MSBAI Snags $1M Contract From USAF
socalTECH
JULY 20, 2021
Los Angeles-based startup MSBAI, which is developing artificial intelligence tools for assisting in engineering reports it has received a $1M US Air Force grant.
Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
The software that First Resonance has developed allows manufacturers to coordinate their workflow processes. But the software — and the information it’s collecting from manufacturing — can be used to inform better design decisions and the upstream product development process, Talati said.
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Former Snap employees are launching Forge Platform for Ethereum devs
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years working at Snap, but on nights and weekends Anderson and Lorenz were laboring on a different project — improving Ethereum development tools. . “This year we’ll see a lot of interesting projects get launched.”
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Sagewise Secures $1.25M
socalTECH
AUGUST 7, 2018
Los Angeles-based Sagewise , a startup developing tools and infrastructure for managing disputes and contracts, has raised $1.25M in a seed funding round. According to Sagewise, it is developing a "safety net" for smart contracts to enable the efficient resolution of disputes. READ MORE>>.
6 Reasons To Build A Working Model Of Your Solution
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 29, 2022
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. If it is hardware, look for one of the ‘ makerspaces ’ such as ProtoStripes , with all the tools you need to prototype almost anything yourself.
6 Ways A Prototype Will Add Value To Your New Venture
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. If it is hardware, look for one of the ‘ makerspaces ’ such as ProtoStripes , with all the tools you need to prototype almost anything yourself.
Alelo Gains Army Contract
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Los Angeles-based Alelo , the USC spinout which is developing language learning systems based on video games, disclosed this week that the firm has been selected as a prime contractor by the U.S. Alelo said that it was selected by the U.S. Size of the deal and other details were not released.
Dreaming of Mars, the startup Relativity Space gets its first launch site on Earth
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 17, 2019
That’s the goal Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone set for themselves when they founded Los Angeles-based Relativity Space in 2015. Now, more than $35 million dollars later , the company has been awarded a multi-year contract to build and operate its own rocket launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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How to Find and Hire a Developer
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. Always have a developer do a test project before hiring them to make sure they deliver quality work. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer. Ask for is code samples.
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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 31, 2021
Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Big data analytics, monitoring and sensing tools, and robotics are also becoming fixtures on the farm.
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6 Ways A Prototype Will Enhance Your Startup Idea
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 23, 2015
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. If it is hardware, look for one of the ‘ makerspaces ’ such as TechShop , with all the tools you need to make almost anything yourself. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.
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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync
socalTECH
OCTOBER 14, 2019
How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace.
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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2011
It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. In terms of tactics, we went from 20-odd people at the company to just three people, myself and two developers.
Kickstart Your Startup Credibility With A Prototype
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 16, 2014
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. If it is hardware, look for one of the ‘ makerspaces ’ such as TechShop , with all the tools you need to make almost anything yourself. As a startup, you need all the leverage you can get.
Take Your Idea To The Next Level With A DIY Prototype
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. If it is hardware, look for one of the ‘ makerspaces ’ such as ProtoStripes , with all the tools you need to prototype almost anything yourself.
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53 A Conversation with Ben Satterfield, Burstly
socalTECH
JUNE 19, 2013
Ben Satterfield is the co-founder of TestFlight, an immensely popular piece of software for iOS (and now Android) which lets developers distribute beta copies of their apps to their users. TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. It just made sense.
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Stem: Simplifying Payments For Creatives, With Milana Rabkin
socalTECH
JUNE 15, 2017
Our interview this morning is with Milana Rabkin , co-founder of Stem , a new startup which is developing a financial application which helps musicians and other content creators automate payments to members of their creative team. We spent a lot of time developing talent coming out of YouTube, and helped to grow that business.
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Don’t Let Investors Conclude Your Startup Is A Hobby
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 4, 2014
Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need. Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Funding process. Manage human resources.
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Interview with Thomas Russell, ETC Solar, Improving Solar Cell Efficiency
socalTECH
AUGUST 26, 2019
For this morning's interview with an entrepreneur, we spoke with Thomas Russell , the Ceo and co-founder of ETC Solar (www.etc-solar.com), a Los Angeles startup developing technology to improve the efficiency and cost of solar cells. What does ETC Solar do? How far along are you in bringing this to market?
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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising.
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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2011
One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. What our company is doing, is it is developing an online tool for people to find addiction treatment to meet their needs. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.
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204 8 Key Processes Distinguish a Business From a Hobby
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 31, 2013
Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need. Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Funding process. Manage human resources.
Interview Eric Sikola, ExpenseBay
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2009
Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. How big is the firm now?
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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of
SoCal Delicious
MAY 6, 2012
63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.
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Kareo: Bringing The Power Of the Cloud to Small Medical Practices
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2014
We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. I actually remember talking with Travis, prior to Uber, when he was an angel investor.
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‘Out of Control’ Startups Fail on 8 Key Processes
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need. Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Funding process. Manage human resources.
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102 Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 1, 2010
Use a simple accounting tool like QuickBooks, get away from co-mingled funds, and you have the first business process you need. Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Funding process. Manage human resources.
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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. Then they launched a simple database, management tools and so on. Amazon will surely keep moving up the stack. Spawning of Micro VCs.
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334 SYNCFAB | Connecting Creative Community to Local Manufacturing Businesses
Tech Zulu Event
MAY 12, 2014
However, manufacturing locally is usually an expensive option, which leads a lot of projects to be outsourced to other countries like China and India. The problem is, local manufacturers do not market their products and services and causes a lot of unknown factors to develop.
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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation.
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108 Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018
Tech.Co
MARCH 8, 2018
Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels. Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development.
10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation.
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98 What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. You can read Brad’s views of how to do it in his book.
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378 Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie
socalTECH
AUGUST 8, 2018
Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. We then allow you to use the print cloud, where we develop, print, and mail pieces very easily. We build on those audiences, and find others that look alike. What is a print cloud?
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100 8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Email updates frequently.
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365 Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage blogs and other resources, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Every customer contract and relationship needs to be monetized, even ones still in negotiation.
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Interview with Elizabeth Amini, Anti-Aging Games
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2011
Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. They offered me a contract job at the intersection of science and graphics, which is satellite imaging, a dream come true.
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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Developments Blog. 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. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area.
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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 22, 2010
Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. There are many analogies here for software development. His email list became his power. On What Next?
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356 Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
of course there are MUCH more sophisticated financial tools than either of these, but PEG is a short-hand many people use]. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 million contract over two years. Investors value growth. million to fund operations in their first year of operations. I might have sold a $1.2
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5 Popular Freelance Opportunities In This Gig Economy
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade.
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How To Reinvent Yourself As A Business Startup Today
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 24, 2020
Every company and startups needs marketing experts, who are skilled and knowledgeable in the development of marketing programs, content creation, lead generation, and the utilization of social media. Software Development Professional. They know how to capitalize on social media, viral marketing, events, and the new tools of the trade.
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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount
Tech Zulu Event
JANUARY 12, 2010
Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.),
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40 This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 15, 2010
We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. We spoke about employment contracts for entrepreneurs – We talked about “change of control&# provisions in your contract and how to negotiate them. We spoke briefly about why.
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