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JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The dictionary definition of a mentor is “an experienced and trusted advisor,” or “leader, tutor or coach.” The big difference, of course, is that a mentor looks ahead to help you, while a critic looks backward to tell you what you did wrong. One of the key characteristics of a successful mentor relationship is trust.

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MAY 2, 2014

Among the areas the two will work on are working with investors, companies and others in creating programs and events targeted at the entrepreneurial community, and connecting start-ups, entrepreneurs and prospective venture capital and mentors. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

We've defined an accelerator program as a class-based, limited-time program which ties mentors, educational events, and often, seed funding, to help ideas become startups, and to help get startups to the point where they are fund-able.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

In addition to Silicon Beach Fest, we also held Digital LA events at Sundance, SXSW, E3, Comic-Con, and in London during the Olympics. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?

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MARCH 7, 2013

The Founder Institute says its mentors in San Diego include such local execs as Brian Dear of Eventful, Joe Bezdek of DivX, Jon Carder of MOGL, and Jimmy Hendricks and Patrick Dillon of Deal Current. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. One senior mentor to Launchpad LA recently said, “I got more out of Launchpad LA than I even put in.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based Launchpad LA , the business mentoring and acceleration program which has been spearheaded by Mark Suster and Adam Lilling, looks to be gearing up for its third class. According to the group's web site, it will kick off the next class in November 2011, and continue until early spring 2012.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine announced the new location in an invitation to an opening event January 15th for its mentors and companies. StartEngine said the new office is a split-level loft, with access to such locations as the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a few metro stops from Pasadena.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

chapter of the Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance (METal) and the voice of KenRadio's World Technology Roundup on CBS Radio, Rutkowski has recruited a roster of mentors to coach entrepreneurs who enroll in the institute's programs in LA. The structure is weekly classes, but with office hours and additional access to your mentors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. He considered pulling out of the event because he wanted to stay in “stealth mode&# and felt an event like this compromised him. A funding announcement is a stand-alone event.

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Marketing Startup Press Technical Advisors 380

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, himself was an entrepreneur earlier in his career and has been a mentor to us all at VC having backed too many billion dollar exits to name. I stayed close.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Watson , who organized San Diego's Tech Coast Angels QuickPitch event, is now being investigated as a possible homicide, according to unconfirmed reports sourced by the Frank Peters Show. The death earlier this month of a San Diego Tech Coast Angel, John G. Watson's body was apparently found in his home June 8th.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

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. Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. So What Does All This Mean? Wait, What About Yves?

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JANUARY 30, 2013

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. StartEngine provides $20,000 to $100,000 in funding to promising startups, and also offers up mentoring, office space, and help in getting those startups to the next stage.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

If you use the mentor-driven model that we pioneered at TechStars, you get entrepreneurs who are deeply connected with the broader entrepreneurial landscape. Many experienced entrepreneurs choose to go through an accelerator because of the network effect and the dynamics of the mentor help that they get.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Touted as both the first and largest of its kind in Europe, the more than 300 attendees will go through a weeklong boot camp where they will network with other entrepreneurs and pitch to more than fifty business mentors and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2021

Find and enjoy the company of one or more mentors. The leadership benefits of mentoring start in childhood, but are just as important at the mature CEO level. Demonstrate the ideas and behaviors of self-determination. Virtuoso leaders know their life story. Sought and accepted help from many supportive people since childhood.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. For our Insights and Opinions section today, Steve Reich , an angel investor and advisor, gives his take on the subject in his editorial, The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

amSTATZ is an online community that brings fitness professionals, athletes and fitness events together into one place. Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit.

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APRIL 12, 2013

To be fair (and as other accelerators in town are eager to point out), Launchpad LA has had a head start, with a number of companies which joined the accelerator before it was an accelerator, and was a mentoring group for a mix of both funded and non-funded companies. which had thirteen funding events in the time period.

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Southern California Incubator Report Startup 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2020

Other people in business judge your character by how major events and influences have shaped your personal development, and will likely impact your response to new situations. Shares views and learns from a personal mentor. Even successful entrepreneurs, included Bill Gates and Warren Buffett , learn from each other as mentors.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

The class associated with the competition also includes an industry component, which includes allowing mentors from industry to help out teams to refine and improve their ideas. affiliated event focused on spreading innovative ideas. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

The accelerator said that the demo day is a culmination of its latest three month program, which included ten new companies in mentoring, collaboration, funding, and access to its network of investors and entrepreneurs. MuckerLab's prior class included such hot Los Angeles startups as SurfAir, Retention Science, Wallaby, and InstaCanvas.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The events are held to provide coaching, mentoring and networking for early stage companies. Tuesday, November 15, 2011 -- The Monday Club. Join us for the final 2011 meeting of the popular monthly Monday Club entrepreneurial growth luncheons.

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Coach Mentor Networking Company 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2013

This event is for VCs, early stage funds, angel investors, mentors as well as a number of esteemed guests. This is your chance to hear their stories and support a new batch of L.A. tech entrepreneurs. See [link] (more)

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Santa Monica Commerce Class Mentor 124

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. Tony was also our neighbor for 8 years in downtown Las Vegas, where the company grew its homebase and hosted monthly events for locals and visitors from around the world, with Hsieh’s Downtown Project.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 28, 2012

Beyond great networking, the event will include a brief presentation about how you can get involved as a volunteer, mentor, judge or more. You will learn about our annual Business Competition, an opportunity to accelerate your cleantech startup with expert training, national visibility and up to $250,000 of cash and services.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Whether you are looking for investors, a mentor, advice or just simply connecting for opportunities - this event is for you. Come mix and mingle up close and personal with some of the hottest startups in LA. Check out what they?re re doing now, what the future holds and how they?re re setting the trends. See [link] (more)

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JULY 21, 2010

Watson was also in charge of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch event, which allows local entrepreneurs to pitch their startups to angel investors and others.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event, where attendees pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies/products. The event is very community focused and provides a place for budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors and momentum for their ideas. We are looking for the next big thing in Sports, Fitness, and Performance.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event, where attendees pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies/products. The event is very community focused and provides a place for budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors and momentum for their ideas. We are looking for the next big thing in Sports, Fitness, and Performance.

Startup 100

Startup Mentor Ideas Entrepreneur 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event, where attendees pitch ideas, form teams and launch companies/products. The event is very community focused and provides a place for budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors and momentum for their ideas. We are looking for the next big thing in Sports, Fitness, and Performance.

Startup 100

Startup Mentor Ideas Entrepreneur 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The events are held to provide coaching, mentoring and networking for early stage companies. Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Monday Club - South Bay Chapter Entrepreneurial Growth Program. Join us for the 2011 season of the popular monthly Monday Club entrepreneurial growth luncheons. See [link] (more)

Coach 100

Coach Mentor Networking Company 100

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The event this week launches some companies, and showcases the talent we have in the space. We are able to do events like this launch party to give them more exposure, and there's also a mentoring components, and access to capital through DFJ Frontier and other venture capitalists and angels. What is the Ventura incubator?

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers. Businesses, entrepreneurs, and the public alike are invited to attend this exciting and informative technology event. See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Techweek recognizes and promotes the amazing efforts of innovative technology companies, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, investors, mentors and tech industry workers. Businesses, entrepreneurs, and the public alike are invited to attend this exciting and informative technology event. See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113