Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity. Several startups have been selected to demo their products for other founders and entrepreneurs. You’ll be able to rub elbows with people that can help you get where you need to go.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

What's the difference between pitching your startup on television, versus pitching your startup in real life? And how do you best take advantage of a TV audience to promote your startup? Hatched recently started into its second season. I think the best entry level position is starting in investment banking.

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Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. So, they just ave up. As it turns out, as we thought about that, we started looking for partners to help us build a platform. That''s how content deals work in Hollywood. What''s the story behind M-GO?

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Entertainment Netflix Marketing Content 197

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2012

Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. "Mickey "Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner." " [Tweet this quote].

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Entertainment 277

socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. What exactly does the position of EIR involve? It''s not going to look like manufacturing as we knew it.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? That's the story we got from Tobi Bauckhage , the co-founder and CEO of Moviepilot (www.moviepilot.com), a German firm which is setting up shop in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. Startup Pitch Competition. In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Greeene wrote the book while struggling to suceed as a Hollywood screenwriter, I wasn''t surprised. Mr. Greene''s book might be applicable to Hollywood''s super-competitive, mean-spirited culture. However, most of his rules are anathema to establishing a healthy startup culture. 1) Law 4 - Always Say Less than Necessary.

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Hollywood Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Customer 227

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place. Why would it?

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Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. We are trying to keep it competitive. WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

500 Startups officially announced their Batch 15. We were stoked when we partnered with 500 startup for REACH NeXT and now are over the moon that they selected one of our winners. Also, 500 startups officially open their applications for Batch 16 on AngelList. Learn to code by cloning real-life startups. Code4Startup.

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Last year at this time I spoke at VidCon and gave this presentation in which I said YouTube was “the Walmart of Online Video” but I also commented that I felt YouTube was vulnerable to competition because their rev share to MCNs wasn’t high enough to allow MCNs to build a profitable business inside of YouTube.

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Invest Content Media Networking 291

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour frenzy in which a group of strangers can come together to form a company and compete for prizes.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ). I don’t) I think this guy has the chance to be the Digital Puffy if he can amass a team to help young artists own & manage their digital careers. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. Hautelook was able to help define--and conquer--the online flash sales category, in record time. Tell us a little bit about your background?

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Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

As the Flapper fashion trend fell out of favor, the company courted Hollywood actresses, including Elizabeth Taylor, to wear their bras in films, thus introducing brassieres to a national market. Follow John’s startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @JohnGreathouse. . This public exposure drove wealthy customers to Enid Frocks.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 6, 2015

During that time, his tenure as a young engineer at HP caused him to vow that when he started a company, he would create a culture that treated all employees with respect and humility. In 1978, George teamed up with 20-year old Stacy Peralta, a world champion skateboarder. This was an inspiration to me.

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Mentor Pacific Palisades Startup Class 100

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. Mark Suster: Let's start at the 50,000 foot level, then I'll segue into that question.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

When you run a startup you’re always on borrowed time. It’s why so few can really start a business from scratch. Knowing that now will help you greatly in your dark moments to know that you’re not the only one struggling. Strangely, most founders I know don’t have this conversation with the inside investors early.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Course 238

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. startup scene so hot. a great place for startups?

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since Donald Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was released on October 7, Leerink Partners analyst Geoffrey Porges wrote, biotech investors have lost $50 billion. The drug system went off the market in 2015, leaving Mylan’s EpiPen without competition and setting the stage for the furor over Mylan’s price hikes.

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Pricing Conference News Study 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Tons of great conversations about new startups, hardware, and the entrepreneurs building them. To cap off our 6th year at SXSW and follow up on last year’s amazingly successful Trend Lounge , we knew this year had to be bigger, better, more engaging, and of course, even more fun. Big ups to the Twitch.TV

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting. I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me. And many of the ones that do want to do startups are plotting their one YCombinator company.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

It seems to be all the fad in the startup and VC world these days. VCs are paying up at enormous prices to say that they have GroupOn, Facebook and Twitter on their roster irrespective of whether they really venture funded them or bought in late stage. As a result they end up taking money from many firms all at once.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Help 312

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. You can start in a lightweight, community friendly way like on Tumblr or Posterous without much effort. But the reality is that most “conventional wisdom&# is a bit like Hollywood films. Think it’s purely evil to fend off competition?

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Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250