socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

However, it appears the spirit of innovation and technology didn't leave Google's old space: instead, that office has become Real Office Centers (realofficecenters.com), an office center which on a recent Friday looked to have become somewhat of a hub for Silicon Beach's startup and investors. It's up to the community.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Many of them have their iPhones and laptops ready to command their attention the moment that you start sucking. Stories have starts, middles and ends. I They all start to blend together. Don’t confuse this with a tour-de-force education on the finer details of how your company operations. why does this matter?

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Slides Startup Conference Writing 399

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I’ll put up the video when they post it on their website. Stories have starts, middles and ends.

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Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Entertainment Press 108

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. It's education, measurement, analysis, and ongoing mitigation strategy.

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. In addition, we had a fully stacked line up of showcasing startups with Causora , Floshare , Kiosked , and Yekra.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. We caught up with founder Aviv Grill to dig deeper into what the firm is doing. First off, let's talk a little bit about your software.

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Media Education Google Startup 267

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brother-founder team behind the popular JibJab eCard line featuring personalization Starring You®, (think Elf Yourself )—have grown up and now have children of their own. Sometimes in the startup technology world, success is truly dependent on perfect timing. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based KidZui , the web browser startup aiming at the children's market, said Wendesday that it has upgraded its software, launching KidZui K2. Tags: kidzui children education school browser safety. The software also provides access and email reports on what kids are using online. KidZui is headed by Cliff Boro. READ MORE>>.

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Mission Ventures Education San Diego Screening 133

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2016

Startups do not always have the luxury to optimize their product for both buyers and users. I learned the hard way that during a startup’s early days, entrepreneurs should give slightly greater emphasis on developing buyer features, in order to reduce the friction of the sales cycle. You can also check out his startup advice blog HERE.

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SaaS Startup Software Review Development Team Review 100

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

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Education Sites Startup News 201

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

Becka Klauber Richter is co-founder of the startup, and spoke to us about the company, which she co-founded with Kasey Edwards. What's your background, how did you start the company? I started as a teenager, and I did babysitting, life guarding, and swim coaching. Becka is also co-founder of Female Founders Los Angeles (FFLA).

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Demand CTO Coach Screening CTO Hire 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our interview today is with Alan Horsager , the CEO of Pasadena-based Episona (www.episona.com), an angel backed startup which has already developed and has been offering up an epigenetic test for male fertility. Our first product is called Seed, which is a screening test for male infertility. That's essentially how it started.

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USC Technical Review Startup Southern California 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We spoke with Michael Tringe , one of the startup's co-founders, to learn more about what the company is getting set to launch. It's a hands-on kind of education. What is CreatorUp all about?

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Web Content Startup Education 187

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. It should include education on style preferences and confidentiality.

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Social Media Media Startup Tips 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. My blog has always been a mixture of what was on my mind and a blend of venture, startup life, tech views and current society events that related to my interests: Venture, startup & tech.

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Startup Blogging Technical Review Writing 197

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brother-founder team behind the popular JibJab eCard line featuring personalization Starring You®, (think Elf Yourself )—have grown up and now have children of their own. Sometimes in the startup technology world, success is truly dependent on perfect timing. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. Before you start spending money and time being a user, you need to understand how it can help you and your business. It should include education on style preferences and confidentiality.

Social Media 85

Social Media Media Startup Content 85

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. It was hard to imagine customer service reps who had learned every keystroke short-cut by heart on a green screen and weren’t eager to embrace the obvious future.

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Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

If you’re looking for a counterpoint to the recent flurry of news stories about sexual harassment and gender bias in the tech sector, the Kauffman Fellows program isn’t a bad place to start. A group of Kauffman Fellows is pictured above.) The network. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Mentor Venture Capital Screening Education 76

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To learn more about how women are looking to change the investment climate--and get involved in investing themselves--we caught up with one of the Pipeline Fellowship''s local mentors, the CEO of Beyond Capital Fund (www.beyondcapitalfund.org), Eva Helene Yazhari , who is here in Los Angeles. What is the Pipeline Fellowship?

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Angel Invest Mentor Technical Review 276

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Watch this space.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

I had been living in Europe since the start of 1995, most recently in London. I have always had a strong affinity for Japanese culture, perhaps because I grew up in Northern California. We don’t have total equality for women, but I’d stand it up against most nations in the world in this regard. When you grew up with it.

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Startup Education Help Screening 290

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). We caught up with Gregg Spiridellis, one of the founders of JibJab, to hear about Storybots. At the end of last year, we started making plans to really expand our kids' offerings.

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Content Startup Screening Education 224

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. It brings in Work History and Education. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. It brings in Work History and Education. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement.

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Examples Startup Course Networking 323

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. Startups Need Execution, Not Administration. Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Wharton graduates averaged more than $114,000 of graduate school loans).

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I was speaking recently to the team at NuOrder , an LA-based company we’re an investor in about “realism in startups” — an impromptu talk I have given to any of our portfolio companies who ask. I prefer to compete more with other startups than with giants. Mission driven, commercially focused.

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Invest Writing Pricing Metrics 254

InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

However, far less attention has been applied to entrepreneurial philanthropy, in which a startup mindset and accountability is applied to issuing non-profit grants. Even the organization''s lexicon reinforces its startup mindset. The convergence of startup principles and the world of philanthropy makes total sense.

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Organization Startup Technical Review Invest 199

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. File sharing?

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

In 2006, Douglas Campbell started Mindshare LA out of the downtown art colony The Brewery. I was bored with bar scene, and started an informal party with talks downtown called Mindshare,” said Campbell. Campbell said the process of coming up with themes is purely organic. The next Mindshare L.A. Tickets can purchased here.

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Santa Monica BarCamp Startup UCLA 92

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). We caught up with Gregg Spiradellis, one of the founders of JibJab, to hear about Storybots. At the end of last year, we started making plans to really expand our kids' offerings.

Content 138

Content Startup Screening Education 138

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. ‘People say we’re crazy’ As venture capitalists wake up to the business opportunity, they’re seeding startups that help influencers go from hobbyists to professionals. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage).

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I have some educated guesses. Things got so bad on one project that we ended up doing split shifts with teams of people programming from 8pm-6am and the next team arriving at 8am. Then the unintended consequences started cropping up. We started to realize that that most expensive part of computing was actually manpower.

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Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Tech.Co

JULY 1, 2019

In fact, considering one of the primary complaints against e-scooters is that they clutter up the city, throwing them, breaking them, and submerging them in water only serves to clearly exasperate that problem. Educate rather than condescend. The First-Ever Under-Screen Selfie Camera Is in “The Near Future”.

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News Hawthorne Screening Report 172