socalTECH

JULY 30, 2019

The ArtCenter College of Design , based in Pasadena, and social networking and 3D avatar site IMVU announced on Tuesday that the two have launched a new "studio partnership", which will let students in a course design their own, 3D experience in the IMVU world.

Pasadena 200

Pasadena Design Sites Course 200

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong. acquired Overture for $1.63 Structural.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. A well–phrased ‘no’ could well be a step toward a correction of course and a later ‘yes.’. Also, if things go south, they are more likely to remember that you weren’t pushy and that you gave them three or more separate opportunities to say no.

Startup 317

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Course 317

Berkonomics

AUGUST 8, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Can you take the risk? That ability varies with economic status, age, responsibility to family, and more. If there is enough freedom to make that leap, then the journey can more safely begin.

Startup 317

Startup Entrepreneur Course Capital 317

TechEmpower

MAY 1, 2014

Of course, other variables are at play, such as significantly more HT processor cores--40 versus 8 for our i7 tests--and a different system architecture, NUMA. Top ten frameworks at JSON serialization; i7 on left, Peak on right.

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Framework TechEmpower Examples Web 546

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

We look at stage, geography and of course sector. And of course many more of us are gluten intolerant or want to live gluten-reduced lives. And I believe this process is very healthy even when it doesn’t feel good. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund.

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

Of course when you think about it it’s kind of obvious but when people make snap judgments about information they hear about companies or read about in the press they often don’t take the time to start to consider the details. The Nature of Revenue Matters Of course revenue alone won’t tell you enough.

Startup 227

Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Not all consultants give advice worth taking, of course. We were quite confident that our services would yield great, measurable results. Unfortunately, it is human nature to enthusiastically ignore to act upon recommendations of third party consultants. There are many, many exceptions, but far more instances of this in the business world.

Sample 243

Sample Report Course Conference 243

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

You course correct. Marketing of course often feels the opposite. This is when your job function truly starts to match the definition of “leader” because that’s exactly what your role is. You set direction. You hire great people. You help them prioritize their objectives and review the results.

Entrepreneur 385

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Sales 385

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I titled this post “We Must Have Zero Tolerance in Venture Capital” but of course I could just say “zero tolerance anywhere” because that’s true. Of course we want to make sure there’s enough evidence lest we are guilty of a mob-like response. Of course a single accusation can’t be enough to publicly incriminate somebody.

Venture Capital 254

Venture Capital Capital Course Report 254

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Over the course of the first few months I saw a few people out on the street taking Birds and then a steady uptick in riders. Capital of course drives scale advantages and when you have “winner take most” markets it also has a way of scaring away some investors from investing in the 3–5th “me too” competitors. Are the scooters safe?

Santa Monica 256

Santa Monica Funding Startup Course 256

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

Of course, unlike cars there is no direct comparison across each startup so these are just some general guidelines to try and even the information field. How you talk about valuation will of course depend on how well your business is performing and how much demand you have from other investors. some might even want slightly more.

Venture Capital 324

Venture Capital Pricing Startup Invest 324

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. She had all of the skills and traits we sought?—?leadership, So What Does All This Mean?

Venture Capital 361

Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The bootcamp specifically is looking to help provide job opportunities to Americans who exist within marginalized communities, particularly African-Americans, according to QualityWorks.

Demand 203

Demand Course Software Los Angeles 203

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

Google 261

Google Tool Los Angeles Entertainment 261

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Of course this can be done and of course I am a big proponent of the rise of startup centers across the country as the Internet has moved from the “infrastructure phase” to the “application phase” dominated by the three C’s: content, communications and commerce.

Companies 369

Companies Company Startup Snapchat 369

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

Danielle Steel of course being Tom Perkins ex wife. Of course not. .” “ end quote (some people on mobile devices having a hard time seeing where quote starts / ends so I want to be sure I’m not attributed with Mr. Perkins letter). Having a highly functional middle class is good policy for long-term economic growth.

Education 417

Education Venture Capital UCSD Class 417

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

Of course I’m not preaching crazy, irrational spend or having Kid Rock at your next company party. You can do them all yourself, of course. And while this might sound to the inexperienced person like a sensible idea – it is not. But you do need to find a way to do activities that are more scalable. But at what cost?

Startup 381

Startup Resource Venture Capital Activity 381

Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2022

Of course, this has never happened to you, and you have never done this in your past. Business unit managers are under lots of pressure to perform, and occasionally are tempted to step over the line finding ways to look better than reality reflects. So, we are speaking of a theoretical manager here. Well, how to prevent it from happening?

Satisfaction 156

Satisfaction Statistics Course .Net 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Leadership is about creating a shared vision that the entire team buys into and making adjustments when team members persuade you that you’re off course. If you assemble a very talented team people will of course both disagree with each other and will have conflict over both direction and resources. This is natural.

Course 264

Course Satisfaction Resource Startup 264

Berkonomics

AUGUST 22, 2024

How to respond to “change the course” suggestions But there is a limit, a point where your gut is more important than your ear. Make your case for staying the course. If you reach that point with suggestions from these people trying to help, think carefully about how to respond, whether with facts, instinct or support from others.

Venture Capital 227

Venture Capital Course Email Design 227

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2021

I hope that if you see yourself in any of thee archetypes below you can see a plan for staying the course and having a successful 2021. How you eat less and eat better is, of course, the hard part. And while this weight of course has some temporary nature to it, it took a lot of hard work to get my month back on track.

Startup 347

Startup Writing Course Coach 347

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Of course Airbnb hosts love the company. But if you’re an Airbnb host you’re making money by renting out your apartment which doesn’t involve you spending hours on actual work. Driving an Uber is no different that being a hair stylist, waiter or prep cook. It’s found money. And there’s always a but. Not really.

Press 418

Press Journal Startup Training 418

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). But of course, part of its capital will go toward building awareness and growing its headcount.

Mobile 208

Mobile Artificial Inteligence Startup Los Angeles 208

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up.

Startup 142

Startup Case Study Course Entrepreneur 142

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Of course it’s much harder to identify “emerging managers” who it turns out have been some of the best performers over the past 5-7 years such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, First Round Capital, True Ventures, Greycroft, Foundry Group, Thrive and Upfront Ventures. and the bigger funds can’t get in directly.

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Given how seldom you come together you’d imagine you’d have the boards’ full attention during this time. Most likely you’d be wrong. You can solve this if you’re willing to.

Slides 275

Slides Email News Startup 275

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And then of course each venture firm must be careful not to add partners unless they know the chemistry will work with all other partners as our team unit and cohesiveness are so important.

Venture Capital 408

Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Of course they should not. Should board members therefore withdraw and not participate in corporate planning, coaching the CEO and other issues not related to the duty of care or duty of loyalty?

Class 282

Class Coach Invest Sales 282

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

And while of course the founders & management deserve all the credit for Maker’s success and will no doubt get their accolades in the press, from an investor perspective, Dana & I were hugely active in the company for years behind the scenes in recruiting, PR, product strategy, M&A, etc.

Venture Capital 387

Venture Capital Downey Writing Press 387

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And there are limits of course. Of course, the major hits paid for thousands of misses. Reward failure? . That may be a difficult concept for an executive. We wouldn’t reward a failure to follow laws, or protect lives, or deliberate endangerment of the company or its people. There are “good” failures. Here’s (another) personal story….

Course 156

Course Research Venture Capital Resource 156

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Of course, Just is not the first company to offer personalized auto insurance. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market. For now, it’s only available in Arizona, although the company plans to expand to other markets such as Texas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. Image Credits: Just Insure.

Startup 203

Startup Custom Customer Los Angeles 203

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

mitú has been able to amass more than $40 million from Universal/Comcast, WPP, The Chernin Group, Advanceit Capital and of course Upfront Ventures to take on this opportunity we see in front of us. His son then went on to raise more than $1.1 billion to finance US startups.)

Media 269

Media Content Course Technical Review 269

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Most schools also nurture relationships with local and former executives whom they use for guest lectures to MBA courses, judge student business plans, and assign as mentors for university spinoffs.

Incubator 172

Incubator Mentor Class Resource 172

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 17, 2020

” Over the course of working with LA startups including Docstoc and ZipRecruiter, Jones realized that the precarity he had witnessed in his father’s situation as an employer carried over to employees as well. . “Every small business in the country should have access to a human resources professional,” Jones said.

Services 281

Services Resource Santa Monica Los Angeles 281

Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2024

Not all consultants give advice worth taking, of course. We were quite confident that our services would yield great, measurable results. Unfortunately, it is human nature to enthusiastically ignore to act upon recommendations of third-party consultants. There are many, many exceptions, but far more instances of this in the business world.

Sample 156

Sample Report Course Conference 156