Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Digital Kids Conference. Now in our 6th year, Digital Kids Conference (formerly Engage!) Digital Kids provides companies the critical information they need to reach digital kids and connected youth through online and mobile technologies. 2012 takes place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 25, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 24, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. What happened?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based health food and products retailer Thrive Market has just hit a $100M run rate, and now has 180,000 paid members, according to co-founder and co-CEO Nick Green. Green, speaking at the Recurring Revenue Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said that the company is growing rapidly, adding 30,000 paid members a month.

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Marketing Commerce Conference Los Angeles 100

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 26, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 -- Milken Institute Global Conference. Set for April 29 through May 2 in Los Angeles, the 2012 Global Conference will bring together the diverse worlds of business, finance, policy, education, health, energy and philanthropy to come up with fresh solutions to the globe's biggest challenges. See [link] (more)

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). The truth is – there isn’t a “right&# answer so for your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Social proof is defined as “looking for others to guide our decisions&# and is also one of the most important techniques in acquiring customers in your company. Many of you have read or at least know the primary thesis of “ Crossing the Chasm &# the seminal book on marketing your products to mainstream consumers by Geoffrey Moore.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.” People attending marquee conferences with rock bands, prominent speakers, Gartner Group prognosticators and lots of other happy customers.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Thus, I was inspired when I heard about the impact collaboration-in-the-cloud innovator Central Desktop made at the April 2012 San Francisco ad:tech conference.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 14, 2019

Morgan Healthcare Conference started out as a clubby get-together hosted by investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. Back in the days of H&Q, bankers and entrepreneurs flocked to San Francisco to get information about biotech companies that was otherwise hard to come by.

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San Diego Company Companies Conference 65

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which provides free web conferencing and online meeting services, is announcing this morning that it is aiming at large "network marketing" firms with a new program.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Has this happened to you? Many of us belong to industry associations and find ourselves at conferences and trade shows with time to spend with competitors. If you’ve been in business for long enough, you’ve seen your share of this gray market information. Some of these are old friends, some even former associates.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 -- LA Games Conference. This conference will feature many of today's most successful, multi-platform companies representing the latest emerging business models shaping the gaming industry. The LA Games conference focuses on the evolution of the business of gaming and multimedia.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 22, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 -- LA Games Conference. This conference will feature many of today's most successful, multi-platform companies representing the latest emerging business models shaping the gaming industry. The LA Games conference focuses on the evolution of the business of gaming and multimedia.

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Conference SoCalTech Mobile Pricing 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Both the video and Seth’s post are excellent primers regarding how to deal with guerilla marketing gone wrong. As John Greathouse noted in his blog entry, Putting “Trade” Back Into Tradeshows , several years ago, I pulled off a guerilla marketing coup at a large tradeshow by hiring actors to portray monks. By: Seth Epstein.

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Marketing Conference Startup Santa Barbara 230

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A Futurist Conference, AI & The Singularity will be held this Saturday, September 20, from 9:30am-5:00pm at Piedmont Veterans Hall, 401 Highland Avenue, in Piedmont, California. The conference will discuss, debate and imagine potential scenarios that could develop due to advances in Aritifical Intelligence. an AI research company.

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Artificial Inteligence Conference Technical Review Research 92

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2021

Long Beach-based free conference calling service FreeConferenceCall.com says it is launching itself into the video conferencing market, with a new service called Huddle. According to the company, it will allow the first 10,000 customers of the service to pick their own price for whatever they think the service is worth.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 29, 2009

Thursday, June 4, 2009 -- The Israel Conference. Join us for our first interactive forum to bring Israel-facing companies together to increase business and investment opportunities between Israel and California.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based Canoo, an electric vehicle startup which has announced a number of futuristic looking vehicles--but has yet to deliver one to the market--is now under SEC investigation, according to a number of reports. special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) acquisition last year. Canoo went public in a $2.4M

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It was an ideal partnership for my growing company, as it approached one hundred employees on the way to almost two hundred fifty and selected special customers anxious and willing to spend time telling us of their pain points. The customer would be the first to receive the new functionality in a new release.

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Customer Custom Design Conference 156

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. A company brand is built on the promises it makes and the experiences it delivers. Being too early can be more dangerous than being late to market entry. READ MORE>>.

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Customer Custom Conference Social Media 166

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- ACG Los Angeles Business Conference. Now in its 12th year, the ACG Los Angeles Business Conference is the premier West Coast event focusing on corporate finance and MandA activity for middle-market companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- ACG Los Angeles Business Conference. Now in its 12th year, the ACG Los Angeles Business Conference is the premier West Coast event focusing on corporate finance and MandA activity for middle-market companies.

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ACG Los Angeles Conference Angel 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As the rate of change continues to increase in business and technology, the more I’m convinced that marketing is the primary key to success for a new venture. Yet I find that many technical founders don’t feel they need it at all, or at best point to one person on the team who is marketing.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 22, 2011

The company effectively leveraged this credo at Apple’s 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). As Ben points out, successful guerrilla marketing is predicated on creativity and clever execution, not a huge budget. It was the one marketing move that actually jived with what we try to do as a company.

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Marketing Conference Develop Development 270

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 18, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -- PCNLA Alternative Finance Conference. PCNLA MAIN EVENT - Sources of Capital and Preparation in a Down Market Demystifying the Capital Process to help companies understand where to find and how to acquire funding. See [link] (more).

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2020

According to Variety, the company has dropped plans for two screenings and panels, and consumer marketing. Amazon's exit follows a withdrawal by both Facebook and Twitter from participating in the annual conference. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

The 17th Annual Milken Institute Global Conference wrapped up last month at the luxurious Beverly Hilton Hotel. Education and Technology were also hot topics at the conference. There is a connection between kids, the programs/hackathons and the big companies being created in the Silicon Valley. “We Education & Tech.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. After we sold that company, we look at each other, and decided to become part of the solution.

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Help Entrepreneur Capital Startup 224

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. I really got to know the team well, and had grown an appreciation for the companies and portfolio they have built.

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