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JANUARY 2, 2014

Michael Chasin: LawKick.com is essentially a marketplace that makes it easier than ever to find legal help. How the website works, is the client goes to the website, and indicates what they need help with. Michael Chasin: We initially started with $30,000 in angel funding from an entrepreneur here in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Yet many people do not realize that one of the pioneers who helped perfect the franchise business model was a woman. At that time, only 17% of the women in American had salaried jobs outside of the home and the number of female entrepreneurs was de minimis. Social Entrepreneuring (Before It Was Cool). Martha’s Legacy Lives On.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

These alternative platforms have, in turn, grabbed the attention of entrepreneurs who recognize the market vertical isn’t shrinking anytime soon. Not only that, they’ve started launching their own companies and platforms that tout innovative ways to help millenials get in on the action. Most recently, I came across Givvr.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M One, is it helps our customers get that content instantaneously, when they need it. in a seed funding round.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Our interview today is with serial entrepreneur Neel Grover , the CEO and founder of Indi (indi.com). If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things. this is not a marketplace, this is a referral marketplace.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. Tags: advertisers sponsors. They include: Sponsors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur. More on that later. That may soon change.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I was the original investor and helped to grow GameSpy Industries, attracted to the fledgling company because of its million users each month, even though at the time there was no monetization to the traffic. Once we had what we thought was the answer, in allowing for display advertising on these sites. And the numbers were staggering.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based social advertising technology developer Adly announced today that it has added a new investor, with ties to professional athletes and celebrities. Legacy Growth Partners says it helps professional athletes become successful entrepreneurs. twiter media social advertising celebrity capital venture adly'

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JULY 7, 2010

One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

We spoke with Jonathan about the company and where it fits into the advertising market. That strategy seems to be quite effective for our advertisers. Jonathan David: Our focus is primarily working with advertisers to drive a response of some kind, with a focus on providing the best possible returns on ad spend at scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2023

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help. You need something specific from the other person – a loan, or product order, or help solving a problem.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

It is a platform that allows anyone who offers a service to advertise it for free – we promote this profile on the most popular social networks such as Twitter , Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and many more. We help them with this. Where does someone who is starting a hairdressers advertise their business?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know their future VCs early because getting a feel for your chemistry is far more important than how the VC is ranked in some survey. Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

Entrepreneurs are now measured against the “triple bottom line” (TBL or 3BL) of people, planet, and profit. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Many young entrepreneurs seem to think that capitalism and making profit are dirty words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2013

For true entrepreneurs, risk is viewed as a positive, with its implied challenge to overcome the unknown and hitting the big return. One way to learn is to understand better how successful entrepreneurs approach risk, and look at actual strategies they use for success. Save your bucks and get notice without expensive advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2014

As a startup advisor, I see many aspiring entrepreneurs whose primary motivation seems to be to work part time, or get rich quick, or avoid anyone else telling them what to do. Yet, for those with more realistic expectations and the right motivation, the entrepreneur lifestyle can be the dream life you envisioned.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. If you could share one startup lesson with a young entrepreneur, what would it be? So I ask prospective new entrepreneurs, ''What is it specifically that you can bring to the industry?'' How have you made it work?

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2018

One of Southern California's promising startup entrepreneurs, Jason G. He previously was the co-founder of NearWoo (previously known as PageWoo), a Santa Monica startup developer of mobile advertising software for local businesses. Crilly passed away last weekend. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

While the market isn't short of spritely, innovative entrepreneurs, harsh economic headwinds combined with a pullback in investor spending have made it harder than ever for budding businesses to break through. Writesonic Writesonic is an AI writing tool designed to help writers overcome writers block and level up their skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

If you think you are the perfect fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, but you’re not yet sure if you’re ready to start your own, then I recommend that you take a job with an existing startup first to validate the culture realities against your dream. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Explore investor websites and conferences.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2013

Entrepreneurs are now measured against the “triple bottom line” (TBL or 3BL) of people, planet, and profit. How does any entrepreneur define the right balance, and then measure their performance against real metrics? Many young entrepreneurs seem to think that capitalism and making profit are dirty words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Provide website forums to help customers solve their own problems. Let your audience help with content creation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2014

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. One way of identifying the right characteristics and approaches is to take a hard look at entrepreneurs who have done it. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2015

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. One way of identifying the right characteristics and approaches is to take a hard look at entrepreneurs who have done it. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Entrepreneurs create their own jobs, why shouldn’t they also create their own degrees? As described in Should Millennial Entrepreneurs Skip College? most young entrepreneurs benefit greatly from the college experience. This list is intended to cover non-obvious courses relevant to entrepreneurs. Communication.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2013

Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The firm said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners and DAG Ventures, and will go towards sales and marketing.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

San Diego-based Adtile Technologies , the developer of mobile advertising technology led by Nils Forsblom, has rolled out a new mobile ad technology that the company says uses multiple sensors on users'' phones to engage with users. Forsblom is a serial entrepreneur, who previously had been involved in startups in Finland. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2016

It’s very fashionable these days to declare yourself a social entrepreneur, working for the good of society, the environment and a better life. Most social entrepreneurs don’t like to talk about making money, but often they still ask for help finding investors. Advertising is expensive. Multiple financial watchdogs.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The reason why, is the firm has been running ads since January to help get the word out about its service and products. Convertro said it has been working with Media Design Group , a direct response TV advertising agency, to help measure the efficacy of broadcast marketing.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Will all that activity help create the next big technology, advertising, gaming, or e-commerce startup? Standing room only crowd at StartEngine). Much of the focus is on absorbing that energy, the enthusiasm of the startup community here has created over the last few years. It's unclear.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2014

Vadio , the developer of a platform which helps match music videos and ads with streaming music , said Thursday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, which included Mucker Capital, Amplify.LA, as well as other LA investors. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur these days, or trying to grow an existing business, everyone is telling you that you need to use social media. Jim Sterne, who has written many books on Internet advertising, marketing, and customer service, tackled this complex world of social media metrics in his book titled " Social Media Metrics."

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2016

Bold entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk now routinely attack undefined markets, like privatized space travel with SpaceX, and high performance electric cars with Tesla Motors. Bold entrepreneurs put more effort into communicating the new market ecosystem value, and their natural product fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. As a reality check, try this quick test of your entrepreneur savvy. Ramen-profitable.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Santa Monica-based online advertising attribution technology provider Convertro --which is led by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling--said today that it has added UCLA Anderson School professor Sanjog Misra as the chair of a new research committee for the company. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. I’ve focused these more towards startups and entrepreneurs: Show a personal face. Offer utility to each audience member. Marty Zwilling.

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