socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

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. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Tell me a bit about your background. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? Details coming soon!)

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

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Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 58

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2014

to hear about how the program is both helping the studio tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community, as well as helping those startups find new customers in the media and entertainment business. For those not familiar with s Warner Media Camp, what is it all about? What attracted you about these particular companies?

Startup 159

Startup Technology Hollywood Media 159

socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

There are lots of resources available to entrepreneurs in the industry, but they are not necessarily that easy to access, whether that's deep insight into how to work with the government or with NASA, or how to work with the big primes, we felt that we could help create that resource.

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Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We sat down with Steve to chat about what the Alliance is working on, and why he decided to champion the growth of the technology industry here. Tell us what the Alliance is all about? I then became and EIR at UC San Diego, and joined EvoNexus, the not-for-profit incubator run by the Irvine Company.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

Startup 221

Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The IoT for Cities Summit and Challenge , scheduled for March 10-11, 2015 , in San Francisco will welcome government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, investors and residents to conduct a large-scale listening and idea sharing session. Wearable World, Inc. ,

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Incubator Design Entrepreneur Help 82

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

We spoke with Kevin Winston, the organizer of Silicon Beach Fest (www.siliconbeachfest.com), which is currently going on in Santa Monica and runs through Saturday, about the energy here in Southern California, as well as a little bit about what''s going on with the event this year. We have Chet Pipkin, talking about Belkin.

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Santa Monica Conference Belkin Southern California 205

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. However, I always wanted to get into a broader role in the startup ecosystem, where I could help other entrepreneurs work on their ideas. What are your goals at Techstars?

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In order to get a better understanding about what they do and how they are preparing for Celebrate, we sat down with Mobile Therapy’s Thought Leader and Co-Founder Jacques Habra to hear about their journey to get to Celebrate. Tech.Co: Since launch, what was the most challenging part of gaining market traction?

Competition 122

Competition Mobile Startup Technical Review 122

socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2019

We spoke with Joel about how the company is trying to reinvent the car repair experience. Milne is a serial entrepreneur, and last had been running ScoreBig. We can do about 85 percent of all repairs on the driveway, on site. RepairSmith is backed by Daimler AG. What is RepairSmith?

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Mobile Startup Orange County San Diego 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Influencers and creators are small businesses and if you think about all the things that small businesses need these days to succeed, they will be repurposed for the influencer marketing space.”. People in the industry need a place to go and figure it out, to talk about it and learn about it.”. focused fund.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Southern California apparently has no shortage of investors, entrepreneurs, and others eager to help budding entrepreneurs. The program launched today, so we spoke with Howard to learn more about the Start Engine program, and what it is going to do.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” They just aren’t prepared for the life they want, and are really asking me how to learn to be an entrepreneur. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning. Learning doesn’t have to be all work.

Startup 51

Startup Education Entrepreneur Tool 51

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We spoke with Behzad last week about the fund, his experience at Cross Campus, and how the two intersect with the local tech community here in Southern California. Tell us a bit about your involvement with Cross Campus? We used Cross Campus as their working headquarters, and subsidized their living expenses here for about three weeks.

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about? About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. My degree is from USC in big data.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Consumers do want ads, but they want them to be relevant and entertaining,” Cheng explained. Over $50,000 in prize money.

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USC Cornerstone OnDemand Southern California Netflix 98

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2012

We sat down with Paul to learn a bit more about the program at Amplfify. Can you tell us a little bit about the basics behind the program? Because of that, you get to meet slots of people in the community, because there's such a prolific number of entrepreneurs. Can you talk about that space? How long is your program?

Startup 254

Startup Los Angeles Entrepreneur Media 254

Tech.Co

APRIL 6, 2018

Starting and building a business isn’t for the weary, just ask former NFL player-turned-entrepreneur Darren Woodson. I found my team at the Tech Wildcatters incubator, and they had a passion for moving forward and overcoming fears of a startup. While] raising money, we got to learn about the strategic partners in the race.

Startup 70

Startup News Tips Incubator 70

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Tell us a little bit about your background? Brett Markinson: The best place to start, is I'm a serial entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, I'm drawn to disruptive dynamics and business opportunities, and to the sea change enabled by technology driven disruption. I've been doing that for 25 years. What do you see happening there?

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Southern California Startup Custom Customer 200

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Richard White, author of The Entrepreneur’s Manual , surveyed a number of venture capitalists, asking them to identify the characteristics of successful, serial entrepreneurs. In fact, several of the venture capitalists pointed out that successful entrepreneurs often have to be encouraged to spend more aggressively.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

Startup 100

Startup Los Angeles Mentor Class 100

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

How about wearing Jordans or a pair of Converse? TechZulu catches up with one of the co-founders of Bedloo, Vincent Plummer, and talks to us about social media, startups, and Bedloo. Vince Plummer: Let me talk a little about our background of who we are first. We are all coming from a background in entertainment.

Startup 69

Startup Social Media Platform Media 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

It’s about as close as you can get to a macro-level crystal ball for the tech industry, expressed through a rapidfire string of insights from the minds of some of tech’s biggest investors, founders, and gamechangers. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur.

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Next → As startup ecosystems evolve and mature, validation of their viability comes in waves from entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers alike. We hope that the platform will allow entrepreneurs a streamlined transition to an accelerator program, financing or to otherwise launch their businesses.”. Post navigation.

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Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Everybody is now payment ready.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. We'll use all the panel members' experiences to tell a "how to story" about bootstrapping to million. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . Bootstrapping entrepeneurship, entrepreneur, startups. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Thank you to the supporters who told their colleagues and friends about the event, to our attendees for the attention towards the center of the room, to our supporting sponsors, our Spotlight judges, and to Bill Gross, our inspirational keynote speaker for the evening.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. Rannala said being an entrepreneur is all about figuring things out, getting hands dirty and executing cheaply.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. and Facebook beef up their presence and more Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs establish footholds in.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44