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.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. The goal for this organization is four-fold: To provide mentorship for some of the most promising young companies based in Los Angeles or willing to relocate to LA. So What is Different for Class Three?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? Concentrate on a world class team. This is serious stuff.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? Concentrate on a world class team. This is serious stuff.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

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. Warner Bros. What''s your big goal for the program? READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A friend recently asked me to give his startup-minded daughter some advice to help her vet undergraduate entrepreneurial programs. Through these student and faculty interactions, I have gathered empirical (but non-scientific), first-hand evidence of the factors that contribute to a world-class undergraduate entrepreneurial program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Here is a short list of the areas where you should be able to find help, whether you are a student or an independent entrepreneur: Exploring hot ideas. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research. Start by contacting the law school organization.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

Here is a short list of the areas where you should be able to find help, whether you are a student or an independent entrepreneur: Exploring hot ideas. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research. Start by contacting the law school organization.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. Bringing an accelerators’ graduates back as mentors provides value to the next class, certainly. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.

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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. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. Jeff was tweeting about needing help organizing and promoting the upcoming #140conf LA Meetup. A great trade!

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

The 9+ incubator has already closed $2 million in funding and has already attracted gaming entrepreneurs eager to create a new breed of mobile services including gaming entrepreneur Jason Citron who developed the early iPhone hit Aurora Feint and the hugely popular OpenFeint platform. 2 million raised. Growth hackers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been.

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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. Mike will be using a desk at Make It Work to incubate his new company. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

That also allows us to help solve some of the issues which are widespread in our industry, by supporting the category leaders, and future category leaders in the space. How was experience finding companies for this first class of startups? We also wanted to make sure the companies helped address some issues in our business.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

A few people have asked me to try and define the perfect startup organization chart. If you don’t have somebody inside your organization who is setting the technology direction then I’m convinced you’ll never head for greatness. However, it is one of the more critical roles as you scale your organization.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Event organizers Daniel Gross, Regional President of Southern California for the Kairos Society, and Zachary Goodman, President of the USC Entrepreneur Club, kicked off the event by introducing their respective organizations as well as their future plans to host other events. My job is to help you not get a job,” Marks announced.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Several world-class research institutions are located in the state, including Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame. That law helped kick-start the modern tech transfer field. Some of these entrepreneurs are faculty and staff members who license their own work. The results?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I programed macros to help my mom with her Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets for work. I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We caught up with Greg Brogger , the firm's CEO, to understand the service and how it might help private investors. We organize those that are interested in buying and selling shares. Can you talk about a bit about BrightHouse, and how this company came out of that incubation effort? Explain how your service works?

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

I quickly came to realize that Im not the "slow-growth" guy, Im not the kind of guy that can do things part-time (as in the incubator model). Every time I try one of these slow-growth or incubator type models, Ive always ended up jumping into one of them and going full force. So, the "what" is simple. They are all rock stars.

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