Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

These include companies across multiple industry spectrums, notably NetFlix in entertainment, AirBnB in hospitality, and Whole Foods for groceries. A few companies seem to be leading the way in building and maintaining ultra-effective teams, sometimes called extreme teams.

Class

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Those mentors are not just Bruce and I, although we are full time on this.

Startup

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Tucker Kain: One thing we've found, is the ability to bring a brand like the Dodgers to bear on these early stage businesses opens up opportunities for them, from our network of mentors and industry experts. How was experience finding companies for this first class of startups? We want to life all boats, and grow the space.

Startup

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

Although many are entertaining, most fail to provide entrepreneurs with a sufficient return on their time investment. I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. Ask For Mentoring. Drop Everything And Do What Your Boss Asks.

Technical Review

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. And build great business they have.

Class

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and entertainers alike must address their fears. Women entrepreneurs need to take a cue from successful women entertainers, who also compete in what is largely a man’s world. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. Tweet this quote].

Tips

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. This is our second class, and it culminates in this Demo Day we just had.

Startup

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We select ten per class, and help those startups connect with mentors and other people in that local environment who can be helpful to the business. That worked well enough, we did another class in 2008 with another 10 companies, and in 2009 we expanded to Boston. The focus is on helping the startup. billion combined.

Startup

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.

Class

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. I worked in entertainment for five or six years, and film for 5 years, then at Scribble Press, which was a retail entertainment concept for kids, to let kids make their own books.

Startup

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

There is a really genuine and real opportunity in the intersection of media and entertainment technology here in Los Angeles, and people are focused here on that for a legitimate reason. We have a lot of world class universities here. What do you see in the technology area that made you want to focus there?

Invest

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. See you there!

Hollywood

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. After BITSource was successfully acquired, I moved to L.A. Details coming soon!)

Product

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Our combined experience working in film education and inside the traditional and digital entertainment industry gives us unique insight into building an authentic “film school like” education on the web. Indirect competitors include specialized sites like Animation Mentor (specific to animation). Any competition in LA?

Web

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Event Details. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tech Coast Angels

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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