socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

San Diego-based Avaak, which is developing wireless video networking technology, said Thursday that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding. According to Avaak, the funding will go towards product development, marketing, and sales.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 18, 2011

If we take a look back Zaarly was one of the most successful startups to come out of February’s LASW with over $1M in funding from Felicis Ventures, Lightbank, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Buchheit, Bill Lee, Naval Ravikant, and Michael Arrington. Based on the fact that this Startup Weekend was SOLD OUT in a just a few hours.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund. > Greetings loyal readers. 23 Startup Tips From Oprah Winfrey. > 2013 And Beyond.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2011

We opened an office in San Francisco last week and are adding developers to the team. Are you Funded? How did your company get its initial funding? How much funding do you currently have? How big is your team? Zaarly has more than a dozen employees on our broader team. My co-workers made awesome sacrifices to be here.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Jonathan Zweig , the CEO of Los Angeles-based AppOnboard (www.apponboard.com), which has created software which allows mobile app developers--and in particular, mobile game developers--to create demos of those games which can be played without having to download and install those apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

Just look at what happened with Yuri & Ron funding the YC deals. But having lived through 3 downturns in my working career I have developed a point-of-view. But I wrote an entire blog post (and had Nivi & Naval on This Week in VC today) to discuss why I felt that was the case. They don’t have market power.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen. OTHER DEALS.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. I've funded some myself. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another. Develop your business plan. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us.

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