SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. On the one hand, an entrepreneur should not be overly paranoid and should know the ropes that VCs and other professional investors generally will not sign NDAs to see the concept or a prototype--and even if they did, it would not provide much protection.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Founded by Steve Poizner last year to accelerate the growth of a startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern California, The Alliance is building a network of investors, entrepreneurs and universities to provide ballast in the south to the dominance of the Northern California tech industry.

Southern California 224

Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 10, 2011

Caltech/MIT enterprise Forum. Our program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Public-sector foresight can create alluring opportunities for the private sector entrepreneur.

Enterprise Forum 100

Enterprise Forum CalTech Entrepreneur Ideas 100

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

Terry Kay: We have always been about helping the entrepreneurs succeed, first, and then, we figure out how we get our fair share from that success. He started the group because he wanted to help companies succeed. We want to help companies find success, with our help on board, our connections, and advice.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. First Round Capital invests heavily in its own infrastructure to help add value to the portfolio companies. They have sixteen people on staff.

Capital 284

Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. You’ll have 5 minutes of presentation time and 3 minutes of Q&A.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Those are faculty members who have a commercialization idea and want help with that. There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. What we do, is regional customer discovery for teams, typically academic.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. What''s the best way for entrepreneurs to approach you? Any advice you would give entrepreneurs?

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. Event Details.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. We're starting to see some very innovative product ideas out of places like Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and the like.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. That's why we're hoping that bringing domain expertise and an industry network will help facilitate that process.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. We've made a number of friends during the program which have been really helpful.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. My biggest message is that for most this fear is overrated.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Despite the excitement and lure of startups to those in the tech industry, not everyone wants to join a startup after college--according to Mike Gammarino , who is helping to organize a new effort here to recruit students to startups. Mike Gammarino: I'm an entrepreneur who has been working in technology since I graduated.

Technical Review 206

Technical Review Startup Outsource Yahoo 206

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Over time we’ll continue to build out the applications – helping make the entire web more social.&#. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. What I’ve learned about Sequoia is that when you’re straightforward about the facts they just try to help. They look at data.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

That kind of vote isn’t exactly encouraging to companies and entrepreneurs with new and potentially disruptive business models looking to plant roots here. The presence of Google and Microsoft’s outposts have helped to a certain extent, but Southern California can certainly do better when it comes to retaining — and attracting — talent.

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

We think we are a company that will help ring in the 5G era, with high efficiency and high performance electronics. Our employees come from Caltech, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and we've employed people as far away as the University of Michigan. level technicians there to help. So those resources have been fantastic.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. The Caltech Entrepreneurship Club is the hub for innovators in the Caltech community who want to learn how to make their idea a reality. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. He received a B.S. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

As a Resident Entrepreneur at UCLA’s Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer, she spends her time on working on the investment side of new, emerging technologies. Between Caltech, USC, and UCLA, $1 billion has been put into research expenditures. Let’s Talk Money. The floor opens up to Sandy Itkoff.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? After lots of success himself, he basically says that most of the success you have in your life has to do with the people you come across in your life, who help you out. He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. It's difficult to add value to a portfolio company or entrepreneur. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

We sat down with Jamie�who has been part of LA's technology industry, either as an investor or advisor since its very early days--to get his perspective on where we are today, especially as it relates to all of the companies he's worked with over the years on a more global stage and in Silicon Valley, and his advice to entrepreneurs.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Conference Cornerstone OnDemand Silver Lake 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). Products such as Sprout Social and CoTweet are emerging to help businesses better track and communicate with their their customers and leads.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. A centralized startup community provides a stronger and talented group of individuals, entrepreneurs, and investors to communicate and build a healthier startup community. With Yahoo!

Report 104

Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. Help Desk Software. Cloud storage. Enterprise.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57