Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Certainly, bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

Venture Capital 266

Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

We're looking to help the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Los Angeles, not just funding five or six companies at a time, but bringing in an entire, entrepreneurial community and more broadly industries such as entertainment and technology, and have them come into the space. That's largely a product of the qualify of flow.

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

InfoChachkie

JULY 4, 2011

Note: This is part II of a five part series. He is so confident in his green eggs and ham product that he cannot help but smile. He asks the Prospect if he would like the product “here or there”, pointing to two spots on the ground while displaying his winning smile. The Prospect’s initial reaction is rather predictable.

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Sales Entrepreneur Startup Product 219

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Jack Bicer --just back from DEMO--to learn more about the app and why he thinks the company has the solution to e-commerce shopping cart abandonment. Jack Bicer: We have already launched, and have production sites. If you remember, Norton Desktop was a suite of 10-12 products under one umbrella.

Startup 214

Startup Symantec Commerce Software 214

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

Last year’s ARE event was the largest event ever focused on advancing the Augmented Reality industry, with 520 attendees, 90 speakers, 30 hours of sessions, and one of a kind activities such as the ARt Gala, The Auggies Best AR Demo Award, and AR Startup Launchpads. The 2011 ARE is bound to go above and beyond last year’s event.

Software Review 73

Software Review Case Study Startup Technical Review 73

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Randy, my business partner, spent five years at Intuit in the Bay Area, working on Quickbooks. We were doing a demo last week, and the quote was�does this really do what you say it does? We've been really happy with the product itself. For a still, pretty young product, we're pleased.

Doc 100

Doc Software Review Help Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. 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.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

InfoChachkie

MARCH 25, 2013

At the time of Decca's rebuff, the Beatles had been performing under various monikers for nearly five years. Wrong Product - The material for the audition was selected by the group's manager, Brian Epstein. Wrong Expectations - According to John Lennon, "I think Decca expected us to be all polished, we were just doing a demo.".

Startup 221

Startup RSS Entrepreneur Satisfaction 221

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. Like any sale you first need to plan your “prospects” and qualify whether or not they’d be a good fit for your product?—?an

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Solution product & technology. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Offer to do a demo later, but don’t try to squeeze it in the presentation. Opportunity sizing. Financial projections.

Slides 99

Slides Competition Sample Sales 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

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. Here investors are looking for feature problems or quality issues on the current product. My best advice is to stick to the middle ground. Status of the solution.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur 108

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

A few recent successes include: 2016 winner ShearShare closed a round of funding and won Google Demo Day, TurboAppeal, a 2015 top five finalist, was acquired by Paradigm Tax Group, Maxwell Health, has continued to grow their customer base and has raised almost $57MM since being named Startup of the Year in 2013.

Startup 70

Startup Competition Google Capital 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Solution product & technology. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Offer to do a demo later, but don’t try to squeeze it in the presentation. Opportunity sizing. Financial projections.

Slides 93

Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

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. So we have five themes – Digital Life and Distribution are the other two.”. Product Management – Brad and Mark discuss the role of Product Managers in Startups. Protocol Digital Life.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Our challenge is to help start, fund, improve, and grow 1000 companies in five years. We end with a demo day, where the graduate companies from the accelerator will present to investors. Kai Tao: First of all, we'd like to see the creation of a thousand companies in the next five years. All of our mentors are investors as well.

Orange County 192

Orange County Southern California Startup Class 192

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Solution product & technology. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Offer to do a demo later, but don’t try to squeeze it in the presentation. Opportunity sizing. Financial projections.

Slides 94

Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. Most have been involved in some capacity along the way with Startup UCLA, and all will be represented during the demo day. Post navigation.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Same goes for television.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Gyft’s team sent a very brief email asking politely to set up a time to demo their product. It doesn’t tip over (they tried in the demo to prove it). I immediately tweeted to Lit Motors: Five minutes later, I had purchased a Catwoman costume on Amazon.com, notified Lit Motors on Twitter, and so it began.

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Press Email Tips Conference 103

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Before Disney, Sangster founded and managed a venture-backed Internet business, served five years as a management consultant to media and technology companies, and oversaw the launch of one of the first online banking services. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Leftronic is a real-time data visualization platform for startups. SuperDemo: Bill Gross. What: Spotlight Series Event.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In high school, he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. RSVP: AGENDA.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

8:00 – 8:25pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. We offer an intensive three-month program and provide up to $18,000 of seed capital, extensive mentorship and a shared work environment to help entrepreneurs go from idea to product to fundable business. View Larger Map. 7:00 – 7:45pm – check-in.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2008

With your technology, and having seen your demos, it seems like this would be very compute intensive. That light version of the software that can be used on a five year old computer. How far along is your company, and are companies using your products? Are PCs now faster so you can do this?

Startup 100

Startup Advertising Los Angeles Sales 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. If you believe that you have a great idea that has a potential to sell and you need help in product development, we are here for your help.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I have worked on CG films where the script was re-written half way through production several times,” explains May. Interaction is removed (often), making it easier to record snippets and pieces to animate to as the scenes evolve through the on-going writing and production of the film. Story and production.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Technology Examples Malibu 90