Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. Technology pilots.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2017

It’s critical to stay current with the technology that runs your organization and secures your operational infrastructure. Using case studies and best practice examples, these exhibitor-presented sessions offer you the solutions needed to address your technology challenges and achieve your organizational goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The pillars of change she details include the following: Embracing and adapting to technology. Technology is not the solution per se , but it provides the key enablement, drivers, and support for the required flexibility, integration, communication, metrics, and affordability that are required in the workplace today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

We have all heard about the successes of flattened management organizations in the last decade at Facebook, Valve, Zappos, and others. For an in-depth study of the pros and cons of a bossless environment, I found a new book, “ Why Managers Matter ,” by management scholars Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Every entrepreneur should heed the following lessons on collaboration derived from the authors work on the culture, process and technology of collaboration in hundreds of companies: Consensus is the enemy of collaboration. From the study referenced, measured gains ranged from three to six times. All team members must be committed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

I do believe that we are in structural change where technology will increasingly play a bigger role in all facets of life so the long run up for tech is promising through all of these cycles. ROI studies were published. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Studies have shown that the practice of meditation positively affects the nervous system by lowering blood pressure, lessening symptoms of anxiety, fighting depression, and curbing insomnia. VR has been studied and used as a tool to relieve stress, PTSD, and other significant health issues.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

If you don’t have a good sales methodology already in place in your organization you might try reading that last link. Calling high means reaching the highest level appropriate person in an organization that you can reach to hear your pitch. In a small to mid-sized organization this is likely the CEO or perhaps a COO or SVP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Start with defining and publishing innovation goals at the company level, and then ask for specific objectives from every organization. Take time to create a structure for innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2021

In an eye-opening Franklin Covey study, respondents indicated that 40 percent of their time was being spent on things that were not important to them or their companies. Although the authors focus has been on large organizations, I believe concepts are even more relevant to entrepreneurs and startups. That’s productivity.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

View the Slideshow On November 4-6, Xconomy organized a meeting of the minds—an elite gathering of leaders in technology, business, healthcare, education, and energy—to discuss and demonstrate the key trends in their fields, heading into next year. You can enjoy. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

Of the various forms of the technology, CRISPR-Cas9 is the easiest to use, and it’s already showing up in summer camps and school science labs near you. When everyone can edit an organism’s genes, how will the world change? Gene editing has arrived. That would be middle schools. Should we be worried?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2011

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring are given each year to individuals who have mentored students studying science or engineering. Mataric's work was featured last year at the TEDxUSC event, which was organized by USC's Stevens Insitute of Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing. Get real experience early.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. The Science Inc accelerated startup also said it had delivered 2.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

New digital technologies, business models, and regulatory rulings are forcing all of us to think outside of our silos and rethink what it means to operate effectively. Transforming your organization for the new global economy requires perseverance and long-term thinking.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

What's the best way to reach out and recruit diverse candidates for your technology company? Chuka Ikokwu: We focus on both the media and technology industry, and we don't just focus on engineering. A diverse team will increase your profitability by between 31 and 41 percent, according to that McKinsey and MIT study.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

All assets and resources will be transferred to GM’s Global Innovation organization, as well as the larger enterprise, according to a GM spokesperson. Only a program directed at gig workers was still operational in that city. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it has started to wind down Maven.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2021

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. Markets are now hyper-connected, where communications technology and rapid transportation link all citizens of the world together.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

San Diego-based Organovo (NASDAQ: ONVO ) said today it plans to use its 3D bio-printing technology to produce living human liver tissue “patches” that can be transplanted in patients with fatal liver disease. The idea is to help improve the function of failing livers, a stopgap measure that could extend the lives of patients on the U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Music Prodigy , a Los Angeles based music education technology firm serious on improving the way people learn, play and interact with music beat over 70 startups with their app Rock Prodigy to win the Silicon Beach Awards. The post Music Prodigy Beats 70 Startups To Bring Music Education Technology to the Masses appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology. I still find too many service organizations that ignore or discount online reviews and satisfaction surveys. Provide relevant case studies illustrating your results.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2022

That means making sure you are utilizing coaching and mentoring, as well as training to keep up with changes in technology and the marketplace. I still find many organizations that think of internal change in terms of months and years, or even worse, suffer from “analysis paralysis,” or studying a problem forever.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

” Also last year it published a study in collaboration with the University of Texas showing that pollution is hyperlocal — thereby supporting its thesis that effective air quality mapping requires dense networks of sensors if you’re going to truly reflect the variable reality on the ground.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2019

The pillars of change she details include the following: Embracing and adapting to technology. Technology is not the solution per se , but it provides the key enablement, drivers, and support for the required flexibility, integration, communication, metrics, and affordability that are required in the workplace today.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Brandon Hance , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles based GoodThreads , went through college as a student athlete playing football for USC while studying business. Loaded with his technology and merchandise background, GoodThreads was born. That little bug took Brandon for an exciting ride in the world of business. The Way It Works.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 11, 2010

Below is a talk on Cloud Computing from the University of California Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program, by Michael Crandell. from Stanford University and completed graduate studies at Harvard University. Full Bio: Michael Crandell, CEO and Founder of Right Scale. Crandell received his B.A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. Overall, as an entrepreneur, you just need to be aware that the notions of work are changing just as fast as the technology for products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2020

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies. Technology pilots.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Organic Academia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Kaplan is a leading expert in building innovation cultures, and speaks from his real-world experience with many companies, as well as academic study. Start with defining and publishing innovation goals at the company level, and then ask for specific objectives from every organization. Take time to create a structure for innovation.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Productive offices get more done—their workers complete projects faster and bring in more revenue for their organizations. Studies show that natural light has a positive effect on mental health, productivity, and job satisfaction. Below you will find several techniques managers can use to encourage office productivity: .

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We partnered with the Starburst Accelerator, which has spent several years helping aerospace and defense organization partner with startups at various stages, to create what I consider to be one of the most valuable ecosystems for space tech entrepreneurs in the world. Is this the usual three month format for a Techstars accelerator?

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