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JANUARY 29, 2020

The logic behind this, is that 80 percent of our bets are founder bets, and we believe we need to use every resource we can to help entrepreneurs be successful in hitting milestones. What drove your decision to focus on mental health and this aspect for entrepreneurs? It's a comprehensive bucket.

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APRIL 25, 2013

We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about. It''s not just mobile, it''s also e-commerce. With e-commerce, it''s a whole separate value proposition. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com)

Technology 216

Technology Google Commerce Southern California 216

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014.

Startup 98

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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MAY 11, 2010

Jody--an experienced entrepreneur who was most recently co-founder of a firm he sold to the Virgin Group, and has been involved with such firms as Lycos, Buydirect.com, and Xoom--told us the story of EcoMom, plus how he connected with McClure on the investment. Jody Sherman: I've been an entrepreneur since I got out of the military.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

That realization set forth our current business strategy, which is to create a portfolio of vertical shopping sites which allow consumers to discover and be passionate about categories they are interested in. Scott Morrow: Sports/outdoors is quite interesting, that's the fastest growing lifestyle category in e-commerce.

Content 165

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Also, because of the internal dynamics of the talent pool, it effectively lead to more companies in the preponderant areas, which at the time were e-commerce, ad-tech, and disruptive media or media-related companies�such as game companies, companies that were in music, or companies related to the distribution of content.

Startup 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2019

Every aspiring entrepreneur I know is convinced that his or her idea could be the next big startup, blossoming into a billion dollar unicorn. Most trend watchers agree that it is time for a revolutionary new category of medicine treatment devices and customized healthcare solutions.

Startup 91

Startup Customer Custom Examples 91

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

If you seen the entrepreneurs that disrupt big categories, they came at it from a very different approach, which is not iterative, but is transformative. Dave Fink: I was one of the original partners at Sciences, and Jonathan was CTO of the e-commerce staff. What has the biggest lesson you've learned so far as entrepreneurs?

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

The diligence and tireless effort paid off and as a result came a hand-selected class 75 future entrepreneurs eager to begin their next adventure in life and to eventually join on with a local startup. Something a “corporate” job would not do.)

Education 86

Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86

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JANUARY 25, 2012

What has evolved over the past year or so, is I've been seeing that the e-commerce business is very strong. After that, we're going to continue expanding on the home, and other categories in the home. As a designer of those products, I've seen in home furnishings over the last twenty years lots of cycles. READ MORE>>.

Sales 178

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 13, 2011

What are the most difficult and best things about being an entrepreneur? Good entrepreneurs are people who will bet on themselves over anyone else and if you don’t feel like you can do that, it’s not the right gig for you. Mobile is important for all categories of eCommerce and social commerce. Where have you struggled?

Startup 92

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Mobile 92

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

Our folks not only have expertise in e-commerce, but we also have those with apparel expertise, and pioneers and visionaries in the lifestyle and premium brand area. I think that that's what makes what we are doing in the apparel category quite unique, and differentiated from traditional apparel. Shaan Sethi: That's a good question.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2011

I enjoyed it there, but they eliminated the apparel category so I decided to worked for a family owned apparel company. Kyle: How did you get started in the entrepreneur world? Andrea: I wanted to get back into e-commerce and wasn’t thrilled with the existing options. Kyle: What’s been the most after sought category of items?

Startup 99

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

We can see marchan transactions, and if they are making e-commerce transactions, if they are paying things at small kiosks. It really goes into two categories, around capacity and affordability. We can see location information, payroll data, bank balances, and savings data.

Startup 100

Startup Santa Monica Customer Custom 100

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. but businesses spend 18 trillion a year, but very few companies are trying to facilitate that kind of commerce. What's the idea behind Zubican?

SEO 100

SEO Advertising Gogii Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Peter is an entrepreneur and founded and exited four digital media companies, he is going to be building with us and bringing a capability of advising and consulting digital media from startups to big brands on their digital media strategies. There will be various award winners in different categories, which will be called “Wave Makers”.

Los Angeles 84

Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

You can use myfab5 to share your foodie knowledge by ranking up to five of your favorite places for any food or drink related category (e.g. If you search for pizza on myfab5, not only will we show you the places that are recommended most for pizza, we will also show you what other categories each business is ranked highly in.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

As one of our most fully stacked events to date, we thought it wouldn’t quite each of our five categories justice by recapping the entire event and skimming only for highlights. Tom Soto – Managing Director/Investment Committee Member, TCW/Craton. Let’s Talk Money. The floor opens up to Sandy Itkoff.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2017

Entrepreneurs keep talking to me about the Internet of Things (IOT), autonomous vehicles, inter-planetary travel, and other exciting opportunities, but the majority of real plans I get seem to be “me too” variations of several common themes that have already been done too many times.

Ideas 87

Ideas Sites Social Network Startup 87

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2010

I was surprised when I read recently that Napoleon Hill, in his book “ Think and Grow Rich ” said that he looked at all the great entrepreneurs, and the one thing he found is that they all had a huge sex drive. On the business side, we all know that the sex industry is rife with entrepreneurs, so I wonder if there is a connection?

Entrepreneur 93

Entrepreneur Sites Technology Commerce 93