socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. I tend to invest in seasoned entrepreneurs or those who have the right experience in the particular industry they are in. What's the best way to approach you as an entrepreneur?

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. What''s the best way for entrepreneurs to approach you? Any advice you would give entrepreneurs?

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It's difficult to add value to a portfolio company or entrepreneur. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. Materials is as well, and I spend lots of time at UCLA, and Caltech looking at interesting materials. That's part one.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2013

Together they founded Wakefield and a startup recruitment daily email list. Gerry Campbell, Entrepreneur/Investor. Robert Jadon, Director of Startup UCLA. Patrick Vlaskovitz, Entrepreneur/Author. Recruiting for startups is a nice problem to have, but it is still a problem. Lane Halley, Carbon 5 and Lean Expert.

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Startup UCLA Los Angeles SpaceX 76

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

That''s why people tend to gravitate towards SMS messages, rather than something like email. An example of this is you might be a physician at Cedars, but also be a physician at UCLA and a physician at St John''s. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur? There''s no playbook for what we''re doing.

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. RT @OEInnovation #SBF why I live in #LA: intersection of #beach #tech #entrepreneur #entertainment. & Thanks to students and organizer UCLA comp sci Ph.D & #celebrity to pull off anything!

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Individual clips will be posted soon. Gold Sponsor. .

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Don’t: tell us, “and now I enter my name, and then I put in my email address, and then I can pull in my social graph through Facebook Connect, and then then I can select the button here to Tweet out my actions on Twitter.&# Zzzzzzzzz.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. Individual clips will be posted soon. Gold Sponsor. .

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

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. Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

When the beta was ready in 2011 Botto emailed a link to 100 of his industry contacts, asking them to send it along to five more people if they enjoyed the experience. This is what landed him in the film festival circuit, and gave him the industry expertise and professional network needed to launch Stage 32. Membership took off.

Education 81

Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 81

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please join TechZulu as well as Los Angeles tech savvy elite comprised of VC’s, Angels investors, startups and your fellow entrepreneurs, as we celebrate LA’s most exciting tech creations of the moment with the brightest digital minds and engineering talents this side of Fresno. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Avi Kahan: I went to UCLA where I got my JD. I saw my friends sending out hundreds of form emails, and was a huge process. Avi Kahan: I think you have to have some kind of compatibility other than looks, whether that's hiking, or sushi, or something else, something to connect you with that other person.

Mobile 100

Mobile Startup Ideas Sites 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I was an electrical engineer, and had a tough time at UCLA getting access to resources I needed. We received an unexpected email from him that said -- "Please come talk with me." So, he called our office, then called me and sent us an email. How did the company come about? We asked Shai -- how did he hear about us?

Study 113

Study Education Startup Sites 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42