socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2020

How did the company start? Instead of signing up for a bunch of different products, we want you to house most of your information, if you want to, with Stakin', to allow you to more easily port you around the fintech universe. We curate the best products within each category of finance. That's why I started Stackin.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 14, 2020

Gender bias in medicine is systemic,” says Carine Carmy, the fast-talking CEO and co-founder of Origin , during a condensed chat about her startup mission to make physical therapy for women and mothers accessible and affordable across the US, both online and through a network of physical clinics.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We caught up with Bong to hear more about his new startup. We break it down by a number of vertical categories, including Indulgent--all about food, wine, and alcohol; Active--outdoor athletic endeavors; and Creative, which is arts and crafts. What's the story on how you started the company? What is LifeCrowd?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

As we continue this monumental year in the startup realm, we welcome a newcomer – Boston Startup School. Last week Boston Startup School officially launched and began with their inaugural class. ” -says Shaun Johnson, Co-Founder and COO of Boston Startup School. great jobs.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. Founders and investors circling the space suspect a wave of Silicon Valley interest is coming, however, and that it will alter the category entirely. Karat, a startup building a bank for creators. Rethinking value.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2021

We’re working to aggregate a historically fragmented audience and that gives us massive leverage to source better offerings, pricing and experiences for consumers across multiple categories.”. The company plans to use its new capital to build more partnerships so that it can do the above, as well as spread awareness about its services.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

I met with Jeremy years ago when he had a startup that was building a fantasy sports app where you picked players in a stock-market style and their value moved up and down over time. If you were a new developer in this category you often had to sub-contract in a fees-for-service arrangement to build for the big guys.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars- Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Omkar Kulkarni: The program starts March 28th through June 23rd. The accelerator's deadline is Friday.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Techstars Health Accelerator recently set up shop in Los Angeles with Cedars Sinai�the second, Techstars powered startup accelerator in the city--in a move to help healthcare startups get to market quicker. Omkar Kulkarni: The program starts March 28th through June 23rd. The accelerator's deadline is Friday.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

We have seen a lot of this, coming up in the thread of the the venture ecosystems. First, I started seeing some of the entrepreneurs in our portfolios struggle through some very profound tragedies, often happening in the middle of important financings. That's the framework we've build with Evolution.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. What's keeping you up at night? I recently posted about SEO for Startups. Great stuff!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But I never gave up. The opportunity came up to invest in this one and I pounced. Well, we started out a free text messaging platform. Silicon Valley (and Alley) has been super excited about the new category of “group text messaging&# and for valid reasons. I know this category has gotten a lot of press.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And while this has been the standard for years, one startup is hoping to personalize the birthday wishes even more. Hagger is hoping people will be able to relate to each other around different categories and build friendships. During some early pop up events in L.A., Doppels means ‘same’ in German. Express Yourself.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Startup Blossom (www.myblossom.com) thinks it is part of the solution to the dry conditions across the Westand can help save lots of money for homeowners nationwide, by tapping into the cloud with a connected, smart sprinkler controller. After that, I spent ten years at Skype, managing their consumer electronics partnerships and products.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 26, 2010

I knew that having friends and allies on the playground that would back up “the new kid” was of paramount importance. The same phenomenon is true for startups. As noted in Corporate Venturing , startups should pursue allies who have a vested interest in their success. This last category proved to be especially lucrative.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, the adjective “electric” was eventually dropped when all the devices in a product category utilized the technology. In the early 2000’s, my software startup was dubbed an Application Service Provider (ASP). Even so, we don’t call this new crop of companies “Better GUI Software” or even “Mobile First Software” startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2018

Most of you new venture founders I meet as an angel investor seem convinced that starting the business is the hardest part. I’m sure you can all think of several examples of businesses that popped up quickly, with great business models, but then faded just as quickly. Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 15, 2018

Test out your top choices by calling up a friend or colleague and communicating the address over the phone. How many times have you misspelled a business or product name and ended up rerouting to some random site? If the name of your company starts with the, a, or an, purchase the domain name both with and without those words.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We caught up with Richard to learn more about the book and deal making. I have sold companies of my own, companies I have invested in, and helped companies I've run or invested in with corporate development partnerships to help their business. What's the book all about? I've just learned a lot of good lessons in doing those deals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

Despite the fact that most of the CEOs I advise would claim to be in the first category, when I dig deeper I find that at best they are fast followers , due to the time consuming challenges of transforming any business in this digital age. Set up training courses that highlight agility, and adopt agile working practices.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Wearables are in fact much more than that, and the category is rapidly expanding thanks to the likes of big Fortune 500 companies, as well as small time startups and crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo. Event Start and End Time: 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Custom ad deals and partnerships. REACH Connected Future: Gaming Recap.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. Evan Britton: People love looking up who was born on their birthday.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The Now category is rapidly expanding thanks to the likes of big Fortune 500 companies, as well as small time startups and crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo. Event Start and End Time: 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM. Custom ad deals and partnerships. So on November 13th, join us, and Byte into the Future of Now. Doors Open: 6:30pm.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I rarely talk to any startup entrepreneur or VC who doesn’t feel it and somehow long for simpler times despite the benefits we all enjoy from increased enthusiasm for our sector. And even this can’t stop their employees from fleeing after two years of vesting to move on to the next hot startup. Easier said than done.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We spoke with David Aronchick , the CEO and co-founder of the firm to hear more about what it's up to. David Aronchick: We started about three years ago. So, we spun up the site, and got it up and going in the middle of 2008, and it just took off, particularly right after the elections. What's the story behind Hark?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. Venture capital is a talent game, which starts with the team that’s inside Upfront.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

We caught up with Nick--who is a veteran of the area's high tech industry, most recently serving as CEO of Velocify--to get the latest on MomentFeed, which provides services to multi-brand, location businesses. We also started offering up some aspects of our software for free to help our customers thrive in COVID.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

Enter Beansprout , an interesting new start up with a quirky name (and even even quirkier logo) that describes itself as a business development service, but with an interesting twist. Beansprout starts with companies registering and filling out a personals style profile. Well, not for single people anyway. Create new businesses?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

I started speaking with some of the people at Avon about that, and asked them why they were missing out on such a huge branding and fundraising opportunity. Thinking about the idea with my co-founders at AudioLife, we mocked up a design, and showed Avon our idea--how about something like this? They said it would be amazing.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. How did this start? Deborah Ramo: The group of us who started the company are all very interested in solving problems. Look for ways to move up?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Though competitors have sprung up, Tanz welcomes the competition to help define the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Good entrepreneurs are all about managing change, but too many forget that they have to change themselves as their dream evolves from a startup to a scalable business. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002. It’s a big change.

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Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One of the most common complaints I hear from new business owners and startups is about the pain and difficulty raising capital. The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. Create the ideal investor profile for your unique business.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 15, 2013

“If You Build It…They Will Come”, may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company.Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered. Other than paying for traffic with advertising, there are only so many ways to get people to show up at your door.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Eden Jarrin, the President of Los Angeles-based eDivvy (www.edivvy.com). Eden told us a bit about the firm, how people are using it, as well as her own experience and what she learned from her prior startup, BeJane. Let's start with eDivvy. How did you end up here?

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2010

We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. Matt Edelman: Before I started, the company had acquired a company called StyleHive, which also owns MyStyleDiary. ThisNext.com has been a social shooping site, really for anyone and everyone, and for every product category. So let's talk about ThisNext.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

TechZulu caught up with co-founder Calvin Schemanski chat about their upcoming launch, their product and why Long reviews suck. You can use myfab5 to share your foodie knowledge by ranking up to five of your favorite places for any food or drink related category (e.g. What is myfab5? What inspired you?

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