Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Working in the film and event industry for many years, Taylor Freeman decided to put his career on hold and travel around Europe reflecting on what is important and discovering his true passion, technology. “My At his first event, 70 people ended showing up bringing headsets for people to try out – that was a turning point for Taylor. “I

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In order to be an off the list magnet get people at the event talking about you. The best way to get a journalist’s attention is to know who you are writing to and what interests them. 6 Always do a demo. That’s how I knew to check out the standing desk, a friend mentioned I should see it. 3 Be on time.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

I want to talk about that day after the event. I could be TC50 or any other high profile event. I was on CNN, who taped live from the event. Just don’t believe what they write about you. Write a blog post or a journal about how you feel while you’re there. Idei-san. Get stories written.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

to “where can I get help writing one?” While it may be tempting, with everything that you have to do, to try to find someone else to write your executive summary, you really need to do this yourself. I get questions from startup founders about executive summaries all the time. They range from “what should I include?”

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. We attended a fbFund demo day ( which I rarely do but it was put on by my long-time buddy Dave McClure – who hadn’t yet started 500Startups – and Sheryl Sandberg who was much more of a mere mortal back then). Not this one. And also a “thank you.”

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. to actionable user feedback, "Just went through the demo. Hacker Downside.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

will help developers to quickly write and deploy lightweight mobile applications, with access to camera, geolocation, and more. Schachter writes, “The API talks to the central human.io Checkout the Photo Scavenger Hunt as a demo of the product. API to Engage Audience. The Human.io

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JANUARY 30, 2012

We write and create our own content for the game. This way we keep the questions fresh and up to date with current events. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event. 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Sponsorship Opportunities for Events, and other channels.

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JUNE 28, 2012

“You could feel the energy and excitement from getting everyone together, from the opening party to the inspiring panels; the creative pitches at the hackathon, demo day, angel pitch fest, and student pitch fest; and the good-times bonding from the nightly parties to the beach volleyball court. Demo Day / Angel Pitch. Highlights.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. There is a battle between entrepreneurs who try to change the world and solve a meaningful problem and those who write take-down pieces with no apparent personal benefit other than attention. ” **. . ” **.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California. From LA Demo Day to Silicon Beach Fest to Crowdstart LA to hackathons to Startup Weekends, companies and entrepreneurs alike have joined forces to feed the startup ecosystem.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. If you get a chance to see their demo, take it. Currently, Coincident.TV right now and it will rock your world.

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AUGUST 8, 2009

Fund raising is an ongoing process and not an event on a workplan. When you do get a follow up meeting tell them about your new revenue model, ask to show your new demo, talk about the progress you’ve made and what has turned out differently then expected. Update them on your fund raising progress. Seek more input from them.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

I’m not advocating that you shouldn’t present at tech startup events like Launch, TechCrunch 50, DEMO or similar. These are tech launch events designed to see new startups unveiled. And ever since then every year we are subjected to the tech press corps writing the annual, “What will the hot company at SXSW be?”

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MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. How Do You Know if a VC is Engaged?

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JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. NEVER lead with features.

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JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. I wrote about my experience in this post and why I enjoyed this event more than most. ” The event seems to be more focused on 6pm – 3am than it does to people sitting and watching panels. I refuse to go to demo days.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Journalists don’t know enough about your company before the show, don’t have time for proper research, and you will be competing for their time afterward with 49+ other companies that want them to write about you. - Robert’s article is worth reading. Deal with it gracefully.

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Frank Addante

DECEMBER 5, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Dont get in the habit of "re-writing" code (a natural tendency of engineers), its dangerous. ► October (1) New Video!

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

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. Demo Reel from Morris May. With this example, May went on to stress the difference between live-action and CG in recording actors, as scenes in CG are recorded solo.

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MARCH 1, 2011

I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Before they even launched, Mike and his team started bringing in hundreds of influencers from NYC’s technology ecosystem to their office to give them a private demo. Thank you, John. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google. How Hashable Got Buzz.

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MARCH 11, 2016

Let me first address VCs or anybody else who is likely above the age where they “get” Snapchat but whose customers are likely in the age demo who use it religiously. It’s more like writing a Tweet vs. sending a Direct Message (DM) in Twitter, which feels more intimate and intrusive or a FB post vs. a Private Message.

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