SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 10, 2024

Dedicated to accelerating the energy transition, the event delivers actionable education, invaluable networking, and an immersive exhibit hall experience.

Conference 100

Conference Education Networking 100

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I bring my passion for numbers to the classroom every day, drawing from my experience to inspire my students. 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. I'm Mark, a dedicated math teacher hailing from Houston.

Generative AI 295

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based CODA Holdings , the developer of electric vehicles, said Thursday that it has opened up a new "Experience Center" at the Westfield Century City Shopping Center. CODA also plans to run educational seminars and events at the location. READ MORE>>.

Century City 147

Century City Santa Monica Los Angeles Education 147

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

Since then, the university as we know it has come to mean any institution of higher education generally focused upon the rigorous learning of complex areas of study, like syntactic structures of Creole languages or the intersection of metaphysics and particle physics. Read the rest of Howard's opinion piece, Experience Is The Best Teacher.

Activision 150

Activision Education Study Entrepreneur 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

In some reputable surveys , as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned, so a specific education level is at least irrelevant. An MBA will extend your education more broadly into the world of business strategy, and give you more credibility with potential investors.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Education .Net Class 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

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.

Design 105

Design Customer Custom Product 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2019

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Planning is about preparing for the future, not predicting it.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Activity Guide Patents 92

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. There’s a community feel even to our education. And the ability to bring education to the world has been our intention from day one.”. Educating the next generation of media talent.

Education 81

Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 81

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2016

Slavonia told us why he thinks collaboration is the key to improving the real estate shopping experience, and how his new startup is taking on the challenge. We've made it real easy, if you have an agent, to connect with them on the site, allowing the agent to basically follow you around the whole experience. What college to go to?

Sites 100

Sites Startup Education Customer 100

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2016

Slavonia told us why he thinks collaboration is the key to improving the real estate shopping experience, and how his new startup is taking on the challenge. We've made it real easy, if you have an agent, to connect with them on the site, allowing the agent to basically follow you around the whole experience. Where do you wan to start?

Sites 100

Sites Startup Education Customer 100

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. As chairman of a company in an industry where I have extensive experience, I elected to attend a regular meeting of the management team with its middle managers on a Monday morning, a practice I had not done in the past.

Metrics 156

Metrics Report Education Course 156

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.

Design 61

Design Product Customer Custom 61

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based education technology startup Sketchy is ramping up its hiring efforts, saying today that it has added a number of new executives and advisors to the company.

Startup 113

Startup Coach Education Commerce 113

Xconomy

JANUARY 23, 2019

We live in an era of practically unlimited personal choice of products, experiences, and beliefs. Gone are the days of Henry Ford’s “You can have any color so long as it’s black.” There are way more than three major network TV channels. On the face of it, we live in the best of times. But could there be a dark side to this?

Artificial Inteligence 72

Artificial Inteligence Education Networking Technology 72

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

InStride offers up enterprise education services to employers, helping them offer up degrees, certificates, and credentials to their employees from global universities. Sharma also previously served as Senior Vice President of eCommerce and Digital Guest Experience at The Walt Disney Company.

Education 113

Education Los Angeles Help Services 113

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy , a Los Angeles based music education technology firm serious on improving the way people learn, play and interact with music beat over 70 startups with their app Rock Prodigy to win the Silicon Beach Awards. It also won the 2011 Appy Award in education and the 2011 About.com’s Readers Choice Award. Winning Combination.

Education 106

Education Startup Technology Patents 106

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.

Acquisition 113

Acquisition Funding San Diego Training 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

SGUA International is a big manufacturer of electronics, including professional audio equiment, AV, smart cards, interactive education, Wi-Fi, and many othe rproducts. Mobilogix said the addition of Ng will help the company to grow, citing Ng's global business experience and connections. Ng has also worked at Nokia, Qualcomm, and IBM.

Chief Technology Officer 113

Chief Technology Officer IBM IBM Education 113

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.

Mentor 297

Mentor Training Startup Course 297

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

Social Media 98

Social Media Technical Review Media Services 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2012

But once you start selling products, all of these pale in comparison to the level of customer experience you provide. Define specific innovation objectives and rewards for improving the customer experience. Many companies have an ongoing product innovation focus, but rarely think about customer service innovations.

Customer 104

Customer Custom Startup Organization 104

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based online education site Cram.com has launched a new, premium membership tier, and also launched a new text-to-speech tool for its online studying and flashcard site. cram membership education school studying student flashcard studymode' Cram.com is now owned by StudyMode. READ MORE>>.

Study 159

Study Education Tool Sites 159

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.

Help 130

Help Mentor Paramount Technical Review 130

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.

Education 86

Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86

socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The startup, which launched earlier this month, said it has created an app which helps provide pathways to the education and training you need for the job you want. The app then seeks to connect users with local educational opportunities to gain those skills. The startup is led by founder and CEO Deborah Ramo. READ MORE>>.

Education 100

Education Santa Monica Training Mobile 100

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. “To me the investment in UNest is a great opportunity to help my community.

Services 235

Services Capital Draper Education 235

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Knutson-Ratto was most recently Global VP Product and General Manager for accounting software company Xero, and that she has over 20 years of experience in the area. Avakian joined Appetize earlier this year, according to the company. READ MORE>>.

Chief Technology Officer 124

Chief Technology Officer Education Entertainment Sales 124

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.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur Tips Writing Coach 149

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.

Training 82

Training Education Platform Course 82

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 2, 2019

The New Venture Fair (NVF) is a valuable part of Cal Lutheran's entrepreneur education experience, in which student teams share their innovative startup projects in a competitive environment. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 -- CLU New Venture Fair.

Education 100

Education Ideas Competition Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the startup blending science education and entertainment, has set a date for the opening of its first "micro-amusement park", saying that its first location--in the Los Angeles Arts District--will open on September 7th. READ MORE>>.

Education 100

Education Los Angeles Entertainment Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 22, 2016

Curious about the role of Tech's Most Wanted role, User Experience Designer at different companies? Interested in hearing the diversity of paths and experiences designers take? education/day-in-the-life-of-a-ux-designer/los-angeles/27169. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/day-in-the-life-of-a-ux-designer/los-angeles/27169.

Design 100

Design Education Demand Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. It's education, measurement, analysis, and ongoing mitigation strategy. Here, we wanted to build a Netflix-like experience for this.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

The new infographic shows the educational background and companies of some of the women who will be talking at an upcoming Broads Circle event on their experience running companies here. A new infographic highlights some of the women who are making waves along Silicon Beach, for their efforts in creating new companies and businesses.

Education 224

Education Entrepreneur Startup Company 224

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

Services 128

Services Social Media Technical Review Media 128

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.

LAVA 100

LAVA Education Venture Capital Equity 100

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. READ MORE>>.

Education 173

Education Entertainment Venice Screening 173