Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This was the first in her string of web properties. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) If you haven’t read my blog posts on why Tracy chose the right strategy it’s worth a read.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. TakeLessons also acquired Chicago-based Betterfly, which offered online vocational classes, DIY projects, and self-improvement courses like public speaking and personal life coaching.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.

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Xconomy

APRIL 12, 2017

Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes. Lymber aggregates data about the real-time availability of fitness and wellness classes for its users, with about half that data coming from Mindbody, Hecht explained.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers. I had to put in a bit of web research to uncover an intricate web of ownership that leads to the Avis Budget ownership and worse still up to a well-known private equity group called Apollo. See this article talking about previous class action lawsuits.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great.

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Xconomy

APRIL 4, 2018

The advent of big fundraising rounds for startup chip innovators—a class shunned by most venture capital firms only a few years ago—seems to mark a turnaround in recent VC attitudes about semiconductor investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list.

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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. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites. Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

Optimize your web history and presence. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. This means your whole startup effort will appear as very early stage for investors, and will likely not be adequately tuned for customers.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. Milo Sindell: Essentially, a Genie is an online web application that is organized into certain sections, by day, week, month, units, steps, or classes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

But I’ll judge the angel class of 2009/2010 on a 7-10 year time horizon. Most of my MBA classes were a waste (since I had studied economics as an undergrad) but one totally changed my thinking. It was an investment management class. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

Optimize your web history and presence. Stealth mode normally means no time for search engine optimization prior to product launch, not to mention relevant blogging activity, and link building. This means your whole startup effort will appear as very early stage for investors, and will likely not be adequately tuned for customers.

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Xconomy

MAY 2, 2017

Donald Trump spent his 100th day in office in ways that would appeal to his working class base—holding a campaign-style rally in Harrisburg, PA, where he confirmed his campaign commitment to controlling immigration.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. He was one of the first guys that I know who laid out his stall and said I want to do “big data” investments that take advantage of the explosion of data now available on the web. And for me.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Divshot's Founders conceived of their innovative web development solution, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process, during a Startup Weekend event in Kansas City. Note: Rincon Venture Partners is an investor in Launchpad LA, but otherwise has no affiliation with Divshot.).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties. Over 50,000 journalists use HARO to find experts to interview for TV, newspapers, books, magazines and blogs. Blogs and Forums. The best place to find a directory of blogs is AllTop.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

The World Wide Web was now being rolled out everywhere and every project was considering its Intranet strategy. What was nice was that I got to take some of my practical skills from consulting and apply them into class discussions with operational leaders. If you ever want a quick way to my blog, btw, you can just type that.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

In 2006 he was named one of the most influential authorities on Blog Marketing in the world. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs. Mitch Joel – Marketing Magazine dubbed him the “Rock Star of Digital Marketing” and called him, “one of North America’s leading digital visionaries.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

As Alex points out in this blog post there’s a ton of options out there in a severely fragmented industry. “ I was taking a class at Michigan about lean startups; it was a great environment that I treated like an idea marketplace. Most of them were in classes together, but not a single one of them has a college degree.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2011

Since ‘her’ official introduction in early May in blogs like Engadget, Crunchgear, Gizmodo, etc. But more importantly, I’m not aware of any robots out there in any class outside of toys that have such a refined look, and that was one of the three goals of creating LUNA and how we define a personal robot. Fred: Right.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. & #celebrity to pull off anything! Kindling’s: L.A.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He gave a business presentation to Canopy San Diego’s first class Monday, and has been working with Gomez and Scatizzi to standardize the franchisee’s program and processes. In founding CanopyBoulder, Tapman said he and co-founder Patrick Rea were struck by the phenomenal growth of the cannabis industry.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Another oft-mentioned concern about peer-to-peer lenders is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn. Nevertheless, Gilbert said most customers still want to talk to a loan officer and have a consultative discussion.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

Another oft-mentioned concern about the peer-to-peer industry is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn. Nevertheless, Gilbert said most customers still want to talk to a loan officer and have a consultative discussion.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

2 so the students can talk about them in class or with their parents. Voting opens for the school kids on Oct. 17 and closes Nov. 1, a week before the grownups vote. Newsela plans to release the results of the student election on Nov. Then they can compare their generation’s verdict with the outcome of the adult vote on election night.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit ► October (1) New Video!

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Ian Rogers is the CEO of Topspin Media (www.topspinmedia.com), a venture backed, Santa Monica-based startup developing web applications for the music industry. As such, we're focused on what we call the "middle class" of artists--artists who can earn a decent living from their art--and to try to give them the toolset that can make that work.

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! As I mentioned previously, I am taking a slightly different direction with this blog. Startup 3.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. panel at the dawn of what people began calling “web 2.0.”. It was an “enterprise 2.0” Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit ► October (1) New Video!

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs. The interviewer asks some questions and the interviewee does the same. They all engage in entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages. Thank you, John. So, he built an auction.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! With the web, you can change things everyday because it is always in your control. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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