StartUp Beat

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

What do entrepreneurs do when they finally establish their startup? 2017 has already witnessed a load of successful and exciting conferences, including World Domination Summit, Startup+Fest and CEO Space. The post Biggest conferences coming up for startups in 2017 appeared first on StartUp Beat.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

Over their longtime personal and professional relationship, the two Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneurs have invested in each other’s companies and investment firms, but never worked together until now. With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Scott Alderton: No single piece of news, but a theme going on 15 years - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles is still dedicated to representing entrepreneurs and technology companies big and small in the Emerging Growth and Technology markets. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

He’s a six-time serial entrepreneur whose sold telecom companies to acquirers like American Tower, Sprint and National Grid. But it’s not the capital that sets the firm apart, according to the pitch deck viewed by TechCrunch. Marcus has a long background in angel investing and company creation. Oculus, Snap, Tinder and others.

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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.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? While it has consumed so much consumer behavior I think we are just beginning to see it on the enterprise side, and it's something we will see much more of in 2017.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 23, 2018

The evolution of home entertainment offers numerous opportunities for startups to leverage the new and innovative ways consumers are digesting audio content. Although this strategy will generate revenue in the near-term, a more prudent approach is to create marketing strategies which engage users via entertaining and relevant content.

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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. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? It combines innovation and entertainment. Lawrence C.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

exabytes per month at the end of 2017, of which more than half was video. Online entertainment: millions of channels, billions of actors. With the adoption of the Internet, digital entertainment has rocketed across the world, changing how people entertain themselves. YouTube is now the 800-pound gorilla of entertainment.

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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. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018?

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Next year, we plan on building it into a bigger business and in April 2017, we'll be doing it again, but this time in New York. It's called Flyte Bike and it was created by an entrepreneur that works out of HUB101 with me named Robin Palmer. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Third Wave Digital (Allen DeBevoise), Dream Maker Entertainment Ltd. Entertainment Co., Nikhil Jain: We plan on doing our product launch in Q2 of 2017. Gordon Cheng (Cameron Pace Group China), and Idealab. Tell us a bit about what your startup is working on? That's the entire premise of the idea. Where is the product now?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 7, 2019

The eight-people team is led by Cheng Lyu, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who goes by Jesse and helped Baidu build up its smart speaker unit from scratch after the Chinese search giant acquired his voice startup Raven in 2017. The startup appears suitable to undertake the task.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Coming Summer 2017, Doppels will introduce a smart gifting tool that allows users to send gifts that match the celebrant’s interest based on profile and location. Download Doppels for iOS and Android is coming Summer 2017. To date, Doppels has over 260,000 users and acquire about 1,000 new members each day, said Hagger.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). Every industry has a set of unwritten rules for success, so smart entrepreneurs always “stick with their knitting.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

In my role as a mentor to entrepreneurs and an angel investor, I find that too many are stuck in this myth that a good pitch, and good marketing content, should consist of more product features, and more hype on customer benefits. We all want to be entertained. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 11/25/2017.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. We bought our first company in 2017 to create this, and we rolled up a few companies to bring this vision to life. It turned out that media, entertainment, and digital media is a very good place to be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2017

If every entrepreneur could predict the future, starting the right new business would be easy. These cultures bring a whole new set of needs in food, entertainment, and lifestyle. Every entrepreneur needs to understand that people and populations drive business opportunities, as well as society. Women: On the move.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

These include companies across multiple industry spectrums, notably NetFlix in entertainment, AirBnB in hospitality, and Whole Foods for groceries. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 02/12/2017. I see the commonalities detailed well in the new book, “ Extreme Teams ,” by Robert Bruce Shaw.

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LATechDigest

MAY 13, 2016

In addition to advising the companies on various core business practices and ways to improve their products, SMASHD LABS worked to create experiences that set them apart form other accelerators, in order to enrich its entrepreneurs with different ways to approach their businesses and their products.

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MARCH 2, 2016

We know that in 2017, a lot of what millennials are going to view on their phone is video related. You'll see us in news, politics, and in food, and next for us is more pop culture and entertainment. I think, even though it's easier to reach people now, you really have to engage them on a daily basis, or you lose them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Ironically, the most common desire I hear from entrepreneurs selling wholly online, is the need for their entry into retail, as the next step in their growth strategy. Perhaps they need to add a coffee bar, or other entertainment options. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/10/2017.

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