TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Entity’s own story fits into both of those story lines. But that also speaks to potential opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. People love Apple’s whole customer experience, and willingly pay a premium for the product. Much has been written about product design, but designing the total experience from the front rarely happens yet.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2021

The company said it is aiming to provde those loans to underserved students to give them access to higher education. Coding bootcamps--which offer short term training on technical skills, such as software development--have become popular in recent years to gain practical experience in technical fields.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

Irvine-based Mobilogix , a developer of asset management and tracking products, said this morning that it has named Dr. Alfred Man Cheuk Ng, Chief Technology Officer of SUGA International Holdings Limited, to its board. Mobilogix said the addition of Ng will help the company to grow, citing Ng's global business experience and connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Playa Vista-based Appetize , which develops cloud-based, point-of-sale (POS) software for enterprise customers such as stadiums and other venues, has named a trio of new executives, as it continues to grow its business. Avakian joined Appetize earlier this year, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

From their experience in TechStars Boston and Project 11 the founders of Boston Startup School saw a gap in the ecosystem: startups were looking for talent but struggled to find it. great jobs. “The diversity we have at Boston Startup School is atypical in the average startup environment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Some people even believe that entrepreneurs must be born with the right genes, and no element of education is relevant. In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Get real experience early.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

In my experience in business, and as a consultant, I have found a common set of challenges that every new initiative has to overcome for widespread adoption and the business growth you need. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

StoryBots , the developer of entertaining, fun, and educational application and content, has launched a trio of new applications, the firm said Thursday. The new effort, StoryBots, grew out of the parenting experience of the two founders of JibJab. StoryBots debuted its first set of applications back in September.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2018

Huntington Beach-based satellite launch rocket developer Rocket Lab has set the launch window for its next rocket mission, saying last week that its next launch will occur between June 23rd and July 6th. The mission originally had been planned to happen between April 20th and May 3rd. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

With a startup, everything is an experiment. Now the experiments are over, and high productivity is the objective. This is also the time for business development focus, related social causes, and exploring common ground (coopetition initiatives) with competitors. Spend real time on people development and succession planning.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace. It's education, measurement, analysis, and ongoing mitigation strategy. Here, we wanted to build a Netflix-like experience for this.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2013

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of social relationship management software, reported yesterday that it has tapped a Salesforce.com veteran to head up its content and product marketing strategy. Nimble said that Stone also served at Assistly, in addition to having over 20 years of experience at startups and large companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder).

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2014

As a designer by trade, I have always loved different visual experiences. I had the pleasure of playing with a developer preview of the Oculus Rift over the weekend. There is still a ways to go before it is ready for daily consumer use, but give it a year or so and it could be part of your weekly gaming and/or web surfing experience.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 15, 2016

Experience the magic of the design thinking process as we re-design sustainability in LA. education/design-mornings-design-thinking-for-sustainability/los-angeles/28036. Friday, August 19, 2016 -- Design Mornings - Design Thinking for Sustainability. General Assembly. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/design-mornings-design-thinking-for-sustainability/los-angeles/28036.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Formally, that’s called developing and maintaining a strategic plan. From my experience, and the experience of other entrepreneurs, here are the key elements you should think about as part of the process: Personal interests and aspirations. Education and training roadblocks. Manage existing relationships.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We''ve spent the past year and a half working with two of seven board-certified, Neuropsychologists, to develop a strength assessment test, to develop a strength profile for each kid. Once we get that strength profile, we match them to a whole world of extracurricular and educational opportunities for them. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

He’s the most talented developer we have ever seen. You take all the photos and videos and upload it on YouTube, Facebook, Vine, and other social media platforms and experience the event through the eyes of the crowd. The app was mainly to educate people what was going on in the world. What is the tech scene like in LA?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Because the hundreds of millions that it takes to greenlight a theatrical film could never be absorbed by a startup and because they way we experience media & characters has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years to a point where the starting point for media is often digital, gaming or even graphic novel oriented. And Seriously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

But to scale the business, they need the complementary expertise, experience, connections, oversight, and new capital connections of a formal board of directors. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Bruce Huang: We are an educational, collaborative ecosystem, trying to bridge between the tech community and academics. For example, we have people currently working in video and film production, who want to get into coding, who want to become a web developer, and who want to become cybersecurity professionals.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

It's segregated from where we are, but on campus in the same location, where they will be getting their education in that location. It's a combination of all of that thinking, which will allow them not to just come out with a diploma, but with some real world experience they can apply in their lives and create careers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Brings complementary skills and experience. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Feels a real passion and love for their role.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. A number of years ago, myself and some of my colleagues in the entertainment industry developed a nonprofit workplace in Hollywood. He came on board to really develop the tools and the platform, and aggregated tens of millions of pages on the Internet on occupations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Brands, who brings decades of experience implementing innovation as the founder of InnovationCoach®. Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Every startup technical team has unique insights, which should become new innovations.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. We wanted to replicate that experience online. What is CreatorUp all about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2020

With a startup, everything is an experiment. Now the experiments are over, and high productivity is the objective. This is also the time for business development focus, related social causes, and exploring common ground (coopetition initiatives) with competitors. Spend real time on people development and succession planning.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 30, 2012

LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Scrum for CEOs - How to Manage Teams in a 2.0 Does your development team need ?just How does the Scrum process change team collaboration and accelerate development? s experience with Scrum, which began with training from with Master Scrum Trainer Scott Downey.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Louise Wannier: Continued development of AI/Deep learning networks. Wannier has chaired Boards of Directors and as CEO built companies in four different industries: Education Technology, Consumer Electronics, Information Management Software and Fashion/eCommerce. An experienced Corporate Director and CEO, Ms. In 2006, Ms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Some people even believe that entrepreneurs must be born with the right genes, and no element of education is relevant. In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Get real experience early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Brands, who brings decades of experience implementing innovation as the founder of InnovationCoach®. Brands book is based on the implementation of nine principles of innovation originally developed by Google way back in 2008 by Marissa Mayer. Every startup technical team has unique insights, which should become new innovations.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Startup Organization 165