Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

The first is to be more precise in your definition and understanding of where you are, and how the money will be spent. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. Are incubating companies one of the main focuses of Engage:BDR? We are constantly incubating projects since Engage:BDR started. Mobile direct response is another thing to watch out for. You definitely want to create some impact.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Ian Harris - VP of Partnerships, LA Cleantech Incubator. Ian Harris, VP of local Cleantech incubator believes ‘Cleantech’ is now more a political term than a technological definition.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Whether the end goal is a functional business app or a mobile-friendly website, philosophie’s modern, open-source approach to development is sure to get the job done. Incubator: Amplify LA. From websites to apps, philosophie creates engaging and efficient digital experiences for many different industries. Social Media: Snapchat.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company. My last company got acquired by Qualcomm, and Qualcomm wanted me to move to San Diego to run their emerging business portfolio. I did that for a couple of years, which got me and my wife down to SoCal.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Our list was far from definitive, but some noteworthy outcomes from last year’s selection suggest we’re taking the right approach: — Cypher Genomics , founded in 2011 with software to rapidly identify the genetic variations amid billions of gigabases of genome sequencing data, sold last November to San Diego’s Human Longevity.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Amidst the search she found her way working with NYC based incubator Techstars as an associate. Amanda talks a bit about life working for an incubator. This definitely won’t be the last time we hear from Amanda. She wanted to get involved, which led her to startups. From Techstars to Karma.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Full disclosure, I helped her launch her web series, but would mention her anyway because this is definitely a timely topic and shows there is an interest in adult female content which you can view here. And last, but definitely, not least, who can ignore the black comedian online powerhouse who is Glozell Green? See you there!

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Once they brought me on board, I told them Bedloo needs to go mobile. We started to work on the mobile site and I had an idea of Bedloo being kind of like an Instagram for voting. We wanted to build a set up to be as responsive and create the same experience you would have on both your mobile devices and on your native browser.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

And there are definitely other service providers who provide things like marketing services who are interesting, so its not all service providers, its more like the wealth management types. Unfortunately, a lot of networking events attract more service providers and people out of work than interesting people.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

New companies are being raised and incubated to help build LA’s tech scene. I first founded two mobile companies before I worked on Alpha Trainer. I saw the mobile ecosystem as a start of my plans for Alpha Trainer. That person will not only just look bad, there is also no muscle definition and he/she will look sickly thin.

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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. Definitely was a helpful talk and seemed to really made a huge difference — we’re very lucky to have Tyler here in the community and drop by. Thanks again Tyler Crowley!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

As in, not one company (even the largest, Any.do ) holds over 1% market share in the mobile to do list space. One thing I’d noticed, there were definitely more idea sellers than buyers. Email is definitely here and I see it being more important for long form content; but I think the change will be in how we perceive time.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2014

Mehrdad gives us some context on how long this idea was incubating. CupidRadar’s unique offer is to have both a traditional log-in site and mobile apps in order to provide both active and passive dating experiences. Beyond web, their first mobile app was, surprisingly, for Blackberry. What if there were a singles ring?

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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? The light bulb went off, and we figured out, maybe we had stumbled into something awesome.

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