Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys, which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Our platform can be used worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

In my work with new startups, I often find people who believe that the terms “ entrepreneur ” and “ inventor ” are interchangeable. Yet I find a big difference between “starting a new business” and “creating a new product.” A good entrepreneur starts with quantifying the problem, rather than a solution looking for a problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. These can easily start new trends, or capitalize on existing ones.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. And the company is in talks with other platforms, like the Apple Store, he said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. A partnership was announced last year with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Beast Mode is taking on a new meaning in the startup world.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Earlier this week, Good Growth Capital (www.goodgrowthvc.com) announced it has started looking at investments in Southern California, adding Krisztina Holly as West Coast Venture Partner for the firm. Our Infinite Corridor Fund makes pre-seed to seed investments in transformative science startups, primarily MIT-related.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 4, 2016

The team at Native Ads hope that they can help all websites remove ‘disruptive display ads’ with its innovative platform. The platform bridges the gap between live streaming channels and website owners to provide a useful and effective advertising experience for online audiences. StreamSpread. Sta Media actually boasts a U.S.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start.

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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. Beat 70 Start-ups. it’s like a video game! Practice, Right Skills & Experience.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

a crowd-powered platform that gives accredited investors access to exclusive deal flow and technology transfer opportunities has launched in beta its crowd-powered portal for startups, JumpStartFund. Members submit ideas and patents, the JumpStartFund community members and the JumpStartFund team vets them.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Los Angeles area entrepreneurs, investors, and startups have gotten to know Paige Craig fairly well over the last few years, as he's made many investments in the local ecosystem. What we're giving companies, is a platform to create, manage, and measure perks for all of their employees. Paige Craig: It was a couple of things.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

His framework seems to be picking up some traction, and is already in use informally by several entrepreneurship platforms, universities, and even high school programs. The Builder loves building a business from the ground up. Internal forces (your startup team). Some are very positive.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. How did you guys end up working together on investments? A few years back, I started looking at angel investing. Why start an investment firm in Los Angeles?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

What happens when you apply big data and computer science to digest all of that social data being fed into Twitter and other social platforms--and cross match that to location information? We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Don't bet on any one platform.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

New and innovative designers are popping up everywhere, thanks to new technology like 3D printing. SYNCFAB , (Synchronized Fabrication) is a platform to bring hybrid 3D printing and connect inventors and designers with manufacturers and material specialists to bring back local manufacturing.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Barry was a lead mentor there at Chapman University's Launch Labs, and we paired up. What is Beatshare?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. A partnership was announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. In fact, it''s patently obvious, which makes it even more shocking that many digital ad executives do such a poor job of prompting mobile engagement and conversions. Follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Today’s digital leaders all have a digital platform – a set of algorithms stitched together to collect and analyze key data, and tune their algorithms dynamically for every transaction. You need a platform that is comfortable with the global scope of today’s market, with it’s wide range of social and economic cultures, trends, and needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. A partnership was just announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC''s startup ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. This blog post ended up on Valleywag (which had much bigger presence back then). Anyway, the starting point for this blog entry is a cartoon I remember reading in the New Yorker.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

One startup, SwoopThat (www.swoopthat.com)--started by a recent college grad Jonathan Simkin --has made it much easier to buy books for student, by pulling up books based on a student's schedule. How did you come up with the web site? We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2015

We caught up with CEO Kos Galatsis to learn more about the company''s technology, promise, and where the company is today. Kos Galatsis: We are doing something unique when it comes to startups, in that we are buildling real hardware. How did you make the decision to make this a stand alone startup? There are a few things.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 25, 2019

After guiding the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing startup from scientific breakthrough toward the development of a potential cutting-edge medicine, slogging victoriously through a legendary patent fight , and reaching the cusp of an historic clinical trial , the well-traveled Bosley is cutting out, the company said Tuesday.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

A licensed version of the platform will offer large software publishers, content creators and hardware manufacturers a turnkey solution to create their own private-label storefront.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman , CEO and Founder of Los Angeles-based Bccthis (www.Bccthis.com), a startup looking to add additional functionality and private messaging into both corporate emails and Twitter messages. Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. Plus, a TweetUp already means a meet up in a city organized through Twitter. TweetPhoto - Real-time photo sharing platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2021

Being willing to concede and learn, without giving up on your direction, is indicative of a wise leader. Sometimes, to scale the market you need drive expansion by co-opetition or fostering common platforms. Learn to let go of small things and hold on to strategic. You can be in charge, without always being in control.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. While it’s en vogue for everyone and their grandmother to start an accelerator, the University is coming at it with much, much different motivations than most.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

The Vinetta Project (www.vinettaproject.com), a group which is focused on helping to accelerate the growth of female-led startups, announced a few weeks ago that it is working with P&G Ventures, the internal "startup studio" of Procter and Gamble on an effort to help female-led companies in Los Angeles.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging. Brands that have a fan base can use it as a marketing platform, and they can push things out to their list. We thought it would be nice to combine that with sending a text message, which is how the whole thing started.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Co-creator of Farmville and the technical platform for Zynga. Co-creator of the Lotus Share platform, which powers the new Lotus Connections Files and Wikis components at IBM. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. Come by yourself and team up or bring your engineering/product design friends.

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