socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

Do you have a hardware product you''d like to bring to market and scale? A new, cross-border startup accelerator-- HardTech Labs --said yesterday that it has launched a new, startup accelerator aimed at helping hardware companies take their companies to full production. READ MORE>>.

Outsource Development 221

Outsource Development Class Incubator San Diego 221

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 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. How did it help you? What are you working on now?

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

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>>.

Startup 159

Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

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. And my company is hugely relevant to what they’re doing so having an advocate at senior levels there is certainly a help.” So What is Different for Class Three? Jackson, Tumblr, and Dick Clark Productions.

Venture Capital 287

Venture Capital Funding Startup GRP Partners 287

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.

Los Angeles 58

Los Angeles Rustic Canyon Incubator Angel 58

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Silicon Valley’s big VC firm’s The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway, and Anand Rajaraman have today launched Data Elite , to help tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges through data science. Limited big data funding & incubation. The package of a lifetime.

Netflix 82

Netflix Incubator Class Funding 82

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We caught up with Sam Teller , who is directing efforts at the accelerator, to help fill entrepreneurs in on where the program fits in the world of technology and startup acceleration. It was really just something built for the community to help support entrepreneurs. Our current class has performed incredibly well.

Class 261

Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

That is, once you invest in a company, you''re a shareholder, and you help that company for the course of its life. Although we will do roughly one class a year, that''s 10 or so companies under the accelerator, seed stage model -- but we don''t really limit to three months in-and-out.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

Artificial Inteligence 100

Artificial Inteligence Class Burbank Software Review 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. He created one of the first industrial R&D labs, and hired and brought in a bunch of investors to help iterate, and experiment, and build new products. Erik, thanks for the time.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

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. Product research and prototype development. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research.

Startup 95

Startup Incubator Resource Mentor 95

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This is class four for Launchpad LA. Tuition.io, dubbed Mint.com for student loans, has helped students from over 130 universities manage over $100 million in debt, which represents over 10,000 student loans. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates. .

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. The productivity at the studio is much better than the house for business and content.”. “I feel like the studio has the potential to be a great place for creators like me to thrive.

Platform 210

Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2016

How that works, is when you download Giftagram, you can peruse through gifts in different categories that we have set up, and see what products we have. They are changing all the time, and we constantly have new products and partners, as our inventory churns and things are no longer available, or if they are seasonal in nature.

Mobile 100

Mobile Platform Commerce Class 100

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. Product research and prototype development. Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Incubator Mentor Research 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years. Obviously, as with many other accelerators, we provide mentorship and shared resources, and help with creating a company, access to public relations, and other resources like legal help. What inspired you to start this?

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

There's been a sudden surge in accelerator in Southern California, looking to help get startups off the ground and funded. But, do they really help? Because we are able to reach the right person, we can help get them that last mile to the retailer's store. That singular focus and dedication helped. It was really great.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2013

I invite game developers and product professionals to take what they’ve learned from building mobile games, to become founder-CEOs, and to re-imagine the way consumer apps are developed and monetized.” ” 9+ adds that game developers know Engagement and Monetization focus through big data and analytics in freemium products.

Startup 79

Startup Develop Development Incubator 79

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.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

New products or services to existing customers. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. Add services that are complementary to your product. Or add products that are complementary to your services. Or add products that are complementary to your services.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2015

Those companies wanted to partner with us, and to put commercial arrangements in place with the Dodgers, to better validate their product and why they were building what they were to solve industry issues. Tucker Kain: We're always thinking of our fans, and creating a better experience, a better product, and a better team on the field.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Between the group of us we were probably helping launch 75-100 companies / year. So we went for it.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

Sumant Mandal: I think there have been a lot of strategics today who feel the markets are changing for the better, and want to make decisions around new product, and now is the time to do it. So very much strategic, product-extension kinds of buys? That's the belief system. You should build your company.

Clearstone 140

Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

New products or services to existing customers. They know you and your brand, so this should minimize your customer acquisition cost for the new product. Add services that are complementary to your product. Or add products that are complementary to your services. Or add products that are complementary to your services.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Customer Custom .Net 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It suggests the minimum features to allow the product to be deployed and get feedback, and no more. Startup accelerator.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. In 1999, I moved out to San Francisco to join the tech scene there, and worked at a couple of e-commerce companies in product roles. That's exciting. That is critical to how successful they are.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. Trying to work without this person is like wanting to build a world class sky scraper but not having a great lead architect and civil engineer. I’ve heard both arguments from CTO’s.

CTO Hire 400

CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

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 took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I helped program my college’s recruiting office’s software system.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University shared data that shows the state is the nation’s second-largest exporter of life sciences products , with $9.9 Several world-class research institutions are located in the state, including Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame.

Patents 67

Patents Research Anthem Education 67

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 28, 2013

The question was posed by Nolan Simons, an LMU student from Professor David Choi’s Business Incubation class. I was invited along with Kluge’s CEO, Arturo Perez , to listen to five companies from the class pitch their ideas. There are two important elements that can help explain these opposing views.

Startup 45

Startup LMU Venture Capital Class 45

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Luckily, he was able to talk to Steve Jobs, who offered to sell their product at an event. My job is to help you not get a job,” Marks announced. LA is up and coming and is a great place to be because everybody is helping each other out. Marks: Many meetings with founders to help them find investors and resolve strategic issues.

Startup 107

Startup Los Angeles USC Southern California 107

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Another representative during SBF, Maker Studios is, according to their website, “the only network that provides partners a full range of vertically integrated services including development, production, promotion, distribution, sales, marketing and merchandise services.” Helping others build their brand helps you build yours.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

To help curate and show off the best that LA has to offer we called in a few friends. 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. He received a B.S. Dinesh earned his B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49