socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Silicon Beach, as the white-hot start up market in Santa Monica is referred to, is exploding with activity. Several components that make up and set the stage for a vibrant start up market to develop have to be present and strong, sort of like a perfect storm! Is this happening in Silicon Beach?

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Startup Santa Monica High Tech Education 168

AeA Los Angeles Council

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

As chair of a non-profit technology association -- known as the AeA ( www.aeanet.org ) -- I am leading a local effort to educate high tech executives & future decision makers on the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility. See page 26. ( [link] ) Entitled: CSR in High Tech. million employees.

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High Tech AeA Education Help 40

AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 10, 2008

California's high-tech industry added more than 21,000 jobs last year, and is maintaining its place as the nation's industry leader. By the numbers, California has 940,700 high-tech workers, a high-tech payroll of $95.2 billion and 43, 400 high-tech enterprises. Competitiveness.

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High Tech AeA Education Slides 40

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

It's unclear how Xirrus -- which has been selling heavily into the education and schools market in the last year--hopes to benefit from the sponsorship, but Steele said that it expects the event, which is being held at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas, will help Xirrus reach the "highly tech-savvy DFW community."

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Thousand Oaks High Tech Education Help 188

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

It's unclear how Xirrus -- which has been selling heavily into the education and schools market in the last year--hopes to benefit from the sponsorship, but Steele said that it expects the event, which is being held at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas, will help Xirrus reach the "highly tech-savvy DFW community."

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Thousand Oaks High Tech Education Help 183

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. But you have to admit that we live in a skewed system in which the elite educated population gains disproportionally from our change from an industrial to an information economy.

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Education Venture Capital UCSD Class 417

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

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Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. That's on the cause marketing side of things. You need a third profile.

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Causecast Startup Content Education 222

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies.

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High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. university in math or science — instead of subsidizing their educations and then sending them home&#. Subsidize their education and then send them home. But I have some.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

This exemplary customer service is just savvy marketing. Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. I found a good summary of these new expectations in a book recently published by Micah Solomon, “ High-tech, High-touch Customer Service.”

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Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

Provisional Protection - Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. Your solution will likely evolve as you gain market feedback and validation. Thus, even with formal "protection" it may prove nearly impossible for you to prosecute your rights in such rogue nations.

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IP Patents Journal Equity 210

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

By always thinking like a newcomer, you can avoid the Innovator's Dilemma, in which the market leader eventually loses a new, disruptive solution. Develop a solution for a problem, market and/or user group about which you are passionate. " Creating and sustain a successful startups is beyond difficult. " [Tweet this quote].

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Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For instance, in a crowded market, a highly differentiated one-liner might make the difference between a startup generating meaningful investor discussions and languishing in obscurity. Yammer for Education) & explanatory (e.g., AngelList Differentiation. Pinterest for MEN" and"eHarmony.com for Gays and Lesbians.".

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Product Technical Review Yammer Google 208

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

A small percentage of people in each free-market society generate the jobs for everyone else. Such mini-ventures, as described in Small Ideas, Big Benefits , will not only educate you, but will reduce your risk when you exit the Herd. How did you establish and maintain your leadership position in the market? What is the market?

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. Victory usually satisfies, but it seldom educates.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

At the outset of their careers, they are forced to market themselves with little to no budget and differentiate their product so that they gain adequate attention without alienating too many potential customers. However, despite relative salary equality, there remain far fewer high-tech women entrepreneurs.

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Tips Startup Entertainment Entrepreneur 204

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Today LA tech is stronger than ever, touting numerous accelerator programs, angel investors, coworking spaces and educational opportunities. Independent sources are also validating the market, like Startup Genome who recently named Los Angeles the third best high-tech center in the world, just behind San Francisco and Tel Aviv.

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Southern California Santa Monica SoCal High Tech 89

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. Academia's arbitrary, bureaucratic structure, combined with its predominant focus on theoretical issues, causes many entrepreneurs to depart college early. Look around.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Santa Barbara 247

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Our wide-ranging conversation covered the progression of MIT’s entrepreneurship curriculum and campus resources , the rise of the Boston-Cambridge area as a high-tech industry powerhouse, the prospects for an MIT venture fund , the challenges for university tech transfer offices, the roots of today’s startup culture, and more.

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Startup Compton Research Course 67

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.

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Education Technical Review Research Web 2.0 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year, nearly 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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Startup Mentor High Tech Demand 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Demand High Tech 107

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Last year about 40% of the total workforce was Boomers.

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Mentor Statistics High Tech Demand 75

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298