Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

It would be easier in terms of getting access to angels, VCs, the media, whatever. And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). So if you’re really indifferent you might consider it.”

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur and noted venture capitalist Mark Suster recently shared his advice with a large crowd of emerging entrepreneurs. Literally, (we received) hundreds and hundreds of in-bound inquiries, with no idea how we were going to talk to these people.”

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th. Who ever said you can only have a beach fest in the summer?

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. Dan shared his entrepreneurial insights with my UC Santa Barbara students, including the manner in which he built a virtual organization.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The team fed me with great ideas. Tags: Eric Greenspan make it work customer service mini cooper social media training Twitter. Not sure why, but it was funny at the time. The goal of the day was to listen and engage, learn and build new friendships, discuss issues and make the company a little better. I shared a few.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

It also provides a way for graduates to learn about ideas, opportunities and technologies about which they might not have been aware while focusing on building and scaling their own startup. One unique aspect of LaunchTN is that each master accelerator class is taken on investor and media tours of Silicon Valley and New York.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Students are great source of ideas because they’re willing to challenge the existing norms – the basis for all disruption. But beyond the idea that startups come from colleges, they are obviously a very important feeder system into local startups with cheap, young, hard-working talent. I thought it was an amazing idea.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2011

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? Eric Frankel: StarGreetz is a digital media content company, that allows brands to stand out in a very cluttered marketplace. It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis. That's more or less the key.

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Entertainment Startup Class Santa Barbara 159

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

We've opened an office in Los Angeles, and continue to maintain one in Santa Barbara. We continue to be open to all kinds of sectors in the new fund, but we're increasing our efforts in media. He's in Santa Barbara. Scott Lenet: We're seed stage, and early stage. That's the stage where we get involved.

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Santa Barbara Entrepreneur Funding Invest 124

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

How do you sort through all that social media activity you are driving, and figure out who really cares about what you're posting? Mark Sylvester sat down with us to talk about the new project, and how it's applying what they've learned building their visual analysis tools to the world of Facebook and social media.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The seven minute piece went on to showcase many of our accomplishments as a company, including the awarding of Services Company of the Year in 2006 by the Tech Council of Southern California and our back to back wins of “Best of Computer Repair&# in Santa Barbara, voted on by readers of the Independent. I shared a few.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 21, 2013

You can watch Sarah tell her compelling story in the following 15-minute excerpt from her recent UC Santa Barbara talk. During her tenure, "A director came into our offices and pitched us a web-series idea. Originally, my company was called ''The Cloud Media.'' I am an English major, not an MBA, so. but I needed to scale.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Along the way, they created a supportive community of emotionally attached stakeholders that would be the envy of any Social Media Manager. You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 4, 2014

Greathouse : Let''s start with a question that will be especially helpful for my UC Santa Barbara students. Then we started advertising and getting media attention. Also, advertising in print media just doesn''t have the ROI that it once did. What tactics have worked best for you and how have these changed over the years?

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Resource 187

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Here was the idea: Hire a bunch of people to dress up as ninjas – and in a ninja-like way, appear all around the conference center, hiding behind trees, sneaking around, tip toeing across cross walks – you know, stock ninja moves. The opening keynote that evening was Randi Zuckerberg talking about Facebook and social media.

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Marketing Conference Startup Santa Barbara 230

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Cogi (www.cogi.com) recently launched a phone-based service which allows users to transcribe conference calls and meetings. Mark Cromack: First and foremost, the concept behind Cogi is brought out in its name, which is short for cogent idea. How's the company funded and backed?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

2) A handful of uniformed people from the Bay Area and beyond still believe that you cannot build a world-class tech company in Santa Barbara, despite our numerous successes over the past 15-years. Good ideas, great people and access to capital are key to any thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2010

They will feature new products and prototypes from industries like Social Media, Mobile, Enterprise, Consumer Technologies and Cloud. DEMO has also brought back the Alpha Pitch program that features 13 early-stage start-ups and a few pre-launch companies that have 90 seconds on stage to share their ideas to the audience. nyoombl, Inc.;

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. Their memory – the idea was theirs in the first place and you ran with it and didn’t include them.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Alex previously helped lead the Proto Group at Idealab, working to determine the feasibility of new business ideas. He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

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