Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2010
I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). I though to myself, “too many young entrepreneurs in LA seem to feel pressured by NorCal VCs to move to the Bay Area. Get some seasoned entrepreneurs to come.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We spoke with Andrew about the startup and what it's all about.
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SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 17, 2007
Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.
socalTECH
MARCH 26, 2012
One of our advisors is Galen Buckwalter, the former Chief Scientist at eHarmony. We verify email addresses, college and work email addresses, and required a referral from someone in the community. We've developed an algorithm to match other people who are like-minded with you. We wanted to up the quality, versus quantity.
Jason Nazar
MARCH 22, 2011
In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Entrepreneurs that start companies in LA are often focused on revenue and business models. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.
SoCal Delicious
MARCH 1, 2010
The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). before which is second-time entrepreneurs.
SoCal Delicious
AUGUST 23, 2010
Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Mark Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Previous post: Why Email Isn’t Dead Next post: The Power of Small Get-Togethers Producing an event? 1B+ Revenue. Want to sponsor?
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