socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. companies in the last year. Science Inc.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Virgin/Hyperloop One.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2013

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH''s video section , where we''re currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: Silicon Beach at SXSW. What Bill Gross Has Learned Starting More Than 100 Companies. Silicon Beach now has made a name for itself--and showcased the region at SXSW in Austin.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. YouTube takes too high of a revenue split (45% vs. 30% that Apple and many other distribution companies take – FWIW, YouTube argues this is because their costs are much higher since they host and stream the video). But think of this.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

Here are some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH''s video section , where we''re currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: What is Privlo''s private mortgage marketplace about? Privlo video explains how the company is launching its own private mortgage marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2013

Even though it has been a long haul, it’s nice to see some optimism surfacing in 2013. Earlier this year, a new study “ 2013 Business Outlook Survey: A New Reality Of Cautious Optimism ” was published by EKS&H. Some companies turned to cutbacks over boosting financial reserves. Increase operating efficiencies. fiscal cliff.

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Study Tips Entrepreneur Guide 78

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co Tony was also our neighbor for 8 years in downtown Las Vegas, where the company grew its homebase and hosted monthly events for locals and visitors from around the world, with Hsieh’s Downtown Project.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. ” Good f **g luck.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. If they didn’t care about him they certainly didn’t care about me or Jason Lemkin or Jason Calacanis or any of us.

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Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

TechZulu had the pleasure again this year to help bring all the New Media Expo (NMX) 2013 Keynotes sessions live. Scott shared a few secrets that any companies can adopt for their own purposes. Amy Jo Martin Speaks about Social Communication, developing a proprietary equation to measure a brands Return on Influence (ROI).

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Social Media Media Blogging Platform 72

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more. Most companies are referred by other VC’s, founders or mentors.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Santa Monica Technical Review Startup 93

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most recently, the company launched partnerships in various cities to bring its real-time parking solution to including in Los Angeles,Santa Monica,Austin and Washington D.C. The post ParkMe & INRIX Partner During The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show To Help Drivers Outsmart Parking appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

Yelp, the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, has acquired SeatMe, a web and iPad-app based restaurant and nightlife reservation service. ” Yelp has has about one million U.S. SeatMe’s 15 person team will join Yelp at its new headquarters in the fourth quarter of 2013. million by July 24th.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Quick - name a phone company. Yep, Facebook is a phone company. In order for them to take full advantage of Facebook the phone company, they will have to abandon traditional online marketing conventions. BIA/Kelsey reports that from 2011 to 2013 there was a 133% increase in the number of mobile phone calls to businesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

On Friday October 25th, this innovative spirit was put on display at the 2013 Student Innovator Showcase. It’s not about the money for us,” said Cosmo Scharf of Coursewiz , a college course-scheduling platform. “We Student Ambassadors from both companies had been present during the Showcase and gave out raffle tickets for these prizes.

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USC Ideas Southern California Platform 91

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A two-day event that showcased the best indie games from more than 100 different companies and over 150 playable games. Nintendo, Sony, Ouya, Oculus VR, and other companies have stopped by to show off what indie developers can do. Oculus VR’s exhibit showed a lot of promise about the Oculus Rift.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. I often answer the same way … * “First, yes, nearly every corner of our market is over-valued. By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza.

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Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 23, 2019

BitAngels is a group of cryptocurrency investors helping to grow the blockchain ecosystem through community events spotlighting new companies. The brainchild of industry leader Michael Terpin, BitAngels launched in 2013 as the world's first angel network for digital currency startups.

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Los Angeles Angel Entertainment Entrepreneur 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. Companies being created has continued to go up dramatically making managing dealflow nearly impossible. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. So with the wild ride of 2013 I had thoughts about what made me thankful this year.

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Santa Barbara SaaS Help Social Network 288

Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2018

For the past week or so, President Trump has been deriding Amazon as a destroyer of jobs and the main reason many retail companies are failing. Since its founding in 2013, SupplyKick has generated tens-of-millions of dollars in sales, with our team doubling in size during the last year alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is one of a growing number of startups trying to rejuvenate the music streaming market by combining it with social networking so that audiences can listen to the playlists of their favorite athletes and entertainers… and their friends. At its core, the app is just about making music more social, according to Fox.

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Entertainment Social Media Social Network Media 224

Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2019

Katelyn O’Shaughnessy already had a solid track record, selling TripScope , a travel startup she co-founded in 2013, to Travefy two years ago.

Help 111

Help Startup Networking Ideas 111

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2019

Viacom said that Pluto TV has more than 12 million monthly active users, with about 7.5 Pluto TV was founded in 2013, and was led by CEO and co-founder Tom Ryan, who will continue to lead Pluto TV, which becomes an independent subsidiary of Viacom. The company had raised around $51.8M million of those using connected TVs.

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Advertising Acquisition Los Angeles Activity 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It looks things are definitely growing at financial software firm Blackline Systems , as the firm clarified that it actually did just over $25M in revenues in 2012, and is on track to have $40M plus in revenues for 2013. It''s unusual for privately held companies to be so open about their revenues, but the company is hinting at IPO plans.

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Silver Lake Equity Acquisition Software 164

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 23, 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 -- ExecTec - The Future You. Yes most of the time it is about the company or the company you keep and or who/what you know but at the core it has always been about you! What are you doing for yourself? See [link] (more)

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2013

The best advocates do this because they care about you as a person, not because of personal aspirations. When the relationship is appropriate, condoned by the company, and welcomed by both parties, it can be positive from a personal and even a work perspective. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 03/27/2013.

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Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Competition 99

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 -- Digital LA - Startup Showcase: Silicon Beach Best of 2012. We want to celebrate by bringing some of the top companies, startups, and tech leaders of 2012 together to tell us about their big stories of the year, and give us their predictions for their companies and the community in 2013.

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Startup Capital Company Companies 100

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 23, 2018

There’s nothing inherently social about VR. It’s a group experience the company envisions as something similar to Rock Band or Guitar Hero. Formed in 2013 by a trio of University of Southern California students, Survios is among the most compelling VR studios around. Shadow in real time.

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Southern California USC UCLA Design 104

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Outerwall , the parent company of San Diego's EcoATM , has agreed to a private equity buyout by Apollo Global Management , about five months after Outerwall launched an effort to find a buyer. Outerwall had acquired EcoATM in 2013 for $350M. Outerwall also owns Redbox and Coinstar. READ MORE>>.

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Equity San Diego Acquisition Company 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. We actually started the organization in 2013. After we sold that company, we look at each other, and decided to become part of the solution.

Help 224

Help Entrepreneur Capital Startup 224

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Many companies rely on a technical expert, or team of experts, to generate a stream of creative ideas. Believers in this myth want everyone to get along and work happily together to foster innovations, so we see “zany” companies where employees play foosball and enjoy free lunches together. Expert myth. Cohesive myth. Constraints myth.

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Startup Research Ideas Incubator 94

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 4, 2013

Thursday, January 10, 2013 -- LA CEOs. LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs only, presents: Leading A Growing Company. Ambrose Co-CEO Greg Slamowitz will share techniques for leading a growing company.

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Education Services Startup Develop 124

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 24, 2016

These exchanges are designed to promote competition between major health insurance companies in those states which, in theory, should lead to more generous health insurance plans that are offered at competitive costs for all Americans. The time to begin thinking about marketplace exchanges and their inherent competitive offerings is now.

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Startup Competition Study Writing 49

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? I think "enterprise 2.0"

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Venture Capital Capital Southern California High Tech 164