socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

The coworking space now has plenty of competition (ROC in Santa Monica, Nextspace @ Amplify, NextSpace Culver City, IO/LA, Coloft), but it appears there are enough entrepreneurs and others with an interest in coworking and temporary space that multiple providers are needed to support the community.

Culver City 256

Culver City Santa Monica SoCal Southern California 256

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

You can always tell during this discussion whether the entrepreneur has logged into their products, talked to their customers, read all the news stories and gotten all of the back channel info on the competition. You can tell if they have a deep-seated competitive spirit. Can’t go a mile deep on competition?

Entrepreneur 286

Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire Sales 286

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition?

Competition 110

Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 110

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I said as much in September 09 at a Twitter conference in LA on a panel that Guy Kawasaki was moderating. So how does this all relate to the upcoming Twitter Chirp conference next week? From a PR perspective I would have made those announcements 2 weeks after the conference. and listening for about 90 seconds.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Development Develop Conference 287

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2013

This time they’re inviting you to attend their annual Fast Pitch Conference. UCLA’s EA fast-pitch Conference is being held at UCLA tomorrow, with fast-pitch Semi Finals and the Final Round. Judging this year’s Fast-pitch Conference is a splendid all-star cast featuring: Jason Beck, VP of Vicente Capital Partners. TZ Hookups.

Competition 82

Competition UCLA Entrepreneur Conference 82

Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

All companies whether service or product-oriented must fight to gain and maintain quality of product, or fall to the bottom of the competitive heap. Together we would work out solutions in the form of new functions, new controls, new reports, and new safeguards. We have explored feature-functionality.

Custom 243

Custom Customer Design Conference 243

TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

The company raised $46 million last year—its first year operating—with the vision that owning the infrastructure for competitions and expanding it to encompass other social elements of gaming can make it the largest gaming company in the world. And I was on the founding team of a car rental company called Executive Rental Car.

Startup 204

Startup Coach Competition Los Angeles 204

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching.

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to the two, they are running a global startup competition as part of an upcoming event in November. The groups said startups that apply to the competition must be less than five years in business with revenues of less than $5 million and have products in pilot, beta or prototype stage. READ MORE>>.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Incubator Angel Startup 138

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

Activity 164

Activity Conference Press Case Study 164

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Celebrate Conference in October. Among the participants that applied for the online competitions, only a progressed into the semi-finals. Tech.Co: What was the road like leading up to your initial pitch for the competition? Climbing the ranks for our Western Region, Picking Duck was one of two semi-final winners.

Competition 91

Competition Startup Ideas Conference 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks. Focus is almost always the right answer.

Innocal 255

Innocal Conference Help Study 255

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

and there was certainly less competition from everybody pitching local merchant solutions. They unveiled the app the the Launch conference and unanimously won 1st prize by all 10 judges. That is what we set out to solve at MyTime. and of course I use "we" loosely as the hard work of course was the entire MyTime team sans me].

Development Team Review 324

Development Team Review Course Mobile Writing 324

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2011

The center said it selected Xirrus due to the grater range and throughput than competitive access points. Xirrus combines multiple Wi-Fi access points and switching into its product, and appears to have found a niche in high density applications like schools, universities, and conference centers. READ MORE>>.

Thousand Oaks 133

Thousand Oaks Conference Competition Design 133

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2011

PayDivvy , unveiled today at the Finovate Conference in San Francisco, was conceived a few years ago while Mike Melby was attending the Wharton School of Business. His idea and subsequent business plan won the Wharton Venture Award in 2009 and was a finalist for the Wharton Business Plan Competition.

Conference 96

Conference Orange County Technical Review Software Review 96

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. We will also recognize the next generation of innovators as we award over $50,000 to participants in the USC Silicon Beach Awards venture competition.

USC 159

USC Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Conference 159

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2014

I was recently at the Le Web conference in Paris where Travis Kalanick, the Cofounder and CEO of Uber was one of the speakers. Uber is one of the best examples of how disintermediation can transform industries in which unions, lobbyists, regulation, and bureaucracy have created obstacles to progress, openness, and competitiveness.

Southern California 149

Southern California High Tech Conference Competition 149

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? Plus they run conferences with the top people (which is another form of POV marketing by the way). You can imagine the press release, “New innovative model allows us to do audits differently than the competition!”

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Our first big institutional round was $16.5

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The first one out even won a major tech conference award. Of course there is competition! We’ll announce it when we believe we’ve built a V1 that is valuable and tested.” ” Then competitors started to launch. They felt the stress. Of course a show gave them an award! It’s a f **g brilliant idea!

UCSD 340

UCSD Startup Ideas Course 340

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

In my opinion no amount of clever marketing or chest beating at conferences can create a market if you don’t have an amazing product to begin with. What in your product is truly differentiated in the market to solve this problem (where do you believe you’re strong against the competition in functionality or delivery).

Startup 401

Startup Custom Customer Technical Review 401

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A Practical Guide to Moving to the Cloud, Lowering Costs, and Improving your Competitiveness IBM, Corent Technology and RightScale are participating at this Technology Council of Southern California breakfast event on December 7th at IBM's Costa Mesa Conference Center. Cloud Made Easy! See [link] (more)

Technology Council 113

Technology Council TCOSC IBM IBM 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 17, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 -- Southern California Monte Jade (SCMJ) Fast-Pitch Competition. Formatted as a pitch competition, this is an educational opportunity to learn how to profile an enterprise and deliver a concise, effective pitch.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technology Conference Competition 100

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Start up conferences and competitions. Today's Insights and Opinions article comes from Megan Lisa Jones , an investment banker and investor, who says: yes, it's a bubble, and gives her top ten reason to start a company, and ten reasons not to. LinkedIn valued at over $8 billion; Facebook at over $70 billion and star of a movie.

Company 150

Company Companies Startup Social Network 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Some people do the conference circuit too much, get involved in lots of side projects and attend every entrepreneur dinner. I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. When I go to conference I never sit in the meeting section – I always cruise the halls meeting people.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2019

Riot said the RSAA will provide the company with helping it with scaling competitive operations, creating a more inclusive student community, and aligning with the goals of schools.

Riot Games 113

Riot Games Organization Competition Conference 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2008

From digital cinematography to color correction, web video production and lighting for film, video and HD: The DV Expo conference program will deliver the strategies, tools, tricks and training you need to succeed in today's highly competitive digital video industry. See [link] (more).

Conference 100

Conference Training Competition Web 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A Silicon Valley conference is a room full of suits, with the occasional skirt suite. pitch and technology competition at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I couldn’t help but feel like it might be a hall of crickets with a few passionate women warming the front row. So when I heard about Women 2.0

Conference 77

Conference Startup Technical Review Software Review 77

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. You need somebody who is thinking laterally about how to creatively get extra attention at conferences or trade-shows. Because great PR firms do it for a career.

Press 319

Press Startup Writing Training 319

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo launch techcrunch blog blogging publishing conference content.

Mahalo 124

Mahalo Web 2.0 Blogging Technical Review 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr. That means if we collaborated on a project we can do an A-Round after a brief conference call.” Must be doing something right! Bowery Capital).

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. Re-live that moment of inspiration that resulted in an innovative design and implementation for your product, and is now providing you with a sustainable competitive advantage. Appreciate the media accolades and peer success feedback.

Satisfaction 174

Satisfaction Custom Customer Outsource 174

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 22, 2020

Startup World Cup ("SWC") offers innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for the startup ecosystem around the world via a global series of startup conferences and competitions that bring together phenomenal startups, VCs, and world-class tech CEOs.

Pepperdine 100

Pepperdine LAVA SoCal Southern California 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 27, 2017

Industry leaders from top companies such as Disney, LA Times, BuzzFeed, and NBC will share their experiences at the conference. A pitch competition will also be held. Daniel Seah, CEO of Digital Domain, will give the keynote address discussing how technology drives the entertainment industry. See [link] (more)

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Buzzfeed Technology Southern California 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

On the conference call, Brandt said that the situation is unique today, saying "There are opportunities in the market, particularly going into a down cycle. Irvine-based Broadcom is eyeing technology companies it can buy at a bargain, the firm's CFO said on an analyst call this week.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Competition Conference Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Ability to source information easily to help build a thesis around companies / industries / competition. We reinvented our annual meeting and now use the occasion to throw an LA Tech & Investment conference with hundreds of the best tech you’ll see in LA. And we had to then build out new marketing materials and a website.

Help 365

Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 365

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

I was talking a month ago with a founding team who was lamenting the fact that their competitors got way better coverage than they did when they felt that their traffic numbers were > 2x the competition. You need somebody who is thinking laterally about how to creatively get extra attention at conferences or trade-shows.

Startup 349

Startup Writing Press Blogging 349