Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Rock President Vak Sambath says, “We are a small company, but sometimes the most innovative ideas come from small companies. Portal App – This patented app lets you easily transfer your smartphone apps, photos, and contacts to the Rock.

Patents 97

Patents Screening Design Activity 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2023

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Slides 147

Slides Funding Technical Review Startup 147

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At SGN we've seen steady revenue growth and we are a profitable company. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. In Entertainment, we're seeing more and more people prefer their iPad over the Big Screen experience.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Startup 118

Startup Slides Technical Review Research 118

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Get your Internet domain name and website.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. He led our investment in 6sensor Labs , which has patented techniques for screening food for gluten and peanut allergens. ” I told everybody I wasn’t going to and I meant it.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Avantika Shahi: The way the site works, is we walk buyers through a series of screening equestions. Avantika Shahi: I've been in real estate for about 10 years, but prior to that I used to run professional services for a global software company, which was later acquired by Adobe. How are you funding the company?

Startup 100

Startup Sites Los Angeles Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Yet according to the latest data from Gust (formerly AngelSoft), only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Dolgoff has a fascinating background--he invented the first LCD projector, he helped inspire Star Trek's Holodeck, and he also is a serial entrepreneur who took his company public on the NASDAQ in the 90's. Because we want to get into production, marketing, and sales, right now we're listing on Fundable.com. I was doing that until 1995.

Startup 252

Startup Sites Patents Outsource Development 252

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. I learned my lesson, and I own 70 percent of the company.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Yet according to the latest data from AngelSoft , only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Slides 105

Slides Technical Review Startup Research 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Currently, Maneesh serves on the board of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Genomera(observer), RealPractice, Welltok(observer). He joined Miramar in 2006.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2011

First, no investor is interested in a company that is only looking to get 1% of a market. Usually the reason the big companies are no threat is that the market is too small. Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.” Sleeping giants do wake up.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Funding Innocal Competition 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2013

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Angel 102

Angel Funding Slides Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Startup 64

Startup Slides Technical Review Research 64

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. TechZulu caught up Robert Sussman, Co-CEO of Zunguz , the Facebook payment app.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Tips 97

Tips Slides Technical Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

First, no investor is interested in a company that is only looking to get 1% of a market. Usually the reason the big companies are no threat is that the market is too small. Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.” Sleeping giants do wake up.

Innocal 96

Innocal Entrepreneur Competition IBM 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Slides 95

Slides Technical Review Startup Research 95

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

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. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. Founded by L.A.’s

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. We spoke with Curtis, along with William Goldbach , Executive Vice President at the firm, about the company.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Verizon , Monster Products , MerchLabs , HIRED , Instart Logic , Zeel , Shootly , Move Loot , Microsoft , American Laser Company , Zirx , DoorDash , Drizly. Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. We thank you! Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs. IoT: Rufus Labs.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). It's a great talk. The Application.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company. One of the other things we do very well, and where we have engineering expertise, is we provide one-off, interactive IVR solutions for media companies in the Los Angeles Area. Los Angeles-based XCast Labs (www.xcastlabs.com) announced earlier this month that it has raised a $2.7M

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Skip the acronyms, history of the company, and the colorful autobiography. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Research your audience before presenting.

Tips 56

Tips Slides Startup Research 56

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Although a new company, it is already gaining momentum—being featured in European CEO, Playboy, and Da Man Magazine.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78