SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2018

At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! billion dollars in December 2017 alone according to TokenMarket. ICOs raised a global record 1.1 Can anyone do an ICO?

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Los Angeles Angel Writing Course 100

TechCrunch LA

JULY 17, 2020

It’s not hard to see why Russell Quinn calls 2017 the worst year of his life. ” During that time, he said he was “reading a lot about how other creative people dealt with grief” and realized there’s “a rich history” of novelists writing about their personal tragedies. .”

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Xconomy

APRIL 23, 2018

Unit sales rose 279 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the association. “We We have entered the era of voice ,” Jim Harris, a management consultant writes on the CTA’s website. The Consumer Technology Association estimates that nearly 44 million voice-enabled assistants will be sold this year in the United States.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

“We actively recruit for our portfolio companies which enables us to meet a large swath of highly technical people,” the firm writes in its pitch deck. Oculus, Snap, Tinder and others. “We use this pool to win deals, make our companies more valuable, and find future hard tech founders.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

“I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. What to do about that chip on your shoulder ? Remind me why I love you?

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. 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. Say Goodbye To The Wish List.

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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. Let AI write the script. Along with several of Raven’s core members, Lyu left Baidu in 2018 to start rct.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When I saw World Series Poker Champion Annie Duke speak in 2017, I was inspired to write an article describing some of her recruiting techniques. Annie is well positioned to write a book on decision analysis, combining her decades as a professional poker player with her graduate psychology research at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you don’t have the time to write things down, or your writing skills leave something to be desired, don’t be afraid to get some help. No executive I know writes all his own contracts, but every smart one owns every one that is written for him, and understands every element.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Robbie Cabral, CEO and founder of Benjilock , the first biometric and rechargeable smart lock, is a veteran to Eureka Park and recipient of the 2017 CES Innovation Award. Get Your Playbook Together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2017

If you isolate a task that makes you uncomfortable, like doing employee performance reviews, and then gradually visualize yourself writing a few notes on their results, over time your mind’s attitude toward the dreaded task will be reshaped. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/22/2017. Take small actions. It worked for me.

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Writing Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 84

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

While the ChatbotsBuilder system launched just in October 2017, by the end of November the system already had over 250 bots built and active – among which “SantaBot,” a chatbot for Facebook Messenger that helps users choose the best gift for their loved ones, with a funny and heartwarming touch. Flow-e ( Sofia, Bulgaria ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

Use strong communication and writing skills. In additional to strong journalistic writing and storytelling, you need business acumen, strategic thinking and planning, and the ability to do the right research. Marty Zwilling Published by Xerox Small Business Solutions on 03/06/2017.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Write down some target objectives and milestones. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 02/12/2017. Real entrepreneurs are quick to make the tough decisions, with proper respect, to minimize frustration, resource drain, and reputation loss. Develop the courage to move on.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Through my own frustration, I decided, in 2017, the heck with this, and decided to hire a traditional matchmaker. As I was driving home from that meeting, I decided to work from there, and ended up writing a business plan and fundraising from family and friends.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2017

You can also establish authority by writing and public speaking. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 03/02/2017. Today in business, authority is a function of visibility, leadership roles in related functions, and what is said about you online by authoritative publications and people you know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Billionaire Mark Cuban writes on his blog that it took an incredible amount of commitment and work to benefit from his luck. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/18/2017. On the road to success, the buck always stops with you. Some argue that success is all about being "blessed with talent" or even just lucky.

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Startup Entrepreneur Satisfaction Writing 59

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If I write back, and tell them to stay at the Marriott in Del Mar, we would detect the Marriott Del Mar in your message, whether that's on Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, in a text message, in an email, or whatever, and convert that into a link to one of our merchants who are part of the Wildfire network. What does that look like?

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Start a blog and write for industry forums and newsletters. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/24/2017. Yet relationships and future warm introductions are well worth the effort in building a brand. Every business community sponsors a plethora of these events. You will learn more by listening rather than talking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2017

These authors bring a wealth of experience in this domain from their workshops, writing, and lecturing on business leadership worldwide. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 05/24/2017. I just found some great specifics in a new book, “ The Leadership Challenge ,” by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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Activity Entrepreneur Mentor Writing 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

Leaders in an enterprise soon forget how to write contracts, manage cash flow, or even how to schedule their own time and events. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/10/2017. Second, the list of non-entrepreneurial habits that you pick up in a large corporation gets bigger and harder to break.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

Effective communication in business requires an efficient flow of information to all constituents, and ability to share in any media, including speaking, writing, and listening. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 05/16/2017. Communication skills. It also includes using and reading body language and state of mind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2017

Writing a business plan is hard work, so I get lots of pushback from prospective new venture founders that it’s just a waste of their valuable time in this rapidly changing environment. They all claim to have the plan in their head, and writing it down will only slow down their success.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Ajay Royan told Bloomberg in 2017 that Mithril does not “charge excessive fees.” We get at least a dozen at the TC offices every week, which is why we write about books so often around here these days. How can you practice timing? Alas, no $100 catered lunches.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

If you watch the short video below you’ll have a great sense on what is uniquely LA in 2017 — hearing from Mayor Garcetti, Kobe Bryant, Tyra Banks, Baron Davis and so many great advocates for the uniqueness of our city and some of our key stats. Overall we write about $100 million of investment checks every year.

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Funding Venture Capital Santa Monica Invest 287

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2017

That’s why I believe the process of writing down your plan is more valuable than the result. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 12/23/2017. If something totally new is not your forte, you can always buy a franchise, acquire an existing business or be a consultant. Have you mapped out a realistic plan?

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Mentor Entrepreneur Ideas Writing 90

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

With HeyTutor, we track those lessons, let you write notes down about your clients, we create a tutor profile for you and a hub. So, in 2017, we though it was very important for us to understand the unit economics. How did you connect with Kevin and ScOps Venture Capital, and why did you decide to raise a round?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

I spend about 150% of my working hours as the full-time CEO of Gust, and with the other 100% I serve as Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, Managing Director of the AREA Accelerator, Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures, and keep up a pretty full speaking, teaching and writing schedule.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

And the week we finished our 2016 Summit, Stuart had already survey attendees for feedback, completed an analysis of what worked and what didn’t and identified the dates for our 2017 Summit. If you’re writing and looking up occasionally you’re assumed to taking notes. I would have started in June.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. I believe this use of cryptocurrency will develop and flourish long after the dust settles from the hype and crash of cryptocurrencies that we’re experiencing in 2017.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Being transparent in 2010 felt like more of an anomaly but being transparent in 2017 feels like more of a requirement to me. The writing on this show is some of the best writing in modern American comedic shows. If you don’t know the show do yourself a favor and watch the trailer below ( or here ).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

I go to Medium and write something that is very detailed — all they read is the headline and then bash me for what they THINK I said or what they think I DIDN’T say!” After the election I watched him on a segment of Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” and realized there was more to Glenn Beck than I had imagined.

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