Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 6, 2020
We know now that people learn from a younger age, and keep coming back for more, from sources that are entertaining and educational ( edutainment ). I have adapted their key recommendations here for aspiring entrepreneurs: Business gamification and simulation. Learning doesn’t have to be all work. Adaptive business advising and learning.
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 23, 2012
After screwing over a co-worker in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire, the over-the-top Entertainment Agent Bob Sugar rationalized his unethical behavior by saying, "It's not ‘show friends.' Mark's move to Silicon Valley was no doubt predicated on his belief that Facebook would obtain capital and recruit top-talent more efficiently.
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InfoChachkie
JANUARY 30, 2012
The basic tenets which make a small, lifestyle business successful are surprisingly similar to a high-tech startup: establishing a productive corporate culture, hiring great people, sourcing reasonably priced capital and identifying and satisfying one or more market segments. Look around. Winning Per Michael Dell, Not Charlie Sheen. "The
socalTECH
JULY 18, 2017
A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. Send tips our way at info@socaltech.com!
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2010
I sat on two panels in the past week – once at LeadsCon (** see appendix if you’re interested in a back story here) and today at the America’s Growth Capital conference. Tip : On panels I believe it is OK for you (even as a panelist and not moderator) to say, “I want to understand whom I’m speaking to.
Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2011
Elizabeth Amini: My first company was in graphic design, and provide both graphics for the entertainment industry, but also buildling websites for UCLA and all kinds of places around science, astrophysics, and those types of departments. We made a decision not to go for venture capital early. This is my third company.
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