TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

Team up with Black firms already doing the work. HBCUvc, which we first wrote about in 2017, currently holds a number of programs to help Black and Hispanic students enter the world of tech, from fellowships to micro-grants. Among the strategies? Joining the donor circle is the best way to get involved in HBCUvc.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Techstars Music Accelerator , one of the startup accelerators that Techstars operates in Los Angeles, has named the latest startups to become part of its program, saying that it has selected nine startups for the latest program, which runs from February 4th through May 2nd. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Wrench , the Seattle-based on demand vehicle maintenance and repair service for consumers and fleets, has raised $20 million in its latest round of financing. RepairSmith , which operates a similar service out of Los Angeles and San Francisco, is backed by Daimler to provide much the same on-demand repair services.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Less than a month after rebranding as Canoo , the startup electric vehicle company formerly known as Evelozcity is on the hunt for $200 million in new capital. Canoo began life as EVelozcity back in 2017. Porsche launches on-demand subscription for its sports cars and SUVs.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started to wind down Maven. Maven developed and launched a smartphone app, which was used by customers to search for and reserve a vehicle, unlock the door and remotely start, cool or heat the car. . Only a program directed at gig workers was still operational in that city.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Saturday, February 25, 2017 -- Technology Startups go to the Movies: Opportunities and Hurdles for Selling New Technologies into the Motion Picture Industry! Theatrical release competes with broadcast and cable television and streaming video on demand. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

While a good idea can thrust you into the limelight and the right connections can boost your chances of success, startups need funding to survive. Thanks to data from Crunchbase , we can bask in the glory of the five highest funding rounds in 2017 so far. The post 5 Largest Funding Rounds Raised in 2017 appeared first on Tech.co.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 28, 2021

Startup tech businesses used to land on the scene with big ideas about how their tech could change the world. However, in recent years, there have been precious few startups with such grand ambitions from an early stage. But the trend for world-changing mission statements is waning in the startup sphere.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

So how did a company that provides storage grow so fast (we’ll exit 2017 with 10’s of millions in recurring revenue), why is it so defensible and is it really a tech startup? If you buy that Amazon is a tech startup then essentially you’ve already answered the question. We’ve been delighted with 8VC as a co-investor.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 4, 2018

It doesn’t matter if you start a company in a coworking space, a dorm room or on your couch, the struggle to build a tech business in this day and age is real. This year at CES 2018 at Eureka Park over 800 startups from around the world will descend on Las Vegas and meet individuals to help boost their business. Meet the Startups.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2020

Polestar has started production of its all-electric Polestar 2 vehicle at a plant in China amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended the automotive industry and triggered a wave of factory closures throughout the world. Those numbers will also depend on demand for the Polestar 2 and other models that are built in the same factory.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

That challenge is a major business opportunity, as well as a risk, for startups. There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

His title “ The On-Demand Brand: 10 Rules for Digital Marketing Success in an Anytime, Everywhere World ” characterizes the challenge of demanding attention from a new generation of consumers who want what they want, when they want it, and where they want it. That’s giving up control, with some risk, to get control.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Skyler Lucci is co-founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based HeyTutor (www.heytutor.com), a startup which has created an online platform which connects and matches students with in-person tutors. We caught up with Skyler to hear about HeyTutor, which already has 25 employees and is growing rapidly. What is HeyTutor? Here's the reason why.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2019

Rich Branning is the CEO and co-founder of Sweep (www.sweepcrew.com), a company that handles logistics, maintenance, and other heavy lifting required for on-demand scooter companies like Bird, Lime, and others. Rich Branning: We started Sweep in the Fall of 2017, when Travis first dropped scooters at the First Street Promenade.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Another travel startup that found itself scrambling to pivot as the COVID-19 pandemic took off is now announcing a huge round of funding after finding its feet and proving that it can grow, even under adverse circumstances. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

According to a recent poll , contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce within a decade. Every entrepreneur and every startup needs to have a clear “elevator pitch,” which identifies a unique strength and value they bring to the table. Start today thinking at least one job ahead.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 26, 2019

The percentage of employees who are high at work has increased 60% over the past five years, moving up from just 9.7 And when the results are narrowed to the tech industry in particular, that percentage hops up to 16.9 percent to an impressive 15.7 percent) or legalized entirely (16.2 percent).

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. He was a co-founder of Applied Semantics, which started the AdSense technology, which they sold to Google in 2003. We started focused on small, niche health sites, and Oppoing Views fell into our lap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

But then, this is an emotional need every single professes a demand for (not to mention the 40 percent of applicants who are already married). Currently Grubhub in the US and Deliveroo in the UK are showing some success, but new ones continue to pop up and fail every day. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/04/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This movement, coupled with free websites and apps, makes it possible for almost any technical person to start a business. They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find. Countless startup teams have already been spawned from these.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

Channels have to be identified through which a startup creates awareness, induces evaluation, enables purchase, and executes the delivery of the value proposition. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Then there is the follow-up to provide customer support and satisfaction. No startup or entrepreneur is an island.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2018

We have all heard how messages change, when passed up or down the line, even without any politics or personal agendas. Market changes happen rapidly and regularly these days, requiring a realignment of skills, processes, and approaches to keep up. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/26/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2017

It's a line from an old movie "Field of Dreams" which is still leading to the demise of too many startups, led by entrepreneurs who really started their business to build an exciting new product or service. Use demand generation services , as required, to build the relationship and nurture them into paying customers.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017. ICPC World Finals 2017, held in Rapid City. In 2017, it was in Rapid City, South Dakota. It was always sort of shocking to people, even on a national level, when they would hear [that Rapid City was hosting ICPC 2017],” Jensen said. Paducah, Kentucky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 04/19/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I’m always amazed that, in my role as a business advisor, bad customers somehow seem to gang up on certain businesses. Being unreasonably demanding of others. If you don’t feel like you are getting the proper attention or attitude, do you sometimes become difficult and demanding with business support personnel?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2017

As an advisor to startups and entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that all new businesses must start with a great idea. I believe the best entrepreneurs start by finding a large opportunity, and only then use good ideas to capitalize on that opportunity. I have to disagree. Find products that seem to fit together (bundle).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

That challenge is a major business opportunity, as well as a risk, for startups. There are others, like LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street. and this black eye won’t soon go away.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017. I ended up really relating to the nuance and intricacies of product supply and customer demand. Follow John’s startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2017

Certainly it’s important to optimize current operations, but in this age of rapidly changing demands and competitors, it’s more important change quickly as the market changes. Don’t start with finding what you want – having a specific end in mind assumes you have knowledge of the future. Ask for analysis rather than reams of data.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

Created in 2017, and focusing on spaces in London (although it does also have an office in Tel Aviv), LABS is a co-working space that offers businesses and individuals offices and even living spaces to rent. LABS Community Approach. As a business, LABS is a relative youngster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

When starting his first company, he routinely stayed up until two in the morning reading about new software, and went seven years without a vacation. They only blame themselves when things go wrong, but are quick to try again, and never give up. Gives priority to business demands over social.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 11, 2018

Areas such as Oakland and San Francisco saw rent increases as high as 40 percent between 2015 and 2017. Plenty of workers have had enough: In the final quarter of 2017, according to real estate company Redfin , more residents left San Francisco than any other major U.S. cities in the final quarter of 2017, with 10.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2017

Team members may forget you are now the boss, or anyone can make inappropriate comments or demands. Share the timetable at the start of a discussion and stick to it. The art of productive relationships and leadership are tied to your ability to size up a situation and apply the right tactic consistently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2017

For example, you probably never knew that both Facebook and YouTube started out as dating-site experiments, but pivoted to something more unique when that experiment failed due to an apparently over-crowded market. Leaders need to reward experiments, rather than demand fixed processes. It’s up to you to make it happen.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2017

We are living in a new generation of business, where customers drive the experience, and highly engaged employees are required to keep up with customer expectations. True leaders are tenacious, determined, and self-starting. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 10/06/2017.

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