for the first time. Globalization is a big trend.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. However, the main benefit is the one-on-one assistance of entrepreneurs, and access to capital.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

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

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

November 8, 2012 6:00 PM Only $20! Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. The idea is simply to foster the community and support up-and-coming entrepreneurs. Fireside Chat with Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

As one of the young company’s first employees (founded in January 2012 with their first hotspot product launch in 2012) she provides a great inside look at the inspiration that drives the company’s work and shares her own insights on how/why she ended up at one of the wireless data industry’s fastest growing innovators.

Outsource Development 108

Outsource Development Startup Incubator Press 108

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.

Incubator 115

Incubator Help Startup Technical Review 115

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of January 22, 2012.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

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. Joe: In addition to the technology based entrepreneurship that is incubated in the iHub, CVEP operates a business services division that assists all types of local businesses with planning, financing, and growth.

Startup 107

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 107

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. Or maybe a goldmine.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

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. Joe: In addition to the technology based entrepreneurship that is incubated in the iHub, CVEP operates a business services division that assists all types of local businesses with planning, financing, and growth.

Startup 121

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 121

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Fast forward to 2012 and none of these conditions hold.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

” Keval Desai, InterWest Partners - a firm investing across the entire mobile stack. Desai enthusiastically states, “It’s a great time to be an investor and an entrepreneur.” Listen in to learn why Swiftkey chose to focus on Android first, and how it rose to the best-selling Android app of 2012.

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

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.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Reuters TV Interview by Rhonda Schaffler Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money.

Startup 91

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. raise money now to weather any storms).

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298