socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?

Competition 154

Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2009

One of those retailers -- Gamer Doc (www.gamerdoc.com) is based in Newport Beach, and we caught up with Jim Belanger, the firm's President, to dig deeper into why video game retailers seem to be doing slightly better than others. Treating them with respect is a big, important part at Gamer Doc.

Doc 100

Doc Startup Entertainment Competition 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

If they did they would be in constant violation because VCs often see 3-4+ companies in every market that they operation. If they say yes you get a term sheet and once this is signed it is usually 3-6 weeks until your legal docs get signed and you’re funded. Problem definition (with the market … it’s why you exist).

Venture Capital 340

Venture Capital Slides Doc Startup 340

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

A colleague working at the National Science Foundation said to me, "The lag time between fundamental idea and marketable product is usually longer than policymakers are willing to consider." Innovation is the heart of national competitiveness. There are numerous other examples.) But people in Washington can barely define what it is.

Education 45

Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. By mid September the entire market was constipated. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. If anything changed (stock market crash, real estate crash, somebody trying to buy Salesforce.com, whatever) I could end up with goose eggs.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301