SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- Successful Medical Device Company Commercialization Without Venture Capital.

Case Study 100

Case Study Company Companies OCTANE 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. Tesla is not.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I began our discussion by asking Brad what motivated him to co-author Venture Deals , rather than continuing to share venture capitalists’ secrets via his Ask The VC blog. I then asked Brad what he thought would be the most surprising lesson that emerging entrepreneurs will learn from Venture Deals ? There are several.

Venture Capital 224

Venture Capital Writing Entrepreneur Blogging 224

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

In presenting clinical data from a Phase 3 study. If MedCo’s cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran wins FDA approval, it will become the third entry in a new class of medicines that block a cholesterol-boosting protein called PCSK9. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Pricing 84

Pricing Class Study Marketing 84

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. You still need the presentation to back that up.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label.

Entrepreneur 356

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Startup Email 356

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Social Proof in Action … Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using social proof and authority in raising venture capital. These are the people who want to see ROI studies (business), read NY Times reviews by David Pogue or WSJ reviews by Walt Mossberg (consumer). It looks cool, but I can wait.

Marketing 294

Marketing Customer Custom Technical Review 294

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Clinton Foy , General Partner and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscut.vc). Venture Capital is a Long Term Game. That growth mindset is something I've been working on everyday in what I read, the meetings I take, and how present I am in everything I do.

Riot Games 133

Riot Games Southern California Startup Santa Monica 133

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families. There have been studies of adopted children to their natural parents versus the parents that raised them. I have also seen studies on “birth order.&#. I’m now a VC that funds entrepreneurs.

Startup 289

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Study 289

Xconomy

AUGUST 30, 2019

jumped the presentation by a week, promising in a statement Monday that the data were very good, indeed. But in Paris, this cardiologist will be in a conference center, walking an audience through a slide deck packed with Phase 3 data for a new cholesterol-lowering drug, inclisiran. Inclisiran’s owner, the Medicines Co.,

Slides 80

Slides Conference Venture Capital San Diego 80

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. So you need to do one and have it in your back pocket ready to whip out your presentation or your laptop at any moment and go through it in case you’re asked or in case you’re not building the rapport you hope to just verbally. They might be as hard as raising VC.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I was the guy in high school who didn’t have to study early to do well on tests and that continued into college. It also applies to other parts of my life such as presentations. I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. I hear it all the time.

Slides 374

Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

El Segundo 100

El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Study your history. Market Size.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many, many tech companies I meet start with a set of “awesome features” and present them to me (and I suspect also to customers). I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. Why Buy Now?

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. The accelerators are succeeding in generating more companies at the same time that the VC industry is contracting. A VC I respect just told me “the environment is not flush with cash, no matter what the media is saying.”

Angel 49

Angel Pasadena Angels Venture Capital Pasadena 49

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Thousands of people submit their panels for SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) and only a handful will be selected to present. SXSWi is five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. This session will be presented in ENGLISH. Ro Gupta, DISQUS.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. What's the story behind the idea--where did it come from, and how did you decide to present it at the business plan competition?

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Use the feedback to strengthen your presentation and your company. Get to the truth early.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Startup Writing Competition 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

And having frameworks is a useful way to standardize your customer studies so that highly intelligent, inexperienced young people can crank out PowerPoint slides with such authority and beautiful consistency. When people come to present their businesses to me I try my best not to grin fuck them. Make your arguments fact based.

Startup 378

Startup Framework Slides Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout. Hope you all enjoy.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Use the feedback to strengthen your presentation and your company. Get to the truth early.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Writing Competition Tips 90

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

We built that to 50 people with funding from a VC in Ireland closely connected with the European company. Google is doing a web presentment tool, taking data from utility companies. GloNav was focused on GPS chips, and headquartered in Newport Beach. how do you hope to stand out in the market? Kevin Strong: This is really different.

Startup 140

Startup OCTANE Outsource Development Google 140

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Presenter: Scott A. 9:00am: Keynote Presentation: Mobile Advertising: The Hype, The Hope, and The Financial Reality. After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Jones, Founder, Chairman and CEO, ChaCha Search, Inc.

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon makes motion capture devices--reflective markers, along with specialized, high resolution, high speed cameras--which use dots to reproduce motion on a character or to study the movement of a clinical subject. You mentioned you're VC funded? Brian Nilles: Yes, we're funded by a VC, Rho Ventures. billion in 2009.

Tool 113

Tool Platform Venture Capital Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. Hiring Bounty is the first business I’ve founded and has presented an incredible learning curve and no shortage of small wins to get excited about. We received some incubation from 42 Engine, but beyond this will start looking for VC in 2013.

Startup 71

Startup Incubator Marketing Seed Funding 71

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now. But I digress. What I enjoyed about the sharing Nanxi, Espree and also Elvina Beck, PodShare, Founder , gave was how personal their stories were.

Conference 40

Conference Entertainment Startup Digital Hollywood 40