InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tech entrepreneurs' consternation with MBAs does not rise to the level of loathing. Rather, entrepreneurs' frustrations are often due to an incongruence between an MBA's expectations versus the value they can deliver to a startup. As I stated in my Quora answer, "hate" is the wrong word.

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Online education. Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. Almost nobody believed and now look at it.

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Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement.

Entrepreneur 414

Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 18, 2010

Applications are due April 6th, 2010, the form is on the website and the Twitter address is @launchpadlad. Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors. We will be selecting 10 startup companies to participate. We connected.

Technical Review 259

Technical Review Venture Capital Southern California Tech Coast Angels 259

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

David encourages entrepreneurs to stay away from the big tech firms (such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple) because they are hard to compete with. I believe entrepreneurs should, in David’s words, “build big businesses on the outskirts” but I don’t believe that Silicon Valley tech giants will outmaneuver startups.

Technical Review 299

Technical Review Venture Capital Yammer Google 299

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Yesterday I went to see the film Waiting for Superman. Wasn’t that the American promise?

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Class Education Technical Review Writing 340

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2013

I’ve been involved with technology product design in one form or another for nearly 25 years and seen one mistake consistently repeated. The single biggest mistake most product teams make is building technology for what they believe the user would want rather than what the actual end-user needs. I learned the hard way.

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Product Design Technical Review Screening 408

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Several times in our angel group, one of the largest in the United States, we have queried our group as to their motives in being active, risking their money, taking their time to research, perform due diligence and then coach entrepreneurs of young companies. The result of these surveys over time is universally the same.

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Angel Technical Review Coach Entrepreneur 191

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others.

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Angel Technical Review Software Review Platform 254

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. I’ll bet many of them did a review of their “investment pace&# as in – how quickly should we be investing. And don’t think tech will remain immune. On Mar-6 it hit 6,626 or 53% off its peak.

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Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor. It''s not only an education program, but it''s also a source of funding. We have a few innovations we provide, such as being able to do high quality, due diligence for virtually no cost.

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Angel Invest Mentor Technical Review 276

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2012

Over the past few months Boston Startup School and it’s founders have reviewed hundreds of applications for their first class all while working very hard to get to know each and every candidate. .” -says Shaun Johnson, Co-Founder and COO of Boston Startup School. Something a “corporate” job would not do.)

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Education Startup Software Review Technical Review 86

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Despite the excitement and lure of startups to those in the tech industry, not everyone wants to join a startup after college--according to Mike Gammarino , who is helping to organize a new effort here to recruit students to startups. Mike Gammarino: I'm an entrepreneur who has been working in technology since I graduated.

Startup 206

Startup Technical Review Outsource Yahoo 206

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then pursue the people and education you need to build a winning business. In my own experience with technical startup founders, I still find it hard to name one who was also good, or even interested in financials or business operations. Start today building a bigger network. Chasing and capitalizing on luck brings resilience.

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Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur Software Review 149

Tech.Co

APRIL 26, 2019

Nearly 17 percent of tech workers admit to being under the influence of marijuana while at work at some point in their careers, according to a new study. Here’s a look at the phenomenon, along with a few educated guesses as to the reasons behind the the growth of the stoned working class. What Does It All Say About Tech Culture?

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Study Technical Review Class Education 118

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I had worked as a tutor for Princeton Review, and Jake for Kaplan. We thought, we could put out a better product than Kaplan or Princeton Review, which would be more compelling, and also would tie in a strong social mission. On the SAT/ACT side, in classroom tutoring, we have used our technology to automate the back office.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

InfoChachkie

MAY 7, 2012

If you are fortunate to pitch a sophisticated investor in person, assume they already believe in the veracity of your idea, the market and the underlying technological trends. Informal Education – Consideration of a Grubstakee’s formal education was usually irrelevant. As such, communication had to be clear, open and direct.

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Ideas Venture Capital Education Entrepreneur 251

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

Funding 178

Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2020

Chandler, Arizona-based Zovio , a provider of education technology services, says it plans to boost hiring in San Diego, as well as in Chandler, Arizona and Denver, Colorado, as a result of soaring unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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San Diego Technical Review Education Services 124

InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

The primary stipulation is that each Thiel Fellow must drop out of college, for at least two years, and pursue their “entrepreneurial ventures, research and self-education.”. Gates’ experiential approach to learning programming is typical of entrepreneurs, especially those with little formal education. Entrepreneurs are misfits.

Tips 279

Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 11, 2021

Healthvana , a health tech startup that began with a specific focus on providing patient information digitally for individuals living with HIV, is helping Los Angeles County roll out mobile vaccination records for COVID-19 using Apple’s Wallet technology. “We look and feel like Instagram.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Los Angeles 201

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Value is created through diligent hard work. Once you prove that a substantial number of people are willing to pay more for your solution than it costs you to provide it, you can then consider licensing your underlying technology. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Grant Exclusivity.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. In California the primary school education system has cut 10 days from the school year to save jobs.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2009

I hired a guy, Azhar Khan, who was raised in the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, actually) but educated and worked his whole life in the US. He also had experience in setting up tech development centers in India. I personally ruled out Pakistan due to the perception that our staff would feel less safe there.

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Venture Capital Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur 297

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

To even make marginal improvement, one would need to thread the needle of education and accessibility — and perhaps place compassion over profits and growth. Kindbody appears to be one of the few startups in the space well on its way to tackling this behemoth of a challenge. The company today has 12 outlets in 10 cities in the U.S.

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Help Startup Technical Review Education 161

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. You can watch my interview with Naval below or on YouTube here: [link]. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses.

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Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2011

Our featured speaker is Rob Berman. See [link] (more)

IP 100

IP Technical Review Patents Education 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. Incent these early.

Product 141

Product Services Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 141

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

For the next four days if you’re in the tech industry you’re going to hear a non-stop stream of information about SXSW. They have fun & meet tons of interesting people and they confuse this with the need to do be at every major tech event. Yes, it’s partly due to ADHD. They’ll want to meet you later.

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Conference Startup Technical Review Writing 289

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

According to the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, the projects were selected by more than thirty members of the LA business and entrepreneurial community, who reviewed the proposals and mentored the research teams involved. USC Stevens said that the Ideas Empowered program was funded by James C. READ MORE>>.

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USC Funding Southern California Technical Review 170

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

If you’re an early-stage entrepreneur, technology has served you well. 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. The Foundation was created in 1997 by tech pioneers, Jean and Steve Case.

Startup 137

Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 137

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

" I recently performed a 360-Review on two Co-Founders who were the company's CEO and CTO. The typical startup cannot afford a massive ad campaign to educate users as to its value proposition. ." 5) Progress Matters. "I 7) Keep It Stupidly Simple, Smarty. "The " [Tweet this quote].

Startup 268

Startup Tips CTO Coach Technical Review 268

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

[Update: TechCrunch has confirmed Lime’s plans for the store, and that the deal to build it came through Lime’s investor Fifth Wall Ventures that arranges partnerships between tech companies and real estate developers. Educate them on the benefits, educate them on safety, and provide helmets.”

Santa Monica 221

Santa Monica Startup Technical Review Education 221

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2019

How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” What entrepreneurs forget or don’t realize is that most customers are wary of all technology, educating the market on new technology is expensive, takes a long time, and people buy problem solutions rather than technology.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Technology Startup Social Media 87