SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 -- R.E.D. Los Angeles is fertile ground for entrepreneurs—especially for those bold enough to toss conventional wisdom out the window. An important part of the changing tech-paradigm involves Silicon Beach’s continued ascendance as a startup incubator. Talks: Building a Successful Startup in L.A.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Startup Incubator Los Angeles 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. I find that this type offers the most value to new entrepreneurs or startups in the early idea stage. Costs, returns in equity and funding access.

Incubator 58

Incubator Startup Seed Funding Equity 58

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 -- Disrupt Your Market to Grow Big and Grow Fast. Tom White, Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Cal Lutheran Center for Enterpreneurship. Tom believes that in both business and consumer markets, the purchase decision is made by the heart, and justified by the brain.

Marketing 100

Marketing Incubator Los Angeles Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Even if you ignore all the hype around crowdfunding, there can be no doubt that it is a real alternative for entrepreneurs to achieve visibility and funding today. m are not for crowdfunding, but actually are matchmaking sites between entrepreneurs and professional investors or banks, or incubators.

Funding 141

Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

So this fall, we launched Science Blockchain, a new incubator that partners with leading entrepreneurs to build a portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency related businesses. I need to focus my time on big ideas paired with extremely passionate entrepreneurs. He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

Dollar Shave Club 140

Dollar Shave Club Tsavo Userplane Southern California 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Access to entrepreneurs-in-residence, business mentors.

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Capital Class Startup 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. But these requirements have been relaxed with the Crowdfunding JOBS Act implementation in 2016. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators.

Invest 73

Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out. It was the Summer of 2016, if I'm not mistaken.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

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. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Spearheading the new program is Jennifer Monti, a cardiologist who joined the hospital in June 2016. Jennifer Monti, MD, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, is the director of Maine Medical Center’s new ‘Innovation Cohort’. There have been a few failed companies and there is one currently incubating.

IP 70

IP Patents Ideas Research 70

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

In the 2016 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the Government will set aside HKD 2 billion to set up an Innovation and Technology Venture Fund to co-invest in local startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis. A 15-week accelerator will also be conducted in Shenzhen in the third quarter of 2016.

Funding 40

Funding Venture Capital Chief Technology Officer Class 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does. How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? On top of that, god forbid, if someone gets E.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113