Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

AngelList 101 : As you know, AngelList is a platform where angels can invest in semi-screened tech deals. If you know, VCs end up writing sizable checks into their own funds, which is important in better aligning interests. million round I might write $1.8 – 2.2 I have a slightly different take on why I find it valuable.

Venture Capital 356

Venture Capital Invest Course Technical Review 356

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

It might work for you or at least you can use some of my ideas to find ones that work better for you. Suddenly I look at the screen and 45 minutes have passed. I realized that this idea of “whole” foods had something to it. I want to share with you how I did this. Let me start by explaining what I mean about “mental psyche.”

Coach 538

Coach Startup Guide Journal 538

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. We put together the screenwriting resources ideas and collaboration platform, and the two combined to become Scripped. What's Scripped? Sunil Rajaraman: That's a good question.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? YouTube has a player which works in Google hangouts, so they can instantly screen your work or your pitch, and you can get instant feedback that way. Those teachers are what set us apart.

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Web Content Startup Education 187

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A huge shout out to Ricky Wong of NYCSteals for helping me with the write-up. He knew he was an entrepreneur because he couldn’t stop thinking about ideas. On the east coast, the response is typically all the reasons why your idea is not going to work. On the west coast, generally the response is how to improve on an idea.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

will help clients send their user’s real-world data-collection expeditions, prototype a mobile idea or companion app for a website. This allows publishers to easily create missions and activities to get people involved more directly than just reading stuff on a screen. Schachter writes, “The API talks to the central human.io

Mobile 68

Mobile Writing Activity Screening 68

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. At 12.30pm in the afternoon the idea to create the video was hatched. Harlem Shake. million views). They taped it at 3.30pm for 2 minutes.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans. I like to hear their passion for the idea.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I focused on relationships, connections, human bond, idea generation, testing products and also I generally tried to be available for others. Yet the art of shifting your mindset is often taking a complex idea and generalizing it. He gave me such a great idea. I like that idea. I stayed out late. Strike that.

Ideas 294

Ideas Startup Marketing Pricing 294

Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Take a long breakfast, or maybe even go for a walk to get a healthy break from your screen. Getting a VPN for personal use isn't a bad idea either. This could be as simple as someone around you glancing at the private documents on your screen. Instead, get the menial tasks out of the way in the morning.

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Tips Software Review Study Email 157

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2016

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. I recommend a thirty to ninety-day trial period, defined in writing, where either party can terminate the relationship without recourse.

Organization 57

Organization Entrepreneur Satisfaction Screening 57

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans. I like to hear their passion for the idea.

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? At JAMDAT he designed the most successful mobile games – (Bowling, Bejeweled Multiplayer & Solitaire) and knows what drives engagement on “the small screen.&#

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Gogii Invest Blogging Startup 310

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But the request this time was different: could we urgently help make realistic screen displays for a big Hollywood science fiction movie that was just about to start shooting? Writing Code. It’s pretty common for us to get requests from movie-makers about showing our graphics or posters or books in movies.

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Startup Screening Writing 81

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I created Postcard On The Run because I was excited by the the idea of sharing and creating a keepsake from a mobile device, and making it more than just posting it online. Josh Brooks: In sum, I had the idea of what I wanted, and did my best to use all of the tools out there to synthesize my idea.

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Email Startup Ideas Burbank 218

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. If you don't have a digital interface with your logo on the screen, how do you know if you're listening to Spotify, or Apple,or Pandora, orAmazon?

Startup 113

Startup Artificial Inteligence Content Platform 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

When those megastores started closing, I saw the writing on the wall, and handed Branson back his keys, and set up a digital agency to do for other companies, what we had been doing for Branson. If you don't have a digital interface with your logo on the screen, how do you know if you're listening to Spotify, or Apple,or Pandora, orAmazon?

Startup 100

Startup Content Platform Artificial Inteligence 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Well obviously that’s meaningless if your startup idea sucks. The CEO was the “ideas guy.&# My coffee date told me about the product they were building. He confided in me that his team had built the product because it sounded like a good idea but had never validated it with customers.

Entrepreneur 306

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2014

It''s more than showing up every two months and writing that dues check so they can say they''re an angel--it''s having them pitch in and grab the oars, and help move the group forward. To do that, we''ve help organize our members into subject matter areas, whether they know IT, or web stuff, or engineering, or manufacturing.

Pasadena Angels 162

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Angel Startup 162

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David. Or, as always, summary notes available below. Is that when it became big? Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. No, the ideas aren’t conflicting. The conversation moves from consuming images on a screen in lean back mode, to active engagement. I’m a product geek more than a spreadsheet ninja.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

That users get the PIN code, enters it into the registration screen, and if they typed in the right code, they can complete registration and get access to all of what a service provider gives them. They had twelve people when I took over at FrontBridge, which was then an interesting idea. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The multi-tiered platform allows for money to be transferred between Facebook friends, the ability to click and purchase any item that you see on Facebook and through the published API’s, developers can integrate and write their own applications on top of the ZunguZ platform. What inspired you to come up with the idea? Why the name?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

The idea has become conventional wisdom. I’m not arguing that no screening is required. He encouraged me to write this post and after smoking me out on Twitter I had no choice. There is an old management adage that says, “Hire slowly, fire fast.” It says that you need to take due care in selecting team members. So here goes.

Startup 335

Startup Technical Review Framework Entrepreneur 335

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A Visualization is so important to help yourself & others conceptualize ideas. I think team sessions are better for testing ideas than for original thought, but that’s me. It’s how you codify your ideas.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. The evening will consist of a series of live stage demonstrations guaranteed to impress and inspire new ideas among all in attendance. We write and create our own content for the game.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2014

OP: myLINGO is a smartphone app where you can select and download an audio track of a movie in your preferred language and go to the theatre and have that audio track synchronize to the movie playing on the screen. Has this sort of idea been around and was it not executed because of some sort of a technical issue? Skip classes.

Startup 91

Startup Entertainment CTO Coach Screening 91

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. The first meeting is usually with 1–2 people within the VC firm.

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 23, 2012

Once you’ve decided on an idea to move forward with, you’re ready to start deciphering the data you’ve compiled on the existing competition and choosing what to do with your own app. If you forget everything else I write about creating an app, remember this: every app needs a hook. The Hook Brings You back.

Marketing 84

Marketing Software Review Tips Competition 84

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. ” Jim speaks highly on the idea of self-selected marketing. Are you going to be able to get there at 8 for his Keynote speech?” Organic shapes vs hard?

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

HV: Our main competitive advantage is the idea of personalization. We had a pretty simple screen, and it had a circle, and it told you how many minutes you were active. AA: In the beginning your idea is a hypothesis and you need to validate it. Today’s digital health consumer has so many choices on the market.

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USC Southern California Activity Study 104

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. I’ll explain in detail below.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

June 2019 (left) and November 2020 (right) I’ve been reluctant to write this blog post because historically I don’t like talking about weight. I’ve been reluctant to write about weight in part because I don’t want to sound self righteous. Then should write down your “target goal.” I figured out something that worked for me.

Startup 526

Startup Course Writing Help 526

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 31, 2010

Adding the Widget On the "Get the Widget" screen, youll be asked for your token URL. Its a good idea to set up a sandbox such as this so you can try out the functionality before using it on a real site. Is this error related to what Im supposed to write? Then click "Get Started" and you can start deploying the widget.

Software Review 40

Software Review PHP Class Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

I registered it in my mind at the time, “hmm, a screen cast while you’re on Skype, that’s pretty clever.&# CloudShare as a product also sounded like a great idea to me. Yes, with a “B.&# And soon that will include screen sharing. I’m writing this post from Shanghai.

Screening 266

Screening Screencast Web Yammer 266

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Idea Mensch. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. Thank you eMinutes.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78