socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2017

That includes Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, and others. We're the official mobile app for whatever our customer is. For example, we're the official mobile app of UCLA, even though behind the scenes is actually Hopscotch. Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. What do your apps do?

Mobile 162

Mobile Platform El Segundo UCLA 162

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. From P4, exit the parking structure and follow the walkway located south of the Anderson Complex to the main south steps, between Building B (Gold Hall) & Building C (Entrepreneurs Hall) on the map. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

UCLA 104

UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I became an entrepreneur because I had to. As I look back at insights I might share, I wade through the trite suggestions of ‘work hard’ and ‘treat the customer well.’ It was about the earliest days of our life together when we moved to Westwood so I could attend UCLA. By Frank Peters. But there’s more. Starting up'

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Startup Software Review UCLA Sales 204

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

AppMyForm, an environmentally conscious new service offered by RGBmobile, enables any paper form to easily be converted into a customized Mobile Content Capture app, digital record and process launch mechanism. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

UCLA 97

UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

The NSF determined eight to ten years ago that the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants they were funding to academic teams, to commercialize technology, they were losing, because not many academics had the background to understand how to go out and source customers, and did not know how to run a startup.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? I got super, super fortunate that early in my career, I was living with an entrepreneur, Randy Saaf, who was running a company called MediaDefender. What we do, is we build a full-fidelity demo for a customer.

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

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. With customer acquisition costs (CAC) rising significantly across most products, one company experimented with a few low-cost initiatives.

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Capital SoCal Southern California SaaS 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. We don't need for you to be breakeven company, but a business with paying customers is great validation in itself. What's the best way to approach you as an entrepreneur?

Funding 253

Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Mike Swords – Executive Director of Strategic Research Initiatives and Global Partnerships, UCLA. The work he performs is a mixture of research and enterprise, with UCLA being a hotbed petri dish of industry.

UCLA 99

UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies.

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Starting off in Santa Monica at ROC for a fireside chat with CBS Interactive, then heading to Westwood at UCLA for Spotlight: LA Tech, and ending at NextSpace / Amplify LA in Venice for TechZulu Final Friday. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. Custom advertising deals and partnerships.

Startup 92

Startup Santa Monica UCLA Southern California 92

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

How difficult has it been to get your customers to understand the exposure with SMS? Some of the first customers we had were in obstetrics. An example of this is you might be a physician at Cedars, but also be a physician at UCLA and a physician at St John''s. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur?

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Mindshare LA set out to gather intriguing speakers from fascinating backgrounds to present unique topics to a community of intellectuals, scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, and the general public via a monthly evening of “enlightened debauchery.”. “I The recent partnership with UCLA is what initially brought Mindshare to the Westside.

Santa Monica 92

Santa Monica BarCamp Startup UCLA 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. If she’s not up for transferring to UCLA – that’s fine. And that business trip to SF for a week to meet customers? Lots of reasons.

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Startup UCLA Los Angeles Entrepreneur 326

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

John Morris: I think it's trying to make a decent connection with customers, and trying to assess the size and viability of the market. It's really trying to make sense of who is the customer, how do we get to them, how big is the market. At USC, there's probably five or six different touchpoints. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry. In Spring of 2012, a former colleague at Goldman Sachs suggested she connect with David Zhu, an entrepreneur with an eccentric but compelling background (professional poker player, dropped out of MIT). ” Push Innovation.

Social Media 106

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 106

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Their unique “provide value to customers first” mantra sets them apart in the digital signage industry. In Spring of 2012, a former colleague at Goldman Sachs suggested she connect with David Zhu, an entrepreneur with an eccentric but compelling background (professional poker player, dropped out of MIT). ” Push Innovation.

Social Media 81

Social Media Startup Screening Advertising 81

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Individual clips will be posted soon. Gold Sponsor. .

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

Michael Chasin: We initially started with $30,000 in angel funding from an entrepreneur here in Los Angeles. We also have a couple of grad school interns from LMU, UCLA, and elsewhere. Michael Chasin: The most challenging part of any startup is getting in front of people, and finding customers.

Help 240

Help Startup CTO Hire Pricing 240

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Extensive experience as an executive, entrepreneur and as an investor. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

Startup 111

Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

Tech Coast Angels 80

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision. Why did YouTube win?

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The firm was bootstrapped several years ago, and is profitable, and its founders are both MBAs from UCLA Anderson, where they met. Ramit Varma: Jake (Neuberg), my business partner, met at UCLA's Anderson business school. To hear about the company, we spoke with Ramit Varma , co-founder of the company. How did Revolution Prep start?

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Individual clips will be posted soon. Gold Sponsor. .

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I was an electrical engineer, and had a tough time at UCLA getting access to resources I needed. What we've found from our customers, is the more practice they get the better they do. Aaron Hawkey: We've been around for awhile, and customers know about us. How did the company come about? What kind of subjects do you cover?

Study 113

Study Education Startup Sites 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Don’t be this person. The show must go on.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362