Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. It’s a gathering of friends and tech enthusiasts of all stripes. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech).

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. It's the same as when I've created financial models and then have it reviewed by a hard-core CFO, sophisticated investor or similar kind of expert. Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative. Go find a new technical resource.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” Tech Companies most certainly do take calls. Tech Companies & Calls: I once read a quote on Twitter that said, If you use a tech service for free then product is you. But this article missed the real trend.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2013

If you caught the firestorm of protest from the tech sector against it, I am here to tell you, believe the hype — this show stinks. If that sounds pretty far removed from the actual start-up technology world — wait, it gets worse. There is no good angle to her screen time. Where to begin? And that is just the first episode.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 16, 2009

In this unique Forum, you will find pre-screened investment opportunities, hear presentations from the entrepreneurs, and then meet with them at their exhibit tables. We will end the morning with an "investors only" closed-door review of the presenting ventures followed by lunch with the entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The changes are usually due to improvements in previous designs to suit current tastes and preferences. The technology behind the effect has since increased to HTML 5 canvas thus increase in commercial tools for that exact purpose. This is due to the shift of popular principle browsing device from laptops to smartphones.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team. It happens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. Over half of the survivors remaining are eliminated during live presentations, and another 6.5% are eliminated during due diligence. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I believe that for any innovation to take place you need a variety of factors to be present. The industry feels slightly complacent due to the “cry wolf” problems of saying it’s right around the corner for nearly 20 years. The key factors that had to come together are depicted in the graphic below. Where I call home.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is an extended pitch on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

Tips 97

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? It turned out to be 40.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is an extended pitch on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

Slides 95

Slides Technical Review Startup Research 95

Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Try to keep the presentation tight, 10 slides is ideal,” Gruber said. Know Your Stuff.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. Over half of the survivors remaining are eliminated during live presentations, and another 6.5% are eliminated during due diligence.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Mindshare LA set out to gather intriguing speakers from fascinating backgrounds to present unique topics to a community of intellectuals, scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, and the general public via a monthly evening of “enlightened debauchery.”. “I

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2011

For the presenter, if you’d like to share your screen to the other participants, there is a bit of legwork to enable this. Meeting Burner requires you to download a Java applet and run it in order to share your screen to others. Unlike some other services, the online meeting takes place completely in the web browser.

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Orange County Screening Startup Java 83

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. 5 companies presented and all were talented. Pretty cool stuff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. Or does it? Actually numbers and locations are just the beginning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Terms “paradigm shift” or “disruptive technology” used more than once. In reality, fundamental changes in technology frighten away more customers than they attract, and take longer and more money to come to fruition than any investors wants to commit. These terms are so overused as hype that any meaning has been lost.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

For those of you who don't know Jeffrey Hayzlett here is a little background: Prior to joining Kodak, he led a private business development and public relations firm specializing in the technology and visual communications industries. inch LCD screen. Read More about Jeffrey Here ). Low light is an issue for the Zi8. 4x Digital Zoom.

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Xconomy

JUNE 17, 2016

— Cambridge, MA-based Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AGIO ) presented early data from two drugs , AG-348 and AG-519, for a rare inherited form of anemia. Despite technical differences and the early nature of the data that made comparison difficult, Wall Street declared Spark this week’s winner.

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News Technical Review Conference Report 55

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13). We restrict money transfer to South Africa while we conclude our due diligence on international money transfer partners. We believe we have a disruptive technology that is the next big thing.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. I want to know how many people, their level of tech sophistication, their age and their interests. You just have to dedicate yourself to a wanting to tap your creative juices.

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Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen. Or does it? I’ll come back to that later. Keiretsu Forum.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. But instead of hitting pause, opening a new tab, and searching Google, or waiting to be served random ads for things you might be interested in, you’re presented with the option to open a catalog and use a directed link to buy immediately. Is the technology even possible?

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Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2010

As the app, which is being developed for Adobe AIR, Windows, and mobile platforms, is early in its development, a full review would be premature, but here are our first impressions. As for the comics themselves, turning each page is pretty on the screen but navigation is unintuitive. After all, it only just launched into private beta.

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Software Review Social Network Screening Networking 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

As part of the Obama administration’s “cancer moonshot” program, a panel of scientists this week presented a set of broad, ambitious recommendations to speed up the pace of cancer research, treatment, and prevention. The agency advised women and their doctors not to use screening tests that claim to detect ovarian cancer.

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