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.

Incubator 80

Incubator Los Angeles Southern California Funding 80

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And as I always assert, “Great companies are built in downturns. And it’s when mediocre companies get pulverized.” It’s when the game slows.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Kevin Hell: What makes EvoNexus unique, is that it is--as far as we know--the only completely free, no-strings-attached incubator in the nation. That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company.

Incubator 212

Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The company said the new funds will go towards product development, sales, marketing, and scaling of its business. Cirro is one of the big data companies which was incubated out of Frost Venture Partners. The round was led by Toba Capital, and also included Frost Venture Partners and Miramar Venture Partners.

Software 153

Software Miramar Venture Capital Incubator 153

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2015

Los Angeles-based startup studio and incubator Science said late Wednesday that it has seen its first exit, and has sold Playhaven to RockYou. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. The two companies said Playhaven serves its mobile ads to 18,000 games and 250 million monthly active users.

Incubator 100

Incubator Mobile Acquisition Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2013

The company said the new funding will go towards product development, sales, and marketing. MicroPower--which was originally incubated in EvoNexus--develops wireless, power-efficient surveillance cameras powered by integrated solar panels. The company is headed by Aaron Tankersley. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Technology Funding San Diego 164

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company). What value is that investment providing today?

Incubator 64

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 64

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based LuxeYard , which operates a flash sales site focused on home furnishing and decor, said today that it has scored what it says is its first round of funding, to help expand in India. REGARD is the software incubator and development firm headed by Steve Beauregard. READ MORE>>.

Funding 124

Funding Incubator Commerce Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

The accelerator said that the demo day is a culmination of its latest three month program, which included ten new companies in mentoring, collaboration, funding, and access to its network of investors and entrepreneurs. MuckerLab's model is based on the TechStars incubation model, and the group is an affiliate of that startup accelerator.

Class 159

Class Startup Incubator Los Angeles 159

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. Just a few months earlier, Hinshaw had sold his private healthcare IT consulting company, MaxIT Healthcare, to government contractor SAIC for $473 million.

San Diego 67

San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? Joey Flores, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder at Earbits (a Y Combinator Winter 2011 company). Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company). What value is that investment providing today?

Incubator 40

Incubator Santa Monica Idealab Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

And great management can morph a company to adopt without destroying the culture of the company in the process. Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

Venture Capital 120

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

And great management can morph a company to adopt without destroying the culture of the company in the process. Would you, as an investor, plow money into the plan and help to incubate the idea into a real enterprise? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute? I would not, nor would most all of those I co-invest with.

Venture Capital 120

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

TrueCar uses actual car sales data from local dealers to present car shoppers with information on the actual prices paid for new cars in their neighborhood. The company said the new Best Local Deals feature was specifically launched ahead of Labor Day, which is traditionally one of the largest volume car sales weekends during the year.

Truecar 154

Truecar Pricing Tool Arcturus 154

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The company's technology allows search marketers to automatically create more relevant search ads, which result in a better response rate than a standard generic ad. DataPop was founded Jason Lehmbeck and John Zimmerman, both of whom have been at Overture and Yahoo!

Yahoo 145

Yahoo Paid Search GRP Partners SoCalTech 145

Berkonomics

MARCH 24, 2016

Kirsten is the founder of ChickLabs , an incubator that focuses on helping primarily women entrepreneurs. Here are Kirsten’s Magnificent Seven attributes and roles for an entrepreneurial CEO: Chief sales person. Selling is required whether it is for sales of the company’s products or selling the business idea to investors.

Startup 120

Startup Ideas Incubator Mentor 120

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

And great management is able to morph a company to adopt without destroying the culture of the company in the process. What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance?

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Summary Entrepreneur Incubator 240

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve seen too many companies go off track by a VC hell bent on the team pursuing the VCs strategy which at times is about chasing the next shiny object. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Connections? FourSquare.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

Entrepreneur 153

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Startup 153

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

It was an unusual sight at Dodger's Stadium on Tuesday evening, at least for baseball fans, as a different Dodger's team took the field: the first class of the LA Dodgers Accelerator , an effort by the team to help incubate and accelerate startups in the sports and sport-related areas.

Class 100

Class Los Angeles Statistics Incubator 100

Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Aha makes a program that helps project managers develop new product roadmaps, which are used by others in the customer’s business, from sales.

Sales 100

Sales Software Services Startup 100

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They asked me what my company did and I said “Good question! It’s like a motor and it needs to keep going, if it’s not going, it impacts your mental, emotional and physical being… So thinking about Noam’s statement about running to or from something – every company I have started to date has been running “to” something.

Startup 105

Startup Case Study Ideas Invest 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Santa Monica-based CRM software developer Nimble has been selected to join Microsoft's startup accelerator in Seattle, the company said today, in a major move which will help tie Nimble into Microsoft's ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Social Media Email Software Development 113

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Once you have some skin in the game, if you personally can’t get to some level of revenues in the business, or at a minimum, pre-sales or letters of intent, then on to round two – asking family and friends for help. Understand how to value you company (more to come in a future blog!) Friends and Family. www.WINopp.com.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. You built a company at 22. You have a stated goal of building your company. You know how this ends.

Education 322

Education Startup Incubator Class 322

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. All of the machines that those kinds of companies run on, over the last twenty years, have become automated.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

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?

Develop 40

Develop Development San Diego Startup 40

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?  It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment?  Data science is no longer reserved for Global 2000 companies. Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate?

Southern California 140

Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. Join a startup incubator. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.

Develop 70

Develop Development Product Startup 70

socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2010

They have cash--lots of these strategics are sitting on top of cash--and now is the time to buy companies, because customers are willing to pay for new products, and they can buy these companies "more efficiently" or economically than they will in 12 months from now. You should build your company. That's the belief system.

Clearstone 140

Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140