TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Real estate will be the biggest spender on climate tech for no other reason than its contribution to the carbon problem.”.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2019

These days, Thrun seems just as excited by another imprint he’s made on the still-forming AV industry—not as a researcher, but as an entrepreneur in online education. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. I think mobile payments and online education will finally hit their stride in 2013 benefiting companies like Braintree and Dwolla and Coursera respectively.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 5, 2016

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have weighed in from time to time and their answers tend to fall into two camps. The headlines from Silicon Valley have conditioned us to think that you need to raise millions of dollars in venture funding to get a company off the ground. Entrepreneurship education is a great start.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more have moved from all around the world to join it's welcoming startup community. On a macro level, one of my main responsibilities is elevating the idea of being an entrepreneur and the importance of entrepreneurs to our economy. For example, Myriad Mobile raised $1.5

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

It might just be Tradesy (www.tradesy.com), a brand new service which lets women sell their unwanted clothing via a mobile app or website--and even takes care of dealing with shipping and returns. I've really gotten an in-depth education about what women want when buying and selling online. I didn't have any funding.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. People fall out of their education for a number of different reasons.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: I've been at a startup before, before Avery Dennison, as a serial entrepreneur creating different products and inventions. It's been an exciting two years.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. In specific terms, “the new… book… (leverages) Alexander Osterwalder’s business model generation book as the frontend of entrepreneurs thinking about their business. One of my first posts was entitled The MBA Education And Other Oxymorons. Enter Eric Ries .

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

“Today, everyone engages with computers, mobile devices, photography, movies, audio, visuals – digital skills are no longer just for the elite few, the industrial revolution has come and gone, and the idea revolution is in full force.”. 10) Lynda, why does the world need lynda.com? Our motivation has always been to help people learn.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

“Today, everyone engages with computers, mobile devices, photography, movies, audio, visuals – digital skills are no longer just for the elite few, the industrial revolution has come and gone, and the idea revolution is in full force.”. 10) Lynda, why does the world need lynda.com? . Our motivation has always been to help people learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Higher education. Calls are changing but not dying. THE FULL STORY.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Max Fischer: BeLinked, formerly LinkedUp, is the first, mobile dating app that has the popular swipe left, swipe right feature, but which is based on the LinkedIn platform and LinkedIn API. Max Fischer: We''re in the process of fundraising right now, to fund our future growth and marketing. What are the next steps for you? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In a bid to change that, there are a few groups working on helping women entrepreneurs, investors, and others, including the Pipeline Fellowship (www.pipelinefellowship.com), which recently launched itself into the Los Angeles market. It''s really a fantastic way to get mobilized. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2014

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. Plus, we have mobile optimized sites, and those are just scratching the surface now, there''s a huge amount of growth potential with mobile traffic available today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2014

Startups using celebrities is such a hot topic these days that Gary Vaynerchuck , noted author and entrepreneur, has coined a new term “star-ups” for the phenomenon. Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

We caught up with Max to hear about the company, which just announced a $3M angel funding round last week. I was scratching my head, because I didn't understand why I was getting denied, because I had a good income, education, and a bank account for over ten years. Tell us a bit about your funding and investors? What is Float?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 22, 2013

Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and VC, Karl Mehta has launched Code For India (CFI) to empower the country’s citizens to actively participate in improving their communities. Organizations such as TiE Silicon Valley, TiE Mumbai, TiE New Delhi and The Morpheus Fund and several others are among the first to support CFI.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

New entrepreneurs are setting up shop and the city is encouraging tech development with exciting initiatives. Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. BILA) is an online community for digital tech entrepreneurs and innovators. Built In L.A. has to offer startups.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What is mobile fundraising? Those donations are mobile initiated.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

Nichols is a former Kauffman Fellow and investment director at Intel Capital, and tells us how his fund--which he co-founded with Atom Factory's Troy Carter--is looking to find companies solving large problems outside of the typical Silicon Valley bubble. How did the fund get started? I led a number of investments for that company.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : AngelList is the productization of raising startup funding. Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. Capital is very mobile, but capitalists are not. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. Caradoc Ehrenhalt: I've been at startups before, before Avery Dennison, and after, as a serial entrepreneur creating different products and inventions. It's been an exciting two years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). As a result, entrepreneurs often spend unwisely, or chase a bad idea way too far without measuring results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Startups using celebrities is such a hot topic these days that Gary Vaynerchuck , noted author and entrepreneur, has coined a new term “star-ups” for the phenomenon. Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Startups using celebrities is such a hot topic these days that Gary Vaynerchuck , noted author and entrepreneur, has coined a new term “star-ups” for the phenomenon. Their values need to match your brand image, including the perception of quality, educational value, as well as recognition by your target demographic.

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Startup Summary Examples Entrepreneur 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

And a few teams of super talented, educated and bright entrepreneurs make a few mill. And precisely because buyers usually prefer to have limited money go to investors – investors almost always have the ability to say “no” to transactions in the terms of their funding documents (aka “blocking rights”).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. business ecommerce entrepreneur startup'

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. We know language education is a huge market, with 1/7 of people around the world learning a new language. Something we didn’t know, mainstay education programs have < 1% course completion.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

A quick glance at Crowdfunder provides a peek into an impressively large portfolio of funded startups and small businesses; to the tune of ~8,800 companies, 45,000 investors, and over $66M in deal flow across Startups, Social Enterprise, and Small Business. Chance is a local grown entrepreneur with a 15 year track record.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Mobile and new generation consoles are being adopted at an astounding rate, and all the while gaming has become an increasing social outlet. The purpose of REACH is to explore, educate, and evaluate the future of tech, as well as experience new gadgets first hand. Indiegogo, “the world’s funding platform”, was also in attendance.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution.

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