Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This helps the startups with the most opportunity move forward quickly to greater success.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. StartEngine provides $20,000 to $100,000 in funding to promising startups, and also offers up mentoring, office space, and help in getting those startups to the next stage. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Startup Activision Commerce 178

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” This year an associate from Upfront Ventures – Glenn Poppe – helped me pull together more information about how our industry is changing.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

At City Yoga the other day our instructor, Anthony Benenati began the class by reciting the 5 Yoga Sutras known as Kleshas or stains that prevent students from achieving enlightenment. The Kleshas, Anthony told the class, are: Ignorance, Ego, Attachment, Aversion and Fear of losing one’s sense of self. Raga – Attachment.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley. Four Steps was essentially my class notes. The other major evolution of Steve’s thinking is in the area of web and mobile businesses, the latter of which were nascent at the time Four Steps was written.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This helps the startups with the most opportunity move forward quickly to greater success.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

At City Yoga the other day our instructor, Anthony Benenati began the class by reciting the 5 Yoga Sutras known as Kleshas or stains that prevent students from achieving enlightenment. The Kleshas, Anthony told the class, are: Ignorance, Ego, Attachment, Aversion and Fear of losing one’s sense of self. Raga – Attachment.

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Web Design Web Design Sites 40

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? We have refind our thesis around why mobile is so special, and how it ties into location, and have spent two years working on precise, location targeted ads in the industry.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2) It's been really gratifying.

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. To be clear – I’m not saying huge successes make a VC less likely to be helpful to you – I’m just saying it’s not a guaranteed predictor. In my experience 90% of VCs fall short on their promises of how helpful or not they can be with intros. Connections?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Increasing the awareness and support of entrepreneurial development helps connect startups, builds confidence among entrepreneurs, and portrays our community as a great place to build a business. For example, Myriad Mobile raised $1.5 million for their agtech product, Bushel , which is an industry-first mobile grain app platform.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

If you look at an enterprise developer of IT team with DevoOs, they have to create applications, manage those applications, and now are dealing with open source, hundreds of different web services, network elements, all virtualized and with containers and new tools. You have to help people get better, and not try to fix things.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2012

And in particular, if you're developing comedy and humor content -- which is a big segment of the content being created--how to do you help people find the content which will resonate with them. Daniel Altman: We recently were in the fall class of MuckerLab. We spoke with Daniel Altman, the CEO of the company, to learn more.

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Content News Startup Research 230

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. .

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

” It’s like having an online studio helping independent filmmakers and YouTubers get seen. ” It was really interesting to hear all the different perspectives, marketing tips and how each channel represented on the panel helps those who participate on their channel and the success of this genre.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the new class of Super Angels, who may look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. This helps the startups with the most opportunity move forward quickly to greater success.

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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. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites. Startup accelerator.

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Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. Mobile Web America, Inc. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

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. Includes content mobile guides, ie.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. Leveraging mobile application and online platform. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California. (mt)

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. Web analytics, pretty clear. Jen Robinson has been building web and mobile tech for more than 10 years. Steve currently manages Fandango’s web and mobile commerce platforms. For example?

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Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

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.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Bigger picture, they want to add value to every image on the internet and take the opportunity beyond images to help publishers maximize the real estate on their pages while pushing out great content for their businesses. Let’s talk mobile. So where does Ophir see GumGum as web browsing moves towards mobile?

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. You can now switch your phone and take your apps with you.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Using CallFire, anyone with a cell phone and a laptop can become a virtual call center. I look forward to contributing to that achievement.”.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social Rewards helps leverage your existing loyalty program and turn it into a distribution platform via social media. Novimap is an online and mobile mapping platform. enables developers to sell cross-platform web-apps that optimize to your mobile device. You can now switch your phone and take your apps with you.

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Social Media Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Venture Capital 60

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Social Media Week (SMW) helps organizations connect and share the latest social media findings through social, cultural and economic talks and workshops in major cities worldwide. Socially Charged Fashion: How Social + Mobile are Building Brands from the Bottom Up. Perfect Your Pitch for Web, TV, and Film. 2:00-3:00pm.

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 92

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 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. Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

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. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. Bill received his B.S.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302