socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

Capital raise ability is one of the ideas behind the whole trend towards accelerator--to help. is the incubator program started by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones, and which includes such notable entrepreneurs as Mike Macadaan, Peter Pham, and Tom Dare. For our first list, we tallied the venture capital raised by portfolio companies of.

Southern California 222

Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just ask MySpace, eToys, and Pets.com. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

Startup 105

Startup Netflix Entrepreneur Social Media 105

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

I became friends with Tom Anderson and I jumped onto MySpace when it first launched. After MySpace was acquired by Fox, I learned that there was a huge market for ad inventory. I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas.

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2016

As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Just ask MySpace, eToys, and Pets.com. If you ask them for a reason, most will insist that they couldn’t get funding, or they ran out of money too early. But I’m not convinced that it’s as simple as that.

Startup 59

Startup Netflix Entrepreneur Social Media 59

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? He led and sold MySpace to Fox for $650 million. But the “monetization heart of the Internet” doesn’t stop at Overture, Applied Semantics and MySpace. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ).

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Who are your mentors, role models? We don’t have mentors at the moment. Then I (Chidi) brainstormed on a little yet brilliant idea to verify who’s right and not. But we cannot deny the fact that some people are shy or uncomfortable to walk up to others and introduce themselves or business ideas.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Of course, the evening wouldn’t have been complete without our fireside chat with Mike Jones , serial entrepreneur and former CEO of MySpace. Providing more than just money, TCA brings connections, knowledge, mentoring and operational assistance to bold early-stage entrepreneurs with game-changing ideas.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. In July 2005 News Corporation bought MySpace parent company eUniverse for $580 M, of which approximately $327 M was the valuation of MySpace. What are the current local startups that more people should know about now? Want to sponsor?

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42