TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. Mahdessian and Kuzoyan met on a ski trip organized by the Armenian student associations at Stanford and the University of Southern California back when both men were in college. The city of Glendale, Calif.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 10, 2011

South, a solid Santa Monica bar and grill was bustling earlier this Tuesday courtesy of the good people at Tech Cocktail and their winter technology mixer. Noisy, but due to a solidly participative crowd in a mix of business, casual, and in between attire. As soon as I walked in I could detect a good positive vibe.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com , and organizer of the recent Launch conference, has dropped his lawsuit against TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington , according to Arrington himself in a news story. Photo: Calacanis and Arrington in happier times, courtesy Techcrunch50-2009 ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

We all like to think of startups as “non hierarchic&# organizations and to some extent that should be true. I never built a Google-sized business but I did build an organization from scratch that grew to 120 employees in 5 countries before we sold it. I’m not a big believer in too much hierarchy.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Verge was the first to report the story. All assets and resources will be transferred to GM’s Global Innovation organization, as well as the larger enterprise, according to a GM spokesperson. The company doesn’t have plans to re-enter the car-sharing business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you think it’s hard to get the technical systems to talk to each other, I have found that it’s even harder to bridge the gulf between the various professionals who interpret them. Here there is no substitute for independent analysis from experts outside the organizations involved. Don’t forget it.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. What are the biggest areas of technical risk? What technology research is required? How can we address this risk?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Unless you have a co-founder or two with the business skills to complement your technical ones, you need a friendly Advisory Board. Communication and team organization is a challenge for every new entrepreneur, so I recommend that you start with only a couple of advisors. Bandwidth is a constraint we all feel.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Dashboard offers a bird's-eye view of projects, letting you see key metrics such as due dates, assigned cards, and cards-per-list so bottlenecks can be prevented before they begin. You can also use the Dashboard to create custom reports on productivity, which can be essential in reporting to senior leadership. New sidebar.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2016

While the epicenter of tech innovation is undeniably Silicon Valley, a tide of new hubs emerging across the globe are gaining recognition. We are very close to the University of Waterloo, and many talented undergraduates have taken internships and permanent positions with tech startups like HiMama. PanTrek connects U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

Technology environment savvy. A personal assistant must be highly organized and detail-oriented. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns. A personal assistant must be able to understand intent and context, as well as learn common acronyms and shorthand phrases, whether written or spoken.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Key elements of every startup challenge include timeframes, costs, people required, and technical realities. Founder minimizes the focus on formal plans and reviews. Project reviews are “ad hoc,” based on the latest crisis. Since he and they had been successful in the previous business, all assumed success in this one.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Theodore Schleifer at Recode reported a rare deep dive into the internal intrigue at a prominent VC firm, in this case Mithril Capital. The whole point of delegating investment decisions to a GP is to empower them to organize their firm to win deals and get stuff done. Quality tech news from around the web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That’s why they insist on spending a day with your team as part of the due diligence process. There is no rule that marketing needs to report to the founder, or that every startup needs a chief operating officer. Technology can be used to facilitate customer support and sales, as well as enhance your product.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 23, 2018

The entire report is available HERE. The research organization CIRP announced in August that sales of smart speakers had exceeded 50 million, with sales expected to grow 48% over the following twelve months. Amazon remains the market leader, due in large part to its two-year head start. Potential Startup Opportunities.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

He is a trusted technology and security consultant and public policy advisory to some of America’s most influential people and organizations. . FireEye has reported Apple phishing campaigns using fake Apple domains to lure victims into providing Apple Store IDs and passwords. By Kevin McDonald. So, what can you do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

organized by the Los Angeles-based venture firm Upfront Ventures as a showcase for technology and investment talent in Southern California, venture investor Josh Kopelman spoke to the heightened pace of dealmaking at his own firm. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Instead, I worked at a small software startup where I reported directly to the Founder and CEO. He is a retired public service executive who successfully managed and grew his organization during a long and celebrated career. This was a fulfilling experience, as I was in my twenties and fairly clueless.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

He kicked off the fest with his opening keynote, saying LA is a unique city of mash-ups, where tech, startups and entertainment – plus creativity, cultures, and passion – mix with successful results. RT @OEInnovation #SBF why I live in #LA: intersection of #beach #tech #entrepreneur #entertainment. & Women 2.0:

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

military’s high-tech think tank DARPA described Safe Genes, a new program to fund safety measures that can be built into genome editing technology or counter its potential wayward effects. —The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. —The U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Due to the rapid growth in technology and the internet world, there have been numerous reports about cyber security issues across the states. This technological growth has opened paths to more theft issues, abuse as well as fund embezzlement. Hazard to Whole State. The Big Challenge.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

Why are the world’s biggest Internet companies investing in a technology created in the late 1800’s? So much so that Google recently reported that mobile search has finally overtaken desktop search, and Facebook rolled out a new app called Hello that connects the dots between people’s social and phone contacts.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 5, 2010

An organization’s performance measurement system strongly affects the behavior of its managers and employees. Financial reports alone are misleading indicators of continuous improvement and innovation. Weekly KPI goals should be listed on the report, as appropriate. Results should be listed in report and graphical form.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Discuss what you would have expected – I never understood why when managers did reviews they’d say what you did wrong without a clear explanation of what they think you should have done. It’s strange to me that in the technology sector we have such a reputation for yellers. It produces sycophants and group think.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 26, 2011

At the big consulting firms, investment banks and established large technology companies we’re taught to produce long reports, make sure that every document is perfect quality and that every possible bit of diligence has been done. It says that you need to take due care in selecting team members. Good enough isn’t.

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LATechDigest

MAY 12, 2016

With our refined machine learning technology and massive data set, Cornerstone leads the field in people analytics,” said Adam Miller, founder and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. Cornerstone View provides the fastest and simplest way for organizations to gain more meaningful insight into their employees and solve complex workforce issues.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Revenue reporting accounts for all sales within a given accounting period. Your reported cash flow accounts for all money received from business operations. Depending on your organization and who has requested your financial statements, you may be able to go with a different level of assurance.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s almost been a work week since Techzulu and Gadget Review’s REACH | The Connected Future and we’re still reeling with excitement. Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Technology Drives Carbon Reduction. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article , only 60% of companies today use social media for marketing, and only 12% of those feel that they are using it effectively. Dell announced years ago that it had earned $3 million in revenue from using Twitter, and other businesses report daily on increases in web traffic up to 800%.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers. I would start by asking the candidate, “How did you decide on these five people” as part of your review process. CFOs often know the other CFOs and same for heads of sales, marketing, tech, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). They’re organized and methodical. They are the LIFEBLOOD of sales organizations because they’re plentiful and deliver great value relative to their costs. Almost by definition.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Due Diligence. Company Founder, 31-year old Raj Jeyakumar, developed the concept after a nearly 7-year-long career in strategy and management consulting, topped with a volunteer trip, organized by the Gates Foundation to Kenya, where he created a marketplace for local farmers. Marketing & Branding. Investor Decks.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. My thought was, why couldn't you do that with expense reports? Again--another place where expense reports are being turned in.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Naturally, there was a stringent due diligence process, and this took a couple of months. As he saw the company grow so quickly, albeit organically, he felt it was the right time to get on board full time and take the all-encompassing role of COO. There’s a wealth of talent out here, especially in the tech sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

According to a recent Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Join a startup incubator.

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