Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. His main company Providence Holdings has invested in real estate and several small businesses. Two great companies! We caught up with the CEO William Zell.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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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. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. In a market doing this it becomes very hard to do otherwise.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Walt Disney Company & Techstars have officially announced the Disney Accelerator, a three-month mentorship and seed-stage investment program for 10 lucky companies. Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2015

In 1995 I started my first company and bought a fleet of 3 Volkswagen Beetles. In 2000 I sold company 1, including the 3 VWs. The buyer hired me to run company 2. In 2001 I sold my interest in company 2 and started company 3. The relationship and company grew and became something I was truly proud of.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

However, my hometown favoritism does not diminished the fact that the TMP offers a highly effective curriculum, as evidenced by the dozens of successful companies spawned by the Program, including the following: Inogen (NASDAQ: INGN) - With a market cap in excess of $376 million, Inogen created the portable oxygen concentrator market.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? 7 years, 100 companies. It was a big year for us. That's huge.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. In 2013 it is expected to be around $35 billion. Compare the state of play in 2013 versus 15 years ago. 2013 = $25 billion of which Apples stage is more than $8 billion at > 90% gross margin. Let’s look at some great companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2013

Workship - Mentor. Unlike the mentor, who is a coach and teacher, the advocate inspires you to be the best that you can be. 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. Workship - Advocate.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. In the Early Days.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Being one small company amongst the sea of thousands of startups vying for customers, capital, and talent, the way to get noticed above the crowd, connect with that next big partner, and raise some capital is to throw your hat in the ring to compete at Startup of the Year. A Strong Alumni Network.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2012

LA-based company, Chewse has joined 500 Startups in Silicon Valley, making it the first starup from LA to join the prestigious accelerator program and seed fund. 33 companies are in this batch. 500 Startups says it received hundreds of applications but ended up selecting 8 companies. The program kicked off on October 4, 2012.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. It’s a place where we’re going to put 250 like-minded people, where I can mentor him, you can mentor me,” Cohen said.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Watch our video series at SXSW 2018 with The Case Foundation.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

TechZulu is teaming up with Los Angeles based companies Earbit s and Grubwithus , to bring you a one-of-a-kind hackathon event. On January 12th, 2013 Hacktoons brings you all the cartoons, cereal, community, and coding you can take. Instead of the traditional hackathon, let’s roll back the clock to childhood.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Northwest Arkansas is home to Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Tyson Foods and J.B. Personally, I got started with this work as an 2013 when I was a junior at the University of Arkansas and interning for the state’s first accelerator program The Ark Challenge. What makes northwest Arkansas an ideal place to start a company?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

Alyse joined the March Capital Partners’ Investment Team as an Associate in 2013, and is focused on early stage opportunities in big data and artificial intelligence, IoT, distributed ledger technologies, p2p networks, marketplace innovation and healthcare IT. All companies are not created equal, nor do they travel similar paths.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2013

What began as a pit stop vacation in a third world county, led to an epiphany, which turned into a passionate pursuit, and eventually a new social enterprise company that fundraises to bring sports to girls worldwide through the sale of athletic bags. She had always been attracted to socially conscious companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. For example, he explained a situation where his company could not meet payroll the next day and was about to go out of business. It was a success and the group made payroll. Liu: A combination of several things.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Who are your mentors, role models? We don’t have mentors at the moment. Before year-end, we should hit the 700,000 member mark and join the successes of social networks with over 1 million registered members by March 2013. An image of the company’s artwork is displayed as the backdrop of our Login/Sign up page.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. All great communication companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today these are only legal in the USA for non-equity rewards or pre-orders, but the JOBS Act will relax the accredited investor rule by early 2013. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

With the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the odds of success equally low, more and more entrepreneurs are starting multiple companies concurrently. Advisors and mentors are busy people. In your weekly meetings, it’s as easy to cover multiple company issues as one. Products need not be tied to a given company.

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