SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011 -- Online Training, Coaching and Instruction. LA Web Ventures.Several members of the group have an exciting startup project involving computer assisted instruction. Come and participate in a group brainstorm where you can share your ideas to shape this product and even join the team (they're recruiting).

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here in LA we continue to be excited about the growth of the startup ecosystem and the quality of the companies here.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We caught up with Fuel50 founder and CEO Anne Fulton to learn more about the startup. Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. How did you start the company?

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AUGUST 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Gipper Media --a new app inspired by a high school entrepreneurship project--has launched, with the backing of Pandora co-founder and SoCal technology vet Jon Kraft and former Stamps.com Chief Softwarwe Architect Girish Venkat. Venkat was also co-founder of Thrively, and also founded CoreObjects.

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MAY 13, 2014

A large part of this conversation is what kinds of advisors startups should be looking for. A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. We both felt that most startups are not taking a very systematic approach to defining with they need in terms of advisors. Connected Advisors?

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

At SoftBank Capital, a venture capital fund, he helped with investments in mobile, digital media and enterprise software startups totaling $50 million; Ash Kumra is a business coach, speaker and entrepreneur. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- Building and Growing Great Businesses. Speakers: Tarang Shah is a venture capital professional.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Anna Barber is the Managing Director at Techstars LA where she invests in B2B and B2C early stage startups.

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MAY 23, 2017

Jonathan, who was Founding CEO and President of AdColony (which sold to Opera for $350 Million in June of 2014), also told us why he got back in the startup game, even though he could be just sitting on a beach in Bali after his prior success. Why launch into a new startup now? What is AppOnboard? It's been a resounding success.

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MAY 21, 2013

I''m spending more of my time recently working with non-technical startup founders who are having challenges with their software/web/mobile development teams. Architecture All startups will make a lot of changes and scale the product as they move along. Walls quickly go up. So what do you do? Is there a lot of rework?

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Despite the challenges that COVID has presented to the broader economy and startup ecosystem, we remain optimistic about (and in awe of) the resilience of our portfolio companies and their Founders.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012 -- STARTUP SHOWCASE: Venture Spark Network.Are you an investor or executive and looking for talented startups that already have early traction and poised for growth? In June of 2012 over 10 internet startup ideas went through a filtering process and feasabiity analysis. See [link].

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APRIL 24, 2012

The firm--which is backed by such investors as Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, LeBron James, and Jennie Fince--is headed by CEO Lane Soelberg , who spoke to us a bit about what the firm's up to. Lane Soelberg: The company was started four years ago by Stephen Hansen, who was one of the original executives at Geocities.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. Tonights Startup Weekend presentations are being judged by the following: Maneesh Goyal. He blogs at startup-marketing.com.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

So do you think the environment still tough for startups? I think that makes everyone happy, because even those who end up turned down appreciate knowing that quickly. With our new process, we're coming to a conclusion earlier than later, and giving a thumbs up or thumbs down. Mike Napoli: It's quality versus quantity.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I recently got together with Aaron Shechet and an early stage startup to discuss the direction the company might want to take. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. While at UC Santa Barbara, I started a café which served over 1100 dorm residents.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Panel includes: Tara Hannaford, Founder of GoTYM Inc and Vice President of Sales at Casamigos Tequila; Scott Fox, Startup Advisor/Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, CEO, Author, Angel Investor; Jeff Greenberg, Technology Executive, Entrepreneur, Startup Coach, Professor, Author; and Mark Lam, Founder and CEO at Pristine Group/Law Firm.

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JULY 1, 2013

A couple of weeks ago, a brand new, startup incubator launched in town--with a slightly different focus, on biomedical technology. He sat down with us to tell us more about the incubator, plus why--having started an equivalent of what would be called accelerator today, but during the dot com days--he''s a fan of a different model today.

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MAY 14, 2020

Gender bias in medicine is systemic,” says Carine Carmy, the fast-talking CEO and co-founder of Origin , during a condensed chat about her startup mission to make physical therapy for women and mothers accessible and affordable across the US, both online and through a network of physical clinics.

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MARCH 18, 2010

We will be selecting 10 startup companies to participate. When I kicked off Launchpad LA a year ago I had a few objectives: Create an ecosystem where all Southern California VC’s had the chance to work together more actively outside of the boards on which we mutually sit. Today we announced Launchpad LA V2. We connected.

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JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles launched its cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, and access to a growing network of experts and capital. Friday, July 20, 2012 -- Green LAVA Meeting. LACIis the business equivalent of baseball?s

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. More than 150 speakers include top executives from local accelerators, venture capitalists, entertainment powerhouses, brands, and emerging and established start-ups.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Things are starting to heat up and not just weather wise here in the LA Tech scene. Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder. Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder.

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JUNE 27, 2016

The Hub101 Incubator Program is a 13-week incubator for early-stage, high-potential startups from the Conejo Valley and across the globe. The Program brings these startups to sunny Westlake Village and helps them build a repeatable, scalable business model in a mentor-driven format.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Founder Institute (www.founderinstitute.com), an entrepreneurial training program that originally launched by Adeo Ressi in Silicon Valley, recently announced that it is setting up shop in Southern California, with branches both in San Diego and Los Angeles. Ken Rutkowski is the man making happen here. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

million in a new round of financing from Peter Thiel, FF Angel , Siemer Ventures , 500 Startups , Andrej Henkler (former Bertelsmann executive), and Alexsis de Raadt-St. million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Business Coach and Speaker Ash Kumra shares his wisdom about Entrepreneurship. Join Barbara Seymour Giordano and Ash Kurma, business coach and speaker, as he shares compelling stories of Entrepreneurs and the highs and lows of building a successful Startup. There's lots of wisdom here, so start crafting your questions now!

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MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. How did you decide to start Internships.com?

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. Lisa is an a skilled public speaking coach.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

AccessEN will host an interactive discussion on the topic of values-based balance led by Kimberly Roush, founder and CEO of All-Star Coaching, at its monthly forum. who will address the possible challenges of attracting the right talent and customers faced by a start-up company constrained by limited resources.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. Nice sweep!

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . It’s not so much the actual outcome that I hate – it’s the process. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. I HATE LOSING. I hate it.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series on Start-up Lessons that I learned from founding two companies. It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). But first I’d like to start with a story. I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California. 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.

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MARCH 9, 2011

But as the stock market edges ever higher and the wealthier feel healthier, there’s a good chance that American startups will also get their moment in the sun. “Our executive director works with entrepreneurs [who] have been selected to pitch, coaching them to improve their presentations and helping them anticipate questions.”

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