TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. How did we go from collaboration to competition, from consensus to dissention, from a reliable digital resource to an amplifier of questionable information? That’s how the Internet was conceived and nurtured.

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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. BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2022

After having assessed your environment, start healthy networking activities, such as lunch, with important people in your professional network on a weekly basis. Add more inspirational people to your network. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world. Marty Zwilling.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

Yet I find in my business advisory activities that busy entrepreneurs and professionals, especially the introverts like me, find it hard to spend the necessary time networking and nurturing the relationships they need to get ahead. That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. Sorting it all out is the challenge.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Let me start with the news that I’m excited to share with you. Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. We didn’t hire a recruiting firm – it was always going to come from our network.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2011

Starting up your own broadcasting network is no longer out of anyones reach. In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Andrew the CEO of the Guys from Queens (GFQ) Network. In this installment of TZ Startup Hot Seat we have a chat with Andrew the CEO of the Guys from Queens (GFQ) Network.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. The result was a social platform especially built to serve the needs of Business-to-Business interaction and networking.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Since 2006, the Startup of the Year competition has been showcasing early-stage startups in a way that only we can. And, fortunately for you and your new venture, applications are open for Startup of the Year 2018. In fact, last year the competition represented 43 US states and 46 countries! The Mission. The Prizes. The Details.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking web site said late Thursday that it has kicked off a competition to send a MySpace user to the Davos World Economic Forum. The competition is being driven by user-submitted videos, where aspiring reporters can explain why they should be chosen to travel to Davos. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? And a host of interesting companies in last mile have cropped up to give the Amazon ecosystem some competition, like two companies from the last Techstars LA class - Shipsi and PRZM. The team's individual and collective health has to come first. Find her @annawbarber.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com). Since 2010, $6.3B

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. There are lots of similarities where local news affects value and risk in these things.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

The Startup of the Year program, created by TechCo Media and continued by the TechCo founders under Established , is where the top 100 emerging startups from around the world come together to compete for a chance to win prizes and elevate their network with people who can really fuel their business. A Strong Alumni Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Through networking with other entrepreneurs, you should find one or more to visit that have relationships with this investor.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

Competition for the top position in the JSON-serialization test within the Peak environment has heated up so much that Round 10 sees a more than 100% increase in the top performance versus Round 9 (2.2M We''re delighted that 1M is already old news. Between Round 9 and Round 10, we saw an average of 7 commits per day. versus 1.05M).

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

If the feeling is mutual, we tell you the good news, and introduce you. There are plenty of other social networks out there, who do a good job of connecting you with your existing network of friends. But, there wasn''t a platform out there dedicated and effective to meeting new people. How did Tinder come about?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

pushing CEOs and business owners to innovate to outperform the competition. PRTechConnect (www.prtechconnect.com)  You've Got News, Now Get Heard. your business on the map with national news coverage and blog buzz for only $999 a. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Its network speed is decent too, but its use is restricted to the US, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands. Read our guide to the best VoIP desk phones to check out its competition.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. Our go-to-market strategy is closer to Facebook. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. How do people drive SEO growth?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. According to Big Stage, the deal will allow users on the site to insert the firm's 3D avatars into game photos and videos. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? If you are a Lead Developer now and want to grow into a CTO role, there's some good news and bad news. The bad news is that there are a couple of things working against you making the transition. How can we address this risk?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2019

After having assessed your environment, start healthy networking activities, such as lunch, with important people in your professional network on a weekly basis. Add more inspirational people to your network. The stakes are higher than ever in this competitive and rapidly changing world. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2019

To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Startup of the Year competition, which will be held in San Jose, CA during the Innovate! We will have cocktails, snacks, and great networking. Equity Directory – an invite-only network of entrepreneurs and startup talent exchanging work for equity. The startups in the showcase will be considered for the Tech.Co

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Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

. “ Without of the support from my team and family, I wouldn’t have the guts to even apply for this competition. His advice for startups pitching at competitions: The key is to try to get down all your thoughts. “[The networking has] been amazing. APPLY FOR STARTUP OF THE YEAR COMPETITION HERE.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 23, 2011

You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. Whether we like to admit it or not, PR drives behavior with customers, investors, employees and competition. In my opinion it’s worth its weight in gold.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s where the traditional media companies--the morning shows, the news clips shows, the ad agencies--can see what is viral and trending, and can license it directly from us. Is there a lot of competition for the rights to all of that content? Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have. more) READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

Enzo has been featured on Ellen Degeneres, NBC News, Forbes, Tome, Scientific American and many other news outlets. Walker’s app “ Rode Dog ” enables users within pre-established social networks to send barking sounds to offending pack members to encourage them to stop.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In 2009/2010, I joined the team which had been building out the Titan platform, with the idea that the competitive gaming model was very attractive. The competitive/skilled gaming model is where players compete in games for points, items, and sometimes for cash. Is that something new to the market? In August, we acquired Xfire.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 28, 2012

The starup offers online entrepreneurial networking opportunities by introducing professionals with expertise (Advisors) to those seeking business advice (Entrepreneurs). Fridman came up with the idea after being approached by an intellectual property attorney at a networking event this past Fall. No direct competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Over 500,000 new businesses were created last year, or about one per minute of every day. 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. Using new tools for recruiting key players and advisors.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? A few years ago, there was still a sense of competition between various start-up communities, but this sentiment has been replaced by a sense that we are stronger together. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Read more: PaidContent.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

Enzo has been featured on Ellen Degeneres, NBC News, Forbes, Tome, Scientific American and many other news outlets. Walker’s app “ Rode Dog ” enables users within pre-established social networks to send barking sounds to offending pack members to encourage them to stop.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Behind the easy to use interface is a powerful, real time search and discovery engine, which creates a news feed of all of the intersting things happening in your surroundings. Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. How did Tilofy come about?

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