Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

These teams are motivated to develop approaches to creatively explore new opportunities for growth. Building and managing teams along the new lines outlined is not easy, and that’s why it’s a real competitive advantage when you do it. For team members, the ongoing challenge is figuring out what not to do.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Irvine-based Ingram Micro , a distributor of technology products and provider of cloud and other related services, has launched a new competition aimed at startups, thec ompany said this morning. It is seeking B2B software developers, and says it will not take any equity in those companies.

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MAY 28, 2021

Irvine-based University Lab Partners and the SBDC @ UCI Beall Applied Innovation said this morning that the two organizations have launched a new, startup competition, which is aimed at accelerating both life sciences and technology startups. The new competition is open until June 12th.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE said today that it has launched a new competition, the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion competition. According to XPRIZE, the new competition is being supported by The Tony Robbins Foundation and The Good Food Institute, and aims to challenge teams to developing new chicken and fish alternatives.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , the nonprofit which runs global competitions to spur the development of technology to solve some of humanity's biggest challenges, says it now has 77 teams signed up for its $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition. XPRIZE said the 77 teams were selected from 99 registrants, and span the globe.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE, which organizes and runs competitions which spur teams to compete to solve major challenges to humanity, says it has selected 38 teams for the $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition. The group said those teams came from 16 countries.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the employee fringe benefits startup headed by Paige Craig, looks to be ramping its employee recruitment effort, and is sponsoring a developer "hack-fest" this weekend at Coloft. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2019

A German team has won the fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition on Sunday, taking its pod up to 288 mph (463 km/h), as SpaceX continues to push development of technology for the high tech, futuristic transportation technology cooked up by Elon Musk. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE says it has named two winners in its $20M, NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition. The competition challenged teams to convert CO2 emissions into valuable products. CarbonBuilt's technology was originally developed at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2020

Thursday, June 25, 2020 -- Inclusive Startup Pitch Competition by Startup Coil. Entrepreneurs can have outsize impact on how societies and economies develop and evolve. Entrepreneurs and Seed Stage Startups pitch live to a panel of investor judges. We all get the future we build together.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

In my experience as a business advisor, most organizations, large and small, struggle to keep up with the pace of change and competitive forces today. A question I often get is how to transform that overall team into a smooth-running machine that will keep up with the pace of market change, and competition in today’s world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. Make sure you are fostering people development to their full potential, for them and for your business. Foster a collaboration culture, rather than competition.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based health messaging startup Curogram , a new startup developing a web-based, SMS app for the healthcare market, has been selected as a finalist for the Publicis Health Media Disruption Garage Competition, according to the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

In case you hadn’t noticed, the key elements of a competitive advantage for your business have changed as businesses move online, and your domain is instantly global. As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. How will we find and interview developers?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 -- Building a Bigger Competitive Future. Brand strategist Derrick Daye shares the requirements of building a bigger competitive future for brands in an over-communicated, over-competitive and uncertain marketplace. Russell Fischer Business Collection - Camarillo Public Library. See [link] (more)

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JULY 27, 2011

Santa Monica-based Activision , the computer games publisher, said today that it has awarded two winners in the first round of its Activisoin Independent Games Competition. Activision says it is offering up $500,000 in prizes as part of the competition, which is aimed at independent game developers in the US. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Watson Quick Pitch Competition to further the development of its nerve pain management device. The same day President Trump signed a bipartisan package of measures to address the opioid epidemic, San Diego startup NeuraLace Medical won $50,000 on Wednesday at the annual John G.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

According to XPRIZE, it decided to split the top $10M award in the competition between two winners-- Kitkit School , which has developed a learning program using a "game-based core"; and onebillion , a developer of "numeracy content" and literacy material.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

If you've not been watching the ASP.NET team's community standups , you have missed some surprisingly transparent, interesting, and oftentimes funny updates from a major web application framework development team. We deeply feel that competition of this sort is a good thing. Every time I watch one I marvel, this is Microsoft?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

FanWide , a startup which helps users find "viewing parties" for their favorite college or pro sports teams, anywhere they live or travel, has won a the $10,000 prize in the HYPE Sports Innovation competition, held last week at the University of Southern California. Most Valuable Recruit took second place, with MaxOne placing third.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2020

As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition. Every business area has competition and every customer has alternatives, so a smart entrepreneur needs to acknowledge these as a positive in defining a big market, and position the features of a new solution in this context.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2011

El Segundo-based iRise , the developer of enterprise application visualization software, said Thursday that it is launching a $20,000 Developer Contest. iRise said the contest will award $20,000 to developers who create custom widgets for the iRise software modeling environment. The deadline for the contest is July 31st.

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JUNE 24, 2016

The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , the $5M competition being run by Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , has opened up registrations to teams, and has published guidelines for the artificial intelligence competition. According to the XPRIZE foundation, the idea is to demonstrate how "AI can be used as a tool for good."

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2011

The beauty of this method is that it causes the person proposing the solution to think much more deeply than during the development process, unveiling many possible consequences to be considered before implementation of an idea or project. What if” are two very powerful words when used together.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Music, Microsoft, Atom Factory, and Warner/Chappell, and that its development and tech teams are in Beijing, with marketing, A&R, and business development based in Los Angeles. Spotlite said its executives come from such companies as Google Music, Yahoo! The company's offices in Los Angeles are listed in Walnut.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based FlowTab , the developer of a smartphone application which allows users to order food and drink from their smartphone, has scored the top position in a competition hosted by Glendale-based startup incubator/office space Voivoda Labs.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Local cities in the region hoping to get a chance to become the next headquarters for Amazon.com appear to have some stiff competition, as Amazon.com said today that it has received a total of 238 from cities and regions in 54 states, provides, districts, and territories across North America.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it is doubling the size of its QPrize annual investment funding competition, and will now award $250,000 in convertible note financing to regional winners, with an additional $250,000 to grand prize winners. This will be the fifth year of the competition. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of an online platform for managing fundraising and investors, said this morning that it has launched a new pitch competition. The firm said that judges for the competition come form Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus, including Idealab's Alex Maleki and Rincon's Jim Andelman.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week. providing online tutoring.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2017

When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. This competition required the team to answer “…questions on a Food and Nutrition data set that contained 28 features and 30,000+ rows. Interested in entrepreneurship, web development, or data science?

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2015

Explore how the Bay Area continues to innovate and respond to global competition in the following areas: Discover the latest robotic trends in medical devices. Accelerate new product development with lean and compliant approaches. Enjoy 3D printing, laser, and robotics demonstrations.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Equipois , which develops ergonomic arm technology, was the winner of a fast pitch competition hosted by the Monte Jade Science & Technology Association last week at Caltech. Equipois, which is headed by Eric Golden , has developed technology to make lifting and manipulating heavy loads and tooling effortless.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 14, 2014

Drawing from the UK Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) experience, US Senator Chris Coons will talk about the version of the Research & Development tax credit bill he sponsored on August 8 in New York City. All engaged parties indulge in progressive research and development, which is the pillar of economic prosperity.

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