Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg, while still in school, tested the viability of his “ FaceMash ” technology as a business by rolling it out to other students at Harvard as customers. He learned quickly that several pivots were required for business, legal, and customer acceptance reasons. Initiate networking to find peer partners and investors.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. They are tied to and influence the strategy/direction of the business.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. They did it entirely through social networking. One of the founders wrote a Python script that sent out custom emails to a list they had developed. If you can’t keep up, you are dead.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud computing provider DreamHost (www.dreamhost.com) raised a big, $30M funding round for the company--the first in the company''s long history. Simon Anderson: DreamHost offers a web hosting, and now, cloud computing platform and storage. At UC Santa Cruz.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Water Pigeon co-founder Sarp Sekeroglu got the most votes in a survey conducted immediately after six startups incubating at EvoNexus gave short presentations. EvoNexus operates as a free incubator (with “no strings attached”) for tech startups at three facilities in San Diego and Orange County.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We caught Rahul in a more serious conversation, and spoke to him about his venture funded, location-based information startup and what it's up to, as well as got the story behind the firm's incubation at Clearstone Ventures. Rahul Sonnad: We did a seed round with Clearstone Ventures, that incubated us in their Santa Monica office.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. Their attempts to architect software automation for physical networks were a bridge too far.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

.” All events are going to be quality one-day conferences with amazing speakers, parties and opportunities to network with new friends and see old friends which is why I’m returning to attend. That said, YouTube Network Fullscreen platform is blazing this new trail with 2.5

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Custom Insurance Programs for Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Not only that, but you'll connect with a nationwide community of BizSpark Network Partners, including incubators and investors. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Probably the biggest drawback of Los Angeles is the distance and traffic that makes networking more difficult.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 7:01 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 8:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 6:56 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 7:47 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

He was asked about how you get a network business going - and it was extremely challenging. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. But start networking with advisors, industry pundits, and domain experts early. You need time to pivot.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 8:14 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. Incubator: Amplify LA. Digital LA is the startup world’s largest networking organization focused on digital professionals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. But start networking with advisors, industry pundits, and domain experts early. Prime the investor world.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2016

We looked around, and decided to throw our hat into the ring, and went through the CONNECT incubator here, Nonprofits are not known to have much money to spend on technology, how does that affect you as you approach them about what you can offer? Around here, in areas like biotech, there is a really solid network, but not in software.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered. That's why we built FanMix, to solve our own problem, and help our SocialEngine customers to promote their own sites. We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. But start networking with advisors, industry pundits, and domain experts early. Prime the investor world.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Community Sponsors. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

First, we’d like to thank our exhibitors, sponsors, and venue (Dave and Buster’s Westchester) for supporting the all-encompasing day of industry insights and networking. Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Capital efficient, web-based businesses should have a credible plan to self-sustainability. Along with Selling (see Be Like Sam ) and Networking (see Making Stone Soup and Personal Pitch ), negotiating is a vital startup skill. ALL of your employees must sell, network and spend the company’s money as if it were their own.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! wonder what that might be?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Community Sponsors. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

MR: We always had a web presence. Whatever you see on the app, you can see on the web. The web isn’t dead and the mobile app is still growing. But now, we have been gaining a larger audience thanks to our online web presence. Raising money is another goal and increasing our customer base as well.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. 8:30 – 9:30pm – cocktail reception and networking. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Custom ad deals and partnerships. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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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. 10mm in Series C.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. Our judges for this Startup Weekend LA included: Howard Marks (Start Engine), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), David Waxman (PeoplePC, Firefly Networks, SpotRunner) and Tyler Crowley (Sqweal, OAF, Launch, TWiST, Mahalo).

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mallavarapu calls Blipboard a social map that gives you location based alerts in a follower network, not unlike Twitter’s model. Internal cross promotion within their own portfolio of apps, the marketplace and network as well. Mobile is a different animal than Web. How do you discover the right people to follow?

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