SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 -- LAVA hosts PwC's Shaking the MoneyTree. The study is a staple of the financial community, entrepreneurs, government policymakers and the business press worldwide. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

LAVA 124

LAVA Rustic Canyon Mission Ventures Venture Capital 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Thursday launch of Data Collective demonstrates the increasing uptake of Big Data and signals a new door for entrepreneurs building Big Data companies. ” Matt Ocko also revealed to Silicon Beat that they have been getting a lot more press inquiries due to the number of deals they were doing. Founded Two Years Ago. Doors open.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Entrepreneur Oracle Software Review 74

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. From 2008 to 2011, the company paid its own bills, we were cash flow positive and we believed we could maintain this trend indefinitely. The company was always seeking capital. We missed payroll. It was over.

Capital 234

Capital Pricing Press Customer 234

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. billion by 2014. PHONE CALLS.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. Most entrepreneurs do not have the guts to publicly discuss a venture gone awry. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. We missed payroll.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what I do see in the market in 2011 is way too many “me too&# solutions where a bunch of founders have brainstormed a way to do a better GroupOn, a better GiltGroupe, a better Twitter or a better Quora.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. This benefits you, the entrepreneur. It takes options off of the table.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. We have never done a press release.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

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. I suppose I should have imagined that this line would get more press than all other comments combined. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. I believe that. Fair enough.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 26, 2012

Press, Pause, Play ‘s message of mediocrity is one that musical hardware device maker of this year’s SXSW, Miselu , plans to overcome. We can honestly say that it couldn’t have gone better for us with the phenomenal response we got from artists, press and potential partners. Yes, that is bold.

Press 100

Press Ideas Product Activity 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Originally introduced by Senator Kerry and Senator Lugar in 2010, the act was reintroduced in late 2011 based on opinion that company creation could be a strong push towards job creation. The Startup Act outlines a five-prong approach to job creation based on the proven track record of entrepreneurs: Reducing regulatory burdens.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to understand the challenges and concerns of entrepreneurs who began selling online for the first time in 2016, so I sat down with Heidi Muther, COO at Z S upply , LLC. Founded in 2011, Z Supply, LLC has created five women’s fashion brands with a sixth brand and extension into Men’s, launching Spring 2017.

Sites 100

Sites Sales Santa Barbara Design 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. Another was for our product, Telebureau, which we were advised was approved in December, and which you'll see a press release coming out soon. For those folks, can you describe what TeleSign does?

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. On Entrepreneurship: What makes a great entrepreneur? combination of factors –.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. percent to 23.4

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. Splunk Fastpitch – Auto tech Entrepreneur pitch hour. Audi Press Conference. That much is obvious.

Mobile 94

Mobile Google Startup Technology 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Contrary to some press reporting, the boom in startups, the creation of accelerators and seed funds as well as the deserved popularity of AngelList do not signal doom for our industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. But its also home to the best articles from gamers, developers, and other folks outside of the traditional press. Cloud storage. Enterprise. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Streaming media.

Southern California 57

Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57