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. This article is courtesy of the Galvanize blog.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy , a Los Angeles based music education technology firm serious on improving the way people learn, play and interact with music beat over 70 startups with their app Rock Prodigy to win the Silicon Beach Awards. It also won the 2011 Appy Award in education and the 2011 About.com’s Readers Choice Award. How It Works.

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Education Startup Technology Patents 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2020

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. These founders all seem to be pushing their technology, rather than highlighting their solution to a painful need. Limit the features and complexity.

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Technology Marketing Social Media Customer 127

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2010

Playa Vista-based X Prize Foundation , the nonprofit which is running a series of competitions to advance science and technology, has unveiled it latest prize under development: clean-burning cookstoves. The new competition is part of the X Prize Foundation's Education & Global Development prize group.

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Technology Competition Education Develop 178

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?

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. Incent these early.

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Product Services Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 141

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. Subtraction leads to simplicity, better usability, and easier education of your customers. Find new ways to augment. Marty Zwilling

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Resource Ideas Competition Entrepreneur 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

The more potentially disruptive your technology, the more important it is that this message be quick, simple, and quantified. Will the solution give you an “unfair competitive advantage,” meaning no competitor already has it, or can replicate your solution without your skills or intellectual property. Do include some quantification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2019

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

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Technical Review Technology Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The more potentially disruptive your technology, the more important it is that this message be quick, simple, and quantified. Will the solution give you an “unfair competitive advantage,” meaning no competitor already has it, or can replicate your solution without your skills or intellectual property. Do include some quantification.

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Startup Education Ideas Customer 166

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Taking Technology Products to Market. Stand out in your competitive marketplace. Attend this 2 day course to learn how to provide customers with crystal-clear product positioning, meaningful branding, and carefully timed launch strategies. See [link] (more).

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Product Marketing Technology CalTech 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2023

It requires an attitude of self-education, versus an assumption that someone else will provide the education. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions. Building a new business is not rocket science.

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Social Media Startup Entrepreneur Education 120

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , which runs a number of prize-based competitions for developing technology, has named eighteen teams for its $2 million, Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE , including two local teams. The groups will go on to submit their technology to affordably and accurately measure ocean acidification.

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Thousand Oaks Artificial Inteligence San Diego Research 138

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. These founders all seem to be pushing their technology, rather than highlighting their solution to a painful need. Limit the features and complexity.

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Technology Startup Social Media Customer 114

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Irvine-based Broadcom is backing a nationwide science fair competition, with a six year, $6M investment, the firm said this week. The two said that the Broadcom MASTERS hopes to "inspire and reward" interest in science, technology, engineering and math among students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. READ MORE>>.

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Education Competition Technology Invest 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2023

Technical entrepreneurs love their technology, and often are driven to launch a startup on the assumption that everyone will buy any solution which highlights this technology. These founders all seem to be pushing their technology, rather than highlighting their solution to a painful need. Limit the features and complexity.

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Customer Custom Social Media Technology 110

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 17, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 -- Southern California Monte Jade (SCMJ) Fast-Pitch Competition. This event is an exciting opportunity to see the new businesses, representing various technologies and ideas that are springing up in Los Angeles.

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Southern California Technology Conference Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2021

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. Subtraction leads to simplicity, better usability, and easier education of your customers. Find new ways to augment. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Resource Entrepreneur Competition 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2017

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

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Technical Review Technology Startup Social Media 60

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2013

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” The concept of disruptive technology was first introduced by Clayton M. " At this point, there can more social capital in saying that we don''t like the technology than that we do. We don''t quite get it.

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Startup Technology Social Media Entrepreneur 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2021

By definition, true innovations are things we haven’t seen yet, but here are a few pricing alternatives that have contributed to the success of companies I know, and I recommend for evaluation by every business leader: Charging a premium for your technology innovation. Pricing based on personal attributes and timing.

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Pricing Startup Competition Examples 145

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The best startups find a way to drive the market with their technology, rather than push their new technology-driven ‘solution’ on the marketplace. An example of market-driven technology is the basic automobile, but combining a car with an airplane is technology looking for a market. Analyze how competition will react.

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Technology Funding Competition Entrepreneur 91

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The STEM Roadshow is part of The Toshiba STEMpowerment Project, a year-long campaign tied to the 20th Anniversary of the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition, the worlds largest K-12 student science contest. See [link] (more)

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Education Competition Media Technology 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2020

It requires an attitude of self-education, versus an assumption that someone else will provide the education. Technologies are not solutions, but understanding a technology, in the context of a customer need, will result in more competitive and long-lasting solutions. Building a new business is not rocket science.

Social Media 127

Social Media Startup Education Entrepreneur 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Human-experience design always supplements technology-driven design, and environmentally sustainable design. Others include the marketing awareness and education stage, online and in-store shopping stage, setup stage, support, and upgrade considerations. Explicitly integrate customers, tasks, and environments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2012

With today’s technology, make sure they get a monthly newsletter, a reminder care for a tune-up, or a holiday greeting card personalized just for them. Educate your customers on your business. Get to know your customers, and actually call them by name, or even remember their likes and dislikes.

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Customer Custom Startup Competition 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Book smarts represent your current depth of understanding of technology and business concepts. Education and expertise: formal and self-learning. Intelligence and insight: book and street smarts.

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Help Mentor Paramount Technical Review 130

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2022

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

Startup 89

Startup Technical Review Technology Social Media 89

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Playa Vista-based X Prize Foundation , the nonprofit group looking to spur technology innovation through cash-based prizes, has scored $5.5M from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the foundation, as part of the Automotive X PRIZE Competition. from the Department of Energy. According to the DOE, it is awarding $5.5M

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Competition Education Funding Technology 133

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . We’ve been incredibly impressed with Talespin ’s technology, leadership team and vision to transform the workplace through XR.

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Training Los Angeles Tool Cornerstone OnDemand 220

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. While winning pitch competitions is great, it’s not the most important thing about Startup of the Year.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

By drawing on the current network of drivers and the app technology it already has in place, UberEATS could be a major competitor for food delivery services such as DoorDash. Don’t be the next Xerox who totally missed the personal computer market, even though they had the technology and the processes well before Apple, IBM, and others.

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Customer Custom Examples IBM 143

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Why could blockchain be a foundational technology that yields many great companies? Why AI is an important technology and investment area. I actually believe being public offers a long-term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren’t meant to be special long-term).

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Competition Venture Capital Invest Organization 150

Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Telecom carriers looking to stay competitive should continue strengthening their network infrastructure and adding greater flexibility to their service offerings to provide reliable and high-performance connectivity for their customers. The shift to remote work and schooling shifted people’s telecom connectivity needs.

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Networking Layoffs Customer Custom 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The X Prize Foundation , the nonprofit which is managing a number of prize-based competitions to spur on scientific research and innovation, said Wednesday that it is launching a new lab program at the University of Southern Califonia Viterbi School of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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