socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

TAU Ventures is based in Israel, and is linked with Tel Aviv Universitybut it hopes to take a lot of what Behzad has learned in Silicon Beach, and apply that to companies coming from Tel Aviv University. Behzad Kianmahd: Cross Campus is one of the companies I invested in, as the first, lead investor, about seven years ago.

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Clean, safe and reliable natural gas company Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has established $1 million innovation fund in partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) , to speed the development of clean technologies to meet current global energy needs and become a sustainable energy source.

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Incubator Los Angeles Southern California Funding 80

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 -- So you want to start a company. Essentials of Company Formation. If you've ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur, this program is for you. Favorito will present a business case study on QuantumSphere, and you'll get to hear first-hand from Maloney about starting and growing a company.

Company 100

Company Companies Case Study UCI 100

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 -- Investor Beware: HR Practices Matter in High Growth Companies. Recent studies indicate that companies with a well developed HR function grow faster and are more profitable than firms who cut corners. Maverick Angels.

Company 100

Company Companies Study Web 100

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company.

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Technology Study UCLA Research 133

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Start your own company? Dr. Kathleen Allen of the USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will discuss entrepreneurial leadership. Like a Fox! Buenaventura IEEE-EMBS. Dr. Allen will give details on how entrepreneurship is much more than merely starting a new business. See [link].

Company 100

Company Companies USC Study 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2020

Carey tells us a bit about what OC4 is doing, how it invests and works with companies, and also gives startups some advice about how to approach moving forward in light of the pandemic. Carey Ransom: The way I think about it, is it is really the culmination of almost two decades of software and technology company building and investing.

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Invest Startup Ideas Examples 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. So the concept is we're building companies with a very low budget, around $25,000 for each company. What is the site all about?

Southern California 193

Southern California Startup eHarmony Sites 193

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. We met at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Robotic Embedded Research Laboratory where Harsh is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate. You recently conducted a pilot study. We need to sit less, and move more.

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

We have already proven out that they are a high lifetime value user, someone who will actually stay in their game, so that they have higher retention, and the user ends up spending more money over time. Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that?

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

We talked with Scott--who until recently, was a student at the University of Southern California--about how he created his company and how that investment from Branson pushed him to take his startup full time. After that weekend in Miami, he introduced us to his friend Jerry Murdock, who has invested in lots of tech companies.

Startup 239

Startup CTO Coach Content Web 239

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. What was the big news for your company this year? Well, we hit 2,500 this fall! Check out the entertaining video here.)

USC 113

USC Startup News Entrepreneur 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Program Overview: This interactive workshop educates and empowers angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in access to capital on a variety of ways to value pre-revenue companies. Attendees also put these methods to work with interactive case studies. Email linda@techcoastangels.com.

Tech Coast Angels 113

Tech Coast Angels Case Study San Diego Study 113

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

. ” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. Growth hacking is a mentality that a company needs to be committed to.

Technical Review 384

Technical Review SEM SEO Marketing 384

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Mobile LAVA welcomes BIA/Kelsey analysts Matt Booth and Michael Boland to share their insights into the trends, market events, companies and case studies that are driving current and future opportunities in interactive and mobile local media. See [link] (more)

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LAVA Mobile Media Case Study 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. Brett Markinson: The best place to start, is I'm a serial entrepreneur. I moved out to California to build businesses.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

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. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

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UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

Xconomy

AUGUST 22, 2016

In downtown San Diego, a private real estate company best known for its master-planned communities in suburban Southern California has posed some existential questions for regional tech hubs looking to build their own startup ecosystems. Can the Irvine Company accomplish something similar as the landlord at 101 West Broadway?

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Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

This latest round valued the company in excess of a billion dollars, entering them into the overly-hyped Unicorn Club. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. How did the company start?

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USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. You should, too. (no,

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. Yet as obvious as it is to create messaging for your company, many people don’t consider their personal brands.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents. Time and time again, entrepreneurs are tempted by one of these application categories.

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Cramster is looking to create online study groups, to help high school and college students study math, science, and other topics. What we're trying to emulate is the face-to-face study group.

Study 113

Study Education Startup Sites 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

The company''s President and CEO, Perse Faily , told us how digital ordering now means not just restaurant kiosks (which the company has been developing even before the dawn of the smartphone), but also the Internet, mobile phones, and other devices, and how that has changed the company''s business and strategy.

Mobile 127

Mobile Customer Custom Platform 127

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Great companies are built by having great products. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. We caught up with Therese to hear about her company and why it's growing.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?”

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Both companies were in Los Angeles. We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. I don’t know the company or the details first hand. I agree with him.

Rustic Canyon 279

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. Hope you all enjoy.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot.

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217