socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. You don't need a CD, or hardware, it's completely web based. We made a decision not to go for venture capital early.

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

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APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes. “So was starting. Distribution.

Venture Capital 288

Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

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JULY 23, 2013

Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.” The World Wide Web was now being rolled out everywhere and every project was considering its Intranet strategy. ” or.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

My co-founder and I both had this vision of leveraging mobile and web technology, to make it easier for people to connect to each other in their demographic. MIT and McKinsey did some studies on this, that showed about $400 billion a year is lost in the tech industry, due to lack of diversity and inclusion.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. We haven’t hit that wall yet for three reasons: 1) not enough elapsed time, 2) the VC market is frenzied now, too and 3) we haven’t seen a market downturn since the volume picked up.

Invest 299

Invest Angel Technical Review Venture Capital 299

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Incidentally, VC’s hate when they hear companies pitching who say, “ I don’t have real competitors &# as I outlined point three in the linked post). It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. In products designed to sell directly on the web the process is no different.

Sales 319

Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

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AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. They might be as hard as raising VC. And just like with VC’s – it is as much the partner your working wit as the group more broadly. But if you CAN find a way to even get your 0.1

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

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JULY 25, 2010

“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. You should, too. (no,

Guide 293

Guide Funding Venture Capital Technical Review 293

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The constrai.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

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AUGUST 21, 2011

When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. Banner ads were never very effective on web pages so it baffles me that it’s the preferred method of advertising today on mobile devices. “People still want calls …&#. They’re not.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

After launching a study to identify how tech hubs work, the leader of a nonprofit consortium created to boost Southern California’s startup ecosystem says he is focusing on three initiatives to supercharge the seven-county SoCal region as a hotbed for innovation.

Southern California 61

Southern California San Diego SoCal Incubator 61

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 15, 2017

According to one study, there were over 835,000 people working out of coworking spaces last year. The largest VC backed companies in this space have raised several hundreds of millions in funding to help expand their global footprint. Coworking has exploded globally over the past two years.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Study Web Design Startup 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps.

Startup 123

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Pasadena-based Cramster (www.cramster.com) recently announced $3M in a large angel round for the firm's online study communities. Cramster is looking to create online study groups, to help high school and college students study math, science, and other topics. What we're trying to emulate is the face-to-face study group.

Study 113

Study Education Startup Sites 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I was thumbing through Twitter messages on my Blackberry on Monday (I use Twitter as a “ mobile first, web second &# product) when I saw the following Tweet (see graphic). I wouldn’t be a VC for very long if I did. But I thought I should do a quick post on the topic. I see people’s private information for a living.

Startup 294

Startup Sales Venture Capital Slides 294

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

If you look at an enterprise developer of IT team with DevoOs, they have to create applications, manage those applications, and now are dealing with open source, hundreds of different web services, network elements, all virtualized and with containers and new tools. With this fund, we do not have a cap limit on late stage investments.

Southern California 113

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

We said to the studios--you have this amazing content, why not let us clip it all up, find the best moments in film, and allow users to post those to their blogs and Facebook pages, and let us create curated channels on the web? How is this different than the movie clips floating around the web now? Rich Raddon: There are two things.

Startup 190

Startup Los Angeles Content Hollywood 190

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We wrote up a business plan, and won a USC business plan competition, which allowed us to get funding from the University and raise venture capital we needed to begin development on the plan. Did you have any prior background in this, and what were you two studying? Noah Auerhahn: We just had too much free time at USC.

USC 207

USC CPC Sites Startup 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

According to my experience and a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here.

Develop 70

Develop Development Product Startup 70

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

We built that to 50 people with funding from a VC in Ireland closely connected with the European company. Google is doing a web presentment tool, taking data from utility companies. GloNav was focused on GPS chips, and headquartered in Newport Beach. how do you hope to stand out in the market? Kevin Strong: This is really different.

Startup 140

Startup OCTANE Outsource Development Google 140

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The annual study draws data from a variety of public and private sources, including the Kansas City, MO-based Kauffman Foundation, which ranked San Diego ninth on its startup activity index, based on measures of startup density and entrepreneurs in a particular region. Innovation Companies in San Diego (Courtesy Connect Innovation Report).

San Diego 40

San Diego Report High Tech Study 40

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APRIL 5, 2010

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

I went to school at Babson, back East, and majored in finance and entrepreneurial studies. Value is becoming the new thing, and the web gives the ability for people to share value and other sides to discovery value. I've never had a proper job, and have been on one gear, building businesses, for a very long time. more) READ MORE>>.

Southern California 200

Southern California Startup Customer Custom 200

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

I studied it, and very much enjoyed it, but by the time I got to my fourth year of school, I figured out I really didn't want to be that engineer in the lab, designing microprocessors. So, I tried to figure out what I could do with my skill set, in engineering, investment banking, and operations, and figured out I could do venture capital.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2009

Vicon makes motion capture devices--reflective markers, along with specialized, high resolution, high speed cameras--which use dots to reproduce motion on a character or to study the movement of a clinical subject. You mentioned you're VC funded? Brian Nilles: Yes, we're funded by a VC, Rho Ventures.

Tool 113

Tool Platform Venture Capital Startup 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Dave Gwozdz, CEO of Mojiva will highlight some findings of this recent study called "State of the Industry in Mobile." Jones, Founder, Chairman and CEO, ChaCha Search, Inc.

Mobile 40

Mobile Media Case Study Advertising 40

SoCal CTO

MAY 4, 2010

Ben Casnocha: The Blog , April 15, 2010 Everyone I spoke with loved the idea.

CTO Hire 150

CTO Hire Venture Capital Startup Social Network 150

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As a VC I’m acutely that a “yes&# decision to support an entrepreneur can do just that, yet I only write 2-4 of them per year and maybe another 3-4 as an angel. You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. True story.].

Startup 352

Startup Help Blogging Entrepreneur 352

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Angel vs VC? - Here’s why. Not so bad.

Startup 217

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Software Review 217

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MAY 7, 2011

I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210