Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

Artificial Inteligence 109

Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 109

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Awareness Years ago Upfront Ventures rented out a movie theater of 350 people in Santa Monica to screen the movie, “ Code: Debugging the Gender Gap ,” an important movie by Robin Hauser and we invited senior members of many local tech firms to attend. The importance of screening this film is to raise the awareness of bias within men!”

Venture Capital 256

Venture Capital Examples Screening Help 256

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

The Spotlight is shining down these amazing LA companies! For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. What: Spotlight Series Event.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

After months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. View Larger Map.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. Portfolio company support & analysis. Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. Ability to source information easily to help build a thesis around companies / industries / competition.

Help 365

Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. This could be your company’s chance to shine in the Spotlight. Signs will direct you to Korn Hall.

UCLA 104

UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

So I’ve spent the last few years checking out companies that are trying to solve for this problem. One company that I previously wrote about trying to change this industry is, Solve Media , (I am not an investor) has created an interesting ad unit designed to drive up brand “engagement&# and recall. Oh, sacred cow.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

In the third summer fest, we will be celebrating the amazing success of LA tech companies in the past year. If you have content, APPLY to screen your < 10 min video made in the past year. Email mfgorman@gmail.com if you’d like to demo your gadget, hardware, accessories, etc. Register for a 5-6?

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now there are some firms that have strict rules about not funding pre-revenue companies – that’s different. Keep on the radar screen – I know the VC’s seemed to love you when they met you. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers. Schedule a follow up meeting.

Venture Capital 309

Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A two-day event that showcased the best indie games from more than 100 different companies and over 150 playable games. Nintendo, Sony, Ouya, Oculus VR, and other companies have stopped by to show off what indie developers can do. IndieCade wasn’t all about the consoles and TV screens.

Screening 79

Screening Competition Develop Development 79

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. Or maybe a goldmine.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Enter the person’s name and company domain. This tool is suitable for organizations that want to capture high-quality leads from among their website visitors — be it for capturing consulting inquiries, demo requests, or webinar signups. Sign up and start using this solution’s simple search interface.

Tool 81

Tool Startup Help Template 81

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 21, 2014

All of the LA Hacks sponsors were displayed around the outer ring of the stadium and the students were greeted by a large glowing LA Hacks logo on the big screens. The demos were high energy and exciting, as several hundred students flooded the floor visiting over 200 submitted projects, which were set up in rows. His biggest tip?

UCLA 108

UCLA Los Angeles Snapchat USC 108

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Companies like Direct TV, X-Box and Orange have incorporated Twitter into new viewing dashboards. Bluefin Labs gave an impressive demo of social TV analytics with real-time ad optimization and social media lift. Hashtags help to narrow focus of course, and yes, there are apps for that.

Conference 78

Conference Beverly Hills Social Media Media 78

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2014

Good Feel Company/Nintendo | Yoshi’s Wooly World. The game demo was simple and sweet. The demo level had plenty of secret pipes and entrances for gamers to explore and more hidden items to search throughout the levels. The demo only allowed us to play a mode called “Turf Wars”. Excitement Level: High. Platinum Games Inc.

IP 77

IP Startup Design Training 77

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. an investment in your company. In any event this is a “screening meeting” or as I’ve called on my graphics an “introduction” to the firm.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2015

Originally looking like your grandmother’s spectacles with an on-screen display of 80s computer green text, the prototypes were looking far from finished. A curved screen may have peaked interest, but did not do much more. The demo scanned a few angles of the participant’s head and then placed on various 3D model bodies.

Screening 40

Screening Pricing Ideas Technology 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Be among the first to hear about the company’s STEAM Carnival, and how you can support this home-grown initiative. Spotlight Companies. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. digmybrand. 8:35 – 9:00pm – “Superdemo”.

UCLA 97

UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# 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. Let me explain.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. One of the successful investments was a company called Nigenisis, which ended becoming a public company in 1999.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

A total of 113 speakers representing 82 companies were on the bill to deliver over 30 hours of talks across three tracks: Business, Technology, and Production & Design. Among the festivities was a AR start up launch pad, where a handful of AR companies presented their business models and products to compete for Best ARE Startup award.

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

There is no shame in being an exec at a company or whatever.&#. Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. In my experience many in the industry still think about “my CEO’s&# or “my companies&# as though they are pawns on a chessboard.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 384

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. He doesn’t see many digital media VC firms in the space and makes it a point to invest in and work with companies who engage more deeply with content. Companies are steadily positioning themselves by acquiring data across other different industries.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 31, 2013

At Google I/O a couple years back, showed a demo of Google Glass by watching a French woman holding her baby and recording that moment. As you can see my screen lights up and you can see the Glass unit on. Wearable technology is coming of age and more companies are looking into it. Drew Baumann: It was simple really.

Google 80

Google Content Startup Entertainment 80

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I was the judge.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Several teams disassembled themselves, joining other teams as well as one new company surfaced off in the corner with no one seeming to notice. Groups rehearsed in every way possible, making sure their presentation covered the Problem, the Solution, How it makes Money along with showing off a killer demo.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

There is no shame in being an exec at a company or whatever.&#. Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. In my experience many in the industry still think about “my CEO’s&# or “my companies&# as though they are pawns on a chessboard.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. Why buy me?

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366