socalTECH

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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GRP Partners Santa Monica Class Incubator 168

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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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

At VT KnowledgeWorks we screen prospective clients for their Market opportunity, for the Magic that they offer to their prospective customers, and for the Moxie displayed by the start-up team. There is a growing fellowship of special-case start-up programs operated by closely-knit, permanent groups of angel-mentors.

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Incubator Mentor Capital Startup 80

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. Our current class has performed incredibly well.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The successful entrepreneurs I have met and worked with over the years all seem to share that passion for learning, and they see rapid market change not as a problem, but as an opportunity for them to move ahead of the crowd in changing the world. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend.

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Tips Startup Case Study Course 122

socalTECH

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

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development.

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Coach Organization Mentor Startup 128

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2021

Career survival today requires thinking and acting like an entrepreneur starting a business, staying nimble and resilient, willing to pivot, and supersensitive to the market realities of supply and demand. Smart professionals constantly assess the market, and strengthen and diversify skills. Plan to pivot as you learn.

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Startup Entrepreneur Demand Competition 143

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. The final product works great, and all the early users love it.”

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Funding Startup Ideas Equity 125

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.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. The final product works great, and all the early users love it.”

Startup 148

Startup Ideas Equity Invest 148

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. The TMP began in the late 1990''s as a single class inside the Engineering College. Although the classes are open to students of all disciplines, the Program''s primary focus in on educating "techpreneurs.". All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

socalTECH

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. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles has always been a major market for launching products, and in the era of e-commerce has become highly attractive for its large consumer population, a technology-savvy population, and affinity for new products and services. They both want amazing, living art, but they also expect world class service. What is H.Bloom?

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Legalzoom Los Angeles Startup Commerce 165

socalTECH

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.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. Since then?

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Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

K5Launch (www.k5launch.com) is modeled after the successful Y-Combinator and TechStars acceleration programs, and invests equity, provides mentors, and runs a three month program to get very early stage startups off the ground. All of our mentors are investors as well. What inspired you to start this?

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Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Fariborz Maseeh, in an interview with socalTECH, said that the business plan competition will be open to any undergraduate, graduate student, or faculty or related staff at the engineering school, and is aimed at prompting engineering students to take their ideas to market.

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USC Southern California SoCalTech Competition 214

InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

In order to try your ideas in the real market place. In a class by himself. I assume you become his mentor? Powell: This is funny, because in the beginning I thought I was mentoring Stacy. How involved did you get in marketing the products you were creating?

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Mentor Pacific Palisades Startup Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. On market segmentation I often recite my “ Elephants, Deer & Rabbits ” framework.

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Startup Framework CTO Coach Sales 407

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

They de-risk hardware companies by focusing on the team, the technology, the market, and the manufacturing with their in-house experts as well as their global network. Perks include office space, prototype lab, production facilities, mentoring, and investments up to $150,000 in the first 4 months. Industrial designer in residence.

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Startup Invest Chatsworth Mentor 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2015

The successful entrepreneurs I have met and worked with over the years all seem to share that passion for learning, and they see rapid market change not as a problem, but as an opportunity for them to move ahead of the crowd in changing the world. Find a business mentor, as well as a friend.

Startup 103

Startup Case Study Entrepreneur Class 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Entrepreneurship is all about leading – leading customers to a new product or service, leading a startup team to peak performance, and leading a new business to the market opportunity, while providing maximum return to stakeholders. Coaching and mentoring are key to the leadership role. People ignored see no leadership.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Coach Customer 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development.

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Coach Organization Mentor Startup 94

socalTECH

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.

Startup 100

Startup Invest Resource Entertainment 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Mark began his career at Citrix as a middle manager in its Marketing Department, eventually rising to the ranks of CEO. Family & Mentors - "A family is the people who believe in you. Mentors are the people you are copying. Mentors and role models are a shortcut to become something you believe in.".

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Mentor Santa Barbara RSS Startup 254

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

They are always overlapping, so in essence, we have a freshman and senior class, so teams can collaborate, and get the benefit of the peers before them. Those companies tend to be around for longer than one year, because of course our faculty are not working on those things full time, they're continuing to teach classes.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Hans Dittmar, the Director of Marketing at Granite MedSystems, said, “We used MailLift to reach out to prospects that had gone cold through previous campaigns, and were very surprised at the number of responses. Entrepreneurs and mentors travel from various parts around the world to take part in the 500 Startups accelerator program.

Startup 86

Startup CTO Coach Mentor Class 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2014

Entrepreneurship is all about leading – leading customers to a new product or service, leading a startup team to peak performance, and leading a new business to the market opportunity, while providing maximum return to stakeholders. Coaching and mentoring are key to the leadership role. People ignored see no leadership.

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Mentor Coach Entrepreneur Customer 103

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. Having both worked at startups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, what do you think is the biggest difference you've seen between the two markets? READ MORE>>.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Entrepreneurship is all about leading – leading customers to a new product or service, leading a startup team to peak performance, and leading a new business to the market opportunity, while providing maximum return to stakeholders. Coaching and mentoring are key to the leadership role. People ignored see no leadership.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Coach Customer 116

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

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. I read Enchantment anticipating that it might augment my Entrepernurial Selling class, which focuses on influence and persuasion, rather than sales tactics. Ask For Mentoring. Form Friendships.

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Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The competition is set up to award $50,000 to the best team each year, and is also tied to a class on entrepreneurship for engineering students. Mentors outside of the university will come and help the innovators and students who have come up with their new ideas, and help them to convert those into professionally prepared business plans.

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

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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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

Today’s pace of change in the market and in technology is unprecedented. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. A primary focus on process leads to highly structured training classes, leaving little room for personal career development.

Entrepreneur 78

Entrepreneur Coach Organization Mentor 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2015

As the founder, you won’t have a finance chief, a marketing staff or a requirements manager. Provide mentoring and self-learning opportunities. Most startups don’t have the time or resources to send team members to formal training classes, either in-house or off-site. Everyone must know how to listen, talk and write.

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Startup Mentor Layoffs News 99