socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2013

ClubLocal pre-screens the service providers it refers consumers to, include running background checks and tracking the experience of users with those providers. As part of the launch into the Bay Area, ClubLocal said its first 1,000 customers will get $100 in free home services to try out the new service.

ReachLocal 178

ReachLocal Services Mobile Screening 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2016

Our competitors don't offer screening, but there's a great demand for on-demand childcare from a reliable source, so people are seeking us out. Plus, we have face to face interaction with our sitters, in addition to background screening. We are really just there to screen them, and make sure they know how to do the job themselves.

Demand 189

Demand CTO Coach Screening CTO Hire 189

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

If this will be a hands on role, then you need to conduct some kind of Technical Screening/test. Make sure you do reference checks. Most often I ignore the list of references they provide. The references they provide are often a last resort. It's often hard to tell from a resume and LinkedIn profile.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. However, I read all of my email, as well as most of the Tweets which reference @johngreathouse. Old School Charm.

Networking 241

Networking Software Review Email Press 241

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Deal screening. Great networking skills, which are critical when you want to be about to reference entrepreneurs & concepts and bounce your ideas off of other people in the industry. Most firms have “associates” and “partners” and some have an additional role called a “principal.”

Help 366

Help Invest Venture Capital Technical Review 366

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Pharmacological research reveals that marine cyanobacteria, single-celled organisms often referred to as blue-green algae, have proven to be an effective cancer treatment in recent human clinical trials.

Screening 100

Screening Research Activity Organization 100

Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2010

With a wide track, angled aggressively at the curves, and being told to hug the wall on the straightaways, there was little reference available to a novice driver as to speed. I had that thrill when a student at the Richard Petty Stockcar School of Driving recently at a motor speedway in California.

Metrics 159

Metrics Screening Email Customer 159

Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2023

With a wide track, angled aggressively at the curves, and being told to hug the wall on the straightaways, there was little reference available to a novice driver as to speed. I had that thrill when a student at the Richard Petty Stockcar School of Driving at a motor speedway in California.

Metrics 156

Metrics Screening Email Customer 156

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Stay on the radar – You need to find a very polite way to persistently be on the top of the radar screen of your VC. You’re just trying to stay on the radar screen. They said they’d call references but haven’t? So how to proceed? Read the following as a guide. ENTREPRENEUR NEXT STEPS.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Startup Email News 277

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to thoroughly reference check their VCs – you’ll learn much more from this than anything else. Or maybe you’re developing second screen viewing applications like GetGlue or building a YouTube studio to deliver low-cost content. Lines vs. Dots is all about people.

Entrepreneur 330

Entrepreneur Marketing Venture Capital Hulu 330

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Your gut-feelings are important, but need to be validated by normal background and reference checks. Utilizing unprofessional sources for candidates.

Organization 135

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 135

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 12, 2013

They are often referred to as “Best Browse or “Amazon’s Showroom.” Demonstrate configuration, discuss inputs and on screen display options. While they’ve not done a great job to keep our trust in the past, much of this was out of their control. Unbox a receiver and explain the inputs.

Course 124

Course Class Education Screening 124

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. It's a great reference that keeps me up to date on all the candidates' stances and who I align with. He was my compass, and helped educate me on the issues.

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

It hadn’t occurred to me that one might wish somebody congratulations for marking the day you became independent as a nation but I guess when you think about it, if you didn’t have a cultural reference it was a pretty appropriate guess at what to say. Congratulations, indeed! The far right is also wrong on this issue.

Startup 290

Startup Education Help Screening 290

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media. The next step, is lighting up as many screens, in as many cities around the world, to fulfill the vision of this globally connected experience. We've got museums who want TheBlu installed. There's been a tremendous amount of resonance.

Cloud Computing 208

Cloud Computing Web Entertainment Media 208

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. We met everybody in the organization.

Outsource Development 333

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 333

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 20, 2011

You tap the pencil icon in the upper right of your screen to bring up the compose screen. Mainly the inability to reshare posts, you cannot “like&# comments and you cannot refer to usernames from within the app (similar to @replies on Twitter). Posting an update to your Stream is fairly simple.

Google 67

Google Screening Startup Mobile 67

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. We met everybody in the organization.

Outsource Development 329

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review News 329

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. It's a great reference that keeps me up to date on all the candidates' stances and who I align with. He was my compass, and helped educate me on the issues.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Your gut-feelings are important, but need to be validated by normal background and reference checks. Utilizing unprofessional sources for candidates.

Organization 104

Organization Satisfaction Entrepreneur Screening 104

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals. He found out to get on the radar screens of Will Smith, P Diddy, Biggie Smalls – when Troy wasn’t even 20.

Mentor 228

Mentor Venture Capital Marketing Product 228

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

It also gives families access to a marketplace of hundreds of experienced caregivers in Southern California, with access to high-definition (HD) video profiles, rigorous background checks, social references and reviews. Careseekers can view caregivers by location on an inbuilt map, HD videos, social references and reviews.

Software Review 77

Software Review Technical Review Southern California Summary 77

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

Another sure-fire approach to finding what’s available is to check local university resources – almost every one offers some services along these lines, or certainly can refer you to local alternatives. This organization claims to be the world’s leading organization for advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.

Incubator 93

Incubator Startup Seed Funding Mentor 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We actually approached him for a referral, and when he saw the work we were setting out to do, he referred himself. Robin knew Dan from his previous entrepreneurial ventures, and we needed someone with Dan's background. He became our third co-founder, and the company came together. Robin had been an investor in our previous companies.

Content 150

Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We don’t offer banking services, but we do refer our users to banks that work with us. The ZunguZ advanced patent pending social fraud screening algorithms, combine the same level of your banks security with a social fraud screening layer. Are you competing with banks or are you working with them? Why should people use Zunguz?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ophir references a study that listed a striking statistic: 54% of all ads being shown aren’t actually being seen. But he believes while percentages may shift, overall market and overall time spent with different screens is going up dramatically across the board (which is the more important part). Why the shift? Banner blindness.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings. Today, that oh-my-god moment refers to a mobile app. In short, if you are always on the go, apps are your best friend. We need an APP!

Mobile 95

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 95

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. We met everybody in the organization.

Startup 151

Startup Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review 151

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Stress Tests and Phone Screens. It is strongly advised to save some time to screen candidates in a form of a phone interview in advance. Check References. With seasonal hires, it is important that you double check your candidates with their references. This means thinking ahead of time.

Tips 40

Tips Screening Training Customer 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2016

Trying to save costs by seeking resumes on the Internet will result in poor quality candidates, more time required for screening and interviews, and high turnover. Your gut-feelings are important, but need to be validated by normal background and reference checks. Utilizing unprofessional sources for candidates.

Organization 57

Organization Entrepreneur Satisfaction Screening 57

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2016

Filter all digital responses to a list of the top-five candidates through phone screening. Compare rankings, reference check and prepare an offer for the selected candidate. Communicate job opening via your web site, craigslist and personal emails. Conduct on-site interviews for each of the top-five with you and at least two peers.

Technical Review 56

Technical Review Coach Training Screening 56

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 20, 2011

For those unfamiliar, augmented reality (AR) refers to the use of graphical or informational overlays onto the real world to provide a mixed reality experience. Think a google maps digital overlay over a police helicopter chase video, with all visible street names and numbers on the screen. Science fiction stuff right?

Conference 69

Conference Startup Google Competition 69

Daradiction

JUNE 5, 2010

Dale described the mechanism of the ego as if your mind is a movie projector beaming images (thoughts) onto the screen. Dale asked me to consider what would happen if I simply removed the screen, where would these images project?

Startup 49

Startup Screening Santa Monica Examples 49

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 22, 2016

Don’t take up more than ⅓ of the screen, unless you have a super compelling concept. On the next screen, you select the timeframe you want your filter to run. If your business name is anywhere in it or it references a business whatsoever, choose business and make sure your business logo is easily visible. STEP 4: FINAL TOUCHES.

Customer 56

Customer Custom Snapchat Design 56

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The key to a successful raise is to make sure you stay on investors’ radar screen, but not to appear desperate. Likewise, if you come across an article or some bit of news that you think would interest the investor (maybe something that references a topic you discussed), forward it to them. Startup Fundraising: Pacing.

Startup 40

Startup News Invest Entrepreneur 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

The role of these investment staff varies firm-to-firm but they often entail: Sourcing deals for partners Helping with initial deal screening with a partner Helping with due diligence (competitive assessments, customer calls, reference checking, market sizing, technology reviews, etc.)

Venture Capital 314

Venture Capital Technical Review Invest Slides 314

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding. The conversation moves from consuming images on a screen in lean back mode, to active engagement. It’s why I wrote that the best meetings are debates and not pitches. That’s an awesome suggestion. Beautifully written.

Venture Capital 299

Venture Capital Slides Technical Advisors Startup 299