Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Do you have a world-class management team? From a professional investor’s perspective, the team should be able to be flexible, coachable and experienced enough to get a business through breakeven and beyond the next level of outside investment, greatly reducing execution risk. Can you translate an idea into a compelling product?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. Or maybe a goldmine.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

According to the investment firm, its accelerator--which will run in Los Angeles, Detroit, London, and Philadelphia--initially includes 25 companies. Backstage Capital says it received over 1000 applications for the 25 spots at its accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2009

Burbank-based Poly Plant Project , a developer of semiconductor process technology for building polysilicon for producing solar cells and modules, has invested in a Silicon Valley firm, 4DS. 4Ds said that Poly Plant Project made the investment as part of a multi-million dollar equity investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX may be the most current example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cadence Design), and Howard Schultz (Starbucks). Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Design is not just about making things look pretty.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

“We are pleased to be supporting the continued development of Maestro as part of our ongoing investment in new technologies that provide artists with cutting-edge tools and solutions for growing their careers. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 12, 2018

Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. Almost all laws dealing with employment are designed to protect the employee, not the company. In brief, an employee with an alcohol problem that he took to work was fired after several warnings.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

Damian Bradfield is the president, CMO and founding partner of WeTransfer , the company that designs tools for the creative process. We designed this park, we were part of the team to work with the architects to design that building.’ ”. Damian Bradfield. Contributor. They try to just bring up solutions to the community.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) We would argue that our movies are world-class movies, just designed entirely for mobile.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Perks include office space, prototype lab, production facilities, mentoring, and investments up to $150,000 in the first 4 months. They are just over the halfway mark with their current class and have been continuously improving their program to increase the value for their entrepreneurs, their products and their business.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 5, 2018

As one of a crop of venture investment firms and studios cropping up in the Midwest, High Alpha is something of a bellwether for the viability of the venture model in emerging ecosystems. As a result of the investment, Upfront partner Kobie Fuller will be taking a seat on the MetaCX board of directors alongside McCorkle and Dorsey.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

This round is being led by Point72 Private Investments, with previous backers Toba Capital, Index Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, and VMG Partners also participating. We’re excited to support the Boulevard team as they continue to grow.”

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2015

Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. The participants will receive up to $120,000 in investment from Disney to develop their ideas, along with mentoring from executives. Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. 2 3D-Printing Companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam’s vision was to build a world-class “reverse logistics” company that could be as ambitious as Amazon has been in delivering goods to our houses. Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product. Marty Zwilling First published on Predictable Designs on 06/10/2020.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We got over 400 applications for the ten slots we had open in this class, and we picked ten amazing companies. So far, eight of the ten companies in our current class have raised outside funding, and we're really happy with how it's gone so far. Our current class has performed incredibly well. So when is the next class?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. We knew he had to be an investment partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. better than anybody we had spoke with and she had the marketing chops to know how to communicate this to her market once she designed & built her products. and a differentiated feel in terms of fabric, design, sustainability, etc.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 27, 2013

17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. startups attracting over $847 million in investment funds in 2012 alone, the city’s diverse resources are often too separated. 3 startup ecosystem in the world, with L.A.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Milk & Honey has had shoes designed by Rachael Ray, Ginnifer Goodwin, Malin Akerman, and Kate Mara amongst others and has appeared in People, Redbook, Inked, Lucky, Bridal Guide, InStyle, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications. YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

They both want amazing, living art, but they also expect world class service. The way we''re able to deliver that is a combination of working with one of the best designers in every city we''re in, and coupling that with a subscription model. We have world class level of service. We''re not an e-commerce company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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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. By the end of my sophomore year I had taken on the role of education for our new freshman pledges and by the first quarter of my junior year I led the pledge class entirely.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com).

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bruce, along with his wife Lynda, created a learning company from their garage, initially by holding in-person classes and later selling VHS tapes via mail order. Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their startup into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. That asset class need not represent the broader market. They are often bound by geographies and asset classes. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. You feel it, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. Set design. As have BigFrame and Machinima.

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LATechDigest

MAY 23, 2016

Philosophy & Design. Taiwan-US Investment. **. WorthyWomen " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> " class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> pic.twitter.com/v0Z3Qvy5AP. LA Catalyst. Women’s Health. Wednesday May 25. SM New Tech 4th Anniversary. Innovation Day. LA Tech HH.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus. Epic Games.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here is where having Marc Berte and a team out of MIT who have designed systems like this for years gave one confidence we could do something others couldn’t copy and at price points that could make us market leaders over night. Would they build a world class team. Could we produce this at cost? Were they ambitious?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2013

Steve Jobs of Apple has been maybe the most visible example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cadence Design), and Howard Schultz (Starbucks). Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Design is not just about making things look pretty.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2011

I’m in the team centric sphere so every investment decision I make first & foremost centers on this plane. I made an investment in a company with deep domain knowledge. “Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. Are you looking for a Phd wireless chip designer?&#.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups. In 2007, we started to put some policy attached to the money, and created a jobs investment fund. What is the Ventura incubator?

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Investors were really excited, and in the weeks following we took investment meeting after investment meeting. We had them lead the round, and after that, we had a pretty ridiculous conversion rate from our meetings to investments. Seventy percent of the people we met with invested in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. I know that I call them often to co-invest.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In this blog, we discuss the key differences between our Dark Fiber and best-in-class Wavelength Services in order to help businesses determine the right option for their requirements. As a result, we helped them save money and resources while supplying them with a best-in-class dedicated pipeline at an attractive rate.

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