Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Why tell someone about your product if you can give them a demonstration, and what better way to make that demonstration irresistible than to make it free? Sites like ww1.novarad.net Sites like ww1.novarad.net

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Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the search tool provided to see what’s available in your area. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

Resource 159

Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The firm was one of the recent startups to launch at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference last week, and has the backing of OrganicStartup, the startup acceleration effort of local angel investor Scott Sangster. We caught up with Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, two of the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company.

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Startup Organization Sites Conference 147

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

These will put your proposal in the circular file, and even future good opportunities from you may go to the bottom of my list: “Give me a call to hear about an opportunity that can’t fail.” Talking about competitors should be your opportunity to make positive statements about the advantages of your own product.

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Statistics 109

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

There will be demos, tutorials, and presentations on how to be safe.” They can make it clear that they care about the constituency there. He explains that scooter companies have thought about expansion too purely from the standpoint of acheiving market saturation.

Santa Monica 221

Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

These will put your proposal in the circular file, and even future good opportunities from you may go to the bottom of my list: “Give me a call to hear about an opportunity that can’t fail.” Talking about competitors should be your opportunity to make positive statements about the advantages of your own product.

Entrepreneur 119

Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

These will put your proposal in the circular file, and even future good opportunities from you may go to the bottom of my list: “Give me a call to hear about an opportunity that can’t fail.” Talking about competitors should be your opportunity to make positive statements about the advantages of your own product.

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Funding Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup 62

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. Explain what your service/app is all about? About 12 percent of those shopping carts are abandoned because they''re too complex or it takes too long.

Startup 214

Startup Symantec Commerce Software 214

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

Here’s how you should think about your PR plan. The main reason that your advisors tell you to focus on your vertical, your age demo or your users favorite destination is that this is the obvious way to interest your user base. And while obvious this misses a critical point - PR is not only about your users.

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Blogging Journal Press Startup 309

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Site Unseen. Site Unseen is a mobile app that serves as a personal tour guide for exploring a city. At noon, Avesta Rasouli (Co-founder of Co-Loft) came in and gave an awesome talk about pitching and getting involved in the start-up community. Below is the entire USC Startup Weekend Demo Night.

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USC Startup Tech Coast Angels Guide 82

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

Customers think about alternatives, and investors worry about competitors. For customers, a sample, demo device, or at least a brochure will solidify the message and your readiness to deliver. For example, “I have patented a new tire that will double the wear mileage at half the cost.”

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Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2010

A typical beginning package for a small company costs about $4 thousand a year, and covers a number of forms of liability both premises and product as well as employee use of self-owned cars for work, theft, employee dishonesty and more. Sorry about that.) As was each subsequent backup, on-site and offsite.

Sites 149

Sites Outsource Development Email Customer 149

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I had never thought about being an entrepreneur. I didn''t think about going to college either. I just thought about wanting to have food every single day. I thought about hiring, and I thought about whenever I was hiring designers at my old design firm, I hated hiring because I had a full time job. Growing up.

Startup 250

Startup Entrepreneur Design Santa Barbara 250

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. And covered we did.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. We spoke with Idris Manley , founder of NativeTung, last week, to hear more about the company. What is NativeTung?

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Worth a read on how to maximize the traffic that comes to you site since much of it will be fleeting. I want to talk about that day after the event. I’ll talk about all that in a future post. On Kool Aid: Today I want to talk about Kool Aid. So many companies suck at managing their booths. Don’t drink it.

Startup 310

Startup Venture Capital Press Journal 310

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Thank you to the supporters who told their colleagues and friends about the event, to our attendees for the attention towards the center of the room, to our supporting sponsors, our Spotlight judges, and to Bill Gross, our inspirational keynote speaker for the evening. Bill received his B.S.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate). Twitter hashtag activity resulted in 4 demos. Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site. I promise I will never tweet about cute pandas, politics or that killer burrito I just ate. Share and Enjoy.

Marketing 239

Marketing Conference Startup RSS 239

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. I first reviewed the “Alleys and Pavilions” company list provided by the TechCrunch site. In order to be an off the list magnet get people at the event talking about you.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Yesterday, there were a lots of startups who launched at the DEMO Fall event in Silicon Valley. Scott sat down with us to tell us about the startup and how he decided to start the company. Scott Sangster: The site will be fully functional and live this week.

Tech Coast Angels 164

Tech Coast Angels Incubator Organization Startup 164

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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Doc Software Review Help Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Comparison shopping is great when you are out and about looking for the best deals on a product or even looking for reviews. However, I catch myself wondering about the reviews on occasion. The myShopanion is an iPhone app that just recently launched at DEMO and intends to help bridge the gap between online and real-world shopping.

Software Review 58

Software Review Social Media Social Network Product 58

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. Jeremy demos various new programs and websites and shows all kinds of tips and tricks, DIY and other cool stuff. I am excited about the future and quite honestly, marketing has never been so much fun. Tell no one!

Social Media 220

Social Media Media Blogging Social Network 220

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. Rannala said being an entrepreneur is all about figuring things out, getting hands dirty and executing cheaply. Some flew in from overseas, different states and from Silicon Valley to attend.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We were small, and had about ten engineers, providing customer solutions for businesses in Southern California. We worked on all kinds of projects, including an online auction site for real estate, kiosks for airports, and music. I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

230 flyers resulted in 87 site visits (38% conversion rate). Twitter hashtag activity resulted in 4 demos. Big competitors like SAP and Microsoft immediately started spending large amounts on the company''s site. I promise I will never tweet about cute pandas, politics or that killer burrito I just ate. Share and Enjoy.

Marketing 133

Marketing Conference Startup Oracle 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. For those not familiar with accelerators and MuckerLab, explain what it's all about? I've heard people talk about now how they'll go out to lunch, and run into a bunch of other entrepreneurs, which is great.

Technical Advisors 176

Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2009

We spoke with CEO Mike Starkenburg -- a former venture capitalist at the Sprout Group and longtime reader of our newsletter -- about the firm and its technology and how it's revolutionizing facial animation in both computer games and the movies. Tell us about your facial animation technology and how it's used? We're that close.

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Metrics Startup Sales Newsletter 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

And if you’re not meeting as a team to discuss these metrics and have a regular debate about how you’re doing and what needs to change then I can assure you that you’ll never reach your destination. Here are some measurements I think about. Now we can have an intelligent discussion about the size & shape of your business.

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Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Nick and Rupert got in touch with TechZulu to talk about Filmzu, the entertainment business, and startups. We started to think about what’s the difference between a good movie and bad one. How the recent grads were going about finding people for their films was difficult. Our target audience cares a lot about design.

Content 81

Content Entertainment Startup Los Angeles 81

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. Gaming is about to take a decisive turning point thanks to smartphones, tablets, next-gen consoles, and digital downloads. Get A Demo Table). Suggest a speaker!

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Crowd Seats is the only Group Buying/Daily Deals site for sports fans. has created a simple to use, online application for your business to create a mobile site and secure its mobile presence.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 20, 2015

That means out with the conference ballrooms, and in with hanging out at the headquarters of cool handpicked companies doing something positive and differentiating to learn about who they are and how they are doing it. I like to think about improving. NewCo is a new conference model that is experiential, engaging and interactive.

Conference 40

Conference Seed Funding Ideas Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

It’s about as close as you can get to a macro-level crystal ball for the tech industry, expressed through a rapidfire string of insights from the minds of some of tech’s biggest investors, founders, and gamechangers. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site !

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Not to worry because we’ll recap the night with some information on the demos from these up and coming companies located in LA. They have been working on the idea for about a year and are launching the product now, currently partnered with American Golf. The site launched a few months ago. The cost is only $1.29

Startup 73

Startup Doc Ideas Mobile 73

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. The company combines high-quality information about genetics, with tools that use family health history to help identify personal disease risk. with the clips.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276