SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 12, 2012

Saturday, August 18, 2012 -- Videogame Pitch Event. Fourth Annual 4th Annual Video Game Pitch Competition. The event is being held to allow videogame developers to pitch their game ideas and to help promote University of California Irvine's Second Annual Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase. See [link].

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Competition Entertainment Ideas Help 113

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

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? Manubay: This will be our first time having a table at an event so we are excited to prepare some display materials and giveaways.

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Competition Startup Ideas Conference 103

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Crowdfunder , the Los Angeles startup led by CHance Barnett, has launched another crowdfunding event aimed at the local industry, saying Wednesday that it has launched CROWDIMPACT LA , a pitching competition which will award $20,000 in a top prize to a winning social enterprise company. Deadline for entry is March 28th. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 2, 2019

The New Venture Fair (NVF) is a valuable part of Cal Lutheran's entrepreneur education experience, in which student teams share their innovative startup projects in a competitive environment. The students participating in the Fair have been working on their ideas for several months. See [link] (more)

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Education Ideas Competition Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2012

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Resource 103

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Tech Coast Venture Network is rounding up the finest entrepreneurs to compete for $25,000 in cash prize in their Survivor 7 Pitch Competition this Thursday, November 15th. The event will be held in Chapman University and has attracted over 30 companies that have submitted their pitch videos online.

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Competition Networking TCVN Southern California 65

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2012

A startup begins with a great idea, but all too often, that’s where it ends. Ideas have to be implemented well to get the desired results. That’s why investors invest in entrepreneurs, rather than ideas. Measuring performance may seem self-evident, but many entrepreneurs mistake this task as a point-in-time or a one-time event.

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Ideas Startup Summary Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Incent friendly competition with prizes. Get your community involved in both the idea and the delivery. Host events to bring your community together. Events can also be in cyberspace, or anywhere in the real world. Don’t forget that when planning an event, your ultimate goal is incite people to advocacy and action.

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Ideas Search Engine Optimization Startup Artificial Inteligence 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The University of Southern California and wealthy engineer Fariborz Maseeh , now a hedge fund manager in Newport Beach, is announcing this week a $1M endowment, which will fund an annual, $50,000 prize for a business plan competition for the school's engineering students. affiliated event focused on spreading innovative ideas.

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USC Southern California SoCalTech Competition 214

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2021

Incent friendly competition with prizes. Get your community involved in both the idea and the delivery. Host events to bring your community together. Events can also be in cyberspace, or anywhere in the real world. Don’t forget that when planning an event, your ultimate goal is incite people to advocacy and action.

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Search Engine Optimization Artificial Inteligence Organization Social Media 158

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

The mobile app and website that allows people to capture and share images and videos of events through social media. We came up with an idea for an app and around that time we met with Chris. The idea for the app is to see events through the eyes of the audience. The idea is great and has been working very well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Having enough revenue to finally give yourself a salary is an inspiring event, and one that you should savor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2011

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a pitch on their current “million dollar idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth much, outside the context of a visionary leader and a plan. Positive inspirational communication.

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Ideas Startup Entrepreneur Resource 98

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Obviously these folks were serious about winning this competition, and had no time to worry about who the guy taking pictures with his iPhone. I walked the entirety of the first floor before coming across a friendly face emerging from the kitchen at ROC who directed me to the third floor to find one of the event organizers, Calvin Ho.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2010

A popular approach for aspiring entrepreneurs these days seems to be to corner anyone who will listen, with a dialogue on their current hot “idea.” In my humble opinion, ideas are a commodity, and are really not worth anything, outside the context of a vision and plan. What separates an idea person from a visionary leader?

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Ideas Entrepreneur Startup Resource 98

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2013

The EA Conference annual fast pitch competition offers aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business idea in 90 seconds or less to a panel of judges, providing high exposure to the investment and Venture Capitalist community.

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Competition UCLA Entrepreneur Conference 82

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

amSTATZ is an online community that brings fitness professionals, athletes and fitness events together into one place. Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit.

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Social Network Networking Training Summary 92

Berkonomics

AUGUST 23, 2018

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. A few great examples. Use these often in your work.

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.Net Email Competition Examples 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Having enough revenue to finally give yourself a salary is an inspiring event, and one that you should savor.

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Satisfaction Custom Customer Outsource 174

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2014

Darren Gao, the event organizer from Wowfand, stated, “I put on this even not only to promote wowfand.com as an international fan funding website, but also to support student startup projects in Southern California.”. The pitch competition was split into two categories, a technology and nontechnology section.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

2020 seems like a decade away into space, however Motreal-based reelyActive, the winner os Startup World Competition , is doing just this. The Montreal-based startup beat 15 entrepreneurs from Europe, Africa, North/South America to emerge top at the competition held at Parisoma co-working space. Hyperlocal context. Internet of things.

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Competition Startup Social Media Software 83

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 11, 2012

Late last year we announced that local Southern California startup Caplinked was launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, and Chris Yeh.

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Competition Idealab Southern California Ideas 63

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that many of you have your most creative ideas for your company’s first big bang , but often get bogged down with details as the company grows. Reward ideas with peer recognition and praise. The key is to flush out ideas quickly, and close in on the final solution.

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Company Companies Ideas Mentor 148

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

in funding at an event next week. According to WeWork, LA-based Swipe Out Hunger , LeVar Burton Kids , Nouvella , and Jae Jin Music will compete against twenty nine total finalists to win funding for their ideas at an event in New York on November 16th.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Funding Competition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2023

I see this happening in smaller ways often, where there is minimal focus on competition. Here are some key initiatives that I recommend to every business owner and leader to stave off new competitors before they seriously impact or cause a competitive crisis in your business: Continually compare yourself to known competitors.

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Metrics Training Netflix Resource 71

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 12, 2015

While the global economy has proved to be fertile soil for launching small to mid-sized businesses, there has never been a time in which the competition in the small business arena has been as intense as it is currently. The post Here Comes New Ideas from BPM appeared first on TechZulu.

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Ideas Software Review Competition Satisfaction 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2021

Also, for most of us, not having done it before, we have no idea where or how to start. It’s always good to have someone to test your ideas, keep your spirits up, and hone your business skills. Nothing says you are serious about a business like handing out professional business cards at local events and Chamber of Commerce meetings.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2014

One local company-- Edmunds.com (www.edmunds.com)--has been very active looking to tap into the innovative spirit in the community through its own hackathons -- days-long, endurance events where teams come together to quickly built and prototype software around a central theme. It was a great event, and candidly, it exceeded our expectations.

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Edmunds Southern California Ideas Startup 172

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

CapLinked , the online platform for private investment funded by members of the “ PayPal Mafia “—announced that it is launching a worldwide pitch competition for entrepreneurs to present their business ideas to a panel of all-star judges from Idealab, Rincon, Rapidfire, and Actarus.

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Competition Idealab Slides Startup 70

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Since 2006, the Startup of the Year (SOTY) events and programs have uncovered some of the top emerging companies in the world, such as Uber, GrubHub, Groupon, LivingSocial, AddThis, and Desk. Being a part of the SOTY alumni lasts well beyond the pitch competition. A Strong Alumni Network. And we’re so glad we did!

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. The Case Foundation invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Indiegogo has brought more than 800,000 ideas to fruition since 2008. The Case Foundation (Washington, DC).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

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. In a recent CEO roundtable, the executives discussed their experiences with the question chain.

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Develop Development .Net Competition 191

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. You may think that patents and copyrights are not required, since your products are so innovative, but you will find that competitors are quick to copy your idea if you don’t protect it. If you wait for a growth crisis to kick off your next step, it’s probably too late.

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Entrepreneur Patents Startup Technical Review 173

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

This fallacy, often called historical myopia, essentially involves extrapolating only from recent positive events, and ignoring the reality that markets saturate or evaporate. A smart entrepreneur learns to embrace failure as a badge of learning that provides a competitive edge.

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Entrepreneur Netflix Social Media Startup 125

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 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.

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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. Come interact with the panel and exchange ideas with your peers.

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