socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. So I thought I'd write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. But their presentations were not well prepared, not well delivered and lacking in a compelling story that captured the imagination of the audience (or me). Show some energy!

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Twiistup GRP Partners Tips UCLA 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. If you're doing freelance writing, have a story you're trying to sell, there's a whole process of finding out where you're doing well, not doing well, and what responses you have received.

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Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues. It''s assemble the parts and it looks much like a DIY project. So, it was not a good situation.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. I went to UCLA Business School, and just graduated this past June. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software? What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. The way I think about branding anything is simple: Define the Attributes You Want to Project. downtown LA]. Also East of the 405?

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. I can tell you we did four investments in Southern California last year, and in none of those deals did we run into super angels, even though we are writing checks as small as $50,000. What areas you personally are looking at right now? Fouad ElNaggar: It's pretty broad.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In 2000 he launched a men’s lifestyle magazine called RAZOR and served as the publication’s Editor in Chief and CEO for the next six years, pursuing acting and writing projects on the side. Throughout the 90s he ran a consulting business with his brother that helped traditional companies establish an online presence.

Education 82

Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 82

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The firm was bootstrapped several years ago, and is profitable, and its founders are both MBAs from UCLA Anderson, where they met. Ramit Varma: Jake (Neuberg), my business partner, met at UCLA's Anderson business school. To hear about the company, we spoke with Ramit Varma , co-founder of the company. How did Revolution Prep start?

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in. Congrats to That’s Suspicious Behavior (USC), the female-led team which won the grand prize in the student pitch fest with ten teams competing from USC, UCLA and Yale via 5-min presentations at CoWorks.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

As head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period. He writes, “People who approach life with a sense of gratitude are constantly aware of what’s wonderful in their life. This enabled them to win the Trojan War – innovation at its finest.

Coach 40

Coach Startup Ideas UCLA 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5 Stuff you may not know about LA? What Do We See From the Road Ahead? The infrastructure phase of the Internet is over.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Truecar 376

Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

As head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period. He writes, “People who approach life with a sense of gratitude are constantly aware of what’s wonderful in their life. This enabled them to win the Trojan War – innovation at its finest.

Coach 40

Coach Startup Ideas UCLA 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Just write me). 10a – 12p: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Just write me). 10a – 12p: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Just write me). 10a – 12p: CEOFlow working session.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

CEO Flow

MARCH 2, 2009

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles&#. Just write me). 10a - 12p: CEOFlow working session. Location: FinaVentures.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Los Angeles Finaventures Angel 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. After I went to grad school at UCLA for finance, I decided to get into the car industry because it was my passion. Honestly, I’m kind of a geek.

Advertising 97

Advertising Startup Marketing Mobile 97

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. Don’t write sentences on the – only key words to help you remember what you’re going to say. I spoke about this yesterday on Fox Business News.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. It is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. million in SF Bay Area ). But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313