socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

Irvine-based Bitvore , a startup developing big data and intelligence-gathering software which pulls information from both public and private data sources for businesses, said this morning that it has closed a $4.5M, Series A funding round. The funding was led by serial entreprenur Yuri Pikover, as well as $1M from crowdfunding.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution. How did a medium created for sharing data and information turn into such a mixed blessing of questionable information?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. What is Tilofy about? My degree is from USC in big data.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based SBIR Source , which maintains an online database of grant opportunities from the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, said this morning that it has launched a new product, GrantIQ. READ MORE>>. sbir source grantiq database small business innovation research grant funding'

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Today''s is with Shawn Peterson , founder of Los Angeles-based Underbuilt (www.underbuilt.com), an online site providing information on properties for the building and remodeling market. Are you the founder of a very early stage startup--not yet angel or venture backed--and want to talk about your startup? What is Underbuilt?

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West Los Angeles Startup Report Design 228

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2022

As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities. The real opportunity for entrepreneurs is to provide solutions that solve a problem better than the competition, while also providing sustainability and social responsibility.

Startup 110

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. These also will keep you better informed on new technologies, trends, and likely competitors. You need to evaluate the tradeoffs of getting investment capital from angel investors and crowdsourcing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

But the majority of VCs & Angels all speak. They might not actively “collude&# and say “let’s collectively keep the price down&# but in the resulting discussion pricing information will flow – whether intentional or not. My assertion was that information flows outside of their process.

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Pricing Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 292

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. With information overload due to the Internet, you need to find your customers, rather than assume they will find you. As an angel investor myself, I’ve often heard the argument that your solution has no competition. Survival requires regular updates.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Looking for an entrance into a VC, an angel group, a bank, a CxO for a sales opportunity, or any other entity? Dropping that name will often immediately draw a response if the decision maker is curious or particularly competitive. Let me reinforce this: never reveal competitive information to gain access or advantage.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In today’s highly competitive ad environment, both content and data are kings. To help companies make informed business decisions, we are building statistical models that show information at higher-than-the-platform level. The key takeaway? Editor’s note: The interview below has been edited for length and clarity.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2017

XPRIZE , the Los Angeles nonprofit which promotes development of new technology to help solve world problems, has whittled down the number of teams competing in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , focused on using AI to world's greatest challenges.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

As an angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and assume no strings attached. Angel and venture capital money always comes with ownership and management implications, starting with the obvious ones outlined in the term sheet for the deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and angel investor, I still see too many strategies leading to failure that are inside the entrepreneur decision realm. In today’s information age, it takes time and money to make your solution visible.

Startup 124

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Due diligence always involves on-site visits, informal discussions with any or all members of the team, vendors, and good customers as well as bad. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Traction in the marketplace.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 18, 2012

There has been talk for the past week about Microsoft making a “Major” announcement here in Los Angeles. From the fast and fluid interface, to the ease of connecting you to the people, information and apps that users care about most, Surface will be a premium way to experience all that Windows has to offer. Wait no more!

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

My favorite new VC blogger, Hunter Walk, weighed in with some thoughtful comments about how Syndicates might actually pit, “ angel vs. angel.” AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. In virtually every deal I do I leave space for angels.

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Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2018

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) recently announced the California Climate Cup ([link] a new startup competition tied into the upcoming Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September. How did the competition come about? This is one opportunity to do that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2021

If your startup is great enough to get a term sheet from angel investors or a venture capitalist, the next step for the investor is to complete the dreaded due diligence process. Depending on the availability of staff and needed information, the due diligence process generally takes 2–6 weeks to perform. Sales and marketing strategy.

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Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Summary 152

Tech.Co

JULY 19, 2017

arm is based out of Los Angeles, they also have locations in Hong Kong and Moscow, Russia. One notable fact about the competition: While it’s free to enter, fellows should have a plan in place to co-finance their participation through either a fellowship or partner funding. While WelkerMedia’s U.S.

Mentor 71

Mentor Media Activity Competition 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As an angel investor, what I’m looking for is key data from your business plan, including financial projections, how much money you are looking for and a quantification of my potential return. Include your sustainable competitive advantage. Current and past titles don’t convey this information.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

In modern society we’re all over-worked and over-loaded with information and tasks and to-dos and obligations. Or an angel investor starts emailing the CEO of a company with all the people they want him or her to meet. That’s why focus is critical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2019

As an angel investor, I see too many business proposals that are heavy on sustainability, but light on financial realities. The real opportunity for entrepreneurs is to provide solutions that solve a problem better than the competition, while also providing sustainability and social responsibility.

Startup 93

Startup Entrepreneur Capital Examples 93

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The podcast ecosystem continues to grow and Im excited to see this content medium continue to change the way people receive information and share new ideas. Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2012

What's new now is that the site allows you to sign up and provide your Twitter and LinkedIn information. Those aspects existed before and it does a good job of finding great content. The site will look at your activity on these sites and the content of what you share. You can always visit and manually select interests as well.

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CTO Hire Newsletter Content Sites 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and angel investor, I still see too many strategies leading to failure that are inside the entrepreneur decision realm. In today’s information age, it takes time and money to make your solution visible.

Startup 174

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Ideas 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information. I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”

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Technical Review Startup Statistics Social Media 109

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2020

Smith , the founder of Croquet (www.croquet.io), a new Los Angeles startup which actually has its roots at the very beginning of the modern computing era. For example, if I were to have a room full of bouncing balls, we couldn't share that today because of the amount of information involved. Are Android and iOS then your competition?

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Platform Startup Examples Web 168

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. An on-line community for entrepreneurs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore (www.bitvore.com) has created a system which takes thousands of sources of data, and extracts intelligence out of it to create actionable information out of that vast stream of real time data. Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If your B2B contacts are frequenting other non-competitive local businesses, LBS data could point you to more lucrative business partnerships. See who checks into your competition. If you know your contacts’ real-life interests, you could use that information in your marketing efforts. Track the competition.

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Competition Entertainment Advertising Social Media 84

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. Having a strong presence online and strong, positive word of mouth in a relevant audience is a real competitive advantage.

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

According to Vinny Jindal , the CEO of Los Angeles-based startup Stockr (www.stockr.com), everything. Having that experience has given me an understanding of how information flow, and how important social networks are. And, like any other startup in Los Angeles, finding engineers, quality engineers is a challenge.

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Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

StartUp Beat

JULY 26, 2017

Broadband access in the US has come under both scrutiny and criticism recently with a lack of competition being blamed for sub-par services. Rural US has been at the heart of the discussion, but cities aren’t doing much better with nearly two thirds of the population of Los Angeles living in an area with only one provider.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review Competition Statistics 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As one of the organizers, Jay Tucker explained, “The Silicon Beach movement is the future of the Los Angeles tech area – tech, mobility, digital content, entrepreneurship, etc. Startup Pitch Competition. I tried to treat it as a learning experience and refined my pitch for this competition.”. The event itself was amazing.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We're really excited for the next steps.

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