Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. Even if you keep it dormant for 2 years while you work on your idea. Not worth it.
socalTECH
JUNE 13, 2011
Where did the idea come from? That allowed me to take a summer to develop the new idea, and transform it into a business. I developed the idea over the summer, articulated the vision, drew out the site, and then teamed up with other students at UCLA and started developing KarmaGoat. Jonathan Lehmann: I'm originally from Paris.
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socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2010
What's the idea behind Worlize? Brian McKelvey: For the last ten years, I've worked in software engineering, ranging from building social viral games for Paramount, Lionsgate, and GSN. The firm's CEO is Brian McKelvey , who we caught up with recently to learn more about his background, the firm, and the market it hopes to serve.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 25, 2009
Two friends, a marketing executive and a software engineer, had an idea to challenge a large web incumbent without leaving their day jobs. How can you get a web startup going without leaving your day job?
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.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Thirdly, at the end of the day, because this is ultimately software, we are building a very large, scalable web system. Part of our DNA is pure software engineering, and dealing with that large amount of data. It's been over ten years that we've been thinking about this idea of globally shared media.
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OCTOBER 7, 2015
One weekend, teams of newly formed entrepreneurs and who knows what products or big ideas can happen? This is a unique opportunity for software engineers, designers, and business-minded entrepreneurs to team up and build several startups in just 54 hours! Participants arrive the evening of Friday, Nov.
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