Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Earbits is a marketing platform for music related products built around interactive radio experiences. StyleSpot recently merged with Kaboodle, the online social shopping site owned by Hearst Corp.

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. Bain Capital Ventures' Jamison Hill.

Platform 170

Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Bedloo is a social media voting platform for those who want to find the right answer in life. TechZulu catches up with one of the co-founders of Bedloo, Vincent Plummer, and talks to us about social media, startups, and Bedloo. That is how Todd and I met, from all the talk of using platforms that frustrates us.

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Class Burbank Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. Fundraising through online platforms and crowdfunding.

Startup 61

Startup Social Media News Tool 61

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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? Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based BloomNation (www.bloomnation.com) is looking to change the model, and instead empower local florists to deliver their own, unique designs. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform. I have such respect for other platforms and technology.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. Alex Benzer: My partner and I met here in Los Angeles, in high school. We're definitely Los Angeles natives, but we got the opportunity to do TechStars. We scaled that to almost $1.4

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We are creating a platform that enables users to play instant games and apps directly on the computer desktop. In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. How did you do that?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

There are many organizations which cater to entrepreneurs, including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and local startup incubators. Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Search online startup platforms and crowdfunding sites.

Sample 101

Sample Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

There are many organizations which cater to entrepreneurs, including The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and local startup incubators. Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Search online startup platforms and crowdfunding sites.

Startup 100

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Conference 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. The challenge is to find these just-in-time, including community and university startup incubators, accelerators, and advisors.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Where do those videos get distribute? Thanks, and good luck!

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 9, 2012

There are days when I feel like we’ve gotten a bit carried away with social media. Golfers are sharing the information because it lets them expand the social aspect of golf beyond the course. SBS is building the premier platform to reach the 26 million Americans who play golf.

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Course Social Media Examples Content 77

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

And of course, to extend a supportive and educated hand to inquisitive friends and acquaintances – through social media, fact checking, and a call to disconnect from toxic news stories. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong is obviously doing something right since they are now the preferred mobile payment platform for Facebook’s mobile credit offering but will compete against some serious guns – Boku has raised nearly $40 million from Benchmark, Index, DAG and Khosla Ventures – the A list of who’s who VCs. 15mm in Series A.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. No platform is naïve enough to allow an outsider to grow enormously large in their ecosystem without an appropriate tax or benefit to them. But you should.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization cosmetics, social media, women in tech. . jim spencer, media convergence group. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

Startup 108

Startup Social Media Entrepreneur Satisfaction 108

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Last year 200,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 71,000 startup deals. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66