Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. This is when founders need you the most – either are coach, mentor, interviewer, work off-loader or honest-mirror-reflection of reality. You have to deal with CEOs who resign. Co-founder discontent. Health destroying stress.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost. Matt is also an executive coach and partner at Evolution Services (link: [link] a high growth executive coaching and consulting firm based in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2017

Join Tech Ladies, General Assembly, and Nastassia with the MIND DESIGNER for a live coaching demo and workshop. Thursday, June 15, 2017 -- Tech Ladies LA: Clarify Your Next Career Move.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Can we do a really quick run through your deck so that we save tons of time for a product demo & questions at the end?&#. A perfect meeting gets through the deck quickly, demos a product and still has tons of time for discussion. Then I verbalize this out loud with a filter, “This is great stuff.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps. That's number two.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We now invest in more companies, include better trainers and involve 3 times more investors in the demo days. At Expert DOJO early stage startups receive $100,000 investment, success coaching, advice, and specialist help in all areas of their business growth.

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Southern California Technical Review Santa Monica Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

StartEngine and K5 will host a Global Demo Day showcasing startups. The first ever Silicon Beach Hackathon will commence at 6pm at Cross Campus featuring CTO coaches from some of the top companies in LA. Silicon Beach Fest will bring together the best in tech in southern california.

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Rustic Canyon CTO Coach Santa Monica Press 85

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere. Companies will be evaluated in January and February, and the program will launch on March 28th, with the Demo Day on June 23rd. Omkar Kulkarni: Our next milestone is the application deadline, which is this Friday.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

It's hard to get that kind of rapid feedback, guidance, coaching, and mentoring in such a short period of time elsewhere. Companies will be evaluated in January and February, and the program will launch on March 28th, with the Demo Day on June 23rd. Omkar Kulkarni: Our next milestone is the application deadline, which is this Friday.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Key Events include: June 14-16: Hackathon presented by AT&T will gather a few hundred developers, coaches, and business professionals who will create startup pitches at ROC Santa Monica. SBF Demo Day: More than a dozen curated LA startups will pitch at Cross Campus in categories including Accelerator, Startup 2.0,

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GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

.” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Others schedule long and exhaustive practice and coaching sessions for everyone on the team, including showcase customers, to make sure that everyone tells the most positive and consistent story. Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest.

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LATechDigest

AUGUST 23, 2016

ShotTracker with its innovative “ShotTracker TEAM” solution, affordably captures real-time stats for basketball teams, yielding powerful analytics for coaches, players and fans. “The design of this program will make it possible to create even more value for the program companies.”

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. Demo’d to death. We’ve all been demo-day’d to death. Yeah, he was LA, baby! It’s where their passions are, too. Quality endures.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Accelerators: This relatively recent combination of coach and limited investor is available to some early-stage businesses, usually in major cities, and requires that the entrepreneurs spend from weeks to months being coached by the accelerator team. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

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Venture Capital Startup Class Invest 295

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Accelerators: This relatively recent combination of coach and limited investor is available to some early stage businesses, usually in major cities, and requires that the entrepreneurs spend from weeks to months being coached by the accelerator team. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. This is a demo + a high-level deck. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” Build a relationship with your investors over time. ” (Zig Ziglar). Create scarcity. Why buy me?

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