Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 2, 2011

In the US we now have some very well established incubation programs run by high-caliber mentors including IdeaLab, yCombinator, TechStars, BetaWorks and Launchpad LA. Suddenly everybody wants to be an incubator. You know how this ends. I’ll give you a real world example. He graduated from Harvard undergrad.

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Education Startup Incubator Class 322

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. One unique aspect of LaunchTN is that each master accelerator class is taken on investor and media tours of Silicon Valley and New York.

Startup 100

Startup Class LAMP Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Under Libby's leadership, the Alteryx Community has grown both on- and offline, serving as an incubator for the workforce of the future and empowering women in business via the Alteryx Women of Analytics initiative.

Southern California 140

Southern California Technical Review Platform Organization 140

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 31, 2010

Higher ROI: Referral marketing, Social Media Marketing, PR, Advertising. Don't: Ignore the need for Pre-sales. OC's Premium Incubator - Supporting Start-Up Businesses in our Business Collective". Do: Utilize multiple sources of marketing. Lower ROI: Car Wrap, Direct Mailing, Bold Calling, Cold Calling. So make a plan!

Sample 140

Sample Social Media Incubator Marketing 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. million in sales last year, with great margins, and it's profitable, with a team of ten people. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. We have a licensing business with that.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

Tech Coast Angels 105

Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

-Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Spread through word-of-mouth as the company has no sales team, all engineers. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. mt) Media Temple, Inc. wonder what that might be?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products. Bottom of the sales funnel. Morning in VC.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry.

Class 100

Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The florist business center we launched recently empowers florists, with tools to run email marketing campaigns, reach out through social media, and even gives them a point of sale system and website builder. From there, we actually joined the Muckerlab incubator, and essentially have been growing florists on the supply side.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

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. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. For a full breakdown of each of our speakers’ backgrounds, visit our event info site !

Startup 95

Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Jason Glaspey, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment). Bootstrapping Marketing Strategy, social media marketing, web applications. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Hautelook was able to help define--and conquer--the online flash sales category, in record time. I started in media technology, and built a number of companies, which I was able to build out and get the ball rolling, in digital, nonlinear editing and special effects technology in Hollywood. I've been doing that for 25 years.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

billion in sales and thus controls less than 10% of the market. If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? The top 5 players combined control less than 25% of the market.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With a room full of investors, founders, media, and tech enthusiasts; and a hilariously dramatic orchestral soundtrack that would show up from time to time (Cal Tech Symphony practice happening on the first floor), there was definitely a strong air of excitement through our different stages of the evening.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Jeremy Liew, a respected VC from LightSpeed, obviously saw the change to ramp up sales. Wildfire Interactive. It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Seventeen lawyer regional firm Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP has represented digital media, internet, technology, consumer electronics, and entertainment companies and investment funds out of its Sherman Oaks office since its formation in 2002.

Sherman Oaks 44

Sherman Oaks Riot Games Tips Redpoint 44

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

It’s almost a subconscious connection vs. all other media sites. Kim was the Technical Lead at Triptrotting when it was incubated in Idealab and came on board to Insteegran last October. It will not be industry standard in which your percentage goes down as your sales goes up. It’s a breath of fresh air.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Top CEO’s, entrepreneurs, technology gurus, venture capitalists and executives will be looking at the tech ecosystem from different perspectives, including e-commerce, enterprise software, digital media and consumer technologies.” Online content isn’t a small market, nor is it going away anytime soon.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

It’s also a very exciting time here in LA Tech with over 6 accelerators and incubators springing up over the past year. If you missed this Startup Weekend LA, also check out SW in the OC on Mar 30 and the soon to be announced Startup Weekend Media edition. Coffee is for closers!”

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Dinesh is a highly entrepreneurial executive with a track record of driving sales through innovative biz-dev and online marketing techniques. VP, Strategic Planning at Disney Interactive Media Group.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Steve Reich

OCTOBER 9, 2012

There are days when I feel like we’ve gotten a bit carried away with social media. You get bombarded with Facebook requests–P&G wants me to “like” their consumer products, as if Tide is my best pal.

Course 77

Course Social Media Examples Content 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Non-users will get snippets, fragments, or a plain sales pitch: “Your friend sent you a _, download our app to see the full message!” We text, email, share, and post these quick to consume pieces of media. Fetchnotes is run by a group of six entrepreneurs, four who graduated from the TechStars incubator.

Product 99

Product Ideas Email Organization 99

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. These days, there are more Internet guys at the Vanity Fair Oscar party than traditional media players.". View Interactive.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44