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MARCH 15, 2019

The Techstars Foundation , the nonprofit arm of startup accelerator operator Techstars which is focused on increasing the number of under-represented entrepreneurs in the technology industry, is looking to give $10,000 to $50,000 to nonprofits working in the area, Techstars said Friday. Applications are open through April 8th. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Mega startup campuses, the latest trend in coworking, are spreading their wings in Europe. As the founding head of Campus London , Google’s first physical hub for startups and now home to over 80,000 registered members, I thought it would be interesting to share the latest developments in this space from my perspective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

As the number of sites on the Internet floats around one billion, the challenge with every new startup is to be found and stand out. In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4 Those cloud technologies presented new challenges for the kind of privileged access management technologies that Poghosyan had developed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. Make sure all new development is buffered, rather than stretch-oriented. The market changes faster than your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

As a startup advisor, when I suggest cooperating with competitors, most entrepreneurs initially think I'm crazy or suggesting something illegal. And growth is the lifeblood of every startup. And growth is the lifeblood of every startup. Complementary advantages can expand both markets. Be visible and be proactive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

After many years of working in and starting businesses, I’m convinced that implementing new business ideas is much more difficult than coming up with the ideas. Crossing the knowing-doing gap in a startup can create feelings of trepidation, fear, and embarrassing consequences of perceived failure.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2019

Lynwood, California-based NEXT (formerly, NEXT Trucking), has raised $97M more in a funding round for its development of an online marketplace for shippers and carriers, the company said on Wednesday. The startup, led by Lydia Yan, said the funding came from Brookfield Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and GLP.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based Pepper Financial , a startup led by startup veteran James Borow, recently raised $5.6M to bring better financial management to businesses. The firm said over the holidays that it had raised $5.6M The company said it is creating a "new set of tools" to help businesses grow smarter. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2016

San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar , the commercial solar and energy developer, said it has named Matt Walz as its CEO. Duke Energy acquired a majority interest in REC Solar in 2015, and says it committed to invest up to $225M in projects financed through REC Solar. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based online restaurant ordering and marketing software developer ChowNow says it has connected its software directly into Google search, allowing users to place their food orders directly from a restaurant's Google Business profile. ChowNow is led by Christopher Webb. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. “And Epic Games.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has launched a new, San Diego startup accelerator, which is being powered by Techstars. Qualcomm said its Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator will focus on helping to accelerate the development of a next generation of robotics and intelligence machines. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2018

San Diego-based Tour Engine , a startup developing a new, more efficient engine that it says delivers a 20 percent gain in efficiency ove the internal combustion engine, has raised $4.84M in funding, the company said on Tuesday. The new funding comes on top of an earlier, $1M it received in a Phase I ARPA-E GENSETS grant in 2015.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75 Founders Jared Tagney and Joshua Windmiller, who met while in grad school at UC San Diego, started the company in 2012 as Electrozyme. Founders Jared Tagney and Joshua Windmiller, who met while in grad school at UC San Diego, started the company in 2012 as Electrozyme.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 17, 2019

That’s the goal Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone set for themselves when they founded Los Angeles-based Relativity Space in 2015. At the time they were working from a WeWork in Seattle, during the darkest winter in Seattle history, where Ellis was wrapping up a stint at Blue Origin. Not only can we make rockets.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2017

San Diego- and Beijing-based TuSimple , a startup developing autonomous driving technology, says it has received a permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous driving vehicles on the road. The startup says it hopes to run a test this month taking an autonomous vehicle 420 miles from San Diego to Tucson.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2017

San Diego-based Harvest.ai , a developer of software that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to prevent data loss from enterprises, has reportedly has been acquired by Amazon.com. in funding from Trinity Ventures back in March of 2015. The company was reportedly acquired for around $20M. Harvest.ai had raised only $2.3M

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. However, The Trade Desk , the advertising software developer led by Jeff Green, has quietly pushed past $202M in revenues, to become one of the faster growing firms in the region.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Contrary to a popular myth, problem-solving is a talent that can be developed. To do it well requires a focus on several key activities and practices, including the following: Maintain a positive attitude, since startup problems are normal. Very few startup problems are unique. It never ends.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

NantCell is developing immunotherapy products, and is working on a portfolio of biological molecules that it says will enable it to develop a cancer vaccine to combat multiple tumor types without the use of high-dose chemotherapy. The new investment was made on December 19th.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) March 14, 2015. Some smart people whom I like & respect started to weigh in publicly. Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. It’s not ok if you’re going to be a third-party developer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kaufmann Foundation , the numbers are finally here to show it. The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s a big number, and a big day, for the Los Angeles-based startup. Since it launched in 2015 it has expanded into adjacent categories and become one of the biggest retailers of the current e-commerce craze. billion thanks to $100 million in new financing. ” Money, it’s gotta be the shoes.

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Xconomy

MARCH 15, 2019

A global pharmaceutical company based in France has licensed software developed by San Diego digital health startup CureMatch that aims to help cancer doctors customize the combination of drugs they prescribe to patients based on mutations in cancer DNA. The company, which CEO Bob Manning says has raised about $2.5

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2020

On Friday, the Kenyan augmented reality game developer Internet of Elephants launched its latest game in partnership with the conservation science experts from the Borneo Nature Foundation, Goualougo Triangle Ape Foundation, Zoo Atlanta and Chester Zoo. The game developers tracked several families of monkeys .

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2016

Southern California startups raised $810.5M billion raised in Q4, and even lower than Q1 of 2015, when $2.01 funding round, and $60M in Ventura-based advertising technology developer TradeDesk. Southern California venture totals were down significantly from the $1.38 billion was raised in the region. Los Angeles had $399.1M

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Entrepreneurs often ask me why investors expect financial projections for a new startup even before the product is built and while the market is still being defined. I recently saw a startup projecting $50 million in revenue for the first year. You shouldn’t invest in an undefined business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. Startup incubator seed funding.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Hush , a startup out of the EvoNexus incubator, has blown past its initial crowdfunding goals, raising more than $105,000 so far in the first five days of the company''s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company is hoping to reach production in May of 2015. The company is led by Daniel Lee. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. Adopt A “Whatever It Takes” Mentality.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language. The participants will receive up to $120,000 in investment from Disney to develop their ideas, along with mentoring from executives.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Selz, run by a team of around 50 in Sydney, Australia, bills itself as a one-stop-shop for small businesses to start selling products and services online. ” However, the platform shuttered in 2015, just five years after its launch. Selz currently has a user base of more than 125,000.

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