Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Additionally, the database includes on-street meter and sign restrictions in the top 26 US markets.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

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JANUARY 2, 2019

One company that we have mentored, invested in and serve on the board of, is in lending and has hit a very exciting tipping point. This year I learned to listen much faster (thank you Mark Suster) by starting the listen at a fast speed say 2x and then adjusting to 1.75x after 30 seconds. More in-person contact is one of my 2019 goals.

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Capital Southern California Technical Review SaaS 113

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

We talked to Ted Dhanik, the founder of Engage:BDR, about his company and the future of marketing. I moved in marketing for NextTag and I was part of the team that launched consumer lending products. After MySpace was acquired by Fox, I learned that there was a huge market for ad inventory. Let’s talk about marketing.

Marketing 96

Marketing Startup Incubator Advertising 96

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Thanks for the time today. Thanks, and good luck! The accelerator's deadline is Friday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Thanks for the time today. Thanks, and good luck! The accelerator's deadline is Friday. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Additionally, the database includes on-street meter and sign restrictions in the top 26 US markets.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Companies like DogVacay solve a real need in the market. She dropped off the dogs and gave me the biggest thank-you text you could imagine. Thank you. We got along and shared stories about the startup market. And thank you. I could tell she wasn’t totally convinced but was willing to give it a go.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In a bid to change that, there are a few groups working on helping women entrepreneurs, investors, and others, including the Pipeline Fellowship (www.pipelinefellowship.com), which recently launched itself into the Los Angeles market. My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. After you reach success, celebrate, and thank supporters. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Accelerator programs--like YCombinator in Silicon Valley, and TechStars in Colorado--have come to the forefront of the minds of entrepreneurs as a way to boost their ideas quickly into the market, find funding, and into existence. Erik, thanks for the time. Everything they need to launch and grow their business.

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Technical Advisors Startup Southern California Los Angeles 176

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JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. We're really excited for the next steps. Sam Teller: Great question.

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Class Mentor Startup Santa Monica 261

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JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles has always been a major market for launching products, and in the era of e-commerce has become highly attractive for its large consumer population, a technology-savvy population, and affinity for new products and services. Why Los Angeles as your next market? What markets are you thinking about next? What is H.Bloom?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2020

These are the timeless principles that must guide all hiring, marketing, and execution decisions. These will almost always be related to sales and marketing, since they must tie back to cash flow. Give constant feedback, and say “thank you” often. Increase you focus on coaching, training, and mentoring.

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Metrics Entrepreneur Coach Satisfaction 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. It was cool that I spoke at the White House last year about mentoring. I am very active in mentoring women and minorities. One of them is the idea that the fluidity of the job market where people used to have just one job.

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The girls formed six teams to work on products in all types of industries, work with mentors, and pitch to judges at the end. They perfected the pitches, worked strongly together as teams, and some even had app mock-ups with branding, logo color guides, and more (thanks to local sponsor Marvel App !)

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Startup Activity Mentor Guide 74

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Think Glendale.

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

The viewer above (big thank you to ClipMine ) will allow you to skip forward to key moments by clicking on the contents tab on the left but to give you some insights on Matt. Matt says that this service approach has helped Lowercase really win the loyalty of the founders they back in a market that has grown increasingly competitive.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

We have about 350, nationally certified, trainers on the platform, all vetted internally by us, and by our mentor network. Jonathan Kohn: We've been out now in the LA market for four and a half months, we've done close to 1500 sessions in that time, very strong retention, and our average customer works out six times a month.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

We're looking for companies that have already brought a product to market, with $500,000 to a million dollars in revenues in ARR. We're looking for companies past the market validation stage, but are trying to figure out the growth stage. Is this fund just your own investment fund, or do you have outside LPs? READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Capital 145

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JUNE 1, 2012

We had gone our ways, and after we left UpSellit and were golfing, we decided that instead of being part of a lifestyle business we wanted to start our own, and help local businesses market themselves. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market. We select ten per class, and help those startups connect with mentors and other people in that local environment who can be helpful to the business. Thanks, and good luck! The focus is on helping the startup.

Startup 100

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Thanks to her, I never thought much about my identity being defined by being a woman. Deal Flow I often talk about how I think the best VCs “ play offense ,” by which I mean proactive go out and find a market segment or niche that they uniquely know, can uniquely serve or have some other natural advantage and go out and find deals you like.

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Venture Capital Examples Screening Help 256

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

They've provided a completely free facility, furniture, Internet access, mentoring, sponsorship--all of those things are provided for free. On top of that, there is mentoring companies get from the community, and the executive we pull in. Thanks, and good luck! That's through the generosity of the Irvine Company. READ MORE>>.

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Incubator San Diego Technical Review Development Team Review 212

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Ultimately, we're build tools for marketers on top of that. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. Later on, we can add upsells for community managers and social media marketers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Anna Barber: Before this, I hadn't been involved with Techstars as a mentor, however, I'd been an entrepreneur and mentored at other accelerators. Having both worked at startups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, what do you think is the biggest difference you've seen between the two markets? READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2013

There''s been a lot of activity over the past two years in the Southern California accelerator/incubator market, with numerous groups (Amplify, EvoNexus, K5, LaunchpadLA, MediaCamp, Science, StartEngine, and many, many others) looking to help entrepreneurs start and fund their companies. But, how successful have they been? Our analysis.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Mentors outside of the university will come and help the innovators and students who have come up with their new ideas, and help them to convert those into professionally prepared business plans. Here, the mentors come and focus on what the innovators want to do. Thanks for taking the time to tell us about the prize!

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Throughout the program, they get to work out of our facility for free, and we provide hands on mentorship, from a network of 50 mentors who donate their time to work with the teams. It's about figuring out your market, building a product that resonates with customers. percent equity. Noramay Cadena: It's because of the community.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. Anne Fulton: I'm actually a Kiwi, a New Zealander, and all of our product and marketing is done out of New Zealand. The education around new products and bringing them to the market is the same in both markets.

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Help Southern California Startup Technical Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies. Focus on reputation over brand.

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Technical Advisors Artificial Inteligence Customer Custom 82

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

As by now you likely know they had a brief discussion about public markets including about whether Uber should go public. The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. ” I told everybody I wasn’t going to and I meant it. ” And we did.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

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AUGUST 9, 2013

However, it''s not clear what the best way to do that is, how the market is actually operating, how publishers are seelling inventory, and how top advertisers are buying. What we do, is we provide interesting deal intelligence around what is actually happening in the market. We worked on Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft TV.

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Advertising Startup CTO Coach Study 153

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The debt market has pretty much shut down for people, though there is some money coming out of the SBAs that have been somewhat helpful. And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. So do you think the environment still tough for startups? Mike Napoli: Obviously, it's still tough.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

But his challenges only make us a better place, he’s pushed us to make sure we’re building systems to better track our markets and measure performance. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). But if you know Greg please reach out and say “thank you” and congrats. I sat on panels.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Journal Invest Santa Monica 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

But knowing so many people who were there I would find it VERY hard to believe that it was anything other than people BS’ing about trends in the market. They don’t have market power. They could chat about it with their peers or mentors. I get a lot of thank you emails for blogging. I also do marketing.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

That strategy manifested in our launching this program, which is in day one as of today, as one of the opportunities we saw in the market. We've been pleased with the response from the market, and from interest in the early stage businesses in our industry, and we're really excited about the tons of businesses we're launching today.

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APRIL 10, 2012

We caught up with Wade Eyerly , co-founder of the company, who told us the story behind the company, and how it hopes to bring unlimited flights from local regional airports, via a subscription model, to the market. Those mentors and others have given us really tangible advice. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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