Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

On Saturday February 9, Demo Video Lab is holding a one-day event to teach secrets to successfully launching a crowdfunding campaign. Demo Video Lab will prevent you from making those common mistakes. The post Demo Video Lab | Crowdfunding Secrets to Success appeared first on TechZulu. Art Project. Technological Product.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies spent $20 billion a year marketing their products to medical offices. We spoke with Dan Gilman , President and co-founder of the company, to learn more about the company, it''s market, and why healthcare information technology is such an interesting area for investors. What is RxVantage?

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 -- UCLA Electric Vehicle - Smart Grid (EV-SG) Living Lab Demo. With the introduction of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt into the automobile marketplace, Electric Vehicles (EVs) are now poised to enter the mass market in the United States.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice. Startup Boost says it provides guidance and coaching on such topics as product-market fit, market sizing, fundraising, and pitch development/presentation. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

One of the most recently graduates of the DreamIt Ventures accelerator in Philadelphia--which is holding its Demo Day today--is none other than Los Angeles company NinjaThat. Ninjathat is one of fifteen companies at Dreamit's demo day today. Ninjathat is headed back to Los Angeles after today's demo day, according to Siddiqi.

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JUNE 20, 2013

You want to be able to demonstrate your product and the best way I call, “A day in the life of …” where you show the demo as though you’re a user with a problem that needs to be solved. If you need demo tips I’ve covered that before. But that instant product / market fit is rare. But how would I use it?”.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Disney Accelerator , the startup accelerator sponsored by Walt Disney and being run by TechStars, had its demo day Tuesday, showing off the nine companies to emerge out of the accelerator.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Techstars LA , one of three, Los Angeles area startup accelerator programs run by Techstars , launched the first class of startups at its first Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey Theater.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I’m comfortable with introductions and then getting into the demo.&#. I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. Just jump into the demo after intros.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

One that he particularly struggled with was "word-of-mouth marketing,”which he consistently referred to as "mouth-to-mouth marketing." We adopted his phrasing and made it our mission to devise creative, mouth-to-mouth marketing initiatives. I now realize why guerrilla marketing is not for the timid. we sure do.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2014

One of the highest profile startup accelerators in Los Angeles, LaunchpadLA , is officially shifting its model and getting out of the startup accelerator market--handing over its space to General Assembly, with its various partners embarking on different activities. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2012

The firm--which has been seeing intense interest from investors since both the recent MuckerLab demo day and Jason Nazar's LA Demo Day--apparently has significantly boosted its target for its ongoing funding round. The firm has not confirmed the report from PandoDaily. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

MuckerLab , the Los Angeles startup accelerator headed by Erik Rannala, is presenting its newest startup class today in a Demo Day.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section , where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups:  Perfect Market's Gangnam Style Halloween. Laffster's Mock The Vote Demo. Video demo of Laffster's Mock The Vote political news app. Pitch video for Chewse. Walt Disney Co.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2019

Techstars said that the LA program will start on July 15th, and have its demo day on October 10th.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

Our most recent Demo Day in November 2018 (at Google/Venice on the main stage) was the most well-attended Demo Day in the history of Startup Boost. They also have to practice solid communication and invite other points of view, and evolve company culture as the market and product realities change. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. None of us was convinced the market really needed 5 accelerators. Market stage is everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Some readers have commented that in today’s world you shouldn’t even need a PowerPoint presentation – in this era you should always just demo your product. I also recently wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. How big is the market?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2016

The LA Dodgers Sports Accelerator offers up connections with the leadership of the Dodgers', its leadership, business units, and industry network, in addition to RG/A's strategic marketing, branding, design, and technology services. The demo day for the group is in November. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2018

and will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc., DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of." as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 30, 2018

and will cover topics from OTT to Innovation to eSports to Millennials to Content Marketing to VR/AR to Music Rights to Startups, etc., DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of." as this theme guides all talks, discussions, meetings and presentations over the two days. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2016

According to the LA Dodgers and R/GA, it will select five to seven startups in this new class, giving them access to both the executive leadership team of the Dodgers and its business units, plus access to marketing, branding, design, and technology services. The first LA Dodgers Accelerator included ten companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 1, 2012

See product demos and learn about new ventures. Network with hundreds of entrepreneurs, CEOs, dealmakers, investors, JV partners, technical/business advisors, developers and marketing professionals. Tom will present "A Disruptive Technology-Converting Waste Into Energy With Fuel Cells." See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The offering--the first foray into added services for the site--will provide professional headshots, professional demo reel, and one year of access to its job platform, for $499. GotCast is marketing the package to loved ones interested in getting discovered by Hollywood and on Madison Ave.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

We thought we''d catch up with Erik on what he''s learned about this market, advice he''d give to companies hoping to get into an accelerator, and what gets a company funding. We just had the demo day for our third batch of companies. It''s not a three month program, demo day, and folks move out or move on.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The company had showed its first Disney-themed dolls--featuring such Disney brands as Star Darlings, Minnie Mouse, Maleficient, and others--at the Disney Accelerator Demo Day back in October, when it initially announced its deal with Disney.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

According to Disney, the three month mentorship and investment program will run through the summer, with a Demo Day in October. The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that it will run its startup accelerator program, the Disney Accelerator , for the third year, with applications for the next session due on April 10th. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 19, 2012

It has tutorials, presentations, demos and discussions for new and seasoned developers, researchers and data analysts, business managers and sales marketers, come to join us to play with data and share knowledge! See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 28, 2014

But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. If you are selling a product, a one to two minute demo that is well edited will work wonders for viewer retention. Positioning'

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

One of the most obvious places where you see this is in sales & marketing. So he hired an intern plus a junior marketing person and tasked them with mechanising responses. Demos – One of the things that most people are bad at and that are hard to standardize is the demo. A good demo tells a story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? But I think there is a down side that I see in startups that raise artificially at prices above what a normal market might value. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

” I don’t give a s**t what other investors think about a deal or market. I avoid Demo Days like the plague and have publicly said so. By the time it’s hit demo day I’m too late. I regret not having invested in the company I met because it was exactly what I was looking for in a team and market.

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