TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. What excites me about this space is that there’s so much low-hanging fruit.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2016

Thursday, July 7, 2016 -- Learn About AMP - Accelerated Mobile Pages. Come join GDG Los Angeles as we gratefully welcome Malte Ubl to speak to us about AMP, Accelerated Mobile Pages. education/learn-about-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages/los-angeles/26436. Malte Ubl (@cramforce, +MalteUbl) is the tech lead of the AMP Project.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. That’s why Greg Bettinelli has become such a successful partner addition to Upfront. Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Because if you’re truly that early / novel there’s a good chance that you’re too early and will spend lots of time / money educating the market. The “competition slide&# of your investment deck is such a great opportunity to talk about how you’re positioned (premium product vs. economical product?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And now, they’ve decided to pay it forward with a few education initiatives that could really make a difference. The coworking company has announced two meaningful education initiatives that could help people get a leg up in the tech community. Teaching kids as young as five-years-old about entrepreneurship is silly, right?

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Technology in the classroom has come a long way since its advent in the 1920s, when teachers would air radio broadcasts about topics relevant to their lesson plans. While technology in the classroom is not a new phenomenon, these days we are customizing technological innovations to make education adaptive and. Yes, for their time.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2012

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we feature author and technology forecaster Daniel Burrus , who talks about gamefication, and what it means for both business and education. Read the rest of Daniel's article, Gameification: A Rapidly Growing Hard Trend That Will Accelerate Learning For Both Business and Education.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why I wrote this article about Invoca (formerly RingRevenue) that the most obvious mobile Internet ad unit is, in fact, a phone call. Higher education. When you listen to Tony Hsieh talk about his Zappos customer reps in “ Delivering Happiness ” you get a sense of the effectiveness of call center relationships.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. First, what is All About Addiction about? The idea was to make it simpler for people to find rehab.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 9, 2012

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 -- "What Every Businessperson Should Know about Trademarks" The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast and the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Educational Outreach Program.

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socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2009

Irvine-based eGuardian , a provider of service aimed at protecting children on the web, has partnered with safety education firm i-SAFE, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. i-SAFE is a nonprofit which educates consumers about Internet safety.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My time with TFA instilled in me a deep commitment to education, inspiring me to dedicate my life to guiding young minds through the world of mathematics. My tenure at Teach For America cemented my commitment to education, motivating me to devote myself to navigating young minds through the captivating landscape of mathematics.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Carlsbad-based Medsphere is behind a new effort to help medical students learn about healthcare IT and clinical informatics, the firm disclosed this morning, and is supplying its products to the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2019

What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology. We heard a lot of this sort of thing about Pinterest in the early days. This Twitter thing. It's just a fad.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

A leadership goal vs. a mantra: I once sat in on a roundtable meeting in which the executive of a company stated his goal as “educate the world.” But when he did state a monetary goal, he started a real conversation about how he will achieve it and with what resources, and which of several focused revenue models.

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2024

I first heard this in a governance seminar for a non-profit higher educational board upon which I sit, over 25 years ago. My lesson learned about this mantra: [Email readers, continue here…] After returning to my office, I received a call from the CEO. Where did this statement come from? I could not have been more pleased.

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Berkonomics

MAY 4, 2023

Higher education needs to catch up. And how about the new jobs to be created for “prompt-masters” and others manipulating or analyzing or checking AI query results. Yes, Amazon is partially to blame. Last year, Amazon employed 1,541,000 workers. But Amazon displaced an estimated at least that number of retail jobs. Worse, 3.1%

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Once again, there is a need to educate board members that in conflict of interest cases, the corporation comes first. The duty of care is the legal responsibility of each board member and cannot be shed because the member was elected to protect a particular class of shareholder.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2017

They are as much about the requirements for success in today’s workplace—and how to identify and nurture those qualities in all employees—as they are about gender disparity.

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

The shootings that targeted police officers at a peaceful protest in Dallas, which followed the officer-involved shooting deaths of Philando Castile near Minneapolis and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA, also have raised distressing questions about racism in America and our criminal-justice system. Need more convincing?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 5, 2022

It’s not about necessarily building something for a hardcore buyer today,” co-founder and CEO Alex Perelman told TechCrunch. “We Users can also view listings on a map, then click to see a video about the home. It’s not too outlandish a claim, seeing as “House Hunters” has been on TV since 1999. But Perelman isn’t worried. “If

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

That was not only because traditional learning environments needed to go virtual, but also because the pandemic led so many — willingly or by force — to rethink what they were doing with their lives, and online education was one key route for doing something about it, at a time when little else could be done.

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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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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This program will educate private issuers about the process of going public by merging with an existing public shell. Tuesday, February 12, 2019 -- Reverse Mergers Into Public Shells. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2018

WebMD Health Services said the new iGrad Enrich platform provides information and isnights to help consumers improve financial literacy through an in-depth, online assessment, and is targeted at helping employees and health plan members become better educated about their financial challenges. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The purpose of this workshop is to educate idea-to-early stage startups about investors, fundraising, and how to make a successful pitch. Saturday, November 10, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshop. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The purpose of this workshop is to educate idea-to-early stage startups about investors, fundraising, and how to make a successful pitch. Saturday, October 13, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshop. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The purpose of this workshop is to educate idea-to-early stage startups about investors, fundraising, and how to make a successful pitch. Saturday, September 8, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshop. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 8, 2018

Saturday, July 14, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshops/ The purpose of this workshop is to educate idea-to-early stage startups about investors, fundraising, and how to make a successful pitch. See [link] (more)

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Attend trade show education sessions. Ask you field representatives to debrief you about what they are hearing. The first rule of marketing and positioning is to listen to the marketplace. Interview potential customers, hold focus groups, meet with existing customers. Hire consultants. But listen!

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based high tech education and amusement company Two Bit Circus , which was founded by Brent Bushnell, said it has set the date for its S.T.E.A.M. The event is aimed at inspiring kids to learn about science, technology, engineering, art, and math. twobit circus steam carnival high tech education learning kickstarter'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2021

After working many years in business, both in large companies as well as startups, I’ve realized that you can learn more from peers and mentors than from any formal education program. Mentoring supplements but doesn’t replace the need to continue education through industry conferences and networking.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Ksenia Yudina initially founded the company to provide financial planning and services to lower- and middle-class families looking for ways to start saving for their children’s education, she said. As a father of two young boys, I care about their financial future and I know that other parents are feeling the same way.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Amir Tehrani, the company’s co-founder and chief executive spent, his life in the cookware and kitchen business, while his wife, Shiza Tehrani, is the co-founder of the Malala Fund, supporting educational initiatives for young women around the world, and Now Ventures, an impact seed investment fund based in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Pasadena-based codeSpark has rolled out a new game which it says is aimed at helping kids learn about coding. The startup rolled out a new game called The Foos , which it says is aimed at helping kids to learn about coding for the first time. thefoos codespark videogame game launch teaching learning education coding code kids'

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Xconomy

JULY 8, 2019

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series examining the internet’s first 50 years and predicting the next half century. Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future.

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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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