Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

The new funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included GSV Capital, Rethink Education, Maveron, and Western Technology Investment. general assembly angeles venture capital learning digital school technology' READ MORE>>. general assembly angeles venture capital learning digital school technology'

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Since its inception more than nine years ago, Xconomy has focused its coverage on the business of high technology—across information technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, robotics, and much more. But underlying all that, in a sense, is education. Agtech and Food, and Cybersecurity.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2014

irvine university california medical school education technology lifescience health surgery' According to the school, it will start by integrating Google Glass into the operating room and emergency department, starting with 10 pairs of Glass for its third and fourth year students. Photo credit: Steve Zylius/UC Irvine. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2015

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the startup led by Brent Bushnell helping to inspire kids around science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), said this week that it is planning to bring its STEAM Carnival to San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2015

The White House has named Los Angeles as one of 21 communities around the nation which are part of a new technology job and training effort called TechHire , the administration announced Monday. techhire white house jobs employment california angeles technology recruiting training school education' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Instagram, Pinterest, the Facebook IPO and Elon Musk.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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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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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. According to the AeA 2008 Cyberstate's report, California's technology workers earned an average wage of $101, 200 (112% above the state's average private-sector wage.) Competitiveness.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Hall of Fame brings together San Diego's biotech and high tech leaders and educators to honor individuals who have achieved distinction in their career for founding, leading or advancing a San Diego technology-based or life sciences business or organization. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 16, 2010

Hall of Fame brings together San Diegos biotech and high tech leaders and educators to honor individuals who have achieved distinction in their career for founding, leading or advancing a San Diego life sciences or technology-based business or organization. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. The future of work and education will not be the same, and it will be flexible. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

And over this time, we have cultivated a reputation for outstanding news coverage and events across high-tech business sectors—from information technology to life sciences and beyond. cybersecurity, and education, joining seven existing areas of special focus.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The company--best known for its production of the STEAM Carnival, an carnival-themed event which features high tech games but provides science and technology learning opportunities for kids--said the new funding will be used to expand STEAM Carnival into a national brand. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

A wondrous place designed for kids to learn that Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math are not only interconnected, but fun to boot. Carnival, to be presented by Two Bit Circus is to be a traveling high-tech amusement event that will visit select cities in the U.S. starting in Spring of 2014.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2013

USC revealed this morning that it has created a new, startup accelerator on campus, the Viterbi Startup Garage , which will help students and alumni start technology companies in Los Angeles. Southern California--and Los Angeles, in particular--appears to become the hub of startup accelerators lately. Last a pilot middle school at the L.A.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same five 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 two weeks. Stay tuned.

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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. I had a public education all the way through college and my under grad – UCSD – actually cost less than $2,000 per year to attend between 1986-1991.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JUNE 27, 2008

™s education system and immigration policies, the supply of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) workers will continue to decrease, jeopardizing the technology industry in the United States. Many high tech master’s degree programs are populated predominantly by foreign nationals.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2010

It's our pleasure today to feature an interview with Yossi Vardi , one of Israel's best known high tech entrepreneurs. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups? Yossi Vardi: Israel has what a lot of countries have--good universities, well educated people, a high literacy rate, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company. As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

When this occurs, remind yourself that countries with rampant technology piracy generally also have weak intellectual property courts. Provisional Protection - Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. The filing date is often the deciding arbiter in IP disputes.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

With the Republican National Convention behind us and the Democratic convention in full swing, it seems like a good moment to ask how a Donald Trump presidency or a Hillary Clinton presidency might affect the prospects for high-tech entrepreneurship and business growth in the United States. Education and Workforce Development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

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.” You probably won’t get a second chance.

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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.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2012

He has personally led over 600 successful executive searches throughout the rise, fall, and subsequent reemergence of Southern California’s technology scene. He’s also a shining example of the various people we need to build and maintain a strong technology ecosystem here in Los Angeles.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

I generally encourage my UC Santa Barbara students to complete their formal education before joining or creating a startup. Innovations Are More Than Technological Features. "Our "Our business is about technology, yes. " [Tweet this quote]. But it's also about operations and customer relationships."

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. Now, her career has come to a close. She had plenty of knowledge, history, and opinions to share.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Ironically, studies have shown that the majority of value associated with high-tech innovations involve unique advancements in non-product areas, such as: pricing (SaaS subscriptions vs. licensing), delivery (downloads vs. retail) and customer experience (Apple vs. As we talked, it was clear that he assumed Snoop had written the song.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 28, 2008

President on April 16th, with the hope of addressing our country’s competitive position in the world as it relates to Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM). As our country struggles to stabilize our economy and build for the future, an immediate commitment to research and education funding is both timely and relevant.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

By that, I mean that we’re entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, investors, and business minds on a mission to inspire, educate, and support entrepreneurs and innovators through no-cost consulting, programs, events, and access to capital and talent. Bucket Technologies is working to eliminate coin change.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And I realized that technology was bringing us closer. That’s why I’m so interested in technology. Early on at UCLA I decided that I wanted to work on the political side of technology. I learned what technology companies such as Skype need in terms of infrastructure in order to provide their service.

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Xconomy

JULY 13, 2016

it’s natural for startup entrepreneurs and others immersed in the technology world—including us journalists—to wonder about the role of innovation in solving social problems. ” In short, technology can’t cure racism. But building effective courseware and delivering it to the right people will take time.

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