TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A pitch to offer artists a way to give geo-fenced, live events to fans around the world has brought the new Los Angeles startup Moment House $1.5 The company touts itself as the simplest way for artists to create online events for their fans. million in seed funding.

Los Angeles

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I have absolutely no affiliation with the event, no economic interests and had no other reason for writing about Web Summit other than as a person who has to attend many events for my professional life I found it to be the most meticulously plan and run and intent upon serving its audience of any major event I had attended.

Web

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My trip was scheduled around the annual Web Summit and the f.ounders conference, both of which have become the hottest must-attend event in Europe and rivaling any great conference in the US. It can’t be underestimated just how influential hosting such an event can be on the future tech economy and jobs in Ireland.

Conference

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Compelling Event. Compelling Event is the thing that forces your prospect to realize they need to kick off a project immediately. But you can’t count on this so you must create your own compelling events and the only way I know how is a business case / return-on-investment (ROI) study. We called our methodology PUCCKA.

Sales

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. I reached out after the event to learn more. After seeing Chamillionaire interact with several entrepreneurs both at events and as an investor I started introducing him to startups in an advisory capacity.

Conference

Startup San Diego

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you’re new to San Diego or looking to get into the local startup scene, seeing which events to go to can be difficult and overwhelming. That’s why our team […] The post The Newest Hub for Startup Events: SSD Startup Calendar In Partnership with The Social Coyote appeared first on Startup San Diego.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

When I worked at Salesforce we had “city tours” in which a senior exec on our team would fly to a city in America (eventually globally) and host an event with customers and prospects. Building a community goes well beyond hosting events. And then came March 2020 and events globally were being cancelled. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a

Software

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2019

For our interview this morning, we talked with David Wood , the Founder and CEO of Eventene (www.eventene.com), an early stage startup, bootstrapped startup developing event management software. David Wood: We make event planning software for social organizations. We do private events, not public events.

Startup

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Triller Network, the owner of the Triller social media app and several streaming businesses, announced April 14 that it had acquired live event and pay-per-view platform Fite and had reached an agreement to purchase software developer Truverse Inc., doing business as Amplify.ai.

Acquisition

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 9, 2020

GM’s luxury brand had planned to reveal the Lyriq on April 2 at an event in Los Angeles. The GM brand said in a statement that the event was being cancelled “out of an abundance of caution.” The Hummer event has not been cancelled. continues to develop.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

The company has already worked with names as diverse as the Golden State Warriors, the Dallas Cowboys, and pop sensation Billy Eilish on embedding its interactive tools into various live events and promotions. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. .

Tool

TechCrunch LA

JULY 28, 2019

Indeed, the esports prize pool is one of the biggest awards for a popular competitive event. The biggest prize pool for an esports event in the U.S. Epic pulled out all of the stops it could for the multi-day event at Arthur Ashe stadium. Fortnite’s big moment is also a big deal for competitive esports in the U.S.

Competition

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The two new options will be available on store shelves in 2021, but will be on offer at a two-day pop up event in Los Angeles for folks to try. Beyond Meat has launched two new versions of its Beyond Burgers, the company announced today.

Los Angeles

Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2021

So, co-management is the second group to share in the bounty upon a liquidity event. Those who receive options but leave the company before a liquidity event may either purchase those shares represented by the options upon exit from the company, or lose the right to those shares, often 60 days after their exit.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 14, 2019

Tesla is scheduled to reveal the Model Y — the next electric vehicle in the electric automaker’s lineup — tonight at an event in Los Angeles after, not months, but years of teasers and hints from CEO Elon Musk. Tesla will live stream the Model Y unveiling event at 8 pm PT via its website. There is a registration process.

Los Angeles

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

I hope to be asked back for next year’s event. VC can’t don’t invest in these kinds of companies because they can’t get out (no liquidity event). Liquidity is a process not an event. Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. ” No royalty paid until there is revenue.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

EV Safe Charge rents out EV chargers for events, in addition to having its own business installing charging stations. With that project, we provide level 2 DC fast chargers, providing everything needed for successful EV charging at events, anywhere in this country or Canada. What is EV Safe?

Startup

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“The purpose of this press event is to send a very clear message about robot taxis, and say that they do not belong in the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Robotaxi oversight is now a priority at Los Angeles City Hall. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2019

Tesla will pull back the curtains and unveil its Model Y crossover vehicle at an event in Los Angeles on March 14th, according to a tweet from chief executive Elon Musk. Model Y unveil event on March 14 at LA Design Studio. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2019.

Design

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2023

To protect against such an event, almost every professional investor includes a clause in the investment documents which allow the investor to “put” the stock back to the company after five years, requiring the company to pay back the investment plus dividends accrued during the term of the investment.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

is there a theme for the event? Be unique / memorable - Remember that at most speaking events you have a ton of other speakers – most who are exceedingly boring. for starters you want to talk early so interesting people see you speak and want to talk with you at the event. what do you think they’d want to hear about?

Slides

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2021

During its big VR and AR-focused event Thursday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a major new title headed to its VR platform that should turn a few heads. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is on the way to the Oculus Quest 2.

Development

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. What we didn’t know for sure was when this new region would go live. That’s not what Google is focusing on today, though.

Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2020

Donors will be able to engage with students in the HBCUvc community, work with other community members that are committed to practicing venture through anti-racist events and receive invitations to community events and summits. Joining the donor circle is the best way to get involved in HBCUvc.

Equity

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

I once went to a startup event where a VC told the audience that if a VC doesn’t respond to your email to move on to the next VC – that VC is clearly not interested. The 70% of entrepreneurs that simply can’t get past an un-responded-to email. I called it “the worst startup advice I had ever heard somebody give.”

Venture Capital

Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

Paying commissions to undisclosed third parties in order to obtain deals, hiding or entering misleading financial data, associating with anyone with a past SEC suspension, and many more “gotcha” events, qualify as strong deterrents to a good closing. What about events you can’t control?

Press

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

Getting involved with political events and fund raisers. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Somehow she was always on a flight up to Seattle or San Francisco. Always meeting her product ship dates. She was always able to get into the weeds on product or biz dev discussions.

Startup

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Perrone met Rodgers O’Neil at a networking event in Boston and became convinced that her notion of offering more rental options to encourage a more circular economy and reduce consumption was something that could resonate with consumers.

Startup

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2018

California Lutheran University has been particularly active engaging with the startup and technology industry in Ventura County, and runs the Hub101 startup incubator and coworking space in Westlake Village, one of the most active locations for startup events and the local startup and tech community in the county. READ MORE>>.

Westlake Village

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2020

Business feedback indicates that smaller frequent positive feedback and rewards will keep people happy longer than a single large infrequent happy event. Positive event variety prevents adaptation. People tend to discount events that happen repeatedly, no matter how positive.

News

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

If you own a significant piece of the business, is this a time to consider planning an eventual exit or liquidity event? [Email readers, continue here…] But this question begs for a positive answer. How would you like to see your finish line? Or do you plan to pass control to the next generation if appropriate?

Course

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2021

The company said its most recent liquidity events include FIGS (IPO), Asana (IPO), Bumble (IPO), and Signal Sciences (Acq. Lead Edge Capital said the new fund came from both new and existing limited partners. The company's prior investments include ID.me, Material Bank, Hinge Health, Copado, Benchling, SafeSend, and Yousign. by Fastly).

Capital

Tech.Co

JULY 28, 2020

From SXSW in mid-March to E3 in June, many believed these cancellations would help curb the spread of the virus, opening the door to more events in 2021. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case, as the Consumer Trade Association (CTA) has announced that CES 2021 will be entirely digital, with no in-person events whatsoever.

Technical Review

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

To protect against such an event, almost every professional investor includes a clause in the investment documents which allow the investor to “put” the stock back to the company after five years, requiring the company to pay back the investment plus dividends accrued during the term of the investment. There is no middle ground.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Justine Lassoff: Melinda and I founded TuesdayNights to help women connect and to impact change through networking events and infinite gatherings. Back then, there really weren't many networking events or groups for high power women in Los Angeles, so we really filled a need. How do your events work?

Help

Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2018

Additionally, I have always insisted that a company CEO sign an indemnification agreement, which indemnifies the director in any event of a lawsuit using the full financial resources and staff capabilities of the company. This may sound harsh, but in reality, the insurance obtained does this.

Resource

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sawtelle-based marketing consulting firm Hawke Media has partnered with the city of Los Angeles for the inaugural Ecommerce Week LA, a virtual event taking place from Sept. 28 to Oct.

Media