Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. You have probably heard me say this too many times, but investors look harder at the people than they do the idea (bet on the jockey rather than the horse).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana , the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

Howard wants to turn Los Angeles into the technology hub and as such, will accept most people who apply to his accelerator, even those who have technical skills, but no idea what they want to create. You can always learn, find people to help you, and create a minimal viable product to prove something works which can grow or die accordingly.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Turn on your phone and look at the productivity folder. You’ll be more productive within three weeks time. You get the idea. We discuss productivity, emails, communication, and the dynamics of the team. We’ve been there. Three, maybe four apps; each with their own learning curve and rules of engagement.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 14, 2013

Sunday, January 20, 2013 -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Who's this event for? See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2013

Friday, January 18, 2013 -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Who's this event for? See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 13, 2013

Saturday, January 19, 2013 -- Lean Startup Machine Los Angeles (1/18 - 1/20). Any startup team that does not have Product/Market Fit, or any aspiring founder, innovator, or early startup employee that wants to learn Lean Startup methodologies from the ground up. Got an idea of your own? Who's this event for? See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 17, 2020

Under the agreement, Impact will identify and develop film ideas in four specific genres over the next year that they will then bring to Netflix to produce and distribute, through a global submission process. ” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour. You need influencers more than advocates. Where did your friends go?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” Ten years on much has changed.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2013

the hardware project and idea startup headed by Jamie Siminoff, has reached its crowdfunding goal of $250,000, according to Edison Jr. The firm said that the device is now headed into manufacturing stage, and is expected to be delivered in July of 2013. Christie Street is taking preorders for both products. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

In Santa Monica, Hackathon first-timers and veterans all gathered at CrossCampus to hack almost 30 products within 24 hours. The room buzzed with anticipation and enthusiasm as the teams struggled through the requisite technical difficulties to present their ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

To ensure that the 2013 event gained more attention, the team, comprised of Calvin Ho, Bryce Luken, Nancy Quan and Michael Machado, took quite a proactive approach in producing the event this year. Microsoft , MySpace , WIX and Nokia all joined the Sponsors list by providing funds and products to distribute as awards.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

I spent some time with the MomentFeed team, and recognized what they were doing and where they were going, and felt that this could become an enduring, long term company, that can be the best place that employees have ever worked and the best partner our customers ever had, so I jumped on in early 2013. We accomplished that, that did it well.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas. Recall, in 2013, Los Angeles collectively saw $1.1 Visit www.disneyaccelerator.com for full details. ” - Kevin A.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. He founded a company and tried to persuade me to use his product (and invest). ” He had two ideas. We never got to the second idea. And the idea?

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AUGUST 12, 2014

If you''re a large, Hollywood studio, how do you tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community? to hear about how the program is both helping the studio tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community, as well as helping those startups find new customers in the media and entertainment business. Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2014

An invention company based on the idea that the best products in the world come from problems real people experience, Quirky takes ordinary people’s ideas and turns them into solutions to everyday problems. Quickly, however, Quirky’s founder Ben Kauffman spotted a trend in the ideas being submitted.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Where''d the idea for the company come from? However, the pull of this new idea became too strong, so we set out to start the company. He had approached me with this idea when I had just joined Bill Gross at Idealab and was starting Ubermedia. Girish pitched me on the idea for Thrively, and I loved the idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour. You need influencers more than advocates. Where did your friends go?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

accelerator--which only inspired him to keep working on making his startup a reality and go from just an idea, to a real company. The idea for FloQast really came from the experience we had in that department, which grew to about 50 people. Mike Whitmire: It's all about product, market, fit. We have a product that people love.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

I think that the biggest news for StartEngine this year is our productivity. As the founder of an accelerator, I'm constantly being approached by ambitious people with big ideas, and generally we invest in 1/100th of what comes to us. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2013

His research supports what I have always believed, that anyone with a practical and common- sense mindset, grounded in reality, with the proper training, can deliver creative and innovative new ideas, projects, processes, and programs. This myth arises from the fact that new ideas can sometimes seem to appear as a flash of insight.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

It was a very ambitious idea, and we spent a good time around it. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Second, we could pivot into something else--but we were just fresh out of ideas. One, is you need to simplify the product. Cheerful Inc.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

It was a very ambitious idea, and we spent a good time around it. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Second, we could pivot into something else--but we were just fresh out of ideas. One, is you need to simplify the product. Cheerful Inc.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

He later became a chapter president of the Drone Industry Association, and explored the idea of setting up a business providing drone surveillance of farmland. Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Our first set of products started rolling out in May, and are a set of travel guides for children. Where did the idea for the company come from? Those experiences really sparked in me that the idea that this can be done better. Samantha Lurey: Our first product shipped in May, and we now have five towns in the market.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 20, 2013

.” But such places are not the best for storage as after a while you realise it was not a great idea leaving the note where you left it as it wont be there when you need it. Google Keep helps users to quickly jot ideas down before they forget them. Meanwhile Google wants you to download your Reader stuff by July 1, 2013 here.

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JUNE 30, 2016

We're trying to save companies money, and increase the productivity of employees. The idea of waiting, asking, and waiting for answers is gone. That can be a subject matter expert, product head, a sales head, any category in the enterprise, and they can use our lightweight platform for answers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2013

I suggest that the following key reasons from Glei for how the habit of frequency fosters both productivity and innovation in general, apply especially well to an entrepreneur starting a new business: Frequency makes starting easier. Frequency fosters productivity. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur Inc on 08/15/2013.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Where'd the idea for DinnerDate.com come from? The idea really came from looking at the dating industry online. I had helped launched music products at Nokia, and they put us together. where we'd like to roll out to in 2013, under the DinnerDate.com brand. Andrew Connell: We've been around for just over a year now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour. You need influencers more than advocates. Where did your friends go?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. At the bottom in small print it said " (if you would like to see your data could be managed in 2013, please visit us at www.hubba.com/TheNewWay ) ". .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2013

Somebody commented that in 2013 I have done a lot more personal posts than usual. “You’d imagine your favorite founder, VC, blogger, political figure, billionaire, whatever has a stress free life pontificating about how to build the next really cool, society-altering product or changing a city, state or country. It just happened.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium. billion views. think Apple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Brands need influencers working on their behalf because they provide the third-party credibility and social proof that validates their products. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour. You need influencers more than advocates. Where did your friends go?

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