Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

In 1987, Kricfalusi’s mentor, ‘Ralph Bakshi’ , “saved” him by hiring him as supervising director on his show “The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse” where he and Ralph reintroduced the classic cartoon unit system and put cartoonists back in control of all the creative decisions.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Companies: Spotlight Companies. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology. To inspire and facilitate personal and cultural growth.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. Followed by a FREE cocktail and apps reception for all attendees. Bill received his B.S.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2011

I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, if you approach most meetings as mentoring opportunities, and limit them to five minutes. In a traditional meeting, another person presents you with multiple options, and you make the decision. The mentor assumes a role of a facilitator.

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Mentor High Tech Coach Guide 95

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As a mentor to entrepreneurs, I often get asked for the magic that has made Amazon the world's most valuable brand , from a total unknown only twenty years ago. They present a convincing story that every entrepreneur has the same potential, but most get sidetracked and bogged down by their technology, competitors, and internal organization.

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Marketing Technical Review Customer Custom 123

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. UCLA 48hr Startup brings together people with technical, design or business background to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. 2:00pm – Mentors help teams one-on-one.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Mentor 87

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. You need a team focused on the future as well as the present. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Of course, some balance is required.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This class is designed to help entrepreneurs understand where they are going wrong.”. There is a mentor program that accompanies the class. Each entrepreneur will be paired with Coaches and Mentors to receive critical feedback designed to test and probe their assumptions every step of the way.

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Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

I’m a total believer in servant leadership and mentoring others, but nobody wins when you are in charge as an entrepreneur, and the business fails because you didn’t do your job. Yet if that leaves you with no documented business plan or unclear strategy, most investors and even customers will walk away.

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Product Startup Tips Entrepreneur 123

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2012

Over the weekend the 12 teams worked on business model creation, coding, designing, and more important, market validation. On Saturday teams were coached a mentored by a number of successful entrepreneurs. Checkout the full video of live presentations below. Flutterly was also voted Crowd Favorite.

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San Diego Startup Services Google 96

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

I next moved into system design where I designed computer systems to deal with large industrial natural gas customers and telecommunication companies. I had to understand all of the normal business rules as well as all “edge cases.&# Again, I grouped them into related functions and then designed systems to handle the rules.

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Entrepreneur Startup Design Framework 372

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Before that, I was at a multimedia design academy in high school. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014.

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 2, 2011

Panelist judges Dave Siemer, Eva Ho, and Karen Jashinsky, sat and watched as these six teams of 3-5 girls took the stage and gave a full pitch presentation of what their mobile apps would be. Entrepreneurship : Through working with their mentors, each team acted as a startup, conducting market research for their pitch presentations.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

As a business advisor and investor in new startups, I see how difficult it is to make any process work, no matter how well designed, if the team is dysfunctional. You need a team focused on the future as well as the present. Priority is placed on employee mentoring and coaching. Of course, some balance is required.

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Entrepreneur Coach Organization Mentor 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2016

His new product presentations were legendary. Steve Job’s focus on incredible design has set new standards for all. That team has to cover the range from top designers, savvy financial managers, to good marketing and sales leaders. Pushes beyond the limits of known function and design.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE. You’ll have 5 minutes of presentation time and 3 minutes of Q&A. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors. join us in proving there’s more than one place in California to create great technology.

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CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I often get asked for next sure-fire idea. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication of design, according to many studies. Steve Jobs was a master of inspiration from sophisticated designs, from the iPod to iPhone and packaging. These get recommended many times to others.

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Ideas Study Entrepreneur Customer 54

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. The Mentor Method (Washington, D.C.). AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM).

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Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

Tech.Co

MARCH 13, 2018

At Startup Night SXSW 2018 presented by Kauffman and TechCo, 25 inspiring and diverse startups showcased their latest innovation and competed for $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast track ticket to be a Startup of the Year semifinalist at Innovate Celebrate 2018. The Mentor Method.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

With 10,000 square feet designed to inspire innovation, Amplify LA is the ultimate start-up accelerator and entrepreneurial campus — all to bring together the brightest, most enthusiastic technology minds into an environment that provides solutions, support, and collaboration. Incubator: Amplify LA. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE. You’ll have 5 minutes of presentation time and 3 minutes of Q&A. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas. The event will take place Thursday, October 27, at 6pm.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

As our first time covering a 500 Startups demo day , we could only imagine the stratospheric levels of stress our Batch 8 founders must have gone through to get on stage and present their progress from their last four months of startup bootcamp. Today, we’ll be presenting our favorite ten of the day in ABC order.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself. He presented a system where your search results would be ranked based on companies bidding for placement and where merchants would be charged on a “cost per click” basis (CPC). LA By The Numbers.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: We designed the space to be a real creative, collaborative environment. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups. What is the Ventura incubator? It's about 10,000 square feet of space in downtown Ventura, in a city owned office building.

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We want to provide our audience with not only amazing presenting startups/newly released products (submissions still open Apply Here ) but also outstanding people that can help you grow as an entrepreneur and lead a successful business. If you’d like to present, APPLY HERE. The event will take place Thursday, October 27, at 6pm.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

This helps to add some constraints to the design process as everyone has a clear idea of what the product isn’t. Design as an afterthought Mistakenly, many early-stage startups often don’t see value in investing in design early on, believing it is a luxury which can be bolted on later like some kind of magic stardust.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Myself, I am now working with a medical ultrasound technology firm, working directly with the researcher and a design firm. John Morris: It's probably been a little more than a year in its present shape, although we've been patient because we have no budget. Where is this talent coming from?

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? Uninterested in or unable to add much value to investor presentations, business proposals, new business meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I hope the output is that you get a glimpse into the people shaping our tech present and a sense of the kinds of conversations we have when the cameras aren’t around. Seth’s interest in helping others grew out of his lack of having a mentor. Again, he stressed the importance of good mentors.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: On Sunday we presented to a panel of judges consisting of entrepreneurs and a VC investor. RED FLAG #2 : This person came in saying he was a designer, disappeared for a few hours and said he was working on some iOS mockups but by the time we were ready to pitch, he delivered nothing. LESSONS AND LAUGHS.

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Startup Ideas San Diego Mentor 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! and has led business analysis & user interface design projects for the U.S. It’s a community and work space focused on empowering entrepreneurs, startups, freelancers, programmers, designers, professionals, and all awesome people in general.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 10 startups presented a mix of innovation for consumers and enterprise with some sure to please twists. RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry. After the presentations were revealed, the crowd started to place their bets on their favorites. And build great business they have.

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job. Nice work by everyone and congrats to our winners!!

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Design a logo ( 99designs ). Set up a collaboration method for business documents, spreadsheets and presentations ( GoogleApps ). Business Mentors. Speak to entrepreneurs and leaders in your industry and consider asking them to be your mentor. Open your company bank account. Identity and Branding. Recommended.

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Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40