SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 18, 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017 -- Hub 101 Talks. Dr. Beth Seidenberg focuses on life science investing in digital health and biotech and works with entrepreneurs to develop companies with breakthrough technology for treating patients and improving the delivery of healthcare.

Incubator 100

Incubator Entrepreneur Invest Technology 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

we're proud to be part of one of the world's most vibrant innovation ecosystems with some of the fastest growing companies and most creative entrepreneurs. Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Rob Freelen: Focus.

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Southern California Venture Capital SoCalTech 124

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. We build and invest in startups with impact. Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. We have a Startup Studio and Early Stage Investment Fund. Doing good is good business!

Startup 105

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2017

Everyone knows and admires the leaders , including Google and Zappos, but most entrepreneurs have only a fuzzy idea of what to do to get there. He cites eight leadership actions, which I also recommend, from a non-scientific perspective, as a mentor to entrepreneurs. Invest in employees’ career and personal growth.

Develop 58

Develop Development Claremont Mentor 58

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. But it’s critical for your business, for you as a leader and people who excel at fund raising have an extreme advantage over those who do not. So you might hear 9–10 “no’s” in the early stretches of your fund raising process.

Funding 236

Funding Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 236

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

In 2017 we began inserting an “Inclusion Clause” into our term sheets because we believe that the culture one establishes at the earliest stages of one’s business will set out the course of how it will grow and develop. We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one

Venture Capital 284

Venture Capital Coach Ideas Startup 284

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company. After about a year of research, the company launched with an initial investment of $1.2 ” As a result of the investment, Fika Ventures co-founder and managing partner Eva Ho will take a seat on the company’s board of directors.

Los Angeles 207

Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2017

For today's interview, we spoke with Richard Sussman , who is leading up investments for a new venture capital firm in town, NordicEye (www.nordiceye.com), which just saw a big exit in one of its very first investments, Los Angeles-based Weblife. Give us an overview of your fund and what you invest in?

Southern California 133

Southern California Startup Venture Capital Invest 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his latest book, “ Angel Investing.” All startups always need more money.

Startup 76

Startup Angel Funding .Net 76

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. Anna Barber is the Managing Director at Techstars LA where she invests in B2B and B2C early stage startups. Find her @annawbarber.

Startup 124

Startup Press Commerce Southern California 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Today's contribution is from Lawrence Ng , serial entrepreneur who, last year, founded OnRamp Fund , a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. We gained so much knowledge about our own capabilities and potential when we began developing KidGuard. You can see all of our holiday reflections here. Lawrence C.

Funding 113

Funding Southern California Incubator Startup 113

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. We build and invest in startups with impact. Our focus is on helping entrepreneurs build businesses that focus on social and environmental challenges. We have a Startup Studio and Early Stage Investment Fund. Doing good is good business!

Startup 52

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 52

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

—Colorado-based Webroot said in September it had acquired CyberFlow Analytics , the 2013 startup developing analytic software and machine learning technology to monitor the data flowing in and out of networks for anything that looks out of the ordinary. Webroot withheld terms of the deal.). I widened my net this year.

San Diego 40

San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Document the investment types you are willing to consider. Many aspiring entrepreneurs try to raise capital, without first understanding and complying with government and state rules for disclosure, securities registration, private offerings, and accredited investors. Also, it pays to be more creative with your investment offer.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Equity Capital Entrepreneur 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Entrepreneurs are people who dream up new ideas, and then commercialize them into new businesses. Yet, in my experience as a mentor to entrepreneurs, the majority of failures I see are related to starting and growing the business, not developing the solution. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 01/17/2017.

Ideas 72

Ideas Startup Metrics Entrepreneur 72

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In addition, like an entrepreneur with a new business, you have to factor in all the indirect costs previously covered by employers, including training, health care, and time off for vacations. In fact, thinking like an entrepreneur is a good strategy today for success, even if you are currently in a long-term employment situation.

Startup 98

Startup Outsource Development Competition Social Media 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Most entrepreneurs relish being their own boss, but find the transition to “ownership thinking” to be more difficult than anticipated. Incidentally, if you never thought of yourself as being an A-Player employee, you probably will struggle even more in the competitive entrepreneur world.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Customer Custom Competition 54

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As an angel investor and business advisor on new ventures, I expect to see five-year financial projections from every entrepreneur. Does this entrepreneur understand the basics of business costs in the selected business domain, growth dynamics, and the competitive environment? Calculate cash-burn rate and investment timing.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

founded in summer of 2017. They are really focused on their core product, and they have an ecosystem where they want other entrepreneurs and other businesses to help their entrepreneurs. Their mindset is that everyone should be an entrepreneur if they want to be, that's their mantra. What does your startup do?

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2017

In my experience as a business advisor and angel investor these days, I seem to more frequently hear from entrepreneurs and business owners with “can’t-fail” or “get-rich-quick” ideas. With native born new entrepreneurs, I sometimes feel a sense of entitlement, or hear the search for how little one can work to find success.

Startup 59

Startup Entrepreneur Google Invest 59

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

However, being that I started a tutoring agency when I was 18, Beverly Hills Academics, I was able to understand the logistics on how to operate hyper-locally from the beginning, so HeyTutor could spend money on developing a platform where we knew exactly what we were doing. The second thing, is tools. That's the Visa round.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Bigger organizations should invest in the new “big data” tools. Where are you along this spectrum?

Tool 53

Tool Entrepreneur Statistics Metrics 53

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

That's the idea behind the technology being developed by Pasadena-based ObEN (www.oben.me), which is led by co-founde rand CEO Nikhil Jain. Nikhil told us a bit about the startup,which was spawned out of Idealab, and recently raised a round of funding from CrestValue Capital, Cybernaut Westlake Partners, Leaguer Venture Investment Co.,

Idealab 173

Idealab Artificial Inteligence Startup Ideas 173

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Minnesota food and agriculture brand Land O’Lakes — yes, the one you know from butter packages — launched an accelerator in July 2017. 125 entrepreneurs in the food or drink business rely on the incubator’s food entrepreneur knowledge base to steer them in the right direction. The Santa Clarita Business Incubator .

Incubator 70

Incubator Santa Clarita Technical Advisors FAQ 70

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. The LIDAR, the sensors, the software, what's been developed for and by the aerospace industry, JPL, and local universities. It looks like you have a special session on female entrepreneurs again this year?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2017

How is it you made it to $100M in revenues without outside investment? However, they tend to be maverick developers in a large organization, or working independently. You're no longer mixing future development and bug fixes in a single branch, you're getting that branch really, really stable. 2017 will be a great year for us.

Diamond Bar 169

Diamond Bar Customer Custom Organization 169

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Howe we started Densitry.com, is in September of 2017, I spent three hours talking to the CEO of our parent company, and we went through it, and I explained to him what was going on and why we needed Dentistry.com. To their credit, they were able to carve out an investment so we could develop this. What is Dentistry.com?

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2017

Many venture firms go even further, by insisting on investing their own key players in an interesting startup, before they commit any funds. I’ve paraphrased a few of their key points here that I support and often recommend: Invest team member time as carefully as you invest money. Only you can do that.

Product 58

Product Startup Guide Framework 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 11, 2017

As an advisor to new entrepreneurs and new ventures, I’m seeing a refreshing new focus by Millennials on work and successful new companies with a purpose, and more productivity through happy employees. Short – limit time spent daily developing a new habit. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 08/10/2017.

Startup 60

Startup Email Satisfaction Google 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I was mentoring some graduate students at a local university recently, and I sensed again that profit seems to be a dirty word these days to many aspiring entrepreneurs. Every business needs to develop a revenue model even before a product. Expect extra costs for development, testing, documentation, and support.

Pricing 66

Pricing Customer Custom Advertising 66

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

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. 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.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2017

Many business executives and entrepreneurs I know are convinced that business success is all about having the right solution for the right price. Thus most investors I know claim to invest in the person, rather than the product. Develop an attitude of gratitude and humility.

Software Review 57

Software Review Technical Review Startup Press 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

In my experience with technical entrepreneurs, they work hard on creating an innovative and elegant solution, and assume that customers will flock to them (“if we build it, they will come”). In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/20/2017.

Product 55

Product Pricing Startup Customer 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2017

I have found that the most successful entrepreneurs and business executives have an impressive work ethic, and they surround themselves with a team of comparable commitment. Investors read this as being trustworthy of their investment, and an appropriate role model for all business constituents. Starting and running a business is hard.

Funding 55

Funding Satisfaction Customer Custom 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2017

As a result, I’m certainly convinced that engaging, retaining, and developing people for maximum performance is one of the toughest jobs you will ever have. Invest more of your time with top performers. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/19/2017. Volunteers will always be more engaged and more committed.

Coach 58

Coach Tips Satisfaction Organization 58

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms. —Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB ) disclosed the name for its coming hemophilia-focused spinoff: Bioverativ.

Google 40

Google Technical Review News Research 40

InfoChachkie

APRIL 5, 2018

Entrepreneurs who study historical Hummingbird Effects are better positioned to anticipate the unintended, non-obvious consequences spawned by today’s technologies. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. An AC Sonic Breakthrough. Prior to 1946, radio shows were exclusively broadcast live.

Hollywood 22

Hollywood Technology Patents Study 22