Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. They help make rational decisions.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

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

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.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

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.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

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.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

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 ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

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.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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.

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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.

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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 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. Web Design Software.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

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.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42