socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

I ended up doing consulting work for high tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in the software messaging area, and then came back to Los Angeles doing corporate sales for 3M, of all things. We're also self funded, and absolutely have no need for venture capital. We've also been reaching out to all the people we know.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

Don’t forget the wealth of business blogs frequented by entrepreneurs and investors, where you make your interests known. If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. As soon as you find the partner, these are the places to find funding as well.

Startup 92

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 92

Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

military’s high-tech think tank DARPA described Safe Genes, a new program to fund safety measures that can be built into genome editing technology or counter its potential wayward effects. The funding could be as much as $100 million, and the first grants will be announced in 2017. —The U.S.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Study Layoffs San Diego 77

Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

It was the 10 th consecutive quarter that venture firms put at least $10 billion into startups and other high-tech companies, including a $3.5 billion that a non-traditional investor (the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund) invested in San Francisco-based Uber, and the nearly $1.3 Included is the $3.5 billion in 379 deals.

Marina Del Rey 40

Marina Del Rey Invest Venture Capital San Diego 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. You’re a tech guy. They said, “we’ve seen you in action across 2 companies and could really use somebody with your skills at our fund.”

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

” The project leaders are seeking $100 million in funding. —More cash for life sciences venture teams: 5am Ventures of Menlo Park, CA, announced its fifth fund , topping it off at $285 million. —Considering the biopharma acquisitions that led to buyers’ remorse this week, $100 million seems like pocket change.

San Diego 62

San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

Startup 67

Startup Compton Research Technology 67

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

Don’t forget the wealth of business blogs frequented by entrepreneurs and investors, where you make your interests known. If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. As soon as you find the partner, these are the places to find funding as well.

Startup 54

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 54

Xconomy

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The San Diego Venture Group has established a beachhead in San Francisco, and it’s opening for business Tuesday. After years of trying to persuade Silicon Valley venture capital firms to establish more of a presence in San Diego, or to at least hear more startup pitches here, the venture group has decided to open an outpost in San Francisco.

San Diego 61

San Diego Venture Capital Ideas Startup 61

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

The National Science Foundation mainly funds professors to do research. Government-owned venture capital funds, like the intelligence community's In-Q-Tel ( [link] ) or the USDA's former AARC may be a great hybrid strategy (government-owned, private appearance). You can affect this process. One example I found was H.R.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. Give yourself a month.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My second, six years later, took only $2 million in VC funding. It, too, went down the tubes.

Invest 88

Invest Angel Venture Capital Entrepreneur 88

Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

With the Republican National Convention behind us and the Democratic convention in full swing, it seems like a good moment to ask how a Donald Trump presidency or a Hillary Clinton presidency might affect the prospects for high-tech entrepreneurship and business growth in the United States.

Education 40

Education Platform Training High Tech 40