InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jim Semick: I’ve been launching and managing software products for 15 years now, going back to when you and I worked together at Expertcity before it was acquired by Citrix. I have always worked on early stage products. Some of the products I’ve helped validate and launch include GoToMyPC, GoToMeeting and AppFolio.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. Hopefully you know your friends and family better than I do, so you decide when a business plan is required. On the other hand, your mother probably won’t read one.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Writing Entrepreneur Slides 109

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. Lottay's gift are virtual things--anything you want--attached to real money, in a PayPal account. We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2013

Of course there are scenarios where a written business plan is not critical, but I haven’t seen one yet where a well-written 15-page document, or at least a 10-slide pitch, is a negative. Hopefully you know your friends and family better than I do, so you decide when a business plan is required.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Technical Review Writing Slides 100

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Determine whether your business name needs to be trademarked, and if does Trademark it at the USPTO. Protect your written works and code through the Copyright Office. If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Vet your idea with the idea checklist.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

TZ: In our last interview you said that you were about 25% at capacity of your original vision for Miigle. A year and a half later and post-public launch, at what capacity do you think Miigle is today of your original vision? Once you have logged in to your Miigle account, the first step is editing your profile.

SoCal 104

SoCal Southern California Startup Platform 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

For those of us without angel investors, there are still plenty of reasons to move ahead with new ventures, and we are not alone: It's all you. With a bank account full of someone else's money, it's hard not to feel flush with cash and have a false sense of security. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Baghdasarian was co-founder of Monterey Networks, which was sold to Cisco Systems back in 1999, has been an active angel investor in Southern California. Zareh Baghdasarian: 15desks is all about managing your educational lifestyle, all the way from early education to your graduate work. Talk about your background?

Education 124

Education Startup Course Tool 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Mark Suster , GRP Partners.

Social Media 71

Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. » More. Loading… Mansion. House of the Day. Commercial.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

What's your background and how did you decide to start the site? I was in advertising and marketing, working in Newport Beach on the Mazda account. We're self funded as our own angel investor, and we thought based on the numbers in Hawaii it would be a nice sideline. We're really in the memories business.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. Post navigation.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

In terms of topics we spoke about: - Do VC’s send your presentations around to other people if they don’t fund you? Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. I had been hanging around Klout for a year and many of my friends had angel funded the company and were champions. I was used to this debate.

Cornerstone OnDemand 303

Cornerstone OnDemand Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup 303

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210