socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. The image of shell companies has long been tarnished by true stories of lawsuits and “ pump and dump ” schemes. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 121

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.

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Eric Greenspan

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Back in 2006, my company was awarded Services Company of the Year by the Technology Council of Southern California. Entrepreneuring Food, Cooking, Eating' We wanted to celebrate. I’d never been to Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills and with all the paparazzi out front, I thought I may never. Let’s do it again.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. If there are burnout or communication problems on a founding team those problems can hijack a company's progress.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. You invest across many funds just as VCs invest across many companies. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But VC is like congress.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Invest Funding 374

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. I believe that.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Since 2006, the Startup of the Year competition has been showcasing early-stage startups in a way that only we can. Our excitement and zeal for these budding entrepreneurs is unparalleled across the industry, as is evident from the success the companies involved have experienced. The Inclusivity. The Prizes. The Details.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. The barriers to entry when it comes to launching a company require less tension and a lot less capital. In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country.

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 138

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

With the current strong economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. The image of shell companies has long been tarnished by true stories of lawsuits and “ pump and dump ” schemes. This approach is not for entrepreneurs already out of money.

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Summary Startup Entrepreneur Funding 79

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

Jason Nazar

APRIL 9, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Getting Your Internet Company Bought”. Shawn created the original concept for Demand Media and executed the simultaneous acquisitions of eNom, eHow and several domain-name portfolios which launched the company. These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. The image of shell companies has long been tarnished by true stories of shareholder lawsuits and “ pump and dump ” schemes. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Summary 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. The image of shell companies has long been tarnished by true stories of shareholder lawsuits and “ pump and dump ” schemes. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Funding Summary Startup Entrepreneur 102

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. Shame they didn’t like his suggested name for the company: DreamWorks SKG-MM. A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Thank you. (if 1:00 – 3:40).

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Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

Tech.Co

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Whatever you’re trying to brand – your company, your community or yourself – this is the first exercise I would recommend that you start with. We’ll work our asses off and build huge companies that will define the next generation of American’s lives.” Like they truly understood entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Funding 405

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

Both Sides of the Table

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. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

One of the questions we get most from entrepreneurs is how companies reach an exit event, and the thinking that goes into acquisitions. Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. But, we build the company for the long term. What's the story behind the acquisition?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Talk about the new firm and the new fund?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 2. “…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We spoke with Jose daVeiga , the firm's CEO and co-founder, to learn more about the company. We started in 2006, with an in-venue trial at the Alamo Bowl, where we gave out prizes and coupons. Jose daVeiga: In 2006, we started developing the concept, consisting of a PA announcement and a Jumbotrom image.

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Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. She began her career as an engineer at Cisco Systems and later cofounded a mobile gaming company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. Company still in beta. MetaMarkets.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. I argued for literally a year to slash burn.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2018

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with two of Southern California's most successful serial entrepreneurs, Alex Kazerani and James Segil , now of Los Angeles-based OpenPath. Alex is CEO and Segil is President of the new company, which is focused on access control and management. We then started Edgecast in 2006.

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Startup Customer Custom Mobile 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo! Show me companies doing this.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.

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Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Now, a new breed of companies is finally making it out, which has had a huge impact on valuations. There''s a huge backlog of companies trying to make it out. What''s interesting about ad-tech, is that with the exception of AdaptTV and AOL, there''s not a lot of large buyers out there for ad-tech companies.

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