socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Los Angeles-based Uber, the online social networking web site run by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, has shut down. Uber developed software used to upload, organize, and share content through a free web site; the site also provided photo galleries, slide shows, videos, and blogs. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we are featuring a podcast from Andrew Warner founder of Mixergy, which runs a popular series of technology networking events in Los Angeles. But it turns out that parents who used the site only wanted basic features, like the ability to see a picture of their kids sliding into third base.

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The Quigley Report

MARCH 4, 2008

Just six months ago, many companies in traditional venture backed industries (enterprise networking, wireless and storage to name a few) were trading at attractive PE and revenue multiples. For instance, in the enterprise networking space, companies like Riverbed, Aruba and Isilon were trading at better than 10 times sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch. You should also deliver it at the beginning of every networking opportunity, and train your team to do the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. I said (out loud), “I sure wish that some of the time that went into these PowerPoint slides would have gone into meetings with the COO, CFO or CMO of [Elephant Customer].&# A couple of quick stories / examples: 1. Making Things Happen.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

“We are all now online and at significantly greater speeds with computers in our pockets that are one-click from purchasing anything and recommending the best products to everybody we know through social networks. Here are some simple slides that outline the point: a. And this is about to grow even faster.” Want some context?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2019

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. One person can look like an army charging the hill, if they use all the networking facilities of the Internet, all the tools available to build business plans, financial models, and product prototype. Fully prepare for the assault.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network. Ask your friends to do the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I started by trying to think I could explain my concept without having to patronize everybody with artificial PowerPoint slides. Slides, please.” I thought, what would I do if I was trying to sell to a customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2015

As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet. So the social networks are the early place to start, in learning the discipline of building and maintaining a positive reputation. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

CapLinked is an online platform that gives private companies, investors, and their advisors tools to manage a capital raise or asset sale, network, and exchange updates. HOW TO ENTER: (i) create a free deal room on the CapLinked website; (ii) upload a slide deck describing the business plan; and. says CapLinked CEO Eric M.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

We though through iChange we could create a better support network for those people. Part of the plan which we are already doing, is working on top of existing social networks like Facebook. You might let yourself slide, but it's much hard if you're part of something where you end up disappointing other people. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This Saturday morning I’ll be giving the keynote presentation on “ The Future of Social Networking.&# (unfortunately they didn’t give this event it’s own URL so this link should only work until the day of the event.) I have my basic slide decks complete but always happy to add, amend or ad-lib. Hope to see you!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I was 23 and had been programming computers, designing computer networks and selling software for 10 years. I decided I wanted to transfer into the super technical group at Accenture that focused on computer networking. ” It literally took more than a year and a completely ballsy move to get Network Solutions to accept me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2017

As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet. So the social networks are the early place to start, in learning the discipline of building and maintaining a positive reputation. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This year, we are partnered with the Home Shopping Network, HSN, so that our companies not only get Hatched and an investment, they get PR on the Home Shopping Network as well. Whether it's being on Hatched or not, I think if there is someone in my network, the perfect person to help the entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

As per my video, think about the data in the following slide. This was obviously prior to the Internet and everything that led to: (mobile smartphones, social networks, new payment technologies, etc.). I think this is a really powerful concept and can be built right alongside the Redwood trees. “ And my fear?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 17, 2011

As he lowers his loupe for a moment and glances up from his slides, he suddenly notices a flash of brown amidst all the white outside his window. The article opens with a touching scene: FEBRUARY 1984: It’s a classic winter day in Aspen, and snow is falling like heavy cotton as Jeffrey sits hunched over his light table editing film.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2013

As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet. So the social networks are the early place to start, in learning the discipline of building and maintaining a positive reputation. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Advisors and investors need to see your whole story in as few as ten slides. Participate in networking platforms and events for support. These days you can create a C-corp or LLC online quickly at a low cost, to serve you well in signing partners, intellectual property, investors, and revenue. This is the time for pivots as required.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub. If you are interested in obtaining the slide decks from the past “Intro to the LA Startup Community” events, you can do so here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small. The challenge is to communicate your idea in one page, and close the deal quickly without a big slide presentation. Atrocious resumes and social network antics will kill your career. Touch-Typing for Dummies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. I grew up a computer programmer, a builder of computer networks and fascinated with infrastructure so in many ways I felt like I existed at the inception of many of these great technologies. Tell a friend.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The money slide is the graphic below. The top line is available storage (S), the middle line represents processing power (following Moore’s law) or (P) and the bottom line is the Network (N). In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks. Social networking is peaking.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

I did 5 years of building large computer systems and computer networks for global corporations and 3+ years as a “strategy consultant.&# In many of the meetings you’d meet clients who would tell you everything you needed to know, would offer to help you and then would never follow up on the help that they had offered.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. The iPhone was released.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. One person can look like an army charging the hill, if they use all the networking facilities of the Internet, all the tools available to build business plans, financial models, and product prototype. Fully prepare for the assault.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

I recommend making friends the first formal test of your elevator pitch, your investor slide deck, and your business plan, and earnestly ask for their advice (not money) early. Use friends and family as advocates to network to professional investors. Sell your idea in simple terms with both logic and passion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2012

As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet. So the social networks are the early place to start, in learning the discipline of building and maintaining a positive reputation. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

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Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network Google 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2015

It should be in the introduction section of your business plan, on the first slide of your investor pitch and the beginning of your executive summary. You will find it the best way to start every networking opportunity, and a key communication vehicle that everyone on your team should know and use.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small. The challenge is to communicate your idea in one page, and close the deal quickly without a big slide presentation. Atrocious resumes and social network antics will kill your career. Touch-Typing for Dummies.

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Course Writing Slides Email 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

What if that time could go into thinking through the companies most important strategic issues, talking early with investors about their views and adjusting the strategic discussion slides rather than the update deck? Act your stage. I see the same thing happen at the transition from A round to B round.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2013

So it is a no-brainer that AT&T would slide through to spread love to the developer community here. 6PM – Friday Evening – Kickoff event with dinner, networking, and developer dating which leads into idea pitches and team formation. It ranks third for cities in the country with the most Fortune 500 headquarters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2014

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. One person can look like an army charging the hill, if they use all the networking facilities of the Internet, all the tools available to build business plans, financial models, and product prototype. Fully prepare for the assault.

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Startup Venture Capital Slides Outsource 107

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. The firm used to be called Fotouhi Alonso and were one of LA's top mid-sized agencies for 20 years, working with clients like Honda, Epson, the LA DWP, and the FX Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

As I have discussed in previous articles, social networking sites like Facebook are now the most frequently used websites on the Internet. So the social networks are the early place to start, in learning the discipline of building and maintaining a positive reputation. It’s easier to make Google remember than to forget.

Web 93

Web Search Engine Optimization Content Social Network 93