socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

Coaches and mentors from companies like Topspin Media, Citysearch, Beachbody, Lootsie, Datapop, and Carbon also are involved. hack4la hackathon civic data government topspin citysearch datapop community collaboration prize google scopely esri factual makerspace' READ MORE>>.

Boyle Heights 206

Boyle Heights CitySearch Help Beachbody 206

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio).

Venture Capital 408

Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated. The company was called Red Beacon.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire GRP Partners 359

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We both had different types and interests in men and thought it would be great if there was a Citysearch for women based upon types. We started seeing a demand for what we were doing and from there began throwing singles parties, doing match making, and date coaching. We spent the time researching and gathering all the data we could.

Startup 75

Startup Technical Review Blogging Demand 75

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

We began doing singles events, matchmaking, and date coaching. It was Citysearch for women to find guys. For a female entering this world you have to get mentors, ask people to coffee. , Val and I started this single’s website/blog just for fun and on the side. Soon after launching it started really taking off.

Santa Monica 74

Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74