socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Dan LeBlanc , a veteran of ProFlowers and FTD, on how he started the company and he problem the startup is solving for direct to consumer brands. What does your startup do? founded in summer of 2017. What's your background, and how did the startup come about?

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Founded in 2013 by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta, HTT started the global movement built around passionate people, companies, and institutions from around the world. In January 2017, HTT announced that the company was opening a research facility in Tououse, France to work on prototyping.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2018

In 2017, society experienced more data security breaches than any year prior. Businesses continued to suffer the majority of breaches and more than eight times the number of Social Security numbers were exposed in 2017 than in 2016,” according to a report by the Identity Resource Center. Learn more about the Startup Arlington program.

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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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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Welcome back to The Station, the go-to newsletter for keeping up-to-date on what the heck is going on in the world of transportation. Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). To get everything, you have to sign up.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

What do you do, if you grew up and became an adult, and now are starting a familybut you never learned to cook? If you're part of the generation that grew up always going out for food or buying pre-prepared food, you might feel a bit overwhelmed with the cooking that comes with becoming a parent and having a family.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We sat down with Brian McCarthy , SVP of Dentistry.com (www.dentistry.com), a startup within a much larger company Futuredontics, which itself is a part of a big company called Sirona. Brian McCarthy: We're somewhat different than the companies that you usually interview, as we're effectively a startup inside an existing company.

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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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Today's contribution is from Jaspar Weir , co-founder of TaskUs (www.taskus.com), which powers much of the back office and customer support behind some of the best known startups here in Southern California--not to mention the rest of the world, and for many established companies, too. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest. My best advice is to put some structure and discipline into your due diligence preparation, including the following steps: Schedule a team meeting to bring everyone up to date.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

04% full, you should start looking for a new container. Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. by 15 million users since 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. When the glass is only.04%

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2017

If your dream has long been to start and manage your own business, there is no time like the present to get started. Statistics show that the failure rate for new businesses within the first four years is fifty percent or greater, even with companies that have a large startup budget. Focus on usability, layout, sound, and video.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Self-driving and robotics startup Cartken has partnered with REEF Technology, a startup that operates parking lots and neighborhood hubs, to bring self-driving delivery robots to the streets of downtown Miami. With this announcement, Cartken officially comes out of stealth mode.

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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. Online sites now advertise customized designs and personal fits.

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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 Use video and audio, rather than jargon, abbreviations, and computer lingo on your site. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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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

AUGUST 7, 2017

Whether you are focused on your professional career, or starting your own company, YOU are the first or only brand that anyone will see and remember. Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Hopefully, between the two of us, more of you with big business dreams will follow the leads and generate more successful business results: Start by getting your hands dirty. The business world doesn’t thrive with yet another social media or dating site – it’s begging for paradigm shifts in the technology or business model.

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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. “And

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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. Muther: We were very careful when launching our first eCommerce site.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Every startup and every new business needs a unique selling proposition (USP) to get people’s attention these days, and make it stand out in the information overload we all see. I’m looking for the “hook” right up front, or I lose interest quickly, just like every customer and investor these days.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The healthcare tools of the future often start as research projects in academic medical centers, but they may not break out into widespread clinical practice until some sort of logjam gives way to make them workable and affordable. Up until now, these scans have been used only at Stanford and nine other medical research centers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2017

I started out in business as a techy geek, so I understand why technologists starting a new venture spend so much effort getting the product just right. Thus I’m frustrated when I see founders pushing off recruiting, or jumping to quick and cheap solutions, like Craigslist and free job sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

04% full, you should start looking for a new container. Snapchat is currently the fastest growing social network, while Instagram is close behind with a bigger share globally of new sign-ups. in 2017, as young people ages 12 to 17 migrate to Snapchat and Instagram. Time to start connecting them with each other.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Local infrastructure providers already have the sites carriers need. To determine if local providers have the coverage you need, start by assessing their on-net maps. They aren’t the only ones.

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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. It’s up to you to make it happen. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/01/2017.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Here at TechCo, we’ve done plenty of lists rounding up the most impressive incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces in plenty of major cities and across a variety of sectors, from the best healthcare accelerators to a collection of the top women-only coworking spaces. The Land O’Lakes Dairy Accelerator. Brooklyn Foodworks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

From my own perspective of many years as an executive and startup advisor, I recommend his improvisational keys to improving the culture of your business: Don’t be afraid to try, and fail, before you succeed. Teams need to bond, and that can start with an off-site structured event. Build team trust through shared experiences.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

But sales of the vaccine, which were initially projected to reach €200 million this year, barely reached €20 million in the first half of the year, with little sign of picking up. Sanofi plans to start human trials on the vaccine this month, according to Jon Heinrichs, leader of the R&D effort for the Zika vaccine at Sanofi.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2017

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. According to recent reports , 93 percent of online experiences start with a search engine. It’s a tsunami of change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 15, 2021

Startups attempting to help address the shortage in a variety of ways abound. One such startup, Abodu , has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. The California legislature changed laws in 2017 to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). housing market persists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

You need all these before you start looking for funding. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Social media accounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

With the current strong economy, and sparked by the last recession, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, almost 200 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Forbes article.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

You need all these before you start looking for funding. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Social media accounts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

Yet another social networking site. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name, which they claim is just the more notable existing social networking sites. I still get about one business “idea” per week for a new networking site, which will combine the “best of all the sites” into a new one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2013

Even though “Big Data” has now been around for a few years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. This domain is a hotbed of innovation for startup opportunities. entrepreneur startup Big Data opportunity business' Global manufacturing. Let me hear from you.

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