Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Make every effort to have your mind be totally present for each challenge from a team member or customer. In simple terms, this means managing your own schedule , rather than allowing events and distractions to manage you. Take the time to fully focus on each task you are faced with, and your decisions and productivity will improve.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 3, 2013

On Monday, May 6 th , 2013 hackers are invited to attend the first Hacker Zazen event. Presented by Codewars and Cross Campus , this monthly gathering has been organized to attract a mastermind of hackers to share ideas and write code. The main event mimics a mini-hackathon on the chosen Katas and hacking on Missions.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. We write and create our own content for the game. This way we keep the questions fresh and up to date with current events. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event. When: Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 7:00 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

I often felt like it was a sort of Meeting Tourette’s Syndrome problem I had but when people present and move very slowly covering obvious ground and making no point the pressure in my builds and builds until I almost accidentally blurt out uncontrollably. ” I write. This hit me over the head. I wish I didn’t.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

I have included UCSB’s catalog course numbers in the event a student is interested in learning more about a particular class. Pursue courses that encompass group dynamics, presentation skills, leadership and seeking understanding and compromise in contentious situations. Writing / English / Public Speaking. Communication.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

What that did, is it helped us to expand the service to help publishers do the following: identify what content to write, how to distribute that content to various mediums, and how to monetize that content. Journalists are notorious for not wanting to write based on revenues or commercial intersts, or having anyone tell them what to write.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

Maybe they’ve hit a few set backs: They’ve struggled to raise money, they haven’t gotten press coverage or they haven’t gotten accepted to present at prestigious conferences. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails. It’s your job to persist. Nothing beats a warm intro.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

“Great presentation. If you’ve never witnessed Eric Reiss speak at an event, this weekend is your chance to do so! Attending his speaking events is not only educational and useful to your business but it has often been described as very comical and entertaining. ” -Testimonial from an attendee at the L.A.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

A class we produce here at General Assembly called “Intro to the LA Startup Community” , has turned into a series, each time presented by a different prominent person in the startup ecosystem providing a unique perspective on the tech scene in LA. The post Intro to the LA Startup Scene appeared first on TechZulu.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

The event was created in 2010 by Hank and John Green, when they hosted approximately 1,400 industry insiders and fans. The current year''s event drew over 11,000 people and has been sold out for months. This sponsor-driven presentation had the makings of a boring, self-serving talk. Entertainment." Border Run.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

During some early pop up events in L.A., Within a month we had celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Big Sean and Grammy-nominated producer Kosine Palacious attending the first official ‘Doppels Day’ event,” said Hagger. Writing a wish list for birthday presents at 10 years-old is expected. Say Goodbye To The Wish List.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. Although put together by UCLA its not just a UCLA Student event. This Sunday TechZulu will be there streaming the final presentations, judging and the awards starting at 5pm PST. You can signup here.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. We saw several companies present and I was mostly there for the networking. One company – Samasource – presented an incredibly inspirational goal of helping people in developing countries – not by aid but by engaging them in work. Not this one. A teddy bear.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

It took about half of one day for the event, focused on the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur, and showcasing what women are building. It's a great event. You want to get some candor from the executives who are presenting as part of the event.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

That is how I got to write for this site, I added another writer on Twitter, we exchanged emails, I asked about this site and she passed me along to the editor. Write to designers you look up to and ask for feedback, you will be surprised at how many people will write you back. Ask for feedback. Start a local group.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

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. The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides. I left that presentation and sat down in a coffee shop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

Final features approval event. Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. If you are the sign-off, don’t be afraid to say “no.”

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2010

The WebTV Workshop in Hollywood offers a month long course on creating your web series – from writing to promoting it. For those who might have missed the WebTV Workshop last night with Pro's such as our own Amanda Coolong, Streamy Award Winner (writer) Bernie Su ( Compulsions.tv ), and Liz Shannon Miller ( NewTeeVee , Editor).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Tonight I was reading a good blog post ( here ) from Sean Powers with Alistair Croll on preparing yourself for the TC50 “bump” – the rise in traffic that a company gets from presenting at TechCrunch 50. I want to talk about that day after the event. I could be TC50 or any other high profile event. Idei-san.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2010

“Thank you for writing to me – it’s nice to hear from you (or meet you) via email. I do try to get to tech social events from time-to-time so I hope we can catch up there. Politely warm the presenter before they start, “I’m really sorry. I suggested something like the following.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

My pal Dave occasionally presents “headline risks” for investors. I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. This Dave knew I was running an event on “the future of television” that was important to me. I’ve been told so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Final features approval event. Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. If you are the sign-off, don’t be afraid to say “no.”

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

At the beginning of the index, Guy writes, “I hope Robert Cialdini checks this index.” Guy utilizes a pragmatic, hands-on approach, which provides readers with tools to enhance their persuasion capabilities, rather than simply presenting them a non-actionable narrative. Like King, his writing style is breezy and engaging.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

I got a call from a VC friend of mine who said, “we’re looking at this deal but can’t write the full check. But I had just seen the company present at a recent tech event and thought highly of what they were building. I decided to write a $2+ million check along with my co-investor who offered $750k.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time. It has to be a pretty good event for it to be worth attending.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

This strangely may come even more quickly in the more successful funds, because any funds (ours included) who still hold some public stock from a recent IPO will likely be seeing write-downs sooner due to the immediacy and transparency of public stocks being repriced. The full presentation can be downloaded on SlideShare or viewed below.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 27, 2010

Join TechZulu as we present Digital LA: 3D panel live tomorrow July 28 at 8pm PST. We'll also discuss how 3D can be used most effectively to tell stories, and how 3D can affect the script-writing process and visa versa. Click here to watch Live July 28 at 8pm PST. Vinny Bruzzese, President Ipsos OTX Worldwide Motion Picture Group.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Even though Lyft nor Sidecar presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 they need to be mentioned as they were a huge time saver both getting from after party to after party and also to get to the airport. Planana – Sponsorship money for your next event. Lyft / Sidecar – The Airbnb of commuter transportation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

Final features approval event. Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. If you are the sign-off, don’t be afraid to say “no.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Final features approval event. Make a visible event at the executive level out of the final specification approval, detailing features, costs, and time frames. Change requests should be documented, sized, and tradeoffs presented for approval or disapproval. If you are the sign-off, don’t be afraid to say “no.”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Mostly, I love writing. I know this because you’re not a young teenager. And if you are – what on earth are you reading such a boring blog as this?!?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes. Ask them to mention you to the press, speak about you on stage when they do public events, whatever. .” I know it sounds obvious. Rob does it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

We end up out a lot at events: dinners, cocktail parties, conferences. We spend the entire day together on Mondays in our partners’ meetings and seeing companies present. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me. We travel together.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

There are so many activities and events that have sprouted this year to support the thriving tech scene in Southern California. These events, and others like them, take place all around the country and even the world! THIRD TIME’S A CHARM: On Sunday we presented to a panel of judges consisting of entrepreneurs and a VC investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. In the event that they do purchase us now I would obviously pay all of your legal costs associated with this transaction. And so this situation of having VCs and acquirers present is a common one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Actively participate in local business groups and events, like The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) and entrepreneur forums. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Start with your own judgment, but don’t hesitate to ask for advice from a seasoned investor. Ideal partners here should not include your best friend or a family member.

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