Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

But for now, let me digress to the story of my first hiring decision for my first company, years ago. Way back then, I was managing a small and growing phonograph record manufacturing business (yes, back in original hay day of vinyl records) using independent contractors for both content and production. Comfort, or risk-it-all?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. The third pillar of our solution, is an ongoing mitigation strategy to make sure a company is achieving diversity and inclusion objectives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2016

On the good side we had a lot more public “conversations” on Twitter, making it feel like a chat room. On the good side we had a lot more public “conversations” on Twitter, making it feel like a chat room. I love to watch networks evolve, see how crowds gather and communicate and curate and share. Twitter became ephemeral.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. “I

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

The next thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Due to the information overload felt by consumers today, marketing at the generic segment level no longer works.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. “I

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Tell us a bit about what your startup is working on? The way it works, is you take a selfie with iOS or Android, and without extra hardware or attachments or scanning, you can do a voice recording, and using our proprietary artificial intelligence technology, we automatically create a photo-real, virtual self of that person.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

By now many of you know the Harlem Shake but what you may not appreciate is the broader trend behind the video and it has mirrored my general views on how TV will work in the future. Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do you get technology developed by researchers deep within a university, and make that visible to to the public? Paul Debevec, winner of a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for his work in rendering digital faces, presented on the USC Institute for Creative Technologies' (ICT) latest innovations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

Having held all of the major operational functions of the fraternity I was ready for “real leadership.&#. I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. I still do. Easy peasy. He spoke on human terms. At a base level.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

What's the whole story behind StockTwits and how it came about? I remember saying that I just don't get it, even though they had a great story. Howard Lindzon is CEO and Co-founder of StockTwits (www.stocktwits.com), the financial micro-messaging service. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

It's the older 11 to12 story, 1960's building. We really focus on the mentorship, programming, and content, and the ability to access USC, and specifically its School of Engineering. Dave told us a bit more about the Viterbi Startup Garage and several other associated efforts there at USC centered around the startup ecosystem.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co Over the next few months we will work closely with the team at MVF to ensure a successful transition as the organization continues to build Tech.Co Most importantly, we like them.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

If you still don’t get Snapchat please read the primer or follow me on Snapchat for a week or two because how I create “stories” on Snapchat is more of a use case for modern media than perhaps some teens use the product so it may resonate more with you what the future could bring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Due to the information overload felt by consumers today, marketing at the generic segment level no longer works.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2010

Tell us the story behind Stroome and how it came about? My partner is a documentarian and reports for the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, and was given a story to write about for the New York Times, about the sounds that fish make , for their Science section. We grew out of an interesting use case. It ran in April of 2008.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Kurt and his crew can make these, and about 35 of other once-in-a-lifetime treks, a reality. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Kurt Kutay, Founder and CEO of Wildland Adventures , believes that "luxury adventure travel" does not have to be an oxymoron. Ever fantasized about climbing Mt.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There was so much great content at the Upfront Summit but I think one held a special place in minds of most people I talked to – our panel on diversity led by my partner Hamet Watt (<– what? We want to partner with you to make money.” We should do more to fix it, even if it takes time and hard work.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2013

You are making business relationships and new friendships constantly. You might interact with many other people, and you make new friends and relationships. What''s one of the hottest, fastest growing mobile apps out there out of a Southern California startup? For those who haven''t used your app, describe Tinder?

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

Today, we don’t buy radio, we make it and we don’t just make it, we make it work. While my play on words may lead many of those that know me to chuckle, I’m very serious when I say we “make radio work.&# Our shows have Make It Work in their title, our call-in number is 877.MAKEITWORK,

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? But just based on the working title (“Story of Your Life”) I wasn’t even clear that this movie was science fiction, or what it was at all.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan: PaperLinks' mission is to hyperlink the real world. My hypothesis, is that hyperlinks are migrating into the real world, and that the world is moving past the web browser on the desktop to retrieve information. Information retrieval on-the-go is coming to a world near you, and PaperLinks wants to make that possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In today’s world of constant change and information overload via the Internet, content marketing and branding are often more important to success than product quality or technology. Actively lead conversations, as well as real listening. That means they want to see you as a leader, with innovative ideas and a real point of view.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. How we are doing this, is we are connecting users with real, local experts. What's the story on how you started the company? Bong Koh: We started at the end of April.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. “I

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

What''s the story behind the company? We had worked at another organization together in online marketing, and learned every aspect of the business, from closing new deals, on-boarding new clients, to building media plans. What is ConsumerTrack all about? Brett Rossman: ConsumerTrack is a performance-based, online marketing company.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. What gives? As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2012

We then take that information and find trends and metadata, and all that content and sharing, and use it to drive e-commerce, and to design and manufacture apparel products. I started with a men's apparel brand doing marketing, creative, and branding, and worked on everything from production to design and manufacturing.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

There's a real need for what we're doing, and we're super committed to a high quality product produced here in California. There's a real need for what we're doing, and we're super committed to a high quality product produced here in California. Every time we sell a bottle, we make a matching nutrient grant to someone in need.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

We've come up with a pretty unique solution, which looks at social depth--you, your friends, and the people you follow, your demographics, and people you impact--and learns about these people and makes intelligent decisions based on that. What's the story behind the company? What is the real problem here?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2017

The first thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work. Due to the information overload felt by consumers today, marketing at the generic segment level no longer works.

Social Media 62

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

We use the technology and the power of our community to help prioritize and vet those deals, making it real simple to find those deals you're looking for. What's the story behind Savings.com? We invested heavily and did some smart things, worked hard, and became one of the top players in the space in short order.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. Every acronym should at least be spelled out and defined at its first appearance in any content. “I

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Eric Greenspan

JUNE 18, 2015

I know you work too much. Much like real life, when someone complains on Facebook, most don’t want to hear it. ” So I’ve worked on my life and my goal was set years back. I want to attract hard working, positive thinking, wonderful people. I know it hurts. I know she broke your heart. I know you failed.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

Earlier this month, the annual Montgomery Summit conference was held in Santa Monica, including a special portion of the conference dedicated to the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur. The summit is now associated with March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com). What's your role at March Capital? I went to business school in between all of that.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

In fact, there are many Youtubers who are making a living just being themselves and posting their personal thoughts and opinions to the world. Adorian Deck: I started making Youtube videos in 2006, when I was thirteen years old. So you're actually making enough money to do this full time from the channel, from Famebit?

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