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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

According to USC, the new lab--backed by IBM, Verizon, the Levi's brand and Mattel--will focus on the areas of geolocation, social networking, digital entertainment, gaming behavior and transmedia. Tags: networking social journalism communications media annenberg. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Even though investors, like myself, have long made it clear that we invest in people, not ideas, new venture owners insist on talking about their latest “ million dollar idea ,” rather than their “ million dollar team.” For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. They are smart and like to talk about whats going on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. Let me be a bit more specific on how follow-up trumps ideas for success in the key challenges of a startup, or any small business: Networking with investors, partners, and customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2021

The entrepreneurs I see are always talking about “disruptive innovation” ideas, but the plans I read are more often linear extensions of a current hot offering, like one more social network with the best of Facebook and Twitter, one more dating site dimension, or another “must-have” accessory for smartphones.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Despite the challenges that COVID has presented to the broader economy and startup ecosystem, we remain optimistic about (and in awe of) the resilience of our portfolio companies and their Founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2021

While “personal” computers are taken for granted today, I can easily remember my early days in IBM when no one could conceive of a computer outside of business. Of course, this passion must be backed up by documented evidence and logical arguments, not just loud talking and arm waving. Dominate or create the market category you seek.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Successful startups are all about the execution. Start in a business domain you know well. Marty Zwilling.

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MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created by the leadership team from Code Fever to accelerate and support the innovation of black communities through training, networks and funding. “ Having the pitches and showcase as part of the conference is a nice feature for the startups, so the whole thing isn’t just about the pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). Paul talked about Neuhaus Partners, a 65 million Euro fund with the remit to invest in German-speaking countries.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

So often I find myself coaching others on how they behave on social networks. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. About my company: [link]. So I figured I’d share my thoughts publicly: 1. I’ll add yours here from the comments you provide!

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Established basis for PC local-area networks. Much has been written about how Microsoft entered the operating system market and a number of ethical lessons can be drawn from the manner in which Microsoft handled its relationship with Intergalactic Digital Research, Mr. Kildall’s company. Developed first floppy disk operating system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

I’m not talking about just making incremental improvements in their products and processes, but more fundamental changes to the business model, such as the following: Announce a new market launch that fits your core competency. Think of Blockbuster and Toys ‘R’ Us , both of whom missed customer changes and the move to online.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 14, 2013

I will share these great products with the Mommy Bloggers in my network for reviews, sponsored posts, links and advertisements. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. About my company: [link]. I will respond to you and tell you more! Everyone wins in this scenario.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

My partner, Craig Cummings, and I were fortunate to close our $20M fund in October and couldnt be more excited about identifying new portfolio companies and helping those entrepreneurs build their businesses. As I look back on the last 18 months, I realize just how hard it was.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 7, 2013

Mommy bloggers are one of the most influential social networking resources that lead to increased awareness and sales. Here’s what our client said about this project: “The Zodiac805 team was able to quickly and effectively compile a list of web influencers for my business and kept me abreast of progress during the process.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

He's also led significant technology projects for a very impressive list of companies including Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, HP, Sun, and the list goes on. Its common for startups to think about services like hosting/computing, storage, analytics, maps, email delivery and tracking, and eCommerce. Tony has a Ph.D.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

First, let me preface by saying that I’m not being compensated in any way by the company I’m about to talk about. Now, about a year later, he’s back. She needed to chat about her business. Turns out, her business is about profiling “how kids learn” and each learns differently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Since there are no bellwethers like Apple or IBM in the startup arena, your best bet is to pick one in a business area you know well. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2015

I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. Let me be a bit more specific on how follow-up trumps ideas for success in the key challenges of a startup, or any small business: Networking with investors, partners, and customers.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about? About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. My degree is from USC in big data.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

Ken Hubbard: About a year and a half ago, we spoke to a company called Vircas, which provides high definitive Internet television. They contacted us, asked us what we knew about delivering high definition video, and asked us what we could do for them. It scaled beautifully, and they asked us if we could build them a network.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 19, 2016

In 1995, I sat on my couch with an IBM Thinkpad 720C, Coreldraw, Microsoft Word and created Make It Work. I built CRMs out of Microsoft Access and installed networks. I built CRMs out of Microsoft Access and installed networks. I had a few home runs early on and the company grew. We landed some big fish and did really well.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Its interesting to think about how universities might want to have their staff better aligned with moving ideas from the lab to start-ups. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working. in Computer Science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2015

The big three, which have 90 percent of everything you need, include blogging (Wordpress or Blogger), microblogging (Twitter), and social networks (Facebook or LinkedIn). million in savings in less than five months while spending about $50,000. million in savings in less than five months while spending about $50,000.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords. What companies are looking for, and what they care about, are material events. We grew that up, and did very well, and eventually sold it to IBM. Jeff Curie: Bitvore is an intelligence gathering and analysis system.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2012

Don’t even think about health and dental benefits for your spouse and kids. One family partner works for a startup, and the other sticks with a large enterprise company like Intel, HP, Apple, IBM, or Fujitsu. Start networking. But a word to the wise, be picky about what startup you join. Ask around about the founders.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We caught up with Jon about the company's entry into Microsoft's Accelerator, and also got his thoughts on how the world is different this time around for his latest CRM startup. Tell us a bit about what you're hoping to do there? There were barely network applications at the time. They did that with NT Server.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2013

Now, Frost has set up shop buildling out a whole series of companies in the industry, and we caught up with him to learn more about the companies (Predixion Software, Cirro, Lineage, Kumo, etc.) I've been a serial entrepreneur for about 20-odd years, and I didn't want to sit at a big company. he's been spinning out of his incubator.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 24, 2011

Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Part of the discussion around this is the talk about the founder who only got $83M (as compared to $3xxM for the other founders) who bailed out early and choose to go back to school. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? The poor guy. in Computer Science.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. My family had the very first edition of the IBM XT computer with a 10 MB hard drive. on all the computers and established a network using Novell. What about strategy?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2013

I’ve written about these before, but since I see them so often, I thought it might be worth reiterating: “Business plans are for dummies.” The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks.

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