socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature articles from the thought leaders in Southern California's high tech industry, Jeffrey Swartz takes a look at the overwhelming flood of social media , and how to deal with it. There was a time not long agoa happy timewhen marketing communications was uncomplicated.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2013

Carnival, to be presented by Two Bit Circus is to be a traveling high-tech amusement event that will visit select cities in the U.S. We’ve found that high-tech games spark curiosity about engineering and science so we created the STEAM Carnival to inspire the next generation of inventors,” said CTO and Co-founder, Eric Gradman.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2013

During the period studied, only "1.3% In a similar vein, a 2012 study by the Kauffman Foundation noted that women account for only 10% of all the founders of high-tech startups. A 2012 Dow Jones'' report entitled Women At The Wheel encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Software startups made up nearly 63 percent (255 companies created) of all new high-tech ventures created in 2015, a trend fueled chiefly by software app development, according to the report. Innovation Companies in San Diego (Courtesy Connect Innovation Report).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. They need you, since grants associated with commercializing products are favored over ones allocated simply for academic study and papers. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

The world of plumbing is not known for its high tech products. There's a new Michigan State University study that came out earlier this year, which says that in only five years, a third of the U.S. However, that makes it an area ripe for technology innovation. It's getting bigger, and it's a global challenge.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

. —Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY ) of Cambridge, MA, said that it would shelve its drug revusiran after 18 patients died in a Phase 3 study to treat the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis. Officials declined to say how many of the 18 were taking the drug and how many were on placebo. —The U.S. CLINICAL NEWS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. They need you, since grants associated with commercializing products are favored over ones allocated simply for academic study and papers. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Now that President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package has been out for a while, including $50 billion aimed at alternative-energy initiatives, applying for grants has become the rage for high-tech startups. A good place to start is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Microsoft was one of the first successful high-tech companies to not distribute its profits to shareholders. One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In The Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList , Chris Eleftheriadis reviewed 1,700AngelList postings and identified the nine most common categories of positioning pitches (Chris'' list is edited here for brevity): 1. AngelList Differentiation. Chris went on to highlight an interesting pattern in the AngelList positioning pitches.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. At the end of the period studied, 94.5% People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. But I have some.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

According to a study of 1700 CEOs last year, only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. His business has since closed, but his mindset is still out there. Or are you too busy?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. Study the origins of the retail sector and you’ll see Jews who emerged from market stalls like Marks & Spencer or Neiman Marcus.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Ironically, studies have shown that the majority of value associated with high-tech innovations involve unique advancements in non-product areas, such as: pricing (SaaS subscriptions vs. licensing), delivery (downloads vs. retail) and customer experience (Apple vs. smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

He is not alone, according to a recent study , which concludes that only 47% of companies use social media today for marketing, despite the fact that 78% of executives polled feel it’s critical for success. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. What’s the problem? Or are you too busy?

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. MIT’s approach to nurturing entrepreneurship has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This morning's contribution is from Krisztina 'Z' Holly host of the The Art of Manufacturing podcast and founder of MAKE IT IN LA (www.makeitinla.org), which supports connecting local manufacturers and high tech companies. Yet, in another study, it still has difficulties understanding Homer Simpson's actions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2010

According to this study from last year, over 65% of existing small businesses still ignore social media for marketing, so he is still the rule rather than the exception. So print it off and deliver it to a friend who is not so high-tech. What’s the problem? My challenge to you, then, is to kick it up a notch!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.” You’re a tech guy. I struggled to get the group to take me – they only took engineers. I had had enough.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

We were high tech at the very start of the boom. If you always planned to study a second language – START! I learned much and had great experiences. I used it as my “live now&# vehicle. years in LA (early 90’s) many of my friends left to start companies in Silicon Valley. I chose a different path.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

MM: What did you study? I worked on the auto assembly line, I worked in high-tech avionics, and I was able to stay close to my family while I was serving my country. All because of tech. I was the definition of a non-traditional student. DB: Cultural Anthropology and Political Science.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Dave Gwozdz, CEO of Mojiva will highlight some findings of this recent study called "State of the Industry in Mobile." Guaranteed to be a high value session. Presenter: Matt Shaw, Regional Director, AdMob 2:45: Mobile Brand Case Study: Pizza Hut. Derek Merrill, VP Product, MoVoxx. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Offer meaningful incentives to bring back high-tech manufacturing. Studies show that foreign immigrants who enter on H-1B visas make a greater innovation and scientific contribution to the nation, by patenting at double the rate of native-born Americans, and publishing more highly-cited engineering articles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The fifth one was a high-buzz, high-tech play with lots of big-name angels, and we eventually brought in a rock star CEO and a major VC followed us in with many millions. My fourth investment, and the first one I led, was into a mobile applications company, which was also ahead of its time and never truly understood its market.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It asked leading Xconomists the question: What should students be studying now to prepare for 10 years from now? All this is to say that trends in education and edtech—and especially how education applies to the business of high tech—has long been something our editors have focused on.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.

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