socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

What was the idea that behind the company? Brendon McQueen: The idea behind the platform, is that over 70 percent of college graduates today have college loans. I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. billion dollars. It's been amazing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

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 Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea. Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

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 Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea. Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea. Thus it is always a question of what you qualify for, and what you are willing to give up, to turn your dream idea into a viable business.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

SocialEngine is a white-label, community platform. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. Sellbot, an e-commerce platform for sellers made by USC graduates Michael and Payam Ahdoot, took home the grand prize of $25,000. Sellbot helps online sellers sell through multiple platforms. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha works tirelessly to build a platform of advocacy around issues such as tech inclusion, diversity, and education. Thomas Flake, Founder of PTI Incubator & Founder of bcause. Marissa leads the Education Practice at Village Capital. Blackwell, iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Liaison, NASA.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

We came up with an idea for an app and around that time we met with Chris. The idea for the app is to see events through the eyes of the audience. You take all the photos and videos and upload it on YouTube, Facebook, Vine, and other social media platforms and experience the event through the eyes of the crowd.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Frustrated by tradtional recruitment agencies, Greg Schneider , came up with the idea for Hiringbounty.com. The idea for Hiring Bounty was inspired by my frustration with recruitment agents and how I was continuously targeted for positions I was ill suited for. What inspired you to start Hiring Bounty? ” Gareth McGuire.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 1991, Bill started Knowledge Adventure, an educational software publisher that grew to be the third largest educational software publisher in the world and was eventually sold to Cendant Software and is now a division of Havas Interactive, which is owned by Vivendi. Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Step by Step From Idea to Bootstrap Startup. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Starting a dev team to build a brand new idea is harder. So you have an idea.

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