socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation. 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. He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

It may seem hard to believe, but even in 2016, there remain a number of successful consumer brands that are not sold online. I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

Top media giants Facebook and Alphabet are determined to grow this number with the introduction of various airborne devices designed to bring internet to the far corners of the globe to boost their revenues. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. Streamlined Online Experiences – Think Slack 2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2016

Being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle that requires staying power, because starting a new business is a long-term process with many tough challenges. Great entrepreneurs will tell you that they may have pivoted many times, down to their last dollar, but have never given up. I look for that same determination in every new founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Successful entrepreneurs understand the difference between a good business relationship with more people and having more friends. In fact, the focus on social networking platforms, starting with Facebook, has destroyed the meaning of the word friend and even changed it from a noun to a verb.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Our investment in PlayVS and the subsequent launch of their Season Zero high school e-sports platform was very exciting. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

After all, Glossier’s founder and CEO Emily Weiss is very, very far from the first entrepreneur to profit off of our desire to look good. The following year, she stepped down as CEO, and by 2016, her company filed for bankruptcy and was purchased by Boohoo. Glossier’s commoditized feminism aside, it’s no easy task to launch a $1.8

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. I organize everything from documents, media files to trip planning, and family calendars on Notion. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2016

Too many entrepreneurs still believe that “if we build it, they will come.” It is search engines, web content, blogs, social media, e-mail direct, on one of many mobile-phone approaches? Every entrepreneur needs a strategy, and some metrics to measure what’s working and how much it costs. For good content, less is more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. While all this is definitely a boon to entrepreneurs, it does come with its own set of challenges. How can you go wrong?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

zettabytes by the year 2016. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? Big Data Christopher Surdak entrepreneur information wave startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

exabytes per month at the end of 2016, of which half was video. Virtual living: the rise and growing dominance of social media. As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions?

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 22, 2016

From tech and hardware, to entrepreneurs improving the accessibility of health information, each month dozens of new startups try to breakout and create an impact in their industry. With social platforms, we had to work our way up the food chain to get resolution. and Celebrate 2016. myLAB Box From Los Angeles California.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2018

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. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Trello.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. It reinforces the company’s culture of being a platform for giving and celebration,” said Hagger.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. Georg Richter: For the five years before I started the company in January of 2016, I was at Guthy Renker, which is one of the largest and biggest direct marketing companies in the world. How did you get into this? READ MORE>>.

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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. You may have paid marketing: SEM, Social Media Ads, Banner Ads, email lists, etc.

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