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. For example, nuclear power plants and oil rigs.

Southern California 124

Southern California Startup Entrepreneur Los Angeles 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

Facebook, for example, ended up raising almost $16 billion through its IPO. Private companies are largely exempt from these reporting requirements. When including lawyers and a chief compliance officer, many experts argue that the costs can quadruple those of a private company. Doubling or more of overhead expenses.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Startup Report Statistics 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I was pleased to find a new book, “ The Entrepreneur’s Faces, ” by Johnathan Littman and Susanna Camp, which outlines the key stages and provides examples of real people making the transformation from one stage to the next. Maybe you are more comfortable going slow, with limited resources, or aiming high and giving up equity.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Help Incubator Startup 139

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

What's different with Younity, is instead of creating another cloud and walled garden, we're actually incorporating the resources you already have, such as the storage on your devices, and over time, your other online services, photos, and documents. You can share those resources between both computers. Is the service available yet?

Screening 230

Screening Resource Services Mobile 230

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. In the example I’ve provided I assume you’re raising $5 million by month 4 of your plan.

Venture Capital 247

Venture Capital Capital Funding Demand 247

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

In any case, what we have, is a product that basically patterns itself on the Amazon Web Services platform and API, and stays compatible with Amazon, which allows the management of virtualizes resources so that they can be operated as a cloud platform. It's now a proven, very scalable way to manage your resources in a dynamic way.

Southern California 242

Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2012

Vinny Jindal: We're in private beta right now, and we're growing the user group in a private beta. It's sort of an ongoing process, where you're 98 percent done, and you go into private beta, and then stuff you're not aware of comes up because people are using the system and testing it. For example, quotes are quite expensive.

Social Network 239

Social Network Startup Networking Content 239

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I’ve been saying this “Web Second” privately for long enough to not feel like I’m just getting on the bandwagon of Pinterest’s success (just ask any team at a company in which I’ve invested). But that product is the perfect example of perfectly suited for the web given the real estate available.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

If they are trying to acquire audiences and attention, for example, on the Westwide of Los Angeles or West Village, New York, we go after very acute areas and try to drive more grass root efforts, but doing it in a programmatic fashion. We have the data where those universities are, we have the human resources and curated marketing labor.

Marketing 113

Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2013

Jordan Ramer: We''re a technology company that enables electric vehicle charging management, what we call private charging networks. We recently won a project with Marriott, for example. Going back to the workplace, we manage corporate campuses, for example, Warner Brothers'' studio lot is one of our customers.

Help 233

Help Startup Demand Customer 233

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. We also sold one of our largest sites to a private equity firm in the real estate niche, and narrowed our focus down to FamousBirthdays.com. Instead, we''re now sorting by popularity.

Google 236

Google Sites Startup Web 236

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

According to the new report, San Diego now has more than 104 private cybersecurity firms that employ 4,230 people in the region, according to the analysis. For example, Combs said: —About one-third of the companies surveyed in 2014 said the government was their primary customer. That represents a 9.5

San Diego 69

San Diego Study Outsource Development Report 69

Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As more companies become highly dependent on technology, the need for dependable and secure network infrastructure resources grows as well. Some enterprises have adopted privately operated services to meet their needs. Enterprises have become dependent on high-quality networks that can transport large quantities of data at high speeds.

Networking 55

Networking Services .Net Southern California 55

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. A good example is the shoemaker Puma. With Eucalyptus, they are capable of switching over resources where they are needed the most.”. The most typical use case is a scalable web service.

Cloud Computing 212

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Platform Resource 212

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Healthcare. Cohealo is now allowing hospitals to share medical equipment.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2011

Big companies make seductive promises, including access to large markets, significant financial resources and vital public validation (see Pulp Facts for tips on how to maximize such validation). As you draft the agreement, include specific examples, especially when numeric formulas and calculations are involved. Paul Somerson, Author.

Outsource Development 244

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Resource Press 244

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2016

Finally, we found that there are a number of resources here that are hard to find, and are just starting to pop up. If you look at fashion, for example, I just interviewed Karl Kani, the godfather of Urban Streetwear for our new podcast. That's especially true of prototyping. Finally, how was the experience as an EIR for Los Angeles?

Startup 100

Startup Study Hollywood Examples 100

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

On a micro level, I also make a strong effort to get to know local entrepreneurs on an individual level and being a reliable resource for them. For example, Myriad Mobile raised $1.5 For example, Innovate ND operates at several entrepreneurial centers offering bootcamp-type classes with expense reimbursement grants.

Screening 70

Screening Mobile Entrepreneur Startup 70

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Look for privately owned fiber optic networks from companies with a strong reputation in your area. For example, local providers usually have other options when you need to grow your network, including wavelength services and dark fiber , that you can use to meet needs as you grow. MPLS has multiple benefits for businesses.

Southern California 60

Southern California Services Demand SoCal 60

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

Wade Eyerly: Basically, it's a flat fee, subscription, all-you-can fly private plane service. We're using smaller executive aircraft, because private aircraft have very different rules governing them, and which improves the experience dramatically over commercial flights. What's the idea behind SurfAir? How did this all start?

Startup 240

Startup Mentor Technical Review Santa Barbara 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Healthcare. Cohealo is now allowing hospitals to share medical equipment.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Platform 111

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

NAIS is a nonprofit membership association that provides services to more than 1,800 schools and associations of schools in the United States and abroad, including more than 1,500 independent private K-12 schools in the U.S. Improve internal resource allocation. Their research identified four segments in their marketplace.

Research 140

Research Organization Help Product 140

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2015

Government cyber spies are leaving their government jobs and joining the private sector. Israeli software companies are the perfect example. Like governments, companies also want to defend their financial systems, resources and other interests against the reality of cyber threats.

Training 40

Training Software Company Companies 40

socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The firm is backed by more than $100M in funding from private equity firm Great Hill Partners. As example is, D&B has always been known for its proprietary data, and it's probably the best data in the world for businesses. You're running a big private firm, but your prior experience also has been running a big public company.

Malibu 100

Malibu Startup Los Angeles Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

FWIW my private goal was 3:45 but I missed that. What I know for sure is that if you don’t have a stability goal stated for the company and if you don’t regularly measure how you’re doing against this goal you won’t have your resources focused on the right priorities in the company. Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

For example, Trina Spear from Figs, which you know as a hometown favorite, has done amazingly well in terms of rethinking apparel and that space. What you saw this year was the spectru mof businesses, and the scale at which female entrepreneurs are building businesses. I think it's a fantastic program. It's a great event.

Capital 162

Capital Entrepreneur Invest Artificial Inteligence 162

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Using that, and a partnership model where we go into schools and partner with them to provide SAT and ACT service, we've been able to build up a private tutoring service from basically nothing. That has really improved our consistency, our delivery, our service offerings, and online resources for our students. That's a big part of it.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

It's a very linear process, and allows them to capture knowledge and link to centralized resources that relate to a topic, including documents, pictures, files, video. The second example, is you can publish it in public. It has links to supporting web site and resources. An author can structure their Genie as appropriate.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2011

As examples, I present my list of ten of the most common ways to be victimized on the Internet by ignorance or greed, based on questions and stories I get from entrepreneurs and associates. Phishing for private info. I’d rather see your entrepreneur resources focused on real opportunities to improve the world we live in.

Funding 91

Funding Startup Email Symantec 91

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

You can issue multiple numbers at one time, give each of them a name, and each of them operates as a standby, private line on your iPhone. The example is a venture capitalist who might want to take calls from entrepreneurs, or a celebrity or someone who might be an expert in a field, like law or accounting.

Yahoo 200

Yahoo Startup Mobile Ideas 200

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Healthcare. Cohealo is now allowing hospitals to share medical equipment.

Marketing 52

Marketing Commerce Social Media Entrepreneur 52

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

We also allow the users to have a custom URL, for example, resumebucket.com/joshstomel. Are those resume public or private? Often human resources departments want plain text resumes, etc. What's the idea behind the site? If it's password protected, no one can access the resume without the password.

Startup 140

Startup Yahoo Sites Oversee.net 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The chart shows three scarce resources and their improvements over time. For example, on any software upgrade for a typical client/server enterprise package it would take up to 50% of the overall development budgets to deal with testing the software in heterogenous environments. .” The money slide is the graphic below.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

We knew each other for eight years before I joined so as I like to say in private, “they knew what a pain in the arse I could be before I joined ;-)” or as Steven likes to say, “It was an eight-year interview.” Here’s just one example post featuring the wisdom I learned from Stuart about negotiations.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. I’ve seen it work in Boulder with DeFrag and Gluecon. LA has the annual Monty Conference.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2010

Phishing for private info. An example is an email from “your bank” with a scary message that info was lost or compromised, and asking you to re-enter your personal info. No reputable business would ever ask you to re-enter private info, so delete the request. Ignore these. Do you agree? Marty Zwilling.

Email 89

Email Symantec Technical Review Education 89