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.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

A new competition--part of the Startup America effort launched by the Obama Administration, and spearheaded locally by Caltech, USC, and UCLA--said today that it is looking to award $200,000 in prize money to university students with clean energy business ideas.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Such ideas require little-to-no capital, usually last for a relatively short duration and are of nominal size. Note that I am not purporting that these are particularly amazing or unique ideas. Investors invest in people, not ideas. If you just ask yourself, “then why bother?” – read on friend, read on. From Small to Tall.

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Ideas Startup Pricing Entrepreneur 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe their initial idea and inspiration requires the most important creative thinking. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Patents Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2023

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. I like his approach to first making sure the idea has the potential for a unique selling proposition, by asking yourself a few key questions: Does the idea solve a painful problem?

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Startup Education Ideas Customer 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Educational technology is one field worth examining, even though education hasn’t been a front-burner issue in the final months of the campaign. Both Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump say they’d spend billions on educational reforms, and while their visions diverge, they have some points in common.

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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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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. I like his approach to first making sure the idea has the potential for a unique selling proposition, by asking yourself a few key questions: Does the idea solve a painful problem?

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Startup Education Ideas Customer 166

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)

Education 100

Education Ideas Startup 100

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)

Education 100

Education Ideas Startup 100

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)

Education 100

Education Ideas Startup 100

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)

Education 100

Education Ideas Startup 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 108

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. The students participating in the Fair have been working on their ideas for several months. See [link] (more)

Education 100

Education Ideas Competition Entrepreneur 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

Most aspiring entrepreneurs believe their initial idea and inspiration requires the most important creative thinking. Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. Marty Zwilling.

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Ideas Patents Training Entrepreneur 171

socalTECH

MAY 29, 2013

First Look West also said it provided $5,000 in a "Tansformational Idea Award" funded by Draper University, the entrepreneurial education program from venture capitalist Tim Draper. firstlookwest first look business plan competition venture capital prize award cleantech university education spinout' READ MORE>>.

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Draper CalTech Southern California Education 191

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 5, 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, August 11, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshop. We're going deep into the investors' mind to understand how they analyze startups for investment.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

The company said the money went to boost the development of new curriculum and hire educational and operational staff. The new idea is to replace the online preschool with targeted sessions twice per-week. Based in Los Angeles, Bümo had already managed to lock in a $2.4 As the pandemic began to spread across the U.S.

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Los Angeles Class Angel Social Media 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

You shouldn’t be making this decision just because you are mad at your boss, or you would like to be rich, or someone else thinks you have a good idea. Right idea at the right time. Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage?

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Startup Resource Training Ideas 115

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Once we get that strength profile, we match them to a whole world of extracurricular and educational opportunities for them. We take those strengths, as determined by our Neuropsychologists, to develop strength profiles and apply them to describing all of ht extracurricular and educational opportunities that we can curate. READ MORE>>.

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Help Idealab Activity Startup 252

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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Mentor Satisfaction Education Organization 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. We all come from the era where our society and education prepared us for the labor market, meaning working for someone else as an information professional, factory worker, or retail associate. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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Entrepreneur Tips Startup Education 137

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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Los Angeles Education Venture Capital Study 150

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

And if you had the right credentials to lead people to believe that your next idea was more likely to be right than other people’s ideas then you were certainly backable. It’s why I love the idea of the FailCon conference and hope to speak there one day. And ideas you have to drive acceptance. So what is that?

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Startup Ideas Education Class 350

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Even the greatest ideas coupled with the greatest team can easily get lost in translation if they are not properly executed. Execution starts with selling an idea, creating buy in, followed by goal setting and creating a good sense of accountability. As an educator, I am looking forward to innovations in online learning.

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Westlake Village Thousand Oaks Startup Ventura 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based Enrou , an online marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products which benefit causes such as education, entrepreneurship, the environment, empowerment of women, and youth, has scored a $400,000 prize from Forbes, as part of a competition from the magazine publisher.

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Competition Venture Capital Los Angeles Education 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Often, despite your passion and expectation, customers don’t immediately see the value and need that you see, and you have no idea why the initiative is stuck , and what could be the real customer issue or fix. These fears need to be offset by early success stories, educational case studies, or advice on ways to reduce risk.

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Product Services Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 141

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Educational. Your content must continue to deliver new ideas. Highly relevant and educational content if irrelevant if you can’t make it easy for people to understand. The more frequently you can deliver content that meets the needs and desires of your customers, the more relevant you will become to them. Easy to digest.

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Content Newsletter Competition Writing 146

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Richard Branson’s adventurer escapades are legendary, and Steve Jobs made new product presentations an experience, as well as a sales pitch and an education. Believe there is no such thing as a crazy idea. The best entrepreneurs know that investors invest in people, not ideas. Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function.

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Marketing Design Entrepreneur Ideas 157

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 15, 2016

education/design-mornings-design-thinking-for-sustainability/los-angeles/28036. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/design-mornings-design-thinking-for-sustainability/los-angeles/28036.

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Design Tips Education Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2016

The new AI XPRIZE--unlike the group's other challenges--is providing an open ended challenge, letting the teams who are entering define their own goals, picking their own focus on healthcare, education, energy & environment, global development and exploration, or other areas--as long as the solution is based on using AI to solve those problems.

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IBM IBM Competition Artificial Inteligence 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Entrepreneurs should look for ideas from anyone, inside the organization or outside, top down or bottoms up, but the implementation responsibility is all yours. Perfection is impossible in today’s rapidly changing market, and iterations are part of educating the market as well as your team.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Startup Organization 114

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. There's a big disconnect between their education and employment. Eventually, the idea was that the entertainment industry's workforce would reflect our audience. How did this start?

Help 100

Help Education CTO Coach Startup 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 14, 2013

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. Sunday, January 20, 2013 -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. See [link] (more)

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San Fernando Startup Education Ideas 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 12, 2013

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. Friday, January 18, 2013 -- San Fernando Valley Startup Weekend. See [link] (more)

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San Fernando Startup Education Ideas 124

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And when asked what prompted the alert to begin with, the spokesperson said it was part of “an ongoing fraud education campaign.” The idea, though — that you can plug in your phone and have your secrets stolen — is not entirely farfetched. ” Which begs the question — why?

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