socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2013

On top was OCTANe Launchpad , the Orange County-based accerator for startups in the technology, life science, and clean technology industries. Finally, Amplify LA had a total of 9 funding events which fell into our study period. So what does this all mean for accelerators and entrepreneurs?

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you think it’s hard to get the technical systems to talk to each other, I have found that it’s even harder to bridge the gulf between the various professionals who interpret them. I assure you of the need to really listen to customer feedback, both proactively in market studies, as well as after-the-sale reviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

According to TheStreet , US IPO market results in Q2 2020 posted a strong bounce-back from Q1 with 58 IPOs, after a slow start due to the Covid19 pandemic. According to a dated but still relevant study by PricewaterhouseCoopers , companies average $3.7 Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

. —Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY ) of Cambridge, MA, said that it would shelve its drug revusiran after 18 patients died in a Phase 3 study to treat the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis. —The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine went to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

A study of the venture capital deal flow in Southern California conducted by socalTECH shows that venture capital deals dropped for Q3, to around $720M in deals, in a market dominated by clean technology firms. in venture capital deals in the third quarter, down dramatically from $1.2B

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2016

In fact, according to the most recent Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent SBA reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. percent to 24.3 percent last year.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Technical Support 75

Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

The CRISPR news this week doesn’t need a metaphor; the drama that MIT Technology Review reported can stand alone. Everyone is waiting until 2017, when huge studies of the drugs’ ability to prevent heart attacks and strokes start to provide data. Be our guest and try it.). Time for the gold-medal roundup.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Xconomy rounded up some post-election thoughts from several local tech and life science leaders , which included a mix of outrage, resiliency, hope, rationalizing, grandstanding, and some calls for calm and reason. The Nitto drug is in a Phase 1b study. Bagger is helping run the transition. CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. 6 at the U.S.

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Patents Study Pricing Research 87

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

As the San Diego Union Tribune reported in 2013, Tsien (pictured) was also unafraid to shine the spotlight on what he considered suspect scientific approaches, even when espoused by legends like DNA co-discoverer James Watson.

News 57

News San Diego Journal Technical Review 57

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My Human Computer Interaction.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

I was happy to see a real focus on preparing for tomorrow highlighted in a new book, “ Start a Successful Business ,” by Colleen DeBaise, who has made a career of studying and writing about entrepreneur challenges. Regularly follow reviews and influencers in your industry.

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Customer Custom Technical Review Software Review 57

Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

government’s Precision Medicine Initiative is an ambitious effort to collect the genomic data of 1 million Americans, and tech giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG ) is deeply involved. . —The U.S. Alex Lash examined the company’s role, via its biotech subsidiary Verily Life Sciences, in the massive project. —David H. In the U.S.,

Google 40

Google Technical Review News Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

The industry had seen unprecedented growth in the past decade due to a combination of factors, one of which was the United States’ economic recession. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2015

A uStamp study reported 65% of companies allow employees to work remotely and 69 percent of remote employees say they feel liberated being able to work away from the office. According to Talent Development , 46% of remote employees say they feel isolated due to a lack of face-to-face contact with team members.

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Study Technical Review Product Report 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The remainder of this article will deal with this decision but it comes down to the different economics of DVD rentals due to “ the first sale doctrine ” which gives Netflix a complete library of films and the fact that the first-sale doctrine doesn’t apply to digital downloads. The big price increase : 5 out of 5 stars.

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Netflix Customer Custom Pricing 287

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The full report is here ; a summary is here.). Xconomy reached Tyler Jacks, the co-chair of the panel and director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, to ask about the report. Bluebird said the FDA would let it incorporate the changes into the study, rather than start a new set of trials.

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Pricing Startup News Screening 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

This is often management’s fault because a long-deck plus financials that arrive the night before a board meeting don’t allow for directors to properly review them. It’s one thing to push back against executive compensation but another entirely to help with benchmarking studies and help get board support for a plan.

Startup 251

Startup Help Technical Review Writing 251

Xconomy

JUNE 17, 2016

The filing held some surprises , however, as Xconomy reported: plans to convert about $200 million in debt—a massive amount for a privately held biotech—into shares at the IPO, with some of those shares holding special privileges for their owners. . —Ben Fidler contributed to this report. Reprints | Share:

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News Technical Review Conference Report 55

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

I studied a Business Science with Honours in Marketing at University of Cape Town. While completing my internship I was attracted by another Quirk business, BrandsEye.BrandsEye tracks online conversation and reports back to clients on the sentiment held about their brand. .” Here is the interview in full.

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Startup Incubator Marketing Seed Funding 71

Xconomy

AUGUST 2, 2016

The New York Times reported last week that the NFL and USA Football had publicized inaccurate statistics about the efficacy of a training program called Heads Up Football in preventing concussions in youth football players.

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Study Training News Statistics 40

Xconomy

JULY 15, 2016

After last week’s revelation of three patient deaths in its leading cancer immunotherapy trial, the FDA suspended the study. All eyes are on Holmes, who is scheduled to present data from the company’s technology at a medical conference on August 1. Sarepta’s drug is currently under an FDA review.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

Our first project was 3D imaging of the heart, so that doctors could study a pacemaker and defibrillator recall from the Alfred E. They wanted to do 3-D X-rays, but at the time, there was not technology available to do that. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues. Mann implantable device area.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

A look around technology industry, perhaps the heart of the global revolution, shows a happily working international community all pushing for the common goal of innovation. With this, Silicon Valley has decided to speak out about the stifling affect of immigration law and the impacts that have caused crippling of the American tech industry.

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Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. Therese Tucker: My background is technology.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Creating a strong value proposition requires substantial customer insight, thorough study, an understanding of the real value of intellectual property, thoughtfulness, and several iterations. Supporting detail should be included in an appendix, where the reviewer may read it if desired.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Activity 106

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

. —The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN, reported that a misdiagnosis of a heart problem called long QT syndrome led to an unnecessary implant for a young boy. The Mayo Clinic cardiologist behind the report published a study earlier this year about long QT misdiagnosis leading to improper defibrillator implants.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A recent study by Nielsen showed that an average American adult spend some 34 hours per month using mobile internet on smartphones compared to 27 hours via personal computer. So what do people like about the mobile app technology? The growth of the mobile app technology is something that companies, big or small, are riding on.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

AeA Los Angeles Council

APRIL 25, 2008

A study by the Telework Coaltion surveyed 13 organizations that collectively had more than 77,000 teleworkers. The report found that the organizations that successfully leveraged teleworking as a tool to downsize office space, saw an annual cost savings of $10,000 per employee. One-third listed it as the best way. www.koodooz.com

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AeA IBM IBM Tool 40

SoCal Delicious

APRIL 5, 2010

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