Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. In stead of doing my typical big long post with 10 PR tips (like I did there), I’m going to break them up into individual (I hope more digestible) chunks.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

Fortunately, the Startup of the Year program aims to make it easier for founders to connect with resources. 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.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

But if you’re a startup founder, you too have the chance to find your own moment in the spotlight. Over the past decade, startups that have been part of the Startup of the Year programs have made new partnerships, grown into household names, and collectively raised billions of dollars in funding. Startup of the Year!

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. Startups that consist of at least one USC student or alum (less than 10 years from graduation) are encouraged to enter – and have a chance of winning up to $25,000!

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., Bryant launched his venture career with partner and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel back in 2013, according to Crunchbase.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Techpreneurs. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

04% full, you should start looking for a new container. TikTok is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Time to start connecting them with each other. That won’t build any competitive advantage. When the glass is only.04%

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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. This event was a competition, and judges began making their rounds around noon. Stevens spoke about how the Stevens Center for Innovation got started. This transitioned into the final portion of the event: the Fast Pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2013

Young entrepreneurs and startups, in particular, often remain naively unfocused, despite their passion, of what it takes to provide the high-quality service expected. It’s a tough job, and inexperienced entrepreneurs just don’t know where to start, and how to do it. Seek out complaining and lost customers for the most important input.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. In a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 81% in 2013 and will reach 1.3

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2012

AngelHack, the self-proclaimed leader in hackathon competitions, completed its Fall 2012 season this past weekend with contests held simultaneously in five cities: Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto and Paris. The three finalists qualify for AngelHack's Global Demo Day to be held on January 24th, 2013 in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

With the recent apparent successes of several startups in taking their company public (initial public offering) and raising billions of dollars, I’m hearing a groundswell of enthusiasm from new entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps to fund their companies and become billionaires overnight. Analysts want escalating profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2014

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. People who get paid by results have every incentive to think up smarter ways of getting work done. Measuring results in itself is not new.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. Startup Advice' That is what we set out to solve at MyTime. Top Photo Credit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I met up with Sam in NYC last year to talk about “what he was up to.” I was in NYC and I lined up my usual 20 meetings on my trip. Shouldn’t all your storage be inventoried with photos in 2013? ” Then competitors started to launch. Of course there is competition! Startup Advice' What a hassle.

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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. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By definition?—?I’m Ten years on much has changed.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Getting Things Started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. People who get paid by results have every incentive to think up smarter ways of getting work done. Freelancers now make up 36% of U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

On Tuesday, July 10, Crowdfunder hosted Crowdstart LA, the first crowdsourced startup contest at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. The event was sold out, attracting founders, angels, VC’s and future entrepreneurs in the LA Startup Community. This will most likely take event in January 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2013

Every business relationship, peer-to-peer, or inside to outside, starts as an introduction and formal recognition of roles. The trailblazer is not overly competitive, but always is a few steps ahead and enjoys setting an example that you are inspired by, or motivated to follow. Workship - Trailblazer. Workship - Communicator.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At the Techstars Startup Week Phoenix 2018 powered by Chase for Business , the Raza Development Fund and JPMorgan Chase announced a $1.1M The Raza Development Fund created a new $1M loan fund from money remaining from a 2013 JPMorgan Chase grant from the PRO Neighborhoods competition.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The rise of startups is becoming one of the strongest engines of job growth and economic growth all around the world. As the capital needed to start a small business continues to fall, the number of software companies being started is exploding. There’s a lot of uncertainty in startup companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

As the most connected and technologically equipped generation in human history, Gen-Y entrepreneurs are using today’s tools of communication, collaboration and mobility to build startups with little or no startup capital and few employees. Explore ways to remain calm and prepare for problems that may come up. How about you?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both are required to stay competitive. I have added my own insights, based on my experience advising and working with entrepreneurs and startups: Pay for results, rather than pay for work. People who get paid by results have every incentive to think up smarter ways of getting work done. Freelancers now make up 35% of U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 24, 2016

The Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare,” has enacted major changes for healthcare providers since it was enacted at the start of President Obama’s first term. Even so, employers will need to keep their plans competitive in order to discourage marketplace health plan shopping.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. We launched the site to the public in 2013. Brendon McQueen: That's a great question.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

04% full, you should start looking for a new container. Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. Time to start connecting them with each other. That won’t build any competitive advantage. When the glass is only.04%

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially. Startup Advice'

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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. The SpaceX competition succeeded in opening up the Hyperloop market to new and innovative companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

We all have to communicate and collaborate with other people at work, but most of us start out instinctively trying to maintain an emotional distance from others in the work environment. Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Can be a competitive advantage.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. You can use myfab5 to share your foodie knowledge by ranking up to five of your favorite places for any food or drink related category (e.g. Any competition? What is myfab5? What inspired you?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

If all you ever do is create YouTube content then I agree – that’s not a viable startup business. This kind of spend happens all day long inside startup companies and 100% of the spend on attracting customers is a cost. I believe that the high revenue share YouTube takes encourages platform competition.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place. Why would it?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Yet I am seeing more and more success from “beta” startup cultures, like Zappos and Amazon, where the emphasis is on collaboration, curation, and communication. Winning startups today are horizontal, not hierarchical. Winning contemporary startups stress innovation. Not everyone wants to move up; it’s ok to move across.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After a successful run through NYC-based Kaplan Edtech accelerator program (powered by Techstars), the team at MentorMob have been gearing up for a 2014 re-launch; same MentorMob name, but as Vince tells us, with a more community-based focus (don’t worry, a little more on that later). When was their inspiration for starting the company?

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