Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Manatt Venture Funds, which we dedicate a specific portion of our funds to targeted digital media investments, is also part of the Manatt Digital Media network. More interest and money invested in LA. No matter what we say, the statistics are what they are and invested capital in Silicon Valley still dwarfs Southern California.

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Los Angeles Media Invest Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We caught up with David Siemer , both an investment banker who runs Siemer & Associates (www.siemer.com) and an early stage investor here with Siemer Ventures (www.siemervc.com), to get his thoughts on the subject. Siemer & Associates runs its annual conference next week to delve into the same topics.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Next week is the Montgomery Summit (www.montgomerysummit.com), one of the longest running technology conferences held in Los Angeles. The conference is run by Jamie Montgomery , one of the local industry's pioneers in venture capital and investment. First of all, what's new with your conference this year? READ MORE>>.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment.

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Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

One of the things we really wanted to do was address that, and make our platform more flexible and versatile to help artists and others monetize this without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars up front. Then, for the TechCrunch conference last year, they needed some T-shirts made. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 63

Networking Social Network Activity Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 100

Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Activity 97

Activity Networking Entrepreneur Startup 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses. See you there!

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

I don’t meet many rational invests (VCs or LPs) who believe this will last but of course nobody knows whether we have 6 weeks, 6 months or 2 years. Many startups, though, don’t have the muscle memory to know the signs of when this changes gears and may believe good times are here to stay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group. In most cases, these groups don’t require that you invest in others, as a condition of membership. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 97

Networking Startup Activity Entrepreneur 97

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha is a member of Pipeline Angels , a social impact angel investing group focused on women and non-binary femmes, and serves as the Deal Flow lead. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels. Ashley Bowling, Founding Member of NextGen Venture Partners.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

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. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. Los Angeles.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

As traditional and digital media companies strive to build out a worldwide marketplace for their content, services and products, the event will answer how fundraising, investment and new technologies impacttheir strategies. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year.

Venture Capital 68

Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 68

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

June 18: Hollywood Day at Hollywood Economic Development Summit by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. billion was invested in Southern California start-ups with 220 new companies launching in Los Angeles. For conference updates, follow @SBFestLA on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

GRP Partners 88

GRP Partners MyLife Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 88

Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a study by the US Department of Commerce , women in STEM jobs earn 33 percent more money than women in non-STEM positions. Combine this with the increasingly active angel investment and venture capital communities and you’ll discover that Arlington is at the hub of an emerging startup ecosystem,” Wellman said.

Artificial Inteligence 70

Artificial Inteligence Startup Product Cloud Computing 70

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

As traditional and digital media companies strive to build out a worldwide marketplace for their content, services and products, the event will answer how fundraising, investment and new technologies impacttheir strategies. Last July the Variety Venture Capital and New Media Summit was one of the best conferences of the year.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Media Capital Steamboat Ventures 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Mike Hale: The whole concept behind Tibesti, is we really want to transform ecommerce into "we" commerce. But we were lucky to have John Malone as a backer, who saw the future and invested. It happened in a conference room on Saturday, and we came up with the idea of launching lots of channels at once. He's a long term investor.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Los Angeles Product 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I was attending a major industry conference in Barcelona at the height of the WAP excitement. I was on stage in front of several hundreds of conference attendees. These phones were so over hyped. The model is all wrong.

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Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

This 15-20 year prospecting, as a general rule, requires a long-term investment strategy by the government. Doubling basic research in the physical sciences is largely an NSF, Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, and Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) matter.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Real-time information drives commerce.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. I spoke last week at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference. ” ring hollow. And why not?

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