socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

This morning, Los Angeles-based Mogreet (www.mogreet.com) announced it had raised a Series B funding round for the firm's mobile greeting services. We caught up with James to hear more about the company, how he managed to get funding even in this economy, and his view on the mobile market. James Citron: Absolutely.

Mogreet 133

Mogreet Paramount Entertainment Mobile 133

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. The same variables apply, but here skills and experience are paramount.

Startup 101

Startup Entrepreneur Equity CTO Hire 101

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. David Siemer: More generally, the M&A market is solid. which is still a premier market for the world.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Review quality is paramount since Advisors are doing this to build relationships. Any funding yet? Self funded, looking to start networking events (in the MeetAdvisors spirit with Advisors wearing “A” and their expertise on the shirts). In some cases, there may also be an interview. What is your business model?

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Startup Paramount Social Media 89

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Writers can log into our site, upload their project, and select from over 4,000 markets, and send their work out to the world physically with a single click. In terms of the market, we cover everything, but the big areas are contests and publications of every kind, literary agents, and also some Hollywood agents.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. The same variables apply, but here skills and experience are paramount.

Equity 91

Equity Startup CTO Hire CTO Coach 91

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

A quick glance at Crowdfunder provides a peek into an impressively large portfolio of funded startups and small businesses; to the tune of ~8,800 companies, 45,000 investors, and over $66M in deal flow across Startups, Social Enterprise, and Small Business. To date, we’ve done 11 of these in and outside the US. ” The JOBS Act.

Invest 83

Invest Platform Entrepreneur Paramount 83

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Fund raising is bloody hard.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Sherry Gunther: Initially, when I entered with ZooKazoo.com, it was not a crowded market, it was a nascent market.

Media 150

Media Tech Coast Angels Social Network Content 150

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Last week, Irvine-based Inspired Instruments (www.yourockguitar.com) announced a round of funding, saying that it has developed an electronic guitar which combines the game controller functionality for popular videogames like Rock Band and Guitar Hero with actual musical functionality. So how do you get over that challenge?

Orange County 244

Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2011

Thus, as is true with any startup, survival is paramount. These funds often sustain a player and allow them to remain in the game when they would otherwise go bankrupt. Remind your children that if they quit before the game is over, they are assured they will not win.

Entrepreneur 216

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Paramount 216