socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We caught up with Ken Button , the co-founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about why the startup already has signed up such customers as California Pizza Kitchen, Obvious Ventures, Fandango, Greenspire, and others to the service. We were doing a demo last week, and the quote was�does this really do what you say it does?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Email info@techzulu.com and we will add you as one of the stops. Space may be purchased using the “Demo Table” ticket. Custom ad deals and partnerships. If you have a startup office in the area and want to be part of our tour of awesome Silicon Beach companies let us know! Don’t Have An Office? No worries!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

From devising a tweet length pitch to having an easy to remember name, each branding opportunity is a touch point for a new customer to be attracted to what you have to offer. So why exchange a multitude of scheduling emails and be late for the interview, or even worse, flake. 6 Always do a demo. 3 Be on time. 4 Don’t take time.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. I think it works well for startups because in startups there are inherently less rules and with customers there is less clarity about your product category. And that leads me to today’s post. In Summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film. Many VCs simply wait for referrals to come to them via email or introductions they get at conferences or demo days. My response was swift, “No! You don’t get it. I want YOU to come.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. It’s marketing 101 for tech companies in terms of how you market to customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 25, 2013

Lesson - Startups have limited opportunities to secure key customers, investors and employees. Thus, when a customer, investor or partner makes a request, their motives must be dispassionately explored. Wrong Expectations - According to John Lennon, "I think Decca expected us to be all polished, we were just doing a demo.".

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Email readers continue here.] It took weeks for the team to assemble code from various sources such as customer sites, beta test locations and demo machines. Conversely, the list of excluded protections is equally frightening for the same reason. We do not think of these unless someone points them out. Sorry about that.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Prototypes and demos attached. Letters from your friends.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 29, 2012

He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract. Attitude – During the early stages of their careers, emerging entrepreneurs must conform to their customers’ realities. Share and Enjoy.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth. It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Prototypes and demos attached. Letters from your friends.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One way to do so is to ensure that when your customers share their experiences with your products and solutions, they do so with the passion and intensity of a soulful kiss. Twitter hashtag activity resulted in 4 demos. We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The company posted a Show HN entry entitled, " We built a better solution for customer analysis and support.". to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. Michael ended our conversation by noting that when an entrepreneur has the chance to tell their unfiltered story to a community of potential customers, they should, ".

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell. Yeah, my email address is Brad@Feld.com. Distribution.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. Watch this space.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Along the way many things came together: being able to find the right people, getting great customers, having lots of luck, being in the right place at the right time. From day one we focused on customers. Since then we’ve iterated on trying to provide our customers what they wanted next.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

You need to convince family and friends, in terms they can relate to, that your idea makes logical business sense, and you have done your homework on real customers, competitors, and costs. Demos and prototypes are key. Vision alone rarely convinces people to invest. Demonstrate your own financial commitment and progress.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers!

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Get A Demo Table). Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Custom ad deals and partnerships. We’d like you to participate in this important conversation. Now all we need is YOU to: Join us! Suggest a speaker! Partner with us! Looking for speakers in these areas: Gaming Execs. Journalist. Gaming publishers. Gaming developers.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

8:00 – 8:25pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. What: A Startup Demo event. Event Details: When: Wednesday, Sept 22nd, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. RSVP: AGENDA.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

CEO Flow

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Instead of resisting this trend and staying attached to how potential customers used to or “should&# get to know your company, go with it and give the prospects the control over how they want to get to know you. Committing to a bad-fit customer is an enormous cost, and the right layers can help you avoid those landmines.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Their team is a small group of technology-minded innovators who are committed to doing things differently — from automotive design, manufacturing and distribution, to service needs and the entire customer experience. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. wonder what that might be?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Here’s why that is important: when users are on your website you want to convert them to become paying customers. It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Their team is a small group of technology-minded innovators who are committed to doing things differently — from automotive design, manufacturing and distribution, to service needs and the entire customer experience. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. wonder what that might be?

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2009

In terms of sectors, it's going to be Internet, Consumer Internet, Software-as-a-Service--though in that area, not enterprise as a Salesforce, but along the lines of business productivity tools and customer acquisition--and also digital media. We would like to syndicate all of our deals, if possible, although we're willing to go it alone.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Get A Demo Table). Please email us reach@techzulu.com. Custom ad deals and partnerships. Partner with us! Want to Sponsor? We currently have sponsorship slots open If you would like to be part of this amazing event and show your support for Community. Contact us at sponsor@techzulu.com. Sponsored giveaways and contests.

Technical Review 76

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. What: A Startup Demo event. We don’t fry it (unhealthy). We don’t bake it (undelicious). to 11:00 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Just a month ago they were all email you! There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. We’re just going to have to change our focus a bit. Team losing a bit of confidence in you.

Entrepreneur 384

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Most VCs I know these days answer emails on vacation.

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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. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Just a month ago they were all email you! There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. We’re just going to have to change our focus a bit. Team losing a bit of confidence in you.

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