socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

Beverly Hills-based NVE Experience Agency , a live event production company, said it has acquired The Future Party , a community-based organizer of monthly dinners, parties, salons, and "branded activations" for Millenial and Generation Z creators and entrepreneurs, the companies said this morning.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur. More on that later. That may soon change.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. It's all about leverage.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. What started as a weekend project in 2012 is now a global marketplace that attracted 55.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I’ve noticed that most young entrepreneurs are more socially conscious today than ever before, which is a great trend. I would expect that to seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with no clear business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

According to the most recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, there were approximately 514,000 new businesses created per month in the US in 2012. So what’s an entrepreneur to do to get his new business noticed these days? Building your home base with personal and product traction. Their startups will get noticed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

As entrepreneurs, you always need to be on the lookout for ways to expand your current business, and always on the lookout for your next big thing. New products or services to existing customers. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. How can you improve your odds?

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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. Build It and They Will Come: How to Create the Next Great Product. Jack Krawczyk , Head of Product Marketing at StumbleUpon. Speaker List. The Burgeoning L.A.

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 68

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 20, 2012

Thursday, July 26, 2012 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, dealmakers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. View products, videos, on-line demos. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online. See [link] (more)

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Santa Barbara Startup Design Ideas 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 20, 2012

Thursday, July 26, 2012 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources,advisors,dealmakers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. View products, videos, online demos. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. Hot Networking Breakfast at 7:00 AM sharp! See [link] (more)

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Conference Capital Networking Entrepreneur 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012 -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources,advisors,dealmakers and 50 entrepreneurs seeking capital and counsel. View products, videos, on-line demos. DEAL DISPLAY showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. See [link] (more)

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Conference Capital Networking Entrepreneur 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

It was a particularly rough December in what proved a difficult 2012. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. But it comes across as a whiny complaint about the shitty year that 2012 was. But the reason I couldn’t publish that post is it didn’t capture the greater picture that 2012 represents for me.”

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Writing Venture Capital Blogging Startup 313

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.

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Technology Council Los Angeles Conference Technology 113

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2016

GOAT (“Greatest of All Time) is a sneakerhead marketplace that is en fuego, but we led the company’s last financing round in 2012 (yes, four years ago) when they were an application for letting people join group dinners. That’s why this funding story is different. It also is truly a testament to my partner, Greg Bettinelli.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

We all know him as @gapingvoid, and his inspiring artwork that is well-respected and loved by many entrepreneurs. Gyft’s team sent a very brief email asking politely to set up a time to demo their product. Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012. That a wrap, folks.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

With the SOLD OUT Startup Weekend Los Angeles quickly approaching (February 24th-26th, 2012) it’s time to start getting in the creation mindset. Those dynamics offer new opportunities for entrepreneurs as well as ‘teacher-preneurs,’ educators who have a passion for building scalable solutions.”.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- LA Demo Day (featuring 20 new LA startups). Come see the next crop of great LA tech companies demo their startups to the LA community of entrepreneurs, investors and techies as well as a number of esteemed guests. LA Startup Demo Day will showcase the latest batch of up-and-coming LA Startups. See [link].

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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.” likely relate to.

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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. Build It and They Will Come: How to Create the Next Great Product. Jack Krawczyk , Head of Product Marketing at StumbleUpon. Speaker List. The Burgeoning L.A.

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Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -- VoiVoda Labs Innovative Startup Competiton. The competition is open to all entrepreneurs. We are hosting a startup competition in order to find the best possible startups in Los Angeles and help them bring their ideas to fruition.

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Startup Competition Los Angeles Ideas 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A little history, we launched our product years ago, Search IQ. That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. Years later, I bought the company back, and we rebranded in 2012 to Ad.net. What does that mean specifically?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 12, 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast presents: These Companies Rock! On Wednesday, April 18, the MIT Central Coast Enterprise Forum will feature a panel of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses around their passion for music and technology. Music+Tech+Entrepreneurship= Success.

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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.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Saturday, November 17, 2012 -- Big Data, Big Opportunities: Predicting the Future One Byte at a Time. This data is being assembled into massive data sets and used by scientists, researchers, companies and the government to develop new products, predict epidemics, understand consumer behavior and formulate public policies. Actually, it?s

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Enterprise Forum Miramar CalTech IBM 100

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

A 2012 Dow Jones'' report entitled Women At The Wheel encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups. In a similar vein, a 2012 study by the Kauffman Foundation noted that women account for only 10% of all the founders of high-tech startups. During the period studied, only "1.3% What Gives? Sara Blakely of Spanx, Oprah, etc.),

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2013

By 2012, total sales exceeded 50 million copies and founding band member Roger Waters was cited by Forbes as the second highest paid musician of the year, pulling in $88 million. Entrepreneurs can learn a great deal from the manner in which Pink Floyd created DSOTM. Entrepreneurs should always err on the side of long-term gain.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They feel very confident they can hit $18 – 20 million in 2012. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. This team is talented.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 8, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012 -- CO2, Microbes and Grass  Treatment for Energy Hunger? In biofuels, the use of algae has attracted a lot of attention as an economical alternative to biofuel production. Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Biofuels and Alternatives. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Activity Technology 100

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

By early 2010, I found my stylistic voice and identified my audience of emerging entrepreneurs and thus dropped my penname. 2012 And Beyond. All the best in 2012 and beyond…. I was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. Naval Ravikant Interview.

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Newsletter Blogging Santa Barbara Content 205

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Tech Reporters: These individuals will write and edit informative and practical articles on a range of topics including Startups/Entrepreneurs, Gadgets, Mobile Tech, Tech in Entertainment, Gaming, Apps & Software, productivity, and cover breaking tech news. Will also report on local tech events in their respected area.

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Technical Review Software Review Writing News 71

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a January 2012 article in Forbes Magazine , nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. For many entrepreneurs, college has little appeal. Innovation is commonly associated with either the introduction of new products or new features added to existing products. Look around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. despite having been passed into law in early 2012 via the JOBS Act , and still has no scheduled date for availability, waiting for the rules to be finalized by the SEC.

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