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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As the day approached I noticed that there was a conference in LA that I wanted to attend. The day before the conference I thought about rescheduling this meeting but then thought, “oh, well. ” So I didn’t go to the conference. ” They were stuck at the same conference that I had wanted to attend. .”

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MARCH 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine is taking a new approach to its annual user conference in Europe, saying that it will now run its InTheBlack London 2020 event as a fully virtual event--but which will still feature thought leaders from its customers and users, instead as a series of virtual event sessions.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My trip was scheduled around the annual Web Summit and the f.ounders conference, both of which have become the hottest must-attend event in Europe and rivaling any great conference in the US. He began messaging and emailing me to try and get me to come out to the event, which he was now turning into a conference called Web Summit.

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MARCH 23, 2021

The San Diego Angel Conference, an angel investing effort which is run by the University of San Diego (USD) School of Business, says it has made investments in five companies at its conference this year, worth a total of $500,000.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Thursday, November 9, 2023 -- Southern California's premier SaaS and Subscription conference, our one-day event draws top founders, executives, investors, and Cloud experts. Experience a dynamic program with 20+ sessions, including keynotes, fireside chats, breakout sessions, and roundtable discussions.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

startup award conference wavemaker siemer adomic' Other awardees at the event included Ringadoc (Cloud services), Adomic (Advertising), Retention Science (Data), Circa (Social Media), Daily Look (eCommerce), and SongSpace (Music). READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. I ask the conference organizer all the details I need to know: how many people will be in the audience? Show some energy!

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sawtelle-based marketing consulting firm Hawke Media has partnered with the city of Los Angeles for the inaugural Ecommerce Week LA, a virtual event taking place from Sept. 28 to Oct.

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MARCH 29, 2014

Maybe they’ve hit a few set backs: They’ve struggled to raise money, they haven’t gotten press coverage or they haven’t gotten accepted to present at prestigious conferences. Do you think that every conference organizer will promptly meet your needs? It’s your job to persist. Nothing beats a warm intro.

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MARCH 5, 2020

I am due to speak at the SaaStr conference next week: Wednesday, March 11th at 10:45 AM. I had originally signed up to talk about the “VC Market Trends” overall but it seemed inauthentic to speak about VC funding without addressing the virus in the room.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The remarks, which were made at a conference in Tokyo, were first reported by Bloomberg. Founder and CEO Elon Musk said this week that he doesn''t have any intention of taking SpaceX public, because the "goals of SpaceX are very long-term, which is to establish a city on Mars." READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

In another sign that Southern California--and particularly, Santa Monica--is gaining further credibility as a recognized technology center: Philz Coffee , a coffee chain which is synonymous with being at the tech epicenters of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, is getting set to open up a new location in Santa Monica.

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APRIL 2, 2014

We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever. Obviously you can’t always present at conferences to hit delivery dates or this would happen.

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MARCH 14, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. The Recurring Revenue Conference , Presented by Sutton Capital Partners, is being held on April 12th. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

JULY 28, 2020

The cancelling of tech conferences was one of the first signs that the pandemic was going to be disruptive, and not in a fun, entrepreneurial way. CES is the largest trade show in the world, so you can bet there are going to be some exciting additions to the online-only conference experience. The Rise of All-Digital Conferences.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Conferences. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. Board Meetings. I get sucked up in “Do” mode. Startups Are for Doers.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

In an interview at a Chicago conference , Muilenberg said that he believes that the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive riding a Boeing, not SpaceX, rocket. Mars poster courtesy of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 28, 2017

at a TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Friday. Elon Musk revealed a conceptual video of a multistoried tunnel system under the city of Los Angeles, which he aims to build with his startup Boring Co.,

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You get a lot of traffic — not always results. If you aren’t careful every PR team will measure inches over impact.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

This is one of two conferences held during the year focused on Integrated Program Performance Management. Here are the presentations from last years November Conference. EVM World is coming up in May of 2018. What are the Five Immutable Principles of Project Success? What is the definition of Done?

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MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It won’t be long before home workers will routinely greet each other via video conference from the home desk. That depends upon the management as much as the employee. I have a friend who is a. CEO of a recruiting firm who “virtualized” her company after a decade of maintaining a fixed office location.

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JUNE 20, 2013

They may have met you at a conference, attended a web conference or somehow else interacted with your company’s marketing department. And of course you also need your outbound marketing campaigns to emphasize your USPs so that prospects are already asking about them before the sales reps even start their meeting. So what’s next?

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

It’s a big conference and all big conferences charge money, make money and serve a diverse set of needs. I hate attending big conference. So what will you get out of Web Summit or any big conference? Big conferences in part are about education and entertainment. Let me get that out of the way.

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JULY 4, 2016

Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. Saying “no” often to people who want to divert you from your mission becomes obligatory if you want to make progress. Focus is almost always the right answer.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

You probably follow some high-profile entrepreneurs on Instagram and Twitter and see conference pictures of them in Davos, Mexico, Monaco or wherever. There is a difference between a Conference Ho and a successful entrepreneur. Clicking on their glam party pictures. You’re not. You’re where you should be.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

As you may know we run an annual conference called The Upfront Summit in which we try to bring together the world of investors, entrepreneurs and interesting people from the world of sports, politics, music & film. We do this to showcase what is uniquely LA and to create a more cohesive network in our community.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

While many companies chased features, functions, integrations, platforms, toys, conferences … these companies quietly sharpened the saw. But think about it … What made Instagram, Instagram with a B? Or DropBox. Or most recently the smashing and unstoppable success that is WhatsApp? Made life easier. Methodically.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Editor's note, TuesdayNights is running its Impact Conference in Santa Monica on Friday, where we are a Media Partner) Photo: Left, Melinda Moore and Right, Justine Lassoff. She, as well as several other, wonderful female investors, will be at our upcoming conference. Talk briefly about the conference you're running later this week?

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AUGUST 16, 2011

unless you’re a conference ho … then it’s too much ). Whatever amount you’re getting out and talking with prospects, customers, employees, recruits, competitors, press, investors, potential investors … it’s never enough.

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MARCH 18, 2021

The Montgomery Summit, the annual gathering of technology industry luminaries, CEOs, venture and private equity investors, and others, may not have been held in person this year in Santa Monica--however, hearing insights from the conference's speakers might just be more accessible this year than it ever has been.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

According to conference organizers, in an email to ticket holders, the summit has been postponed for at least five weeks, to March 1st and 2nd, rather than its original event dates of January 26th and 27th. Upfront's last tech conference, in 2020, was held at the Rose Bowl.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The City of Los Angeles and investment firm Goren Holm Ventures --the new Blockchain investment firm of Alon Goren and Josef Holm--said they will be funding a blockchain pitch contest at the upcoming CIS blockchain conference. According to the two, judges for the event include billionaire investor Tim Draper. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2018

But I have to catch a flight to New York for a two-day computer vision conference and 2 board meetings, 2 board dinners and a catch up with my LPs to tell them how our fund is going. And there is no short-cut, no collaboration tool, no spreadsheet, no web conference tool that can build trust even remotely as effectively as being in person.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Since it is sometimes hard to get the full context from a conference presentation, I have included blog posts links on the topics in which I have written fuller posts in the presentation itself. Ok, well not that pretty since I do my own slides and often at 1am. But my slides are linked above and you can also download from SlideShare.

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Berkonomics

JULY 7, 2022

Many times, it is a customer, an employee, or an industry conference that sparks the idea that drives you to create and express your vision of the future for your company or product line. And each of us tasked with a senior role in an enterprise should dedicate some amount of time to just this. Email readers, continue here…].

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