SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -- An Evening with Brad Feld. You'd be hard pressed to find an individual who has made as big a contribution to startup culture and thought leadership as Venture Capitalist and blogger, Brad Feld. An evening with venture capitalist Brad Feld to discuss his new book Startup Communities. See [link] (more)

Press 124

Press Startup Entrepreneur 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

There are about 80 million of them, and nearly two-thirds of them are already in the work place as entrepreneurs or with jobs. According to a recent Gallup® poll , fewer Americans aged 18 to 29 worked full time for an employer in June 2013 (43.6%) than did so in June 2012 (47.0%). Don’t let the lack of experience bring you down.

Tips 93

Tips Entrepreneur Startup Tool 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? Here’s what’s going through his/her head: Is this story “newsworthy” or am I being asked to publish a press release? ” Can you imagine that ever getting inches in the press?

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But a couple of people replied with responses of such lack of comprehension that I thought it was worth expanding on for first-time entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. Not possible. ” Or there was this one.

Startup 363

Startup Venture Capital Coach Press 363

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Chase had many tidbits of information for the room of lady innovators from “every single person is your free consultant” to “make sure you are an ‘I can make that person’ versus ‘I can buy that person’ if you want to be an entrepreneur.” Always think about scalabilty, even in the beginning.

Conference 77

Conference Startup Technical Review Software Review 77

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2013

The first phase of a hype cycle is the technology trigger or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest. Consequently, the press usually abandons the topic. Gartner entrepreneur startup technology investor Hype Cycle business' Peak of inflated expectations. Slope of enlightenment.

Startup 97

Startup Press Cloud Computing Technology 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members. But the book is a must read for entrepreneurs. It was written by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann and documents the 2012 election from the early GOP primary fights right through to the final outcome.

Startup 385

Startup Coach Course Snapchat 385

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8 PHONE CALLS.

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Many entrepreneurs still dream of “going public,” making billions of dollars, and playing with the big boys. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup' Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 89

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 89

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. The company was always seeking capital. Costco wanted to launch us online, on costco.com. Finally, it seemed as though we were going to fly. We sought capital just in case.

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Capital Pricing Press Customer 234

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. We missed payroll.

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RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

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

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub. Michael Carney , a tech reporter for Pandodaily , taught how to craft a compelling press release.

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Rustic Canyon Startup Los Angeles Class 74

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Press, Pause, Play ‘s message of mediocrity is one that musical hardware device maker of this year’s SXSW, Miselu , plans to overcome. We can honestly say that it couldn’t have gone better for us with the phenomenal response we got from artists, press and potential partners. Yes, that is bold.

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Press Ideas Product Activity 100

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

We were eventually acquired by a large competitorin 2012. It's not about pressing a button and getting a better taxi cab. I'm proud that we never lost a client's data, ever, even through tornadoes in the Midwest, and hurricanes in Florida. There was no crazy, crazy growth, and it was much more linear.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

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

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

“The Startup Act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs: Reducing regulatory burdens. According to the official press release on Senator Moran’s blog. Attracting business investment. Accelerating the commercialization of university research.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. Steve Jillings: We have really big stuff coming in 2012. Another was for our product, Telebureau, which we were advised was approved in December, and which you'll see a press release coming out soon. For those folks, can you describe what TeleSign does?

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. August 24, 2012 10:24 AM. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. October 20, 2012 1:57 PM. October 17, 2012 1:15 PM. © Copyright 2012 VentureBeat.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. percent to 23.4

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347