socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Well, Los Angeles-based KarmaGoat (www.karmagoat.com) has figured out a way to help people get rid of those unwanted items they have--and provide those proceeds to charity. We were invited in March to the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to present. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more have moved from all around the world to join it's welcoming startup community. On a macro level, one of my main responsibilities is elevating the idea of being an entrepreneur and the importance of entrepreneurs to our economy. Can you tell us more about GFMEDC?

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. We will collaborate on ideas and projects and we created the Superfriends together, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took. When Stedman ran the pledge class. And I hope that this narrative will help reinforce the point for you. Hire people who punch above their weight class.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

The life of an entrepreneur is filled with 20 second opportunities. It starts in a crowded room at a conference or networking event. You can’t help but lean forward and want to hear what the next line is. But Sam is a first-class act and boy does he know how to nail an intro. Most are squandered. I buy dead magazines.”

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

After our meeting, I offered to allow Lisa to use Make It Work’s HQ for her upcoming classes on public speaking. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. Yesterday, I met with @LisaBraithwaite, a local Santa Barbaran.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences. They're obviously a world class corporation, and one of the largest players in this marketplace.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

It costs anywhere from $200 to $300 a month per workstation, which is full service gross, Internet, and shared equipment and conference rooms. In fact, they just helped us invest in Lottay, where we participated in their Series A round of investment. What led the City of Ventura to start an incubator? He walked in off the street.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

So if there are platforms like AngelList that help scoop up the prorata rights of angels in deals like Uber, AirBNB, DropBox (or the future companies like these) then perhaps the prorata fight gets worse. Much of this historically didn’t matter to entrepreneurs. ” Entrepreneurs can be caught in the middle.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This one-day conference has been created and produced by David Beebe Projects led by Emmy winning Digital Entertainment Executive and Producer, David Beebe himself. “The one-day event will bring together leading executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to celebrate this diverse L.A. This is the wave of the future.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Think “innovation” and you might picture some scrappy entrepreneurs toiling away in a kitchen or garage, hoping the landlord doesn’t notice what they’re up to. Our campuses also provide great world-class conference facilities, and we also do a lot of hands-on mentoring. So it ranges.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. My inspiration to become an entrepreneur came from my mom, not my dad. She was the dominant figure in my family and was both an entrepreneur and a community leader. AWS helped lower the cost of starting a company by 90%.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. Do you have any advice for emerging entrepreneurs regarding how they can be frugal without compromising their company’s value prop? Bootstrapping requires that the entrepreneur go out and talk to their users or clients.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away. PHONE CALLS.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

The company makes sure that there is always an upcoming event so the entire team has something to look forward to, and it uses methods to make sure the entire team works well together by insisting everyone helps keep break areas clean or sending random employees out to lunch together. Southwest isn’t new to the game.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

The company makes sure that there is always an upcoming event so the entire team has something to look forward to, and it uses methods to make sure the entire team works well together by insisting everyone helps keep break areas clean or sending random employees out to lunch together. Southwest isn’t new to the game.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

An entrepreneur having low self worth is the number one deterrent for a potential customer not buying into what you are selling. Typically entrepreneurs doubt themselves because they undervalue their offerings, but it isn’t about creating a product, setting a price and hoping people will buy. Help a Reporter Out (HARO).

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

He recently produced the Silicon Beach Fest along with Kevin Winston of Digital LA , and his mobile ad optimization and re-engagement company PageWoo came out of the 1st graduating class for the new Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (developed by serial entrepreneur of Activision fame, Howard Marks). On the Develop.la

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. This is why I am such a big fan of General Assembly both because they’re teaching more tangible skills but also because they’re working directly with employers to fund classes as well as to onboard the more successful GA students directly.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

I’ve agreed to come out in the new year and spend a few days with the entrepreneurs who join TechStars NYC (as well as Boulder). This shows itself when people try to do an elevator pitch, send concise, actionable emails or have a quick phone call with you to ask for help. I plan to do this with the next Launchpad LA class.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2016

Dave’s note: This week, let’s welcome an expert in employment background checks, Chris Dyer, CEO of PeopleG2, to help us explore one dicey subject that gets lots of entrepreneurs and managers into trouble by being completely unaware of what they cannot ask a candidate in an employment interview. Each head of.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. It is this reminder that helps me form my internal compass and not hide behind a fortress. It is this reminder that helps me form my internal compass and not hide behind a fortress. Entrepreneur Dinners. You can stay in super exclusive hotels.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

He isn’t setting out to do it over night but with the ambition to make a difference in the world Ryan falls into the rare category of entrepreneur looking to tackle something truly monumental. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years. Again, not for everybody. He sold both companies. And he makes it work.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Dec 26, 2009). twenty in your wallet?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. Or take an acting class. Help us to get to know him or her. Most people suck at presenting to big groups.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. The 99% conference is aimed at creative professionals and is focused on Edison's "99% perspiration." Yes, even bootstrappers. Let's see why.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Or the influx of massive new amounts of entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs seeking fortune and fame? I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference. Are LPs to blame?

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