socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

With Startup Boost, we had dozens of investors, service providers, successful entrepreneurs, and major industry leaders (including Microsoft, Google, Softbank, REME, and TechStars) coalesce around our initiative to help early stage companies get to the next level. Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. I've found that it helps to schedule it, socialize it with your business partners and family and make meditation and exercise a priority.

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Riot Games Southern California Startup Santa Monica 133

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I think startup communities being simple cheerleaders doesn’t help anyone. I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach).

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Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Can software algorithms help drive more user engagement and video views for publishers? However, I got to set up and run the sales team in Venice Beach, and was running technology for cross platform at the Venice Beach office, because they relocated me back here at my request. even though we''re at the bottom of the page.

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Google Content Startup Venice 233

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 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. We launched a Digital LA - Women series with four panels starring female founders, entrepreneurs, developers and PR, which will also continue into the new year.

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. We want to help local business introduce themselves through our tools and create a connection.

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Startup Venice Social Network Tool 128

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2014

The third thing, is it''s not just Santa Monica and Venice. We have a number of speakers who have figured things out, people like Frank who have done this and are now willing to help out and give others some advice. Kevin Winston: You never know when someone you met can help you out, or if you can help someone else out.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

I imagine the link with Ashton, Guy, and Ron really helped opened up doors for A-Grade? Until we have that perfect day, there will always be smart entrepreneurs trying to solve those inconveniences, trying to resolve all of those pain points. And of course, that entrepreneur has to have the passion to pursue solving that problem.

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Invest Startup Hollywood Echo Park 157

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I’m often asked about the differences between being at a VC and being an entrepreneur and whether I prefer one or the other. The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. And LA shifted to Santa Monica and Venice.

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Rancho Palos Verdes Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 150

socalTECH

JULY 19, 2016

Roni Eschel: It's a market network for outdoor sports, a social network for connecting like minded people, sharing conditions and moments in real time, and helping to find the best spots for your favorite sports, like surfing, paddleboard, kite surfing, and so on. Has it helped to have come from Israel, and the startup culture there?

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2015

We'll do about eight to ten deals a year, which will enable our four full time managing directors to have the time to work with our entrepreneurs, and help them hit milestones and attract follow-on funding. But, mostly, from our point of view, it's been the quality of the entrepreneurs we've been fortunate to back along the way.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We're able to help throw some gasoline on the fire, plus also help people even at the earliest stages of a business. 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.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. We decided we'd take this solution out, and help solve that same pain for a broad group of people. In that world, the risk of security holes is huge. READ MORE>>.

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Web Startup Southern California Software 138

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

However, TechZulu will be doing an official pre-event on Tuesday June 17th with our #TZTechCrawl in Venice. Parties: Networking parties every night to help you meet key players and friends including the Opening Party and Closing Party. Its that time of the year again! Silicon Beach Fest will kicks off next week from June 18 – 21.

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Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

With the help of TechZulu I am doing what I hope to be a quarterly series of Fireside Chats featuring successful entrepreneurs who I hand select to share how they remained ‘Nice Guys’ and continue to finish 1st in business. We must shift our mindset starting by disassociating nice from weak and then focus on demonstrating confidence.

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Social Media Santa Monica Venice Tips 104

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. And no one could see me as anything but a startup guy, so I started a second company and called myself a serial entrepreneur. My mom grew up in the States.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

For the first three months of this year, I have had the pleasure of breathing the same air as the crew from Amplify , the Venice based accelerator. The value that is being “added” is often at arms length or via a specialist who interacts with the entrepreneur.

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Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2015

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2015 Startup and Entrepreneur Forecast taking place Thursday, January 29 from 7 p.m. We actively monitor your performance and provide support and guidance throughout your stay at our campus in Venice Beach, California. at the Dethrone Base Camp in Santa Monica. Want to Sponsor?

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. More Mansion Videos.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2011

As you know, a lot of what is involved in social and digital media is figuring out how to build brands, and help brands reach an audience in the interactive world. We live in Venice, and our back house is sort of our operations center. Gordon Gould: I've been doing social media and digital media for some 16 years--a long time.

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Web Social Media SEO Media 225

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Locally, Google is getting into the content game itself creating hundreds of celebrity driven channels and setting up shop all over Venice to produce content in preparation for this new world. came to engineer and serial entrepreneur David Kaiser (Founder and CEO) in 2008 while surfing on his laptop while watching TV. has accomplished.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Gregg and Evan Spiridellis are often asked for the secrets to their success, and offer this offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs based on their experience. The Spiridellis brothers have been at the right place at the right time several times over in the building of JibJab, now located in Venice blocks away from the ocean.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Gregg and Evan Spiridellis are often asked for the secrets to their success, and offer this offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs based on their experience. The Spiridellis brothers have been at the right place at the right time several times over in the building of JibJab, now located in Venice blocks away from the ocean.

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Screening eBook Content Ideas 65