Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Business tools — from customer relationship management ( CRM ) platforms to accounting software — help to save startups time and money by automating key processes and maximizing efficiency. The video conferencing platform welcomes over 300 million daily users, and enjoys some of the best name recognition in the industry — and for good reason.

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. they could invest in entrepreneurial communities and the best founders would then bring in new founders. It’s no wonder they’ve both performed so well. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a

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Software Startup Tool Platform 234

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Alex is a Silicon Valley veteran and Cisco executive, often referred to as the ‘innovation therapist,’ who details his knowledge of many real-world cases and specifics on how to keep up with change and win in the marketplace. You as a leader must be transparent about how and why you are investing in one initiative over the other.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. I made some reference calls.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings.

Blogging 135

Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. What kinds of areas does the fund make investments in? We've never not gotten into a deal that we wanted to invest in.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. Wasn’t Jonah worried about “platform risks?”

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The timing of the announcement of this investment couldn’t have been timed more perfectly if we tried. And before that you might enjoy this longer analysis on why I invested in DataSift in the first place , which was written 2.5 And from an investment perspective I remain incredibly long DataSift. ” What gives?

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2015

That’s right, I’m referring to high school students. Specifically, two high school seniors in LA, Dillon Rosenblatt and Tyler Makhani, recently built out an app called Tutors , a platform for on demand tutoring. However, the two founders think these platforms are lacking in one crucial field: flexibility.

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Demand Technical Review Los Angeles Platform 126

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Just literally this week I had breakfast with a guy giving a reference who said, “He’s brilliant. In fact, just a short Google search reveals that I’ve referred to him frequently through the years. But he knows it.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 8, 2014

Back in January, at the annual TechZulu Startup Forecast , our panel of industry leaders and investors spent a healthy dose of time discussing the ongoing JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) and the investing sphere at large. This all, circling around 2008, a shy year for startup investments. Fundraising Frustrations.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly The Importance of Twitter.

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Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

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Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

More specifically, we are a real time bidding platform which enables marketplaces to be set up, where an advertiser can bid on consumers who are in the process of buying a particular product. That part of the market is primarily driven by companies in what is referred to as lead generation.

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Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2017

When Mucker found out about us, they invested in us, even though it was just me out there in the streets running around Home Depot, unemployment offices, and staffing companies, handing out business cards. What we are doing, is providing full transparency, and demonstrating that we can drive value to businesses who use our platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

We used to call it a “burning platform” as in when your platform is burning you’re forced to take action. Often the business case is made in an ROI format – a high-level spreadsheet that outlines the return on investment. People only act when the have quantifiable pain in which not acting is worse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2019

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings.

Blogging 88

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 88

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Others like Guesty, which are building platforms for others to list and manage their apartments on platforms like Airbnb, recently raised $35 million with a valuation likely in the range of $180 million to $200 million. He referred to Homewood as “a soulless hotel chain.”

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Equity Startup Los Angeles Capital 136

socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Nelson Paez : For the past four years, Dreamhammer has been developing a software product called BALLISTA, which is what we refer to as a drone operating system. On top of that, we are making our platform available for third party application developers, similar to the way developers can create software for the iPhone or Google Android.

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Startup Software Southern California Santa Monica 183

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

The second major trend was the rise of the angel that was a function of the boom in Silicon Valley wealth (Google, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, Salesforce.com, etc) plus the rise of crowd-funding platforms (AngelList) plus the rise of Y Combinator / 500Startups / TechStars. The fact that I still see it referred to in pitch decks is farcical.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Wil Schroter: We're a crowd-funding platform for startups. Wil Schroter: We're a little different in what we're doing, versus other platforms which are getting into equity. We started building GoBig in 2004, and it was one of the first online fundraising platforms. What's Fundable? Does this compete with GoBig at all?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2013

In the first half of your meeting you get the customer talking about his or her pain points (which I covered in the first post) by showing them references and then asking whether they find they have similar issues as your other clients in their sector. It’s called ROI (return-on-investment) selling. Startup Advice'

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Also, we had an investment in a company that went public this year, BroadSoft, which is one of 2010's best-performing IPOs. Facebook now accounts for a staggering 25% of all display impressions (up from 9% last year), and Facebook and its advertisers are finally beginning to understand how to leverage the platform's unique capabilities.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Partners make investment decisions. ” In VC terms that means the key questions you need to answer are, is this investor: Geographically focused and have they invested in my geography before? Already invested in one of my key competitors? Do they have money to invest? Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

Upon the platform of the new Machine Shop, they have brought both their Creative Team and Management in-house to effectively drive innovation. More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. Joe received his B.S.

Startup 40

Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital SaaS 40

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

You need to establish your accounting platform and systems, including accounts receivable and accounts payable. By setting up your accounting platform and system pre-funding, you’ve already built a strong financial foundation. GAAP refers to Generally Accepted Accounting Principals. Build your financial infrastructure.

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Funding Startup Report Outsource 86

InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. If someone is investing in me and my idea, I simply don’t want to let them down. We get referring site traffic. I do everything I do all in or nothing.

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Google Organic Search Sites Startup 264

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

We also work with marketplaces and shopping cart software, and seller platforms, anyone who does not want to build out their own sales tax infrastructure, to calculate how much sales tax needs to be collected. We are trying not only to be the first-to-market provider, but one that everyone feels comfortable referring to their friends.

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Sales Software Startup Commerce 149

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

As enterprises outsource more of the business operations to hosted platforms, more emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring mission-critical applications are always accessible. This is the gold standard, and it is achievable with preparation, investment, and common sense. References. How to Achieve 99.999% Uptime. Intermedia.

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Networking Southern California Outsource Development Startup 45

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

Ask any venture firm or accelerator which investments get done in their shop and they will tell you the deals that come through their personal network. In this situation the bond between the VC and the founder was their career paths which became the catalyst for a speedy and successful investment.

Venture Capital 45

Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2017

Several free blog platforms, like WordPress , are so flexible that you can configure them as a website, as well as your blog, without separate hosting. Your readers will appreciate the option to view the sites you reference, and having links pointing to other sites will further improve your search engine rankings.

Blogging 69

Blogging Search Engine Optimization Web Writing 69

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. What do you invest in? Brian Garrett: It's analytics, it's delivery platforms, it's optimization of technology facilitating compression to delivery of video.

Southern California 153

Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 11, 2013

Ask any venture firm or accelerator which investments get done in their shop and they will tell you the deals that come through their personal network. In this situation the bond between the VC and the founder was their career paths which became the catalyst for a speedy and successful investment.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 40

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

The bottom line is, we''re building an entirely new, wireless platform and technology, and to do that right, it takes quite a bit of capital. We''re reducing the cost at the access point level and at the endpoint level, and continuing to invest to bring our cost points down. Was it a challenge raising money in that kind of environment?

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Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2014

Lawyers on the platform love the experience. Every single one of our clients who has used us, whether they''ve hired a lawyer or not, loves the product, and they are referring it to family and friends. That''s why we shifted from originally being a hiring platform for a lawyer, to more like matchmaking for lawyers.

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