Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

But for my sins I got an MBA and did “strategy&# consulting. It’s strange to me to think that customers with years of experience would ever listen to twenty-something smarties from great MBA’s who have never worked in your industry before – but that’s a different story. Numbers are important.

Statistics 415

Statistics Startup Report Research 415

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I worked with the head of each product area, such as YouTube, on how to drive more value for our large partners. We have our product in the market, and launched our beta in January. Finally, what''s next for you?

Google 233

Google Content Startup Venice 233

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Should I Get My MBA?

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Many entrepreneurs I know don’t realize that the language they learned in the corporate world, or even their recent MBA class, won’t get them ahead in the startup world today. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It suggests the minimum features to allow the product to be deployed and get feedback, and no more. Social mobile web.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Startup Web Equity 109

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2013, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. Erik holds a BS from the University of Delaware and an MBA from Duke University. 24 7pm at The ROC in Santa Monica. Venue Sponsor.

Startup 110

Startup Activision Santa Monica SaaS 110

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2018

If you look at it from a business and product perspective, it's pretty well documented that the more successful companies in the world are all strong from a diversity perspective, in all industries. In addition to that, black and brown people have been pretty well documented as earlier adopters of technology and consumer products.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Invest Capital Startup 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A lot of times, people focus too much on trying to get press attention…as opposed to just creating a great product. If you build a great product and get a lot of users, you’re going to get a lot of people talking (and) you are going to get a lot of notice. According to him, mobile is a trend, but, “…apps are more of a fad than a trend.

Press 260

Press Software Review Startup IBM 260

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Think about how profound a difference adding Sheryl Sandberg early at Facebook was to Mark Zuckerberg and knowing that he should stay in charge of product and strategy while she ran operations. Gregg was a graduate of Stanford and a Wharton MBA and had worked at the consulting firm BCG so I knew he was smart and capable.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Capital CTO Coach Startup 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated with honors from Harvard University. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 76

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. We’ll re-compare notes then.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

The way we represent our product, how we merchandise it, and how we price it, and our UX is really targeted towards the younger clientele. He got his MBA here, and went back to help start this company. It''s premium, fresh cut product. entrepreneur startup tabis john founder interview mobile delivery flower online thebouqs'

Services 215

Services Technical Review Startup Pricing 215

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated with honors from Harvard University. AGN was sold to Net-TV pioneer Pseudo Programs and Rubin served as VP of Games and Sports programming.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Technology Activision Entertainment 94

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Founded in 2001 by 3 German MBA students, Carpooling connects people in over 40 countries and is available in English , French , German , Greek , Italian , Polish and Spanish. Carpooling.com was launched by three MBA students; Stefan Weber, Matthias Siedler and Michael Reinicke. Any user stats? What inspired them?

Training 82

Training Marketing Competition Platform 82

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford? Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. In addition to Seth, the core team he pulled together consisted of Elaine, a product person with front-end engineering skills and sharp design sense, and Sandy a back-end server engineer. What is your mobile strategy?

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. and holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. In the past, Dinesh served as President of Skyy Consulting Inc. Dinesh earned his B.S.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2015

Employees hand-pick exactly the meal they want from top local restaurants, as well as EAT Club’s own professional kitchens, using the company’s easy online or mobile ordering system. Food is an integral part of a happy, productive workplace. As part of its L.A. has to offer. adopter of EAT Club.

Commerce 40

Commerce Netflix Sales Los Angeles 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets. A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. Absolutely love your products and do not think about the quick buck. And tap in they have.

Screening 88

Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. Absolutely love your products and do not think about the quick buck. And tap in they have.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 28, 2011

1 CEO who doubles as head of product management. strong product focus on CEO. Multiple each engineer x $1 million and subtract each MBA by $1 million and that’s your valuation As an MBA I can say that. Who do you hire after you have a product built & shipped and being used in the market? 5 engineers.

Startup 325

Startup Outsource Press Marketing 325

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

She also has served at DoubleClick, had a stint as an investment banker at JPMorgan, been a venture capitalist at Bertelsmann Ventures, and started with an Electrical Engineering degree before her MBA. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? It's a very exciting opportunity.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In high school, he founded Solar Devices, a firm that sold plans and kits for solar energy products. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. Those brands have pretty good products. Wayne Slavin: That's a good question.

Southern California 244

Southern California Technical Review Startup Commerce 244

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

(Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Consumer product companies have to be “user centric” to survive and yet most enterprise software companies fall short on this front. Why Invest?

Software 105

Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

My wife is an MBA from Wharton and she always tells me that “the really smart people are the Wharton undergrads” so I had a positive bias going in. I wanted a smart NorCal investor who had done more mobile investments than I had and Jon Callaghan had very relevant relationships & experience. There was no live product called Path.

Invest 303

Invest Company Companies Web 2.0 303

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This can often happen when there is a good product built but no real customer adoption yet. I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. We built 4 products simultaneously with no market feedback. We had 6 developers, 1 head of product management, 1 QA in India and me.

Startup 299

Startup Venture Capital Technical Review Training 299

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. .” But I think this misses the point. I’m a very big fan of Chicago.

Company 369

Company Companies Startup Snapchat 369

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

She’ll have to quit her well-paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Course Guide Entrepreneur 150

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Building Products While Serving Clients: Why and How. Josh Kaufman, The Personal MBA.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. In just a few minutes, anyone (no programming knowledge required) can create a mobile app. ThinkNear helps you target mobile ads to consumers at precise locations.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

When I got married I chose a woman who had bested me academically (Brown then Wharton) and went to work in great jobs at Google, Sky and Virgin Mobile. Kara went to the top high school in Los Angeles, went to Princeton and then Stanford for her MBA. I couldn’t have married somebody I didn’t feel was my equal.

Startup 150

Startup Los Angeles Help Screening 150