socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based equity crowdfunding site StartEngine is looking to get into the "initial coin offering" (ICO) market, saying that it is planning on becoming one of the first crowdfunding portals to accept Initial Coin Offerings.

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Conference Los Angeles Equity Sites 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Santa Monica has just gotten yet another boost in its bid to become the capital of Silicon Beach, as Microsoft said this week that it is opening up a new, 125-person strong entertainment studio in the city as part of an effort to create interactive content for the Xbox. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Angel Santa Monica Content 213

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The startup, which is led by Robert Flynn, said it will use the funding to launch new sites and grow its advertising sales. As part of the funding, Andrew Goodenough--formerly of Summit Business Media and Thomson Media''s Banking Publishing/Conferences Group--will join the company''s board of directors. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels El Segundo Newsletter Blogging 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

Often new competitors do fail, but they may highlight a consumer trend that you can capitalize on now, before it comes back to haunt you later. As times change, you may need new metrics, such as total experience, web site hits, and social media complaints. Don’t dismiss any new thing as a “flash in the pan.”

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Marketing Social Media Metrics Customer 162

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

and FAIL Blog web sites, apparently was spawned out of an introduction at last year's Twiistup technology conference, according to investor the Foundry Group. The $30M funding deal for Seattle's Cheezburger , the web publisher best known for its LOLcats-themed I Can Has Cheezburger?

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Twiistup Avalon San Diego Conference 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 9, 2019

When a company raises capital it inevitably begins to look for office space in order to increase worker productivity and happiness. I saw this kind of behavior even 20 years ago when I worked at Accenture where staff was mostly at client sites but when they returned to the office there was a rush to phantom book the limited meeting rooms.

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Product Software Review Technical Review Startup 214

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? We discussed: 1. TechCrunch.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Of the ones I have been to recently, the Nantucket Conference has been my favorite. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2016

Agtech investment firm Finistere Ventures; private equity firm Cloud Break Advisors; and Israeli venture capital firm OurCrowd contributed to the new accelerator. Radicle representatives plan to discuss their plans for the accelerator during AgTech Week 2016 , an ag investment conference being held in San Francisco this week.

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Funding Research San Diego Incubator 68

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

Incubator 87

Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Worth a read on how to maximize the traffic that comes to you site since much of it will be fleeting. We had scrambled to get a product to market, built our first website, rapidly hired a technology team, raised our seed round of capital ($1.5 They got us invited to the Fortune CEO conference in Paris held at Versailles.

Startup 310

Startup Venture Capital Press Journal 310

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Prior to founding MuckerLab, Erik was most recently at Harrison Metal Capital where he helped lead one of the most successful seed-stage venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Before Harrison Metal, Erik was most recently vice president of product management and strategy at TripAdvisor, the largest travel community site on the Web.

Startup 110

Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

We're the only site that is specialized in people over the age of 35 in that area. How did you end up starting the site? Elizabeth Amini: I actually ran into him in 2005, when he was a keynote speaker at a conference. Out of over every ten people who see the site, one or two are really gravitate or are attached to it.

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Study Startup Design Tips 252

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. Mentoring and technical assistance from volunteer or paid experts.

Incubator 98

Incubator Startup Help Resource 98

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. Their goal is to get you to appear in person at city roadshows that they run or to come to their annual Dreamforce conference. Why Buy Mine? Why Buy Now? That’s why websites offer newsletters.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The only other ways to get discovered was to have good organic search results or to get covered by a major blog site. I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

More information is available through a FAQ on 1776’s site. The Travel Experience Incubator. Incubator and startup networking company 1776, in partnership with Accenture Interactive and Marriott International, launched the Travel Experience Incubator in order to disrupt the travel industry.

Incubator 70

Incubator Santa Clarita Technical Advisors FAQ 70

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs. She floundered a bit working with contractors before finally settling on an agency to build her first site for $20,000.

Startup 363

Startup Entrepreneur SEO Venture Capital 363

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 21, 2009

We all know the type: they’re great on stage at conference but they spend all their time on the circuit. Well the second sign I had on the wall of my first startup was SITE. It may be unfair, but it’s the reality of capitalism. Neither does an inspirational leader who doesn’t get things done.

Entrepreneur 290

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 290

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. What kind of documents do you envision people offering through the site? That works like Docstoc, which is now probably the fastest growing web site for small businesses.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Of course, she assumes that you are confident and courageous, and willing to capitalize on all your strengths and opportunities to market yourself. Every organization and web site is begging for content, so spread yourself around. Every business community sponsors a plethora of these events.

Startup 55

Startup Organization Newsletter Content 55

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It also lists thousands of scientific conferences across the world to make it easy for researchers to stay informed, engaged and involved. 2 million Researchers On site. For researchers looking for job’s there are over 15,000 job listings in over 190 countries across the world.

Social Network 66

Social Network Research Networking Metrics 66

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? I think if you put together a group of 10 or 100 people, you can be a whole lot smarter together. Second, go immerse yourself in the market.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Authenticity - I asked Chamillionaire why he thinks he connects so much with people at tech conferences. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label. Universal tried to push him to another site that had cut a deal with the label. How does he always wow a usually skeptical crowd?

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

I was also on a few panels and speaking engagements at small conferences and events, just to get our name out there. Given that, the Southern California venture capital ecosystem is definitely going through turmoil. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Los Angeles venture capital market.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup SoCal 113

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

From local Los Angeles tech events to worldwide conferences and expos. At the conference, we will explore how companies are using these technologies today, and should be using them tomorrow, for significant bottom line impact in areas like marketing, corporate information management, publishing, customer service, and personal productivity.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Stickam Web Conference 40

Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

All eyes are on Holmes, who is scheduled to present data from the company’s technology at a medical conference on August 1. Layoffs will hit two New Jersey sites and one in Pennsylvania, resulting in a loss of less than 10 percent of its “discovery, preclinical and early development” staff, a spokeswoman said via e-mail.

News 40

News Technical Review San Diego Startup 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Zeroblock , the highly successful mobile and web app was recently acquired by the world’s most popular Bitcoin site and online wallet, Blockchain.info. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

I was speaking on a conference and panel about branding and experience with my last company, we got along, and chatted. How do people use the site? How long has the site been available? Eden Jarrin: We officially launched in fall, though the site has been up for a year. Let's start with eDivvy. How did you end up here?

Startup 113

Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. No one knew what was going on then, this was before iOS 3, and he contracted me to make the site and help create the brand. People at the Apple conference were completely in awe. What is Burstly?

Startup 262

Startup Mobile Outsource Development Tool 262