socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2018

It is a platform for talent discovery, and a platform for fellowships to manage their programs. It's also a platform for writers. Writers can submit their scripts into these programs, and the dashboards make it convenient to track, and it also allows them to track placement and their scores in these competitions.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Hollywood Platform Competition 100

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He did note that in the four markets where the company has gone live since launching its business in January 2019 — San Diego, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire , and Sacramento — has yielded an annualized revenue run rate of over $400 million in gross merchandise value (the total value of home sales transacted on its platform).

Sales 282

Sales Demand San Diego Funding 282

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. These are the forces that initiate and sustain transformation efforts. Sense of accountability and momentum (snowball metaphor).

Coach 114

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 114

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This was a big year for Crosscut because were finally delivering on our promise of implementing a full-scale investing platform after 11+ years in business. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Content is a “hits driven business” and therefore you can only invest in platforms not media. The point isn’t to “build a business on YouTube” but rather to use YouTube as a marketing platform to build a video business that works across many platforms. I think most arguments miss the mark.

SEM 150

SEM Content Platform Acquisition 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2014

On Sunday, March 2 nd at USC, these rivals took their battle to a new platform: startups. The competition started early February with a voting and crowdfunding portion as several teams from both schools gathered votes from fans on the host crowdfunding platform. All in all, 100% worth the effort that went into it.”.

Startup 101

Startup USC UCLA Southern California 101

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

USC’s Marshall School of Business and School of Cinematic Arts present Silicon Beach @USC : an event highlighting innovation, new ventures, partnerships and investment at the intersection of technology and digital content. WHO : Presenters will also discuss the unique advantages of launching new initiatives in Southern California.

USC 81

USC Southern California Conference Entertainment 81

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Were part of the uCast Global video highway, which is our way of illustrating how content is being driven locally, regionally, and globally, using our platform, but also technology we have integrated and continue to integrate with our partners. We are unique in being an open platform, that allows for all of these variations to happen.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: A Comprehensive View of Social Marketing, Social Media, and Social Networks. Blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social platforms can be low-cost marketing tools (great for anyone in this economic climate!)

Social Media 100

Social Media Social Network Media Enterprise Forum 100

TechEmpower

APRIL 21, 2015

Much of the effort in the past year has been focused on improving the toolset, allowing contributors to create their own test and development environment with less effort and to optionally focus on just the frameworks or platforms of interest to them. Between Round 9 and Round 10, we saw an average of 7 commits per day. versus 1.05M).

Framework 200

Framework EC2 TechEmpower Java 200

Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2016

By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. The audience used text messaging to vote for their favorite presentation. “We

Tech Coast Angels 40

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review San Diego Software Review 40

Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

At Startup Night SXSW 2018 presented by Kauffman and TechCo, 25 inspiring and diverse startups showcased their latest innovation and competed for $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast track ticket to be a Startup of the Year semifinalist at Innovate Celebrate 2018. .

Startup 70

Startup Competition Mentor Entertainment 70

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are a lot of other competition shows and reality show, which are much more predatory and cut-throat, and it's nice for our entrepreneurs to not only get a real investment, but get great feedback. Whereas, in a meeting with someone, you can spent a lot more time on your presentation, and allow panelists and investors to speak more.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Competition 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. These are the forces that initiate and sustain transformation efforts. Sense of accountability and momentum (snowball metaphor).

Coach 96

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

Funding 101

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up? Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

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 English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. Competition? Who are its founders?

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In this yearly event put on by the Stevens Center for Innovation , 30 teams, selected from a pool of 70 applicants, presented their unique ideas to crowds of students, parents, and judges. This event was a competition, and judges began making their rounds around noon. We now have a solid proof of concept.”

USC 91

USC Ideas Southern California Platform 91

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

For examples, our sponsor, Microsoft Accelerator , will have team members on the floor to take stock of all the budding startups and genius ideas that this showcase will no doubt present. Startup of the Year competition, which will be held in San Jose, CA during the Innovate! We will have cocktails, snacks, and great networking.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

If I’m covering a company can I get evidence of what the competition is doing so the story is balanced? Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs? So when somebody is going to the purchase aisle and thinking about buying a mobile analytics platform they have the brand recognition that matters. Final example.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them. In reality, new technology alone is often assigned a negative value, as startups push out alpha and beta products earlier and earlier in the competitive rush.

Technology 109

Technology Entrepreneur Customer Custom 109

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This opportunity sort of just presented itself, because I knew every student hated buying books and there was no easy way to od it. Back to the service itself-- you've got lots of competition in the space, how are you going to get above that noise? Jonathan Simkin: Certainly, it is extremely competitive.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Eli Aizenstat: Beatshare is a multimedia messaging platform, where we are bringing music into the heart of the communication space. We worked on Beatshare at Chapman, where there was a business plan competition, which we won. What were your backgrounds before Beatshare?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life. Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

Entrepreneur 232

Entrepreneur Competition Software Review Course 232

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2015

Peter Fuda a while back, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. I believe these will really help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate their own entrepreneur leadership transformation: Demonstrates a burning ambition and a burning platform (fire metaphor). Marty Zwilling.

Product 103

Product Coach Framework Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2017

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. These are the forces that initiate and sustain transformation efforts. Sense of accountability and momentum (snowball metaphor).

Coach 64

Coach Framework Entrepreneur Tool 64

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

Panelist judges Dave Siemer, Eva Ho, and Karen Jashinsky, sat and watched as these six teams of 3-5 girls took the stage and gave a full pitch presentation of what their mobile apps would be. Entrepreneurship : Through working with their mentors, each team acted as a startup, conducting market research for their pitch presentations.

Technical Review 82

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them. In reality, new technology alone is often assigned a negative value, as startups push out alpha and beta products earlier and earlier in the competitive rush.

Marketing 101

Marketing Technology Startup Customer 101

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

Information Asymmetry - The biggest problem that presenters face in large (5+ people) is information asymmetry. You come into a meeting where your sponsor (the person who invited you to present to the partners) knows a lot about you and the rest of the room may have varying degrees of knowledge. Does that sound ok?&#.

Venture Capital 318

Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and fancy new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them. In reality, new technology alone is often assigned a negative value, as startups push out alpha and beta products earlier and earlier in the competitive rush.

Customer 95

Customer Custom Technology Marketing 95

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Your reasoning will inform what platforms you should choose, what target audience, what feature-set is necessary, and what your eventual marketing & personality should be. Niche apps can usually demand a higher price point because there isn’t much competition out there. Having competition isn’t a bad thing. Do Your Research.

Marketing 97

Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 17, 2010

Taking a few pages out of the ChatRoulette book, cleaning it up and giving it an actual purpose and you are presented with Chatfe. Winner of a "Best Viable Business" award from a Microsoft Bizspark competition, Chatfe is a voice platform that allows you to communicate with someone new and talk about common interests you both have.

Web 61

Web Startup Competition Platform 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2013

The top two on the personal side are “urgency” and “desire,” but these have to be matched on the business side with the willingness to burn the platform (change any aspect of the business) without a crisis. These are the forces that initiate and sustain transformation efforts. Sense of accountability and momentum (snowball metaphor).

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Coach Framework Tool 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2017

Yet we all know that many customers delay their adoption of the latest software platform, and avoid new hardware, for a year or two until all the “kinks” are worked out of them. In reality, new technology alone is often assigned a negative value, as startups push out alpha and beta products earlier and earlier in the competitive rush.

Technology 53

Technology Customer Custom Marketing 53

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This presents an opportunity for people, businesses, and brands who have products in the real world and in retail storefronts, packaging, and advertisements, allowing people to get additional information from what they are already seeing out there. Hamilton Chan: We provide a platform where brands can go and create a QR code.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The platform connects foodies to restaurants for a win-win situation for both parties. The platform uses an iPhone app and website to help users make decisions quickly and confidently while also helping them share their valuable restaurant experiences with others. myfab5 is a platform that reinvents the restaurant review.

Software Review 79

Software Review Technical Review Writing Startup 79

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Could we really build a generalize platform and assemble the data in a cost effective way? If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do, you will have the best experience of your life. Of course, there was so little competition back then so it easier to find uncharted territory.

Blogging 219

Blogging Entrepreneur Software Review Course 219