socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Last week, the company finally embraced the dystopian origins of the name with a brilliant, tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign introducing its new Soylent Green Mint Chocolate line complete with a spoof animation of the famous last scene of the Heston Soylent Green film. We ended up developing that for our launch in September.

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Marketing Startup Social Media Product 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 10, 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018 -- Global LAVA: "Exit Options in Today's Environment" Whether you are just starting a business or exploring exit options, this Global LAVA event is designed to educate entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers about the current market dynamics and opportunities to position a company for a successful exit.

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LAVA Education Venture Capital Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet. In a new book, “ X: The Experience When Business Meets Design ,” Brian Solis details how to design the whole experience, rather than just the product. Make user-centered design processes iterative.

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Design Product Custom Customer 61

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. For example, consider how many years it took for the market to move from radio to television, or fully accept personal computers on every desktop.

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Marketing Demand Examples Social Media 92

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 19, 2019

Mullenax told me he became interested in this market after working as a finance and operations analyst at Bonobos, where he “fell in love with the [direct-to-consumer] model.” ” He argued that the market has room for more than just “one winner or two winners or five winners.” Paul Munford.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

So talk a little bit more about this effort to be a high school on your corporate campus? It's segregated from where we are, but on campus in the same location, where they will be getting their education in that location. We have sales, marketing, PR, accounting, all in those facilities. How did this all come about?

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Belkin Playa Del Rey El Segundo Education 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

Our system works on under-the-table payments of below-market wages for jobs that our non-Hispanic citizens don’t want to do and in a country where people our unemployment rate is already so low that some economists are warning about inflation due to full employment. He went to college to study art and design. Invisibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2013

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. They have the courage to make bold decisions, often contrary to conventional market research. Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Not afraid to kill the cash cow.

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Entrepreneur Marketing Startup Design 102

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Kraft, who co-founded Thrively with fellow startup veteran Girish Venkat, sat down to talk to us about Thrively, as it emerges out of beta. Tell me about your new company? Once we get that strength profile, we match them to a whole world of extracurricular and educational opportunities for them.

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Help Idealab Activity Startup 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. 10) Rob, why does the world need RingRevenue? . “In

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The design could hint at what Lime wants to do with its retail store branding. They can make it clear that they care about the constituency there. Educate them on the benefits, educate them on safety, and provide helmets.” A rendering of Lime’s new office it’s building in San Francisco.

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Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

People who live outside of Indiana probably know a few things about it: The Indianapolis 500, a.k.a. But people might not know much about Indiana’s economy and its culture of innovation. Here are three things you probably didn’t know about the Hoosier State: 1. billion in exports during the 12 months ended Sept.

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Today Upfront Ventures is announcing that we’ve backed Rebecca Kantar ’s startup Imbellus , a company designed to assess human potential and ultimately change the way we teach children. I speak a lot on college campuses and entrepreneur events and amongst the most common things I’m asked to talk about are: What do VCs fund?

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Design Ideas Startup Writing 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

We spoke with founder Manrique Brenes --a veteran of such companies as Skype and Cisco--to hear about Blossom''s products, plus its link to such companies at Vizio. What your product all about? Irrigation is not generally known as a leading edge market. That''s a big market. How do you get to market?

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Demand Startup Southern California Marketing 258

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

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Custom Customer Startup Outsource Development 167

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

So when they spoke about character development, repeatable gaming experiences, bringing games to multiple platforms (in the industry we call this “ Transmedia “) and physical products my ears naturally perked up. It is what Seriously was designed to do. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' The results?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. This event series is designed to help investors and entrepreneurs engage with one another.

LAVA 133

LAVA Southern California SoCalTech Education 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio: If you're like the average woman, you only wear about 20 percent of your wardrobe. Shipping is the biggest barrier to entry in this market. I've really gotten an in-depth education about what women want when buying and selling online. That's because there isn't a product tailored to them.

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Startup Education Acquisition Funding 236

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

An interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. This event series is designed to help investors and entrepreneurs engage with one another.

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LAVA Startup Education Venture Capital 100

Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2017

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. He ended up building a digital agency that did everything from custom apps and web development to branding and digital marketing. San Francisco was designed to be a hub for all things VR and AR to legitimize the industry and give it a home,” he said.

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Startup Web Development Design Education 70

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

In billing we literally started thinking about all of the types of bills that would be generated for customers: full payment, partial payment, split payment, senior discount, student discount, level pay plan, etc. He taught me much that I know about critical thinking. I started by doing billing systems. This is bottom-up planning.

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Entrepreneur Startup Design Framework 372

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that. We have about 8500 customers there, but only a small percentage have built great communities that took off, and the rest floundered.

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Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27] Self Taught Is Well Taught.

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Sales Education Startup Class 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Or do you toss your hat into the ring with an already existing concept, making a clone in hopes to snatch away market share? You have to know your markets, you need to make sure you have qualified people creating the product, and you need to find something that’s going to make you stand-out in comparison to all the other noise out there.

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Marketing Startup Software Review Competition 97

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc.

Entrepreneur 245

Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spoke with Ann Wang , co-founder of Enrou, to learn more about how the company wants to help tie together the world of e-commerce and worthy causes to help improve the world. I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. What is Enrou?

Commerce 140

Commerce Help UCLA Organization 140

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The online flower delivery market is now an old and established market. We spoke with CEO and co-founder John Tabis about how TheBouqs believes there''s an opening for a modern online flower delivery service, because none of the existing players are catering to the new generation of consumers. Closing this $1.1M

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

We caught up with co-founder Michael Kleist , to learn more about the startup, its roots in China and international trade, as well as learn more about the startup experience in China--and why having a presence in Southern California is important to the company. Tell us about your backers? What is Tradesparq?

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Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

How do you take a new, genetic test to market, and how do you bridge the gap between research and the market? The more the three of us talked about it, the more interested we became in how epigenetics could inform human health and disease. Let's talk a bit about diagnostic tests like this. What is Episona?

USC 100

USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We caught up with CEO and co-founder Joanna McFarland to learn about where the company is and how it's scaling its service--any why its service makes such a big impact for families with working parents. For those who aren't already familiar with HopSkipDrive, talk about what the service is doing today?

Orange County 100

Orange County Startup Services Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic? There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. If given a chance here’s what I would have talked about: 1. Answer: Not much. It’s a shame.

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Venture Capital Training Startup Entrepreneur 308

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. We caught up with Fuel50 founder and CEO Anne Fulton to learn more about the startup. What is Fuel50?

Help 100

Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

“[It] is super competitive and great for companies looking to not only gain exposure but to learn from and see the breath of other startups and founders in the space,” said Darlene Gillard, Director of Community and Partner of digitalundivided, about the Startup of the Year competition. Indiegogo (San Francisco,CA and New York, NY).

Startup 140

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 140

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). We caught up with Gregg Spiridellis, one of the founders of JibJab, to hear about Storybots. Can you talk about what StoryBots looks like now? Can you talk about that?

Content 224

Content Startup Screening Education 224

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

We caught up with Max to hear about the company, which just announced a $3M angel funding round last week. I was scratching my head, because I didn't understand why I was getting denied, because I had a good income, education, and a bank account for over ten years. Tell us a bit about your funding and investors? What is Float?

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Startup Capital Mobile Commerce 165