SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- LA Demo Day (featuring 20 new LA startups). Come see the next crop of great LA tech companies demo their startups to the LA community of entrepreneurs, investors and techies as well as a number of esteemed guests. LA Startup Demo Day will showcase the latest batch of up-and-coming LA Startups.

Rustic Canyon 113

Rustic Canyon Startup Entrepreneur Product 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 -- StartEngine is pleased to present our latest class of startups at our Demo Day on Wednesday, January 30th at CrossCampus in Santa Monica. tech entrepreneurs. This is your chance to hear their stories and support a new batch of L.A. See [link] (more)

Santa Monica 124

Santa Monica Commerce Class Mentor 124

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day. One of the progenitors of the accelerator model in the US along with Techstars and Y Combinator , 500 has been a cornerstone of the early-stage company building platform.

Startup 177

Startup Los Angeles Invest Platform 177

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

The TechCrunch team was judicious in its determination of qualifiers, insisting that the accelerators be, “fixed-term, cohort-based, with educational and mentorship components, culminating in a public pitch or demo day.” Yet to be a truly effective accelerator, the work must continue the momentum beyond Demo Day.

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

Tech.Co

JULY 10, 2017

7:30 pm Demo. The Envestnet | Yodlee Incubator helps developers and entrepreneurs launch disruptive data-driven companies and accelerate their growth. Find partners, talk about your project, bounce ideas, discover LA Fintech. Agenda: 7:00 pm Mix Mingle Network. 8:00 pm Continue Mix Mingle Network.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Networking Technical Support 70

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur. “Google has been a great partner for us,” Zweig says.

Google 213

Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

On Saturday February 9, Demo Video Lab is holding a one-day event to teach secrets to successfully launching a crowdfunding campaign. Geared towards artists, entrepreneurs and innovators, crowdfunding is a great way to get any projects off the ground, be it startup, movie, music or invention. Art Project. Technological Product.

Statistics 90

Statistics Entertainment Google Web 90

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2012

It's a warm summer night in Westwood and 35 entrepreneurs are mingling with a collection of the new SoCal silicon-set. However, despite the good news, Marks and his entrepreneurs all agreed that their work is far from over. and Where My Dogs At practiced their demo pitches - a dry run in anticipation of the September 19th demo day.

Mentor 178

Mentor Entrepreneur Technology SoCalTech 178

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The best entrepreneurs focus on details.

Entrepreneur 286

Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire Sales 286

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

However, most often, these funds are solicited by a well-meaning entrepreneur from investors who are not qualified as accredited investors under the law (currently requiring a proved income of $200,000 a year or $1 million in net worth for an individual investor).

Venture Capital 295

Venture Capital Startup Class Invest 295

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. In true 500 Startups fashion, Demo Day had an almost cathartic feel. ” Demo Day.

Startup 111

Startup Mobile Commerce Education 111

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

This morning, Snap joined a host of startup accelerators shifting its demo day online amid the COVID-19 quarantine. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand. Hardworkers : a professional network for blue-collar workers.

Invest 237

Invest Startup Artificial Inteligence Class 237

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

Media 124

Media Class Hollywood Incubator 124

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The Resumator''s intuitive recruiting and applicant tracking solution has been used by over 12,000 companies, which have processed more than 4 million resumes and filled 36,000 jobs. The company’s clients include: Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly and Mashable. . That company failed.”.

Startup 250

Startup Entrepreneur Design Santa Barbara 250

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator. Disney offered up up to $120K in investment capital, access to entrepreneurs and executives at Disney, and other resources to its startups.

Class 185

Class Startup Seed Funding Entertainment 185

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I hustled.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day. MuckerLab has been fairly successful in attracting venture capital interest in its prior class of companies, with a significant chunk of the group's inagural class gaining venture or angel funding.

Class 159

Class Startup Incubator Los Angeles 159

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. I felt the exact same way when I was an entrepreneur. Lines vs. Dots is all about people.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

Bijan Sabet – investor & board member in some small companies you might have heard of like Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee & OMGPOP – took issue with the whole notion that you even need a Powerpoint deck anymore. First, if it’s an early stage company, I don’t need to see a powerpoint deck. I funded them 8 weeks later.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2010

TechZulu and Schmoozd have joined forces to bring you Startup Demo during Social Media Week. We are selecting 10 startups to demo during the event and the lucky chosen get to do so completely free! What: A Startup Demo event. If you have a startup you would like to showcase at Startup Demo please apply here. Price: FREE.

Social Media 71

Social Media Media Startup Mixergy 71

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. Have a look at the companies below.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I hustled.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The programs--which does not charge fees or take equity from companies in its program--says it is seeking nine early stage startups to take part in its eight-week program, designed to help early stage startups. Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice.

Los Angeles 154

Los Angeles Class Angel Startup 154

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Companies were getting funded more easily and many more companies were actually being created.

Venture Capital 290

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Funding 290

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 7, 2010

For those who may not know of DEMO , it is a jammed packed twice a year 2 day conference filled with 6 minute on stage pitches, a demo pit, networking events, and not to mention one of the longest running emerging tech conferences. They are gearing up for DEMO Fall 2010 which is happening Sept. 13-15 in Silicon Valley.

Southern California 40

Southern California Conference SoCal San Diego 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

With Startup Boost, we had dozens of investors, service providers, successful entrepreneurs, and major industry leaders (including Microsoft, Google, Softbank, REME, and TechStars) coalesce around our initiative to help early stage companies get to the next level. Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google in Venice. Startup Boost says it is looking for companies with the right team, a minimum viable product, customer traction, and viable plan for going forward. Applications for the program will close on March 15th.

Los Angeles 124

Los Angeles Angel Startup Venice 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the elite startups and entrepreneurs who manage to attract the investor they dream of, and survive the term sheet negotiation, there is still one more hurdle before the money is in the bank. Use this opportunity to validate their satisfaction and support for your company and your solution.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Invest 118

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2019

Slice of Sauce becomes part of the Techstars Austin 2019 class, which is held in Austin for the next three months, with a Demo Day on April 10th. Slice of Sauce is the only LA company venturing out to Texas for the program. Techstars also has a similar, general startup accelerator effort in Los Angeles, Techstars Los Angeles.

Los Angeles 113

Los Angeles Class Design Startup 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. As well, these companies usually bring real new venture funding opportunities to the startups they sponsor. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

Organization 92

Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A San Diego civil engineer who has developed an alternative technology for automating the measurement of water flow gave the best presentation at EvoNexus Fall Demo Day, an event that drew nearly 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters late Thursday to Qualcomm’s corporate headquarters. was founded as Catalyst eClinical.).

San Diego 40

San Diego Startup Orange County Artificial Inteligence 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

Of course I’ve talked about wanting to get to know entrepreneurs over long periods of time ( lines, not dots ) – my most referred to post. I seek out great entrepreneurs. I avoid Demo Days like the plague and have publicly said so. By the time it’s hit demo day I’m too late. End of story.

Venture Capital 337

Venture Capital Invest Ideas Entrepreneur 337

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with. The dialog was great. What do I do now?

Software Review 381

Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

MuckerLab is one of a number of accelerators who have managed to scoop up venture funding for its companies, with such portfolio companies Surf Air, Retention Science, Wallaby, Chromatik, and others. We just had the demo day for our third batch of companies. How are things going over there at MuckerLab?

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The good news for entrepreneurs is that there have never been more office space options for early stage companies. We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them. End Game - Some Accelerators spend significant time helping startups hone their pitch for a blow-out Demo Day.

Incubator 238

Incubator Startup News Entrepreneur 238