TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 23, 2019

“The decision for today’s shoppers to buy happens once they receive validation from friends and family, but e-commerce has made shopping very isolating. Then he met Jonathan Ellman at the Summit conference in Los Angeles. FlipFit works by creating a social network based on friends and followers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2021

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Attend an investment conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Attend an investment conference.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For those who may be unfamiliar Techweek hosts a 7-day series of events with a 2-day technology conference and expo to bring together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders. Our LAUNCH competitors will be in attendance as you mingle and expand your network. Grab a drink and kick things off with a fun night!

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars. One area we see garnering premium valuations that will continue to do well is at the convergence of SaaS and FinTechspecifically companies with deep customer engagement that also control their client commerce transactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Another place to start is the local Chamber of Commerce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Sellbot, an e-commerce platform for sellers made by USC graduates Michael and Payam Ahdoot, took home the grand prize of $25,000.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This one-day conference has been created and produced by David Beebe Projects led by Emmy winning Digital Entertainment Executive and Producer, David Beebe himself. That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5 That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2015

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2013

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your domain. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. We've run internship programs, and been part of tech conferences.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2018

However, the company's technology team, Walmart Labs (www.walmartlabs.com)--which said this month that it is planning on major growth in San Diego is responsible for the company's key supply chain technology, online e-commerce site, and much more. We've run internship programs, and been part of tech conferences.

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San Diego Southern California Technology Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2012

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your domain. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Startup Tips Social Network Networking 97

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2012

The entire employee base is incentivized that way, and we're really about empowering merchants and empowering commerce locally here in the U.S. I do have more meetings, and I fly to Japan a lot, and we have lots of video conference calls, but we also now have a great network to learn from. There's a couple of things we offer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your domain. Nominate someone as your mentor.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Tips Startup Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2017

Every Chamber of Commerce, educational organization, and many business organizations are looking for people who are willing to share some special expertise, skills, or interests. Attend networking events with investors and influencers. Attend networking events with investors and influencers. Build your momentum to bigger forums.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

In association with some of the regions top trade associations/social networking groups and industry hosts, DFR '09 promises to be the largest holiday party of the season and help weave our various communities of interest into the larger collective family of professionals working in and around the technology industry. REGISTER TODAY!

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Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

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. You need to for conferences, business development and often for sales. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

June 18: Hollywood Day at Hollywood Economic Development Summit by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. Digital Women’s Luncheon invites leaders to network at Sonoma Wine Garden. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

We were invited in March to the Harvard Social Enterprise Conference to present. I spent six years in e-commerce, developing e-commerce platforms, and am pretty familiar with that. Are people really willing to sell their stuff to benefit charities? Jonathan Lehmann: The reception of the idea has been tremendous.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your domain. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Network Mentor 58

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Learning experience includes: on-demand online video tutorial courses, live video-conference workshops, as well as individual online consultations, live workshops, and group programs. 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?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Among them was Stribe , a company TechZulu originally interviewed at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier this year. Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The company's main target is e-commerce sites with rich media. There will be more news on this front during LeWeb.

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Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. A technology that will surely revolutionize how viewers interact with content and television in the very near future.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Siggi is passionate about changing the pipeline for female and minority founders, and co-leads an ever-expanding network of Women in Enterprise. Secretary of Commerce as a Member of the Hawaii Pacific Export Council (HPEC). Andrew Hong, Senior Manager at Daimler US’ M&A Technology and Venture Unit. Adam Palmer, Startup Arlington.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program.

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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. If you look at the trend lines, I think about it as commerce which is what ultimately business is all about. Commerce to me, involves a lot of advertising spend.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Mike Hale: The whole concept behind Tibesti, is we really want to transform ecommerce into "we" commerce. The big picture, is we are providing a site that combines social networking with products, to create a whole new niche--social product networking. What's the idea behind Tibesti?

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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. Why does iPhone only come on the AT&T network?

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

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. Press conferences are given and military recruiting is done in virtual, online worlds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Twitter’s significance stems from the fact that it is a real time, open, asymmetric, social, viral referral network that is often location aware and provides both explicit and implicit interests and preferences. Real-time information drives commerce. The Importance of Twitter. That was a mouthful of buzzwordtopia. Not so on Twitter.

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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.

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