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13 Articles match "Startup","VentureNet"
The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking . I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. In between it all, I'm dropping off/picking up my son, I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Over this period I have personally been involved in over a dozen start-up ventures with two-thirds of those under the umbrella of Momentum Venture Management ( www.mvmpartners.com ), the early stage venture fund/accelerator I started 6 years ago with Matt Ridenour.
The evidence of this broader reality is overwhelming and is directly contrary to Wil’s personal experience:
• Venture capitalists invested 48% less capital in Southern California during the third quarter with $458 million put into 66 deals (Dow Jones Q309)
• Dramatic move away from first time/early investments
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Friday, October 9, 2009
VentureNet, Southern California’s Shark Tank (Hollywood Today)
Tags: Southern California Startup Some Southern California related links for Friday afternoon:
Topspin Media’s Ian Rogers on Why Letting iTunes Own Customers Is A Bad Idea (Wired)
Neighborhood Goods Launches in LA (lalawag)
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , online, software-as-a-service for collecting electronic signatures, took "Best of Show" at VentureNet Wednesday, after a day of presentations by thirteen Southern California startups. VentureNet, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, included keynotes by Kelly Perdew of Rotohog and Zorik Gordon of ReachLocal, plus capital presentations from Cyber-Rain, FlipGloss Media, Viewdle, Social Approach, Ad.ly, Zadspace, RightSignature, Cogi, YouMail, ExpenseBay, AffordIt.com, SharesPost, and TrueCar. socalTECH.com was a media sponsor of the event.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. (socalTECH The day started with a keynote by John Suh of Legalzoom.com, and topped off with a pitch from David Sacks -- CEO of Geni.com, and also CEO of Geni spinoff Yammer.com, which recently won the top prize at the TechCrunch50-- plus a question and answer session which had Matt Coffin, founder of LowerMyBills, grilling Internet technology celebrity Jason Calacanis.
The socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking . I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. In between it all, I'm dropping off/picking up my son, I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show
5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup
“Out Tags: Company News Events Marketing Startups Venture Capital email design Nearshoring Newsletter Offshoring social media startup VC VentureNe The October SCribe Newsletter has arrived. Check out the feature articles and the upcoming event schedule.
Here
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
For any entrepreneurs lurking here, I’ve got some tickets to VentureNet I am giving away. Just email or otherwise contact me, particularly if you’re an early stage startup who wished they were presenting but didn’t make the cut, etc. On a related note, a good story on RingRevenue and how they got funding from the warmup session for VentureNet was recently posted on Entrepreneur Magazine. (disclaimer: It’s a great opportunity to meet others in the community, see some pitches, and do some networking.
disclaimer: I was on the selection committee for
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
One of the better opportunities here for companies to approach investors, VentureNet , recently opened up applications for the event, and it’s well worth a look by any aspiring startups looking for funding. The event, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, allows companies to pitch what they’re doing to a panel and audience of investors. I’ve been involved in the event for the past few years, and we’re a media sponsor, but even aside from our involvement it’s one of those rare events which are geared not to just
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show
5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup
“Out The October SCribe Newsletter has arrived. Check out the feature articles and the upcoming event schedule.
Here Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue:
Magnify360
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Over this period I have personally been involved in over a dozen start-up ventures with two-thirds of those under the umbrella of Momentum Venture Management ( www.mvmpartners.com ), the early stage venture fund/accelerator I started 6 years ago with Matt Ridenour.
The evidence of this broader reality is overwhelming and is directly contrary to Wil’s personal experience:
• Venture capitalists invested 48% less capital in Southern California during the third quarter with $458 million put into 66 deals (Dow Jones Q309)
• Dramatic move away from first time/early investments
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Friday, October 9, 2009
VentureNet, Southern California’s Shark Tank (Hollywood Today)
Tags: Southern California Startup Some Southern California related links for Friday afternoon:
Topspin Media’s Ian Rogers on Why Letting iTunes Own Customers Is A Bad Idea (Wired)
Neighborhood Goods Launches in LA (lalawag)
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