socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi has expanded its renter screening service, ScreenWorks Pro, saying this morning that it has started providing access to payroll records from Equifax in the olution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2011

If you look at Diagram A above you’ll see that the presenters are sitting at the opposite end of the table from where the screen is. The problem is that the people your presenting to are forced to choose between looking at you and looking at the screen. Sitting by the screen is the best excuse. We didn’t realize.&#

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Tips Screening Slides Venture Capital 392

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JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. I became aware of Sam several years ago as I started noticing his name repeated in the comments section of my blog. Sam later decided he wanted to do a startup.

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Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Many of them have their iPhones and laptops ready to command their attention the moment that you start sucking. Stories have starts, middles and ends. I They all start to blend together. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. You need to memorize what you’re going to say when each image comes up.

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Slides Startup Conference Writing 399

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

CTO Hire 282

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 282

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2010

Let’s start with what I like most about the product. I was recently over at the Mahalo offices in Santa Monica and I noticed that they had a great big screen TV with Chartbeat displaying their traffic data. It’s fun when a story is blowing up to see the right hand side of your screen light up like a pinball machine.

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Blogging Google Screening Mahalo 287

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2012

How do you make it easier for consumers to try out different outfits, when they can't because they're in front of their computer screen? A Los Angeles-based startup, Zugara , is looking to overcome that with a softwar eproduct which allows users to virtually try on outfits using augmented reality.

Commerce 187

Commerce Startup Screening Web 187

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that funding is something you do in “funding season,&# some mythical 2-month period when you’re ready with a great Powerpoint deck and you hit up all of the VC’s at the same time so that you can quickly raise money and get back to the job of building a business.

Venture Capital 309

Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Andrew & Petri posed a question to me, “If Walt Disney were starting his company today, what kind of company would he build? They had all of their character development started (they showed up mock-ups) and the basic gameplay for Game 1 was through through (but not yet built).

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Funding Technical Review Startup Screening 373

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based Flipagram , the startup which develops mobile apps which let you put your photos to free, popular music, said today that its apps now feature full screen photo video editing, and up to 60 seconds of free music. Flipagram is led by startup veteran Farhad Mohit.

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Flipagram Screening Mobile Los Angeles 100

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

It’s the person who never gives up – who never accepts “no&# for an answer. If you’re already running a startup you know all this. But some founders have that extra quality that makes them never give up. I came up lots of reasons why I was the perfect fit. My company was relatively unknown.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? They can travel the world, take classes in interesting subjects, spend time with loved ones or start new hobbies. You’re on the DS (deferred startup) plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 31, 2020

I’m going to make this post pretty high-level because my goal is to help anybody who wants to get started quickly. I’m going to follow up with a series of detailed posts about what I did so that if you want more information, help, support or insights I can go deeper. How to Get Started? A way of life rather than a restriction.

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Startup Course Writing Help 526

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2016

The Green Screen Institute , a startup accelerator which is looking to create innovation in the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) areas, says that it is getting close to closing applications for its first, startup accelerator program.

Fandango 174

Fandango Startup Screening Venture Capital 174

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

And of course you could add up impressions by counting your the followers of everybody who had retweeted plus your own. Understanding what lights up actions from your social campaigns and earned media is the key to improving future performance. Here’s a screen shot of my home page on awe.sm. Startup Advice'

Marketing 307

Marketing Technical Review Startup Tool 307

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But as we’ve all gotten used to the standard “banner&# across the top of our screens or the “sky scraper&# along the right-hand side we’ve trained ourselves not to look there any longer. Like many users I just started reading the WaPo OpEds more. Normalizing ad units obviously has a benefit. I know, I know.

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Media Advertising Screening Content 288

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

However, it appears the spirit of innovation and technology didn't leave Google's old space: instead, that office has become Real Office Centers (realofficecenters.com), an office center which on a recent Friday looked to have become somewhat of a hub for Silicon Beach's startup and investors. It's up to the community.

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Google Tech Coast Angels Screening Santa Monica 253

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The promised to follow up with: calls, using your product, talking to customers or “noodle on things.&# Will they? Despite best intentions they probably won’t follow up on their actions. Why don’t VC’s follow up? Start with a very short thank you email the day after your pitch.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Startup Email News 277

SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

CTO Hire 225

CTO Hire CTO Coach Technical Review Startup 225

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Street Smarts - OK, so you’re a tenacious person – you never give up. Well obviously that’s meaningless if your startup idea sucks. He was at a startup that was in a super hot sector.

Entrepreneur 306

Entrepreneur Startup Outsource Development Customer 306

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. start-ups are overvalued. And I’m seeing this even at some really well run startups. Big difference.].

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” The power of large screen real estate.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

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APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. He teamed up with Jordanna Joaquina, a genetic counselor, to create an online version of what she was already doing in the physical world. They’ve already signed up headliners like The Improv.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

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APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent. Banner Ads. Text is what we’re reading.

Advertising 352

Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. start-ups are overvalued. Well, it’s not because the good start-ups look bad; it’s because the bad start-ups look good!

Startup 361

Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

SoCal CTO

APRIL 28, 2014

So I promised that I would provide a follow-up after the session. This is that follow-up and hopefully it’s useful to people outside of the session as well. Challenges I started by asking the founders in the room to tell me some of the challenges they have working with developers. Poor machine, screen, connection, chair.

Develop 280

Develop Development CTO Coach CTO Hire 280

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. Many “tech companies” now have green screens. And make-up artists. But there does seem to be huge startup energy around the Flatiron District / Union Square. And writers!

Technology 313

Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. You connect with Facebook. More on this below.

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

Eric Greenspan

MAY 4, 2010

Flag for Follow-up. Why not use a fingerprint scanner as login, directly on the screen? Why not allow a screen of Favorites for phone numbers? Why not allow a screen of Favorites for phone numbers? Why can’t I touch a time on the calendar to START an entry? Show all UNOPENED. Before OS 4.0, Am I alone?

Screening 190

Screening Startup Email 190

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

They ask for a little bit additional information and that's it, you are up and going. You are up and going in just a few clicks. Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. You connect with Facebook. More on this below.

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

When computers moved from “green screens” to Windows we – the educated, young, technophiles – easily grasped the concept. It was hard to imagine customer service reps who had learned every keystroke short-cut by heart on a green screen and weren’t eager to embrace the obvious future. Startup Advice'

Product 408

Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

At my first startup, we built a feature for creating project tasks. Each meeting generated hundreds of action items to be followed up on. The best format for this person would have been a spreadsheet like input screen because 50 actions at a time might relate to one person or one company. Let me give you an example.

Design 284

Design Product Screening Examples 284

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I just had to line up behind him. We then started talking about Dave McClure. At first I was cynical about his ability to have 500 startups (or some fraction of that which is still larger than any VC has). I started to realize that Dave is able to do it because he approaches VC differently. I appreciate it. Show Notes.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2010

Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. If so, you very likely watched in on a RealD-enabled movie screen. Seen a 3D movie lately?

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Hollywood Technology Company Companies 187

socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2013

The boast and challenge is a big one for the small startup, which only launched its services a few years ago, and only recently started focusing primarily on the small business web conferencing market.

Tech Coast Angels 248

Tech Coast Angels Keiretsu Pasadena Angels Conference 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. How did you start blogging? “My In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. was starting. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. You still need the presentation to back that up.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2013

RealD said that it will equip up to 60 auditoriums with its 3D technology for Mirage Cinema Group. RealD says it now has approximately 22,200 screens worldwide using its 3D cinema technology, across 68 countries. RealD did not disclose financial details of the deal, but did say the installation of those screens has already started.

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Screening Startup Los Angeles Report 147