InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. Startups Need Execution, Not Administration. Five reasons many MBAs struggle at startups are as follows: 1. Wharton graduates averaged more than $114,000 of graduate school loans).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

Recently, an interesting project popped up on the site--a a 2D to 3D conversion project , from the inventor of the original, LCD projector, Gene Dolgoff. Since Dolgoff is raising money for his 2D-to-3D startup via Fundable, we thought it would be interesting to hear about the project, and how he ended up turning to Fundable.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

As the NBA playoffs closes to an end in a grueling road to Game 7 between Miami Heats and San Antonio Spurs, it would behoove every startup founder to learn from key elements and strategies of both teams, as lessons from the sport of basketball can directly translate to the success of a startup company. 1) Identifying Team Chemistry.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

In fact, if you don't have a regular meeting on the books, preferably over video, you could end up not seeing your employees at all. According to a study from the Harvard Business Review , remote workers have a tendency to feel left out and even ganged up on when check-ins aren't part of the typical work schedule.

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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

MAY 13, 2018

If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. In my post “ Measure twice, cut once ” I’ve outlined how to plan before you start raising. Should You Start with Your “Safety Schools?”

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In that vein, we wanted to prepare you for the festivities by showcasing a few speakers that will be participating in sessions on Tech & Startups. They will discuss the importance of pairing global peace initiatives with economic opportunities that can lead to a more sustainable future, using Afghanistan as a case study.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Arivale (www.arivale.com), a startup founded by Dr. Leroy Hood, the well known DNA and genomics pioneer�which combines gene sequencing with a host of other diagnostic tests, with personalized counselors and health and wellness recommendations, recently launched an expansion into California, starting in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Maker’s talent started commenting on it and sharing it. In fact, that’s how Maker Studios got started in the first place. Why would it?

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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.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 10, 2013

if you''re a very shy person, that''s what ends up happening. I started making YouTube videos, just for fun. I started doing special effects and things like that.”. In college) I was studying to be a doctor. Meridian is proof that the skills Joe honed as a YouTuber translate aptly to the big screen.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

As part of the Obama administration’s “cancer moonshot” program, a panel of scientists this week presented a set of broad, ambitious recommendations to speed up the pace of cancer research, treatment, and prevention. For more on that and the rest of the week’s news, fire up the roundup rockets.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

The results give the company confidence it can expand its tests to screen for early cancer in high-risk people who are otherwise healthy. As the conference wrapped up, a Morgan Stanley analyst noted that Pfizer the previous week had raised its drug prices nine percent, continuing a regular pattern of price increases.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

To address the need for more affordable webinars, services like DimDim (acquired by Salesforce.com earlier this month), and Huntington Beach-based Freebinar (www.freebinar.com) have been offering up free webinar products to users. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Would you study for a test, train for a marathon or memorize your lines for a play? Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. If you are unsure of a factual response, make up a fictitious one. If the questioner persists with a follow-up question, provide a rambling, semi-coherent response.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 10, 2013

if you''re a very shy person, that''s what ends up happening. I started making YouTube videos, just for fun. I started doing special effects and things like that.”. In college) I was studying to be a doctor. Meridian is proof that the skills Joe honed as a YouTuber translate aptly to the big screen.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Every generation of new technology and new media starts out by emulating those that came before them without realizing that things are fundamentally different when you change media types. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Google now has more than 500,000 advertisers with click-to-call mobile campaigns lit up.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The company announced this week that it has developed a similar testing service for screening pre-clinical drug candidates on living human kidney tissue. Organovo said it also is collaborating on scientific studies of its kidney tissue technology as part of a continuing early access program that includes two big pharma companies. “We

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InfoChachkie

JULY 1, 2013

Would you study for a test, train for a marathon or memorize your lines for a play? Turn your back to the audience and read each slide verbatim from the screen. If you are unsure of a factual response, make up a fictitious one. If the questioner persists with a follow-up question, provide a rambling, semi-coherent response.

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Tech.Co

JULY 31, 2017

And while we tend to embrace new and new apps to improve our productivity, we end up wasting even more time as those tools don’t work well together or require constant re-logins and switching screens. As one study suggests, suppressing anger increases the risk of having a heart attack in three times.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Tell us a little bit about Newsforce?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 22, 2014

SoCal startup Moving Analytics is tackling this global problem. Tell us about your startup Moving Analytics and your app Movn. HV: Our current focus is helping people get up and move more, and that’s why we created Movn. So should we be standing up right now? You recently conducted a pilot study.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The video is premised by a simple statement “Where images and ads hook up.” We’re no strangers to GumGum ( we’ve covered their company before ) and they’re a huge part of Silicon Beach’s roster of startup highlights. ” Wait, what? It’s a promotional video for a technology company.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 30, 2011

Some of these capabilities are finally entering the market, primarily introduced by non-telecom entrants like Google and Apple, such as: visual voicemail, screening voicemail messages and immediately connecting you to callers with whom you wish to speak, and displaying caller ID on your television.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2016

The daughter of a Chinese immigrant, Wang grew up on the streets of Los Angeles selling slippers and lighters with her mom. She has come a long way since then, putting herself through Berkeley, where she studied computer engineering. She started quite simply, by listening more to people and asking questions.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean. ” And the Kauffman Foundation just published a major study pointing out that all but the top 10% of VC firms fail to create value. I’m not convinced that this is a scalable approach, but it’s not a bad start. The conflict is built in.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

If you come into a restaurant and normally order burgers, or maybe you prefer to order a salad, those are the things we''ll recommend to you on the screen. Your company started before the rise of the smartphone. Today, I think it''s much more important as part of the engagement, but by 2015, I think ordering volumes will pick up.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

He shares his personal experiences to explain how he’d ended up in a position to mesh music with tech: “I came to LA with the intent of starting or joining an early stage startup (pre-funding, earlier the better). Opportunity Found Him When He Gave Up Searching. Music as a Constant. ” Plug.DJ

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The “what” Troy Carter does also led him to be an early investor in Uber, Lyft, Dropbox, Warby Parker and several other great startups of the last era. So what did it take for Gaga to break out and what does Troy preach to startups? ’ But I guess we need to tie it up and put a pretty bow on it.”

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Join us for an evening of demonstrations from vetted technology startups, followed by an inspiring keynote from Two Bit Circus Co-Founder, Brent Bushnell. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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Daradiction

JUNE 5, 2010

He built it from scratch up to nearly 400 employees. Dale asked me to consider what would happen if I simply removed the screen, where would these images project? Also what I’ve noticed is that I started waking up very early in the morning (6am), and feeling vital and refreshed.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

TechZulu is ramping up to do it all again with an all new group of companies and a SuperDemo. For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. The EA works closely with the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc). While we had our start on crowdfunding through consumer/early adopters – we have made a strong pivot to industrial/enterprise as we have seen huge interest.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. Authority + Social Proof + Traction in getting rounds done quickly = perception that this is a company that should be on my radar screen / I should pay attention to. You should, too. (no,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2023

Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. That means it pays to elevate people’s mood at the start of a team effort by using refreshments, good news, or an interactive activity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2020

Whether you are an entrepreneur managing a startup, or a corporate executive with thousands of employees, it’s hard to ignore the evidence of big value from happy employees. That means it pays to elevate people’s mood at the start of a team effort by using refreshments, good news, or an interactive activity.

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Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

The panelists were JR Alaoui , CEO and co-founder of Eyeris , a deep learning and emotion recognition startup; Rob McHenry , vice president of public sector operations at PARC (and former DARPA program manager); and Leila Takayama , founder of Hoku Labs and a professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz (formerly of GoogleX and Willow Garage).

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