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MARCH 19, 2014

Do you have a hardware product you''d like to bring to market and scale? The new startup accelerator is led by Derek Footer, and said it plans to run three classes a year of up to 30 companies per class. hardtech labs cross border hardware accelerator incubator acceleration startup manufacturing tijuana mexico diego sandiego'

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Katrowitz was previously co-founder at Gobbler, and also served as VP of Marketing at MySpace. LaunchpadLA is managed by Sam Teller, and has incubated and mentored dozens of local startups. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ventura-based The Trade Desk , which operates an online advertising exchange, priced its IPO late Tuesday evening, saying that it will sell 4,666,677 shares of its Class A common stock at $18.00 The company will begin trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as TTD. and $18.00 and $16.00 per share on August 31st. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. Tags: entrepreneurs incubators relationships startups. Relationships , I said back then. And I stand by that assertion. And it all happens in the span of 90 days.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp. Joey Flores , founder of Earbits (a Y Combinator company), a music-related marketing platform with interactive radio experiences.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

My answer always varies as I examine each deal, sometimes deferring and passing on an investment because of an uneasy feeling about the entrepreneur, even if the business plan seems able to capture the market. And what if that person admitted immediately that he or she had no team and was not the person to take this plan to market?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

My answer always varies as I examine each deal, sometimes deferring and passing on an investment because of an uneasy feeling about the entrepreneur, even if the business plan seems able to capture the market. And what if that person admitted immediately that he or she had no team and was not the person to take this plan to market?

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF). Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify said the new location--Shopify LA--is geared at answering questions for anyone interested in starting a business, and will also hold classes and larger events. Shopify offers up a wide range of software used in starting a new business, including e-commerce software, point-of-sale software, online marketing tools, and much more.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF). Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. Limited big data funding & incubation. “There are many funds, incubators, and accelerators out there that entrepreneurs can turn to today for general business advice. . No room for failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

Here is their inaugural class. In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. You’re more entrepreneurial than 99% of people in any b-school class.

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JUNE 6, 2011

To try to change that, two entrepreneurs, Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, are launching a new effort called Upstart LA (www.upstart.la), which aims to bring that venture accelerator model into this market. These were companies like Autobytel when it was Pete Ellis and three other people, a company called Interactive Marketing Inc.,

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. The first class will start in late January and run for three months. Erik, thanks for the time.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Start Engine, modeled after the YCombinator and TechStars accelerators, is running its first class of startups in January; the group is investing $20,000 in those companies, and providing other resources, mentors, and a program to help those startups get funded and into the market. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Southern California Activision Class 214

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

We thought we''d catch up with Erik on what he''s learned about this market, advice he''d give to companies hoping to get into an accelerator, and what gets a company funding. When we look at companies, the simplest way to think of it is product-market-fit. How are things going over there at MuckerLab? READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Los Angeles- and London-based MakieLab , one of the companies out of Disney's recent Disney Accelerator class, started shipping its Disney-themed, custom 3D printed dolls on Friday, with clothing and designs from Disney properties. READ MORE>>.

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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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Startup Develop Development Incubator 79

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 price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space.

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APRIL 22, 2016

It's a curated marketplace, with best-in-class products and experiences. We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. So, from a market perspective, we think it fits really well. As we continue to expand around that growing team, knowing the market is helpful.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

More specifically, K5Launch is an accelerator will take startup companies--both existing companies and those that are not yet fully funded--who would like to get to a Series A, and allow them to apply to become part of a boot camp program, which lasts three months, and enables them to build their product and validate the market of that product.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2014

“At American, we’re extremely sensitive to our customer’s evolving needs, and wearable technology is a quickly-growing market,” said Phillip Easter, Director Mobile Apps at American Airlines.

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Technology Mobile Incubator Screening 93

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. It was clear to us that LA was now a powerhouse market and we loved working with all of the other accelerators in town. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators. Market stage is everything. There is too much supply in the market.

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APRIL 20, 2010

We sat down with Sumant Mandal , Managing Director at Clearstone, and who has been closely involved with a number of those exits, to get some more color on what has driven those exits, and about his outlook on the venture market. Has there been any rhyme or reason behind the surge of exits you've been seeing? That's the belief system.

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Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Using the incubator to figure out what we were doing made sense, and it gave us a platform to launch and have some unfair advantage in building out our business. We had to push, and believe in building our product and company, and making it world class. You've got to listen to the market and provide the solution that resonates.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The best person I know to talk about the growing entrepreneurship culture on campuses is Alex Zhang, a student at USC and the Managing Director of the student-run incubator LavaLab. Zhang shares his thoughts about Los Angeles, incubator programs, and more. What is LavaLab/what is the vision? What is LavaLab/what is the vision?

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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. Osmosis marketing. Osmosis marketing is the hot new term for word-of-mouth advertising. Startup accelerator. Social mobile web. Gamification.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market. 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. We have around 24 or 25 programs running across the world now.

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Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

If this is your first foray into the entrepreneurial arena, with no track record in business or technology, your best and perhaps only supporters will be that class of investors known in the trade as friends, family and fools (FFF). Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout.

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Develop Development Product Funding 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2012

I’ve netted out his and others to create the following basic strategy for entrepreneurial growth: Apply your core competency to related markets. Look for competitors that have the same capabilities as you in a different market area, or for different customers. Add services that are complementary to your product.

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Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 98

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

The Dave I know is very insightful about marketing, channel management and building developer ecosystems. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. This Dave knew I was running an event on “the future of television” that was important to me. Brad does this kind of thing for people.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

That strategy manifested in our launching this program, which is in day one as of today, as one of the opportunities we saw in the market. We've been pleased with the response from the market, and from interest in the early stage businesses in our industry, and we're really excited about the tons of businesses we're launching today.

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