InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Business Plans are dead. Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. As noted in Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Pitch Their Ideas To Venture Capitalists , most sophisticated investors place their bets on people rather than opportunities. As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

How early is too early to teach your kids a programming language? Never too early, apparently. A Los Angeles software developer has created a Ruby-based programming software package-- Kidsruby --which allows children to learn how to develops software in the Ruby programming language. The free software--which runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux--provides a visual tool which lets kids learn all about programming.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

This one comes straight from football. From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. What is different about you as a manager? If you manage with your team knowing the intended results of each action, and if the members of the team have not honed their skills at execution of th

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 -- Mobility: Exceeding Your Customers? Expectations. San Diego Software Industry Council. 1 in 4 mobile apps are downloaded but never used again. They provide little to no value to the user. And yet developers spend countless hours and dollars to create those apps. What can you do to delight your customers and inspire them to return to your app again and again?

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Advertiser: Aggregage

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. I am a Board Member and an investor in The Resumator via Rincon Venture Partners.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Calabasas-based FaceCake Marketing Technologies , a developer of 3-D, virtual dressing room technology, has raised a round of funding from XG Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture firm whose founders are former Google execs. Amount of the funding was not disclosed. The funding round was first reported by the Wall Street Journal Tuesday morning. FaceCake develops 3-D software which allows consumers to try on different outfits, and is apparently debuting on Thursday at Bloomingdale's.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Innovation and Design for Social Change. Bill Gross, CEO and Founder, Idealab. In conversation with Lorne Buchman, President, Art Center College of Design. We're excited to announce our new partner for our morning business series: the Gensler architectural firm in downtown Los Angeles. Join us in their stunning new street-level office for compelling conversation, community, coffee, light breakfast.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

We see it all the time. Everywhere you look. In business meetings, dinner with friends, people strolling on the beach, or parents watching their children in the park— people are attached to their device. It’s a question to ask then, how much are we really LIVING in the very essence of the word? Do we appreciate every single moment of our lives? Hearing the birds chirp?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Westlake Village-based GlobalWide Media , a provider of online affiliate marketing, display marketing, search engine marketing, and other services, has acquired Canadian firm Neverblue Media Company and AKMG , the firm said last week. The deal was worth $40M in cash. Neverblue is a provider of performance-based online marketing, and is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Then there are the additional challenges of balancing the demands of family and friends. Having too much on your plate can turn your dream into a nightmare. Some people will tell you to just get a bigger plate, meaning hire some help.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -- Lessons on Crisis Management from the C-Suite. Broads Circle. Leading women reveal their stories on successfully weathering attacks on their company?s brands and reputations. From negative press and SEC or criminal allegations to consumer complaints and bad social media, the C-Suite must block and tackle and lead the organization through the fire and to a safe harbor and return to normal, or the new normal.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

LAGbook was founded in 2010 by two twin brothers Chika and Chidi Nwaogu when they were just 19 years old and freshmen at University. Today they say its Africa’s largest and fastest growing social networking utility with over 4,000 daily new sign-ups. LAGbook is most popular in India, Romania, Germany, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Philippines, Canada, Turkey, Bangladesh, United States, Mexico, France, Denmark, Indonesia, China, Bulgaria, Australia, Israel, Hong Kong and Nigeria.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Adding to the ways that startups can help fund their ventures, a local, Santa Monica firm, UsedCardboardBoxes.com --which has previously raised funding from Funk Ventures and the Tech Coast Angels--has scored $250,000 in a contest run by credit card issuer Chase and daily deals provider LivingSocial. UsedCardboardBoxes.com received $250,000 in a grant as part of Mission: Small Business, a grant program aimed at increasing awareness of small businesses, and helping them make a positive impact on

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Viral marketing and word-of-mouth are not enough these days to make your product and brand visible in the relentless onslaught of new promotional media out there today. Innovation in marketing is perhaps more important than product innovation. Yet in the business plans I see, the marketing content and budget are smaller than ever. More than just spending, you need to create an “experience” in this digital age which sets you apart from the banner ads, email blasts, and old-school websites out the

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- Launch U: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur. Learn about the skills and processes needed to generate an innovative business idea. Dr. Larry Cox, associate professor of entrepreneurship and award-winning educator and entrepreneur, will introduce a unique approach to the creative problem-solving process to help current business owners and those interested in owning their own business succeed even in turbulent times.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

That’s right folks TechZulu is hooking you up with 10 Free Tickets (a $1500 value) to this upcoming event, which is going to be jammed pack with great speakers, and information you don’t want to miss. So how do you get these tickets? Simple! Simply tell us in the comments below why you think you’d be the best candidate to attend this event and our awesome TZ Staff will choose the best response.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

City of Industry-based Newegg , the electronics retailer, said Wednesday that it has named Soren A. Mills as Chief Marketing Officer at the company. Mills joins the firm from Guitar Center, where he in charge of Musician's Friend, the company's online division. Mills also has served at Wal-Mart Stores and Priceline.com. Newegg said Mills will be repsonsible for all marketing initiatives at the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs are always looking for “the next big thing,” when maybe in fact it’s a lot of little things that are only recognized after the fact as components of a big evolution or revolution. In my view, the Internet “connectivity anywhere” has already spawned several of these, but the global change has only begun. Emily Nagle Green, in her book from a while back “ ANYWHERE ,” argues effectively that the future of the world and business is ubiquitous connectivity, the total interconnection of

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012 -- Tech Coast Angels Open Forum. Listen to Angels, Investors, Venture Capitalists and Catalysts and what they have to say about investing and being investor ready. Pitch your business, idea or concept through live video feed and hear feedback from industry veterans. Special Guests, Dr. Martha Dennis. See.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

There’s no doubt fall is a great season for sports fans. With the MLB playoffs and football season around the corner, fantasy drafts, trash-talking and tailgate recipe research is in full swing online. Thanks to technological advances, sports and sports fans have gone mobile as sports enthusiasts, like other consumers, embrace connected devices in just about every aspect of their lives.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

David Bohnett , the founder of Geocities.com, and currently head of Los Angeles venture capital firm Baroda Ventures , has been appointed as a Trustee to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The appointment was announced Friday by the White House and the Obama administration. Bohnett, who spends a significant amount of time nowadays focused on philanthropic efforts, is currently Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and is a trustee at Los Angeles Coun

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- Silicon Beach @ USC. SoCal has had a long history of tech innovation and Los Angeles is undeniably the creative capital. USC, with a strong entrepreneurial tradition and home to the leading school for cinematic arts, is pushing the Silicon Beach movement forward with an upcoming forum. At Silicon Beach @ USC, the Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the USC School of

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Tasty Labs say their goal is to try and put “the useful back into social software” and they may be inching close to fulfilling it with their latest project, Human.io launched Friday. Mobile Application Creation Utility. Human.io is a mobile application creation utility with free code and API open for developers to create ‘micro-apps’ that can engage an applications audience.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

That great big press party being held at the Santa Monica airport this morning by Amazon.com ? Yes, it's a new set of Kindle devices. Amazon said its new Kindle Paperwhite 3G will cost $179, and ships October 1st. Among new features of the device: a sharper display, front lighting, and better contrast. The Kindle Fire HD is a tablet, and will cost $299, and includes a larger, 8.9 inch display plus stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus, and dual-antenna MIMO wireless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Most entrepreneurs tend to avoid this area of the business, and as a result are badly surprised by cost realities, and investor expectations. They seem to think that financial projections are simply invented numbers for investors, and not useful. In reality, it’s like jumping in your car for a long hard drive with no destination in mind. Chances are, you won’t enjoy success from the trip.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 -- Startup Accounting - Essentials every founder should know. Coloft Academy. In this class we will cover the necessary tools and measures startups must take to manage their finances. Taught by startup finance veteran David Ehrenberg, we will be covering the following: Accounting prior and post funding; Taxes; Accounting systems and software; and more.

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

A billion dollar established market. Incumbent companies so despised by consumers that they are routinely sued over the poor quality of their offerings. A dynamic founder who has proven he can run lean and get the job done. A young VC liked the idea and took it to his partner meeting. What could go wrong? A turndown. “They just didn’t get it.”.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Four, local college startups -- all founded at the University of Southern California -- have the spotlight in the latest Inc.com magazine, which highlights America's coolest College Start-Ups. The article highlighting eighteen startups founded out of college included 1st Round Sports (founded by Teague and Riley Egan, Zack Johnson, and Sterling Brewster); Stoked Skateboards (founded by David Rajewski); Salute The Brave Apparel (founded by Ryan Morris); and TrueRSVP (founded by Fei Xiao and Anna

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

We told you about young twins behind Social network LAGbook , Today we caught up with two 19 year-old entrepreneurs from Naperville, Illinois. Kyler W. Juckins and Jeremy A. Markham coincidentally were both born on the same day and attended the same high school and now attend the same college! Juckins founded DinnDinn , an app changing the way we taste and ch0ose the best burger shop in town.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Friday, September 7, 2012 -- ATandT Mobile App Hackathon - It Can Wait (LA) w/ $30,000+ in prizes. Have an innovative app idea? Come code your dream app and help develop a solution to put an end to texting while driving. This is a truly unique ATandT Mobile App Hackathon, an event produced by the ATandT Developer Program, focused on our "It Can Wait" don't text and drive campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. Ah. We’re back to discussing convertible debt again. This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” I applaud all efforts by people to take on this issue and especially be Adeo who – let’s be honest – was really the first champion of trying to make the VC world more transparent by launching TheFunded, which d

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Online advertising provider Real Media Group , which is part of 24/7 Media, said today that it has launched three new video formats. The group--which is run out of Los Angeles, and is made up of the former team of Panache--said it has added a new Social Slide Bar, Action Button, and Click-to-Long Play formats, all designed to help advertisers engage viewers with video advertising.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

eBay has introduced a new and efficient optional way to manage returns to replace the old system after clients requests. In a blog post , eBay says,” With a variety of return procedures, restrictions and policies, it’s often impossible to know what returning an eBay purchase will be like. Sometimes it can be fast and easy; other times it’s like pulling teeth.”.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 -- State of the Market. LAVA Distinguished Speaker Series An Evening with Paul Kwan - "State of the Market". Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Internet and Software Banking, Morgan Stanley. Paul is responsible for Morgan Stanley's Internet and Software Banking practice and has been focused on the software and Internet industry for over sixteen years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Every first-time entrepreneur, or even an experienced founder stepping into a new business area, needs a mentor. Nothing you have ever done raises so many questions, or has the potential to be so fulfilling, or so risky, as starting a new business for the first time. A mentor is a confidant who has been there and done that, and is willing to guide your steps.

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