socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

A new, startup competition, called the California Climate Cup --run by te Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)--says it is looking to identify the most promising startups, globally, who are working on innovations for megacities for zero emission transportation and clean energy.

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Competition Startup Incubator Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

The group said that the winners with Stanford Nitrogen Group , Greenbiotics , and Xite Solar will split the $200,000 in prize money, and also will gain access to the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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Incubator Startup Help Resource 98

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The new app centers around photos--which can be viewed on a map or on a list--of unique and interesting locations in a town, plus a competition between users to rack up points and be recognized on a leaderboard in discovering cool places in a location. Idealab says it is incubating Crash. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab San Diego Incubator Guide 228

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

btw: xitca-web (bench code not including dependencies) does not do 2,3,5 and still remains competitive in micro bench can be used as a reference. One of the reasons for contributing it to the Framework Benchmarks, was to verify no obvious performance regressions were introduced in the process of forking, and the results look good!

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Framework TechEmpower Java Paramount 410

Xconomy

APRIL 11, 2019

Financial firms are facing competition from legacy players and disruptive fintech startups as technology continues to reshape the heavily regulated industry. Two financial firms are betting on a nonprofit incubator program in San Diego in hopes of identifying top talent and potential targets for investment or acquisition.

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Incubator Invest San Diego Competition 81

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

From apps to hardware, to KickStarter successes and international startups, we’re inching closer to finding out who will take home the title of Startup of the Year competition at our annual Celebrate Conference in October. Among the dozens of participants that applied for the online competitions, only a few progressed into the semifinals.

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Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2010

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. Of course, they also have to bring a cleverly identified marketplace opportunity, and some value proposition that will set them apart from the competition and generate serious profitability.

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Incubator Mentor Capital Startup 80

Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Although that is still a good idea in many cases, there is a recent alternative available to some entrepreneurs on a competitive basis that seems most attractive and positive. I used to tell them to find a partner with knowledge in business creation and management.

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Coach Seed Funding Summary Incubator 250

socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2018

GroGuru is part of San Diego- and Irvine's EvoNexus startup incubator, and develops a precision soil and irrigation monitoring system. The funding was part of the Radicle Automation Challenge, a competition which focused on technology to improve on-farm efficiencies in the light of a severe labor shortage in the agricultural market.

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Seed Funding Funding San Diego Incubator 113

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. In the past, the competition allowed anyone to participate in the initial round of 30-second pitches to investors and experts. .”

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Competition Networking TCVN Southern California 65

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

San Diego-based Radicle Growth, which focuses on incubating early stage agriculture and food technology, and agriculture giant UPL said today that the two are in a new partnership, which will invest $1.25M in two startups that can "positively impact and reduce the carbon footprint and improve soil health of the food value chain."

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Startup San Diego Incubator Tool 187

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

A question I often get as an adviser is whether or not to join a business incubator or accelerator as a way to move forward faster and smarter and increase the odds of business success. Most incubators start their program with some aptitude and business acumen tests. The process is often competitive and very difficult.

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Incubator Startup Seed Funding Equity 58

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Even though the plan by Los Angeles to create a Clean Technology Corridor on the banks of the LA river has yet to advance much beyond the planning stage, a competition pitting architects to create their vision for the clean technology zone has just named winners who have expressed their futuristic visions for what the area might look like.

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Competition Monrovia Southern California Los Angeles 113

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator. USC’s Marshall School of Business will host the second annual Silicon Beach Awards (SBAs), a $50,000 venture competition focused on innovation in technology & entertainment. They had some pretty high quality companies presenting. I also have a discount code below for the event.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Conference 159

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2012

Splash is a single-track evening event and startup competition. These influencers will give you insights into how they think when it comes to investments and they'll also talk about their changing investment strategies in light of the emergence of super angels, angels, micro-VCs and incubators. See [link] (more)

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Incubator Google Competition Invest 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch Competition. Finalists will each have 90 seconds to make their best pitch to a panel comprised of Tech Coast Angels members, founders of leading accelerators and incubators and other start-up experts.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel Incubator Startup 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Hosting companies are in a very dynamic environment, with lots of competition, new technology, the cloud--how does this all affect your company? Simon Anderson: There''s a lot of competition in the market, undoubtedly. So, for us, competition is good. Ultimately, we found a firm like Goldman Sachs would be a great fit for us.

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Software Review Cloud Computing Technical Review Platform 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

One of the reasons that now is the time to be an entrepreneur is the explosion of startup assistance organizations, usually called incubators or accelerators. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. I don’t believe it. Either your core is innately technical or it’s not. . -

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CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

He had a philosophy that the future competition for startups would be design led and based on data analysis. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. People like Paul Singh, Christine Tsai and my old pal Christen O’Brien are great. Sounds obvious.

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Startup Venture Capital Email Writing 309

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. How did Tilofy come about? What drove your interest in this area?

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day.

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Tips Startup Social Media News 161

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Instead, you have to prepare those companies, and make them competitive with the best companies in Silicon Valley who are getting funded. incubator incubate accelerate interview entrepreneur capital venture startup accelerator muckerlab rannala erik' That''s why we work really closely with them. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The experience was part of InCube 2018 , a global startup pitch competition organized by the ETH Entrepreneurship Club. We met for the first time the week before, and we were competing against four other cubes in Switzerland to solve a challenge.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Competition Organization 83

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

An effective way to associate yourself with high-caliber members of your startup community is to lend your gratis support to a venture accelerator or incubator. Aspiring baseball players are not intimidated by the competitiveness of their sport. Spend as much time as possible in the company of aspiring and accomplished entrepreneurs.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Invest RSS 242

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question. Most VCs are book smart.

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Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We've created a heads down environment, where companies are not competitive with each other, but you've got serious, smart people in a productive working environment. The fact that none of those companies are remotely competitive was really valuable for us in bulidling that community, and that's something we'll strive to do in the future.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. There are a couple of companies that have already done fundraising whereas at a normal incubator non of them would have even started.”.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. These also get used for guest lectures in business classes, judges for business plan competition, and introductions to accredited investors. Other project and research reports in their library are a rich source of new ideas, if you are still looking for a place to start.

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Class Startup Resource Mentor 124

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

ABC has even created an incubator-style program in which startup non-profits compete for $100,000 in seed funding. It’s an open competition that awards $100,000 and a year of management support to the most promising early stage nonprofit that is helping low-income Chicagoans to rise out of poverty. Project Impact is our answer to that.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157