SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 17, 2011

GARY VAYNERCHUK is social media expert, entrepreneur and bestselling author. He is in the top 100 people followed on Twitter and a frequent speaker at noted events such as the TED conference, South by Southwest Interactive conference and the New Media and Web 2.0 The Drucker Business Forum. See [link] (more)

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Social Media Conference Web 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I like to invest where I have a personally strong connection with the entrepreneur and/or a strong intuition on the market from prior experience. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here.

Invest 288

Invest Angel Web 2.0 SEO 288

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 176

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we turn again to prolific blogger and local venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners , for his insights into how a wider experience--beyond the confines of the startup world--can help you as an entrepreneur. It was an enterprise 2.0

Web 2.0 124

Web 2.0 GRP Partners Blogging Web 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Los Angeles-based ExpenseBay scored the top award--a Lego trophy--at last week's Twiistup startup showcase event, rising above 11 other startups looking to strut their stuff to investors, angel investors, entrepreneurs, and others at the Universal Hilton on Thursday and Friday. ExpenseBay was founded by Eric Sikola.

Twiistup 100

Twiistup Web 2.0 Web Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

It was an “enterprise 2.0” panel at the dawn of what people began calling “web 2.0.”. Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. He explains how he parlayed murder into becoming a successful entrepreneur in Bangalore later in life. My intuition is not born of monoculture.

Class 334

Class Writing Web 2.0 Offshore 334

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Advisory Board. He's awesome. Here it is.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 So we can say no based on geography, we can say no based on it doesn’t fit in our themes.“… “Then we engage with the product and the entrepreneur and because we know these areas very well we don’t have to spend a lot of time understanding the market or understanding the customer.”.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

At parties in the Bay people talk about Twitter, Friend Feed, what’s being written on Valleywag and Techcrunch, and kickball games between VC’s and entrepreneurs. Some of the Entrepreneurs in the Bay I’ve learned the most from are: Greg Tseng – smartest person I’ve ever met about user viral marketing and A/B testing.

Los Angeles 107

Los Angeles Angel Web 2.0 Web 107

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Jan Zands: It's a web based phone message manager. So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0

Web 2.0 147

Web 2.0 Web Entertainment Hollywood 147

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Xconomy

MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service. The company, which now has nine full-time.

Web 71

Web San Diego Seed Funding Web Development 71

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Consider MySpace and Webvan.

Startup 142

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 142

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. Yesterday was a Monday. Summary version?

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. And Ron Conway has proclaimed that he wants to do up to 40-50 rapid-fire deals in the next 18 months in what is becoming known as the “real time web” (e.g. Twitter, FriendFeed and other real-time “feeds”.).

Venture Capital 255

Venture Capital Marketing Startup Social Network 255

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning.

Blogging 150

Blogging CTO Coach CTO Hire Southern California 150

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

was community and content, we think Web 3.0 Companies are having to figure out, in addition to ad revenue, how do you monetize better. We think we're opening up another channel to help companies monetize. Part of our goal is bridging that gap between the digital and virtual world.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

The last piece, was we figured that we could disintermediate a broken, retail channel, by creating a customized, sophisticated, Web 2.0 In the last three to six months, we've had the good fortune of bringing on talent from The Honest Company, and from some really strong, Web 2.0 companies around the LA area.

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Equity Legalzoom Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2011

You can find several lists of the “ Top 100 Alternative Search Engine ” on the Internet, and there used to be a web site dedicated to tracking these. But then, this is an emotional need every single seems willing to spend money on (not to mention the 40% more who are already married). Search engines.

Startup 90

Startup Sites Web 2.0 Yahoo 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Consider MySpace and Webvan.

Startup 98

Startup Marketing Web 2.0 IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2010

The latest type of solution is called a “web profile aggregator” built as a portal to a group of similar applications or premium content which can be accessed through a common login. Tags: entrepreneur startup single sign-on business. These typically take some integration or special setup to work with existing applications.

Startup 79

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 79

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style, We launched the web version of PayPal around November of 1999, and the crash happened something like four months later. Before that, creating a family tree was a solitary activity. It was a very difficult environment.

Yammer 133

Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Consider MySpace and Webvan.

Startup 89

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 89

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology. Guest: interview with a special guest, ranging from world-reknowned business entrepreneurs to leaders in technology law and policy. reputation rating websites and advising technology startups.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2012

One thing I noticed from our previous interview is that Heather is one smart entrepreneur. For a first-time entrepreneur, she is not only getting it right and getting “base hits”, but she is slugging balls out of the park! ” Pathbrite’s technology is providing a smarter, more flexible, and Web 2.0

Education 63

Education Web 2.0 Course Platform 63

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 entrepreneur culture startup internet lifecycle Kai Hammerich Richard D. Marty Zwilling.

Companies 75

Companies Company Startup Web 2.0 75

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

Hire Entrepreneurs! Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Hire Entrepreneurs! By Frank Addante Is it safe to hire entrepreneurs? These are all prerequisites for a good entrepreneur. I'm 30, now will you take me seriously?

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2010

Tags: startup failure entrepreneurs opportunities business.

Startup 70

Startup Web 2.0 Yahoo Sites 70

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

I became general counsel, an investor, and an entrepreneur, and played a bunch of different roles at companies--so I know security laws intimately. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0 Do you run into any issues with securities laws by offering this service? Wilson Sonsini, in fact, represents us.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries By Frank Addante May 3 was the 1 year anniversary of this blog. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Startup 3.0:

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

You then caught things like Web 2.0, What's the ideal entrepreneur and technology for your fund? What advice would you give to clean tech entrepreneurs looking for funding, in general? They spent a lot of money building markets that didn't yet exist, and then things fell apart. social media, and everything else.

Invest 113

Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2008

We've got a couple of other partners who have great experience in the communications sector, a serial entrepreneur who has done lots of media investing in India--but we wanted to stick to what we know, out of the gate, and we've quietly been at it now for a year now. I spent a lot of time watching the evolution of Web 1.0,

Advertising 100

Advertising Media Startup Woodland Hills 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

And there lied a problem for an entrepreneur to solve. Cunningham’s current business, a marketing agency, Polar Unlimited in Toronto, had expanded in growth through the last decade by embracing social media and web 2.0. They specialized in content creation.

Startup 76

Startup Social Media Content Web 2.0 76

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to start watching these things more carefully from the very start. This business phase is where every entrepreneur starts. You need the global outlook, even though digitalization and Web 2.0 Consider MySpace and Webvan.

Startup 53

Startup Web 2.0 IBM IBM 53

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

The idea is we do not want to go down the current path of the Web 2.0 Tags: entrepreneur startup networking social twitter irvine patterson ruan george quub itnerview. What's the business model behind this? George Ruan: We've got a very solid revenue model.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. Consumers can identify what they qualify for, and can afford to buy.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Marketing Web 2.0 100

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

Hire Entrepreneurs! Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I also have a wide network of entrepreneurs that I advise on a regular basis. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40