Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Being an entrepreneur is scary. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. That’s what Kevin’s conference, Silicon Beach Fest (SBF), did for Los Angeles entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Nick Lui shares how he lost a contract to Microsoft while still in Jr.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2013

This time they’re inviting you to attend their annual Fast Pitch Conference. UCLA’s EA fast-pitch Conference is being held at UCLA tomorrow, with fast-pitch Semi Finals and the Final Round. Judging this year’s Fast-pitch Conference is a splendid all-star cast featuring: Jason Beck, VP of Vicente Capital Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

A couple of years ago an entrepreneur had requested a meeting with me to present his business. As the day approached I noticed that there was a conference in LA that I wanted to attend. The day before the conference I thought about rescheduling this meeting but then thought, “oh, well. Let me give you an example.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The list is getting quite long. I had to say it.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

One of the oldest coworking spaces in Los Angeles, BLANKSPACES , appears to have faith (and apparently, some success) in the whole coworking model, and told its supporters today that it has just renewed its lease for another five years in its original location, which is in the Mid-Wilshire area.

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MAY 9, 2018

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. What do I do now? Sometimes there just isn’t a fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. I try to steer entrepreneurs away from over-introducers and I often find myself wanting to be careful about them becoming an investor in companies I back. Focus is almost always the right answer.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My trip was scheduled around the annual Web Summit and the f.ounders conference, both of which have become the hottest must-attend event in Europe and rivaling any great conference in the US. The Origins of Web Summit / f.ounders. Whenever I present at conferences I try to talk with as many people as I can after presenting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. This is true for thought leaders, entrepreneurs, as well as anyone who is looking to be hired in a job. Provide a unique point of view.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Growing our practice from 3 original partners who would meet at coffee shops into a full institutional investing platform is a constant evolution.

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MAY 19, 2018

If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I was an entrepreneur for years. As I talked about on many occasions when I was an entrepreneur – and blogged publicly about - I learned a lot about my business and myself in these meetings. It’s almost as though they lacked personality, originality, empathy, humility or a sense of humor. Possibly more. Knowingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2020

Successful entrepreneurs often start with a “random” idea, but they quickly focus their efforts and follow a “system” to organize their startup and maximize the clout of their activities. This is true for thought leaders, entrepreneurs, as well as anyone who is looking to be hired in a job. Provide a unique point of view.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Many startups get caught up in the conference circuit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2023

Therefore, I often recommend to entrepreneurs and business professionals that they not get too frustrated with initial failures or give up too soon. Factor these changes into your original dream, but don’t assume it can change the world. Change is the only constant in today’s world of customers and competitors.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For those who may be unfamiliar Techweek hosts a 7-day series of events with a 2-day technology conference and expo to bring together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders. FameBit connects YouTube influencers and brands to collaborate and create original video content. Kicking off at 7 p.m.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We started a program, where we have a conference on an annual basis here, and get the alumni of Tel Aviv University to come together, to not only learn about new technology out of Tel Aviv and Israel as a whole, but also to try to connect Los Angeles and Southern California with Tel Aviv University.

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MAY 17, 2012

I’m fond of saying that I look for entrepreneurs that have a chip on their shoulder. Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved. I was at a conference 18 monts ago or so. I met an entrepreneur. I recently was with a group of investors and watched an entrepreneur try to pitch his concept. To be liked?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. In the original version of his post, Andy writes. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. The best VCs I know take 11pm conference calls.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now. Digital LA Producer, Kevin Winston, always pulls together a great bunch of panelists and this conference was no exception.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. Real life entrepreneurs are messier.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2019

If we build it, they will come ” may have worked as a movie theme for Kevin Costner, but as an investor, I tell entrepreneurs a great solution is not enough. They nurture connections to other innovators and entrepreneurs, financial benefactors, organizational leaders, and potential customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Every entrepreneur wants to hear “yes” during the fund-raising process but I would argue that being too risk averse and not pushing hard enough and be willing to hear a “no” is what holds back many people from “yes.” Possibly offend and entrepreneur leading to reputation risk amongst other entrepreneurs.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. Serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein is an incredible marketer. Be unafraid but use sound judgment.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2016

Dave’s note: This week, let’s welcome an expert in employment background checks, Chris Dyer, CEO of PeopleG2, to help us explore one dicey subject that gets lots of entrepreneurs and managers into trouble by being completely unaware of what they cannot ask a candidate in an employment interview. Each head of.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

Marten began his story by explaining that MySQL was originally founded as a research project and how it was a nascent startup for nearly a decade before he joined the team. Marten noted that a year after Oracle acquired InnoDB, MySQL made an unexpected announcement at their annual Users Conference. Yet Another Overnight Success.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

When Glenn asked the crowd of more than 800 VCs, entrepreneurs and technology executives how many of them hated him or thought they hated him there were many raised hands. He knew this of course before he came. To give you a sense of how intimidating that must have felt here’s a shot of the room.

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APRIL 21, 2020

I spoke about that more in this deck that I wrote for the SaaStr conference in early March 2020. Not anywhere nearly as hard as being an entrepreneur. To win the best deals entrepreneurs need to trust you and want to work with you. How Do I Advise People When Raising Money in a Hard Market? Raise when you can. Yes, critical.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. LA has the annual Monty Conference. And of course Foundry Group is the original masters of this with perfectly organized ambassador trips to Boulder. I’ve seen it work in Boulder with DeFrag and Gluecon. NY has a million including the obvious ones like AdWeek.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 2, 2011

." 3) Most great companies have inspiring Origin Stories. I would fly up to Redmond twice a week and we would all sit around a really large conference table – it was the largest (advertising) project Microsoft had ever done, a $100M advertising campaign. "We were at CNet and I did a very large deal with Microsoft.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Remember, I was an entrepreneur for 10 years before a VC). Even though I got a “no” he helped me understand why I wasn’t a fit for him and that always set the bar for how I wanted to treat entrepreneurs?—?friendly, even if it’s just a web conference call walk through. Most entrepreneurs don’t put enough effort into these phases.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I wrote recently about etiquette when you meet people at conferences or events so now that I have this done I feel I need to say some words about connecting on social networks. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Start-up Advice Startup Advice. But then people’s actions tell me otherwise.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Much of this historically didn’t matter to entrepreneurs. ” In fact, I was at a recent early-stage VC/LP conference where this was accepted as conventional wisdom. ” Entrepreneurs can be caught in the middle. What a second, what about entrepreneurs? Sometimes entrepreneurs get screwed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2010

So what we did, is we said launching at a conference like this is expensive, what we're going to do is create a project on Invested.in Where did the idea come from originally? Alon Goren: Originally, I was in a band, and there were a couple of sites you could use to fundraise. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. I have often said that what separates real entrepreneurs from pundits and bystanders is a bias towards getting things done versus over analyzing things. The startup entrepreneur knows that they’re going to be wrong often. Great entrepreneurs find a way. So here goes.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s very easy in venture capital when you’ve seen thousands of companies have read thousands of decks and spreadsheets and been to numerous conferences and exchanged ideas with other investors and entrepreneurs to feel like “you know better” and that’s precisely what we try to encourage Team Upfront not to feel or how not to behave.

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