socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company.

JavaScript 183

JavaScript Funding High Tech Web Development 183

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

But I’m also sending this to a couple of class-action lawyers. I had to put in a bit of web research to uncover an intricate web of ownership that leads to the Avis Budget ownership and worse still up to a well-known private equity group called Apollo. See this article talking about previous class action lawsuits.

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Marketing Startup Education Class 263

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

Web 93

Web USC Course Guide 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. If there really are no competitors, then there is likely no market opportunity, or you haven’t looked yet. Optimize your web history and presence. Get competitors to surface early.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. There is a lot of pent-up demand.

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Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

We are not always smart about the market or the product. Great teams are not bound by their original product or marketing plan. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Plans don’t often work as devised.

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Class Resource Email Examples 176

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.” Companies are now raising much more capital in the private markets now before they go public. This is the opportunity set for venture capitalists.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million.

Venture Capital 59

Venture Capital San Diego Santa Monica Coach 59

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2012

It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website. TechBiz Connection has assembled a world-class panel of usability experts to review and critique your websites LIVE. This can make or break your website.

TechBiz 100

TechBiz Web Design Class Sites 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2011

It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website. TechBiz Connection has assembled a world-class panel of usability experts to review and critique your websites LIVE. This can make or break your website.

TechBiz 100

TechBiz Web Design Class Web 100

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley. Four Steps was essentially my class notes. Article first published as Steve Blank Discusses Origin And Future Of Lean Startup Movement on Technorati.

Startup 229

Startup Class Press Custom Development 229

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

THIS ROLE REQUIRES DEEP EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE IT SERVICES, TELECOM, CLOUD AND HOSTING MARKET. Our proprietary CLX platform is an enterprise-class, SaaS automation capability set, that partners can private label to package, sell, deliver and manage a broad portfolio of products and services.

SoCalTech 124

SoCalTech SaaS Los Angeles Platform 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. That's how we really started.

Startup 242

Startup Web Design Writing Web 242

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market. It's largely a publishing market, and has been around for hundreds of years. The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. We provide rich media to the STM market.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2019

With the cost of starting an online business today at an all-time low, I can’t imagine why everyone doesn’t have a web site and an LLC to mitigate liability and minimize taxes. New tools make it easy create your own web site, and manage accounting. Learn more about business by doing versus studying.

Startup 73

Startup Tool Study Web 73

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. If you are interested the Vimeo is here.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. 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) I've seen numerous startups revamp their entire business based on the performance of Facebook advertising vs. more traditional online marketing approaches. (3)

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

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.”

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Think Glendale.

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. Alvand Solutions - Alvand Solutions (www.alvandsolutions.com) provides world-class technology solutions, professional services and technical training with a focus on Offshore Software Development Management and Enterprise Data Protection.

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. And of course we had, TheMan. with the clips.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Their "Drive To" product provides a web-based navigator, which require no download, and we saw that there were lots of things we could do together to target the right person, at the right time, using a web-based GPS. We had to push, and believe in building our product and company, and making it world class.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Every time they did a distributed, web-based project, they realized they were reinventing the wheel. Over the last few months, we''ve been coming out to the market much more aggressively. Ian Miller: The traditional database market was based on what is called the relational model.

Startup 198

Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

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. Social mobile web. Minimum Viable Product (MVP).

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

That is, of course, as long as what you are selling is the absolute best in your market.) Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties. Pick 1, tops 2 marketing strategies that seem enjoyable for you and become a master in just those.

Customer 85

Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

Yelp, the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, has acquired SeatMe, a web and iPad-app based restaurant and nightlife reservation service. million in cash for SeatMe and up to approximately 263,000 shares of its Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.7 million by July 24th. .

Class 81

Class Web Pricing Customer 81

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area. But, I found out in reality, it's really tough to find classes or lessons, for a variety of issues.

Startup 271

Startup CTO Coach Activity Software Review 271

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bruce, along with his wife Lynda, created a learning company from their garage, initially by holding in-person classes and later selling VHS tapes via mail order. Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their startup into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users.

Sales 113

Sales Education Startup Class 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. If there really are no competitors, then there is likely no market opportunity, or you haven’t looked yet. Optimize your web history and presence. Get competitors to surface early.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We caught up with Jim Armstrong to learn more about the new fund, areas of interest, his insights into what makes startups successful, and where he thinks the venture market is today. There's also a great network effect happening in the area of industry clouds, and network capitalism, which is not just marketing poof.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places. The idea emerged from that real life pain in the market, and as we like to say, we've grown incrementally from there. They wanted to use the platform we had developed in a class called Mashup Culture. Our go-to-market strategy is closer to Facebook.

Journal 187

Journal USC News Startup 187

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.” This is the wave of the future.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

The last piece, was we figured that we could disintermediate a broken, retail channel, by creating a customized, sophisticated, Web 2.0 Shaan Sethi: I think the medical market is quite different from traditional apparel. However, the medical apparel space is, for all intents and purposes, a multi-billion dollar replenishment market.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

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. Erik Rannala: The application process is open as of today, and we have applications on our web site.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Is this a mobile application, web service, or how does it work? We also have a web experience, and we host that on Amazon EC2. If you go to FileTrek.com, you can access your data via web or PC. Our sales and marketing will be in Los Angeles. Dale Quayle: I think you're right about that.

EC2 150

EC2 Los Angeles Web Anthem 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market. If there really are no competitors, then there is likely no market opportunity, or you haven’t looked yet. Optimize your web history and presence. Get competitors to surface early.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60