Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Blackwell, iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Liaison, NASA.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

Over the past few months Boston Startup School and it’s founders have reviewed hundreds of applications for their first class all while working very hard to get to know each and every candidate. .” -says Shaun Johnson, Co-Founder and COO of Boston Startup School. Something a “corporate” job would not do.)

Education 86

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Fundageek looks to help connect project owners in the technical and scientific area with finding crowd funding for their projects, by listings those projects on a marketplace and allowing users to browse and pledge donations to those projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We did a full-court press led by Steven because once we decided this was the team we wanted to work with and this opportunity mapped to our belief system that content + tech will build a generation of great Internet companies. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' Clear path to execution. Ability to build without a massive budget.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 11, 2021

Healthvana , a health tech startup that began with a specific focus on providing patient information digitally for individuals living with HIV, is helping Los Angeles County roll out mobile vaccination records for COVID-19 using Apple’s Wallet technology. “We look and feel like Instagram.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Software Review Startup Los Angeles 201

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

As the end of the year approaches, it’s a good time for every startup to assess the metrics, technology, and platforms they’re using to manage the business. Because overhead costs are not influenced by how much your business earns or grows, you need to track them separately and diligently. Variable cost percentage.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2019

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

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Technical Review Technology Startup Social Media 87

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Fables of the reconstruction.

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California. Those are fundamentals that don't change.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Several times in our angel group, one of the largest in the United States, we have queried our group as to their motives in being active, risking their money, taking their time to research, perform due diligence and then coach entrepreneurs of young companies. The result of these surveys over time is universally the same.

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Angel Technical Review Coach Entrepreneur 191

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. It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? The future of work and education will not be the same, and it will be flexible.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Startup CIO Southern California 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Deposit required to hold your terms.

Technical Review 91

Technical Review Funding Email Entrepreneur 91

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2017

Clean Technology Council. Detective Timothy Lohman reviews current trends and scam case studies. Detective Lohman’s goal is to educate the public about the dangers of scam trends and how to protect yourself from becoming the next victim. Wednesday, May 10, 2017 -- Scam and Cyber Crime Defense.

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Technology Council Case Study Technical Review Study 100

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tech entrepreneurs' consternation with MBAs does not rise to the level of loathing. Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. As I stated in my Quora answer, "hate" is the wrong word.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Services 98

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

I found another name for this low-tech form of long distance TV show sharing in the New York Times: “sync-watching.” Beyond a simple phone call, far-flung friends are using any technical means possible—like Skype and live tweeting—to duplicate that cozy experience of sitting in front of the same TV together. See how it works here.).

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Technical Review News Social Media Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2017

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Technology Startup Social Media 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Book smarts represent your current depth of understanding of technology and business concepts. Education and expertise: formal and self-learning. Intelligence and insight: book and street smarts.

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Help Mentor Paramount Technical Review 130

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

A recent Department of Education study shows that soft (interpersonal) skills have become more important for success than hard (technical) skills. Take personal credit where credit is due, but also share the successes of the team and the business milestones with everyone. Success leverages success. Now, how do you start?

Startup 117

Startup Ideas Social Network Technical Review 117

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Online education. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. Almost nobody believed and now look at it.

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Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. We're doing it again!

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. The Foundation was created in 1997 by tech pioneers, Jean and Steve Case.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 141

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. We asked the same four 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 week.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

David encourages entrepreneurs to stay away from the big tech firms (such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple) because they are hard to compete with. I believe entrepreneurs should, in David’s words, “build big businesses on the outskirts” but I don’t believe that Silicon Valley tech giants will outmaneuver startups.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 22, 2016

Data Scientist is the "sexiest job of the 21st century", according to Harvard Business Review. education/demystifying-data-for-business/los-angeles/24581. Thursday, July 28, 2016 -- Demystifying Data for Business. Big data lives in the cloud. It knows what we do." - Pointy-haired boss. It's all about what you do with it.

Education 100

Education Los Angeles Angel 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur Report 147

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.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Applications are due April 6th, 2010, the form is on the website and the Twitter address is @launchpadlad. Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors. We will be selecting 10 startup companies to participate. We connected.

Technical Review 259

Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 259

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Bolton, a distinguished Marketing Educator Award winner at the W.P.

Services 128

Services Social Media Technical Review Media 128

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2022

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

Startup 89

Startup Technical Review Technology Social Media 89

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

Funding 178

Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Dark fiber allows large enterprises, educational institutions, media companies, and government agencies to leverage the high bandwidth capabilities. The trend towards online learning and streamlined digital processes is drastically changing the network needs of educational institutions. So what is dark fiber? Government.

Networking 49

Networking Education Technical Review Organization 49

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2018

However, it remains fairly rare within the tech world. Intrigued, I conferred with Brett after the meeting and identified a number of advantages (some obvious, some less so) that a tech company can derive from a non-traditional fiscal year, especially one which does NOT end on the last month of a calendar quarter (i.e.,

Technical Review 89

Technical Review Startup Resource Organization 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

A recent Department of Education study shows that soft (interpersonal) skills have become more important for success than hard (technical) skills. Take personal credit where credit is due, but also share the successes of the team and the business milestones with everyone. Success leverages success. Now, how do you start?

Startup 132

Startup Tips Ideas Entrepreneur 132

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Deposit required to hold your terms.

Technical Review 55

Technical Review Entrepreneur Email Tool 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

Even the most diligent investors are often surprised by apparently solid business startups that fail, while others succeed, despite the odds. Solutions that imply a paradigm shift always take longer to sell, and more money for marketing and education than expected. Balance of technical and business knowledge.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Startup Mentor Study 60