The Definitive Guide to the Fort Collins Startup SceneChris Snook
Published by Launch Haus for our guests and fellow entrepreneurs, this is the definitive resource for all those working in the startup ecosystem of Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. Inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to Boulder Tech Community and Sam Teller's Guide to LA Startups, Brianne and I have decided to illuminate and connect the world to the amazing resources and players in the NoCo Ecosystem. Future iterations will ensue as we continue our primary research and interface activity.
Version 1.2 Updates (last iteration Feb 2015)
-Added several new resources in the NoCo region from co-working, to capital, to creator spaces and meetup movements. Enjoy and plug in
-Launched the Feedback Survey live link
The Colorado tech industry is burgeoning. This is a thorough overview of the Colorado startup ecosystem to get you familiarized in order to plan your next step.
How much do you know about Irish tech startups? Which startups have the most buzz? Which tech giants have their offices here? And who are the Irish tech figures to know?
Frontline Ventures (www.frontline.vc) created this guide to promote Irish entrepreneurship while offering a 101 guide for anyone visiting the country or starting out in their career.
It covers the most successful Irish startups and companies on the rise, Irish tech accelerators and meetups, Irish tech press, resident VCs, and the story of how our homegrown industry began.
If you have a suggestion to add to the list, tweet @Frontline and get in touch!
The Definitive Guide to the Fort Collins Startup SceneChris Snook
Published by Launch Haus for our guests and fellow entrepreneurs, this is the definitive resource for all those working in the startup ecosystem of Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. Inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to Boulder Tech Community and Sam Teller's Guide to LA Startups, Brianne and I have decided to illuminate and connect the world to the amazing resources and players in the NoCo Ecosystem. Future iterations will ensue as we continue our primary research and interface activity.
Version 1.2 Updates (last iteration Feb 2015)
-Added several new resources in the NoCo region from co-working, to capital, to creator spaces and meetup movements. Enjoy and plug in
-Launched the Feedback Survey live link
The Colorado tech industry is burgeoning. This is a thorough overview of the Colorado startup ecosystem to get you familiarized in order to plan your next step.
How much do you know about Irish tech startups? Which startups have the most buzz? Which tech giants have their offices here? And who are the Irish tech figures to know?
Frontline Ventures (www.frontline.vc) created this guide to promote Irish entrepreneurship while offering a 101 guide for anyone visiting the country or starting out in their career.
It covers the most successful Irish startups and companies on the rise, Irish tech accelerators and meetups, Irish tech press, resident VCs, and the story of how our homegrown industry began.
If you have a suggestion to add to the list, tweet @Frontline and get in touch!
1. Introduction to the Startup Ecosystem
2. Startups in Hong Kong
3. Community builders
4. Government support & Universities
5. Incubator and Accelerator Programs
6. Competitions, events
7. Talent's corner
8. Co-working spaces
9. Venture Capital
10. Resources
11. References
My presentation for the Blue Startups conference East Meets West 2014 on November 6-7 at the Modern Honolulu on Oahu, Hawaii - this was a 30-minute talk on the history of the Hong Kong startup scene and snapshots at other Asian startup hubs.
Innovation is everywhere - Malaysia Innovation Ecosystem and Startup SceneInnovation is Everywhere
Malaysia is a rather small country in populous South-East Asia, with 29 million inhabitants, North of Singapore and south of Thailand, with a "peninsular" part and half the island of Borneo (shared with Indonesia).
Malaysia has been early to invest a lot in high technology and has a Silicon Valley of its own since 1997. Is infrastructure enough to create conditions for innovation?
In this presentation, we share the milestones of Malaysia as an innovation ecosystem, we identify their best practices (in particular the neat organization of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur) and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Read more about us as we roam the world to explore the emerging markets startups scenes, from Iran to Chile, from China to Nigeria.
Reach us at: martin@innovationiseverywhere
Innovation is Everywhere
Interested in starting a company in China? Here's a quick report on China through the lens of a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur.
This 15 min guide by Bowei Gai aims to cover the basics of Chinese market size, opportunity, key players, competition and infrastructure.
Are you an Irish startup travelling to New York? Are you thinking of setting up an office there? Want to know who the key Irish people in NYC tech scene are?
Frontline Ventures (www.frontline.vc) created this guide with the help of Enstitute Fellows (www.enstituteu.com) to help Irish entrepreneurs traveling and moving to New York.
It covers the main startup areas of NYC, the co-working spaces, bars, cafes, and startups in each, key Irish people to meet, venture investors, and fun and useful facts.
If you have a suggestion to add to the list, tweet @Frontline and get in touch!
Interested in starting a company in Brazil? Here is a quick 15-min guide for everything you need to know to get started.
This guide is provides an overview of the Brazil market size, key players, opportunity then dives into topics such as costs of operation, rules/regulations and even local culture.
Brazil Startup Report is a guide written by local volunteer entrepreneurs and investors. If you are interested in creating such a report for your own country, please contact hello@worldstartupreport.com. Please also consider making a donation to help create more of these free reports for other countries in need.
Thanks for reading!
The Startup Ecosystem - Maxime Pico Startup42Maxime Pico
All you need to know to begin your journey in the startup world. Sources, Comments, References, FAQs.
This is from a lecture I give to first-time entrepreneurs and people who want to know more about this ecosystem
What can we do to improve the startup scene in Vietnam?Minh Do
My small lecture on the startup scene in Vietnam and a few things we can do to change it. This is the first of a series of events, we will continue to hold them into the future.
WATCH THE VIDEO AT http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
Joshua Baer from Capital Factory gives a comprehensive overview of the Austin Startup Scene including it's unique elements, some history, the up and coming stars, the organizers, happy hours, meetups, coffee shops, coworking spots, incubators, university resources, venture capital and more.
Welcome to Austin! Here are the things you need to know about the Austin entrepreneurial and tech community.
Most important is that you sign up by email for the Austin Startup Digest, a weekly email with all of the events going on in the Austin entrepreneurship scene.
SIGN UP FOR EMAIL LISTS
Weekly Startup Calendar
http://startupdigest.com/austin
Weekly Video Interview
http://weareaustintech.com/
WATCH THIS VIDEO
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (1 hour)
http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
ATTEND THE NEXT MEETUP
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene Meetup
http://bit.ly/welcome2austin
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
JOIN FACEBOOK GROUPS
READ BLOGS
COWORKING
COFFEE SHOPS DOWNTOWN
COFFEE SHOPS IN THE BURBS
HAPPY HOURS
ENTREPRENEUR MEETUPS
TECHNICAL MEETUPS
HACKING MEETUPS
CLASSES
EVENTS
INCUBATORS
VENTURE CAPITAL
DEV SHOPS
LEGAL
PRESS CONTACTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REAL ESTATE
ACCOUNTS & TAXES
RECRUITING
EVENT PLANNING
ASSOCIATIONS
STARTUPS TO WATCH
ATX EQUATION
PHILANTHROPY
AUSTIN FUN
Internet Hall of Fame: Things to Know about the World of Internet CompaniesWorld Startup Report
World Startup Report research on the biggest Internet companies across 50 countries. The insights that will make you look outside Silicon Valley and the US.
Full research at: worldstartupwiki.org
A crash course on Korean Startup Ecosystem based on a presentation given on Startup Korea Roundtable event held at D.CAMP on 28 April, 2015.(For any errors or correction request, please contact hahn.ryu@dcamp.kr. Special thanks to Startup Alliance and G3Partners.
This Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide gives you an overview of what is happening in the Amsterdam startup ecosystem. If your startup, organisation or initiative isn't in our list, please let us know. Send us an email to hello@startuptour.org.
Nigeria... Yes, it's big, ugly, dangerous, poor, too big, too hot, too rainy. And it's Africa's biggest country and economy, so the potential for startups and entrepreneurs is huge.
During our trip to Lagos to attend the Mobile West Africa 2014 conference, we listened to the speakers, met the key players of the local tech ecosystem, and were amazed, just like all the other emerging markets we explore, by the creativity, the will, and the startups we saw.
Take the trip with us to dive into Nigeria's startup scene. As usual, we love to look back in time to see what are the milestones explaining why the country is where it is today. Oddly enough, Nigeria has long been a very isolated country, with few exports else than natural resources.
Since Nollywood and the most creative movie industry of the continent, it's changing.
Despite the kilometric list of challenges the country is facing, a lot of spots and startups are to be discussed. Wecyclers, BudgIT are among the secret gems we discovered in Lagos, and for sure, there's more than that.
1. Introduction to the Startup Ecosystem
2. Startups in Hong Kong
3. Community builders
4. Government support & Universities
5. Incubator and Accelerator Programs
6. Competitions, events
7. Talent's corner
8. Co-working spaces
9. Venture Capital
10. Resources
11. References
My presentation for the Blue Startups conference East Meets West 2014 on November 6-7 at the Modern Honolulu on Oahu, Hawaii - this was a 30-minute talk on the history of the Hong Kong startup scene and snapshots at other Asian startup hubs.
Innovation is everywhere - Malaysia Innovation Ecosystem and Startup SceneInnovation is Everywhere
Malaysia is a rather small country in populous South-East Asia, with 29 million inhabitants, North of Singapore and south of Thailand, with a "peninsular" part and half the island of Borneo (shared with Indonesia).
Malaysia has been early to invest a lot in high technology and has a Silicon Valley of its own since 1997. Is infrastructure enough to create conditions for innovation?
In this presentation, we share the milestones of Malaysia as an innovation ecosystem, we identify their best practices (in particular the neat organization of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur) and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Read more about us as we roam the world to explore the emerging markets startups scenes, from Iran to Chile, from China to Nigeria.
Reach us at: martin@innovationiseverywhere
Innovation is Everywhere
Interested in starting a company in China? Here's a quick report on China through the lens of a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur.
This 15 min guide by Bowei Gai aims to cover the basics of Chinese market size, opportunity, key players, competition and infrastructure.
Are you an Irish startup travelling to New York? Are you thinking of setting up an office there? Want to know who the key Irish people in NYC tech scene are?
Frontline Ventures (www.frontline.vc) created this guide with the help of Enstitute Fellows (www.enstituteu.com) to help Irish entrepreneurs traveling and moving to New York.
It covers the main startup areas of NYC, the co-working spaces, bars, cafes, and startups in each, key Irish people to meet, venture investors, and fun and useful facts.
If you have a suggestion to add to the list, tweet @Frontline and get in touch!
Interested in starting a company in Brazil? Here is a quick 15-min guide for everything you need to know to get started.
This guide is provides an overview of the Brazil market size, key players, opportunity then dives into topics such as costs of operation, rules/regulations and even local culture.
Brazil Startup Report is a guide written by local volunteer entrepreneurs and investors. If you are interested in creating such a report for your own country, please contact hello@worldstartupreport.com. Please also consider making a donation to help create more of these free reports for other countries in need.
Thanks for reading!
The Startup Ecosystem - Maxime Pico Startup42Maxime Pico
All you need to know to begin your journey in the startup world. Sources, Comments, References, FAQs.
This is from a lecture I give to first-time entrepreneurs and people who want to know more about this ecosystem
What can we do to improve the startup scene in Vietnam?Minh Do
My small lecture on the startup scene in Vietnam and a few things we can do to change it. This is the first of a series of events, we will continue to hold them into the future.
WATCH THE VIDEO AT http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
Joshua Baer from Capital Factory gives a comprehensive overview of the Austin Startup Scene including it's unique elements, some history, the up and coming stars, the organizers, happy hours, meetups, coffee shops, coworking spots, incubators, university resources, venture capital and more.
Welcome to Austin! Here are the things you need to know about the Austin entrepreneurial and tech community.
Most important is that you sign up by email for the Austin Startup Digest, a weekly email with all of the events going on in the Austin entrepreneurship scene.
SIGN UP FOR EMAIL LISTS
Weekly Startup Calendar
http://startupdigest.com/austin
Weekly Video Interview
http://weareaustintech.com/
WATCH THIS VIDEO
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene (1 hour)
http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
ATTEND THE NEXT MEETUP
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene Meetup
http://bit.ly/welcome2austin
FOLLOW ON TWITTER
JOIN FACEBOOK GROUPS
READ BLOGS
COWORKING
COFFEE SHOPS DOWNTOWN
COFFEE SHOPS IN THE BURBS
HAPPY HOURS
ENTREPRENEUR MEETUPS
TECHNICAL MEETUPS
HACKING MEETUPS
CLASSES
EVENTS
INCUBATORS
VENTURE CAPITAL
DEV SHOPS
LEGAL
PRESS CONTACTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REAL ESTATE
ACCOUNTS & TAXES
RECRUITING
EVENT PLANNING
ASSOCIATIONS
STARTUPS TO WATCH
ATX EQUATION
PHILANTHROPY
AUSTIN FUN
Internet Hall of Fame: Things to Know about the World of Internet CompaniesWorld Startup Report
World Startup Report research on the biggest Internet companies across 50 countries. The insights that will make you look outside Silicon Valley and the US.
Full research at: worldstartupwiki.org
A crash course on Korean Startup Ecosystem based on a presentation given on Startup Korea Roundtable event held at D.CAMP on 28 April, 2015.(For any errors or correction request, please contact hahn.ryu@dcamp.kr. Special thanks to Startup Alliance and G3Partners.
This Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide gives you an overview of what is happening in the Amsterdam startup ecosystem. If your startup, organisation or initiative isn't in our list, please let us know. Send us an email to hello@startuptour.org.
Nigeria... Yes, it's big, ugly, dangerous, poor, too big, too hot, too rainy. And it's Africa's biggest country and economy, so the potential for startups and entrepreneurs is huge.
During our trip to Lagos to attend the Mobile West Africa 2014 conference, we listened to the speakers, met the key players of the local tech ecosystem, and were amazed, just like all the other emerging markets we explore, by the creativity, the will, and the startups we saw.
Take the trip with us to dive into Nigeria's startup scene. As usual, we love to look back in time to see what are the milestones explaining why the country is where it is today. Oddly enough, Nigeria has long been a very isolated country, with few exports else than natural resources.
Since Nollywood and the most creative movie industry of the continent, it's changing.
Despite the kilometric list of challenges the country is facing, a lot of spots and startups are to be discussed. Wecyclers, BudgIT are among the secret gems we discovered in Lagos, and for sure, there's more than that.
Interested in starting a company in South East Asia? Here's a quick report on the Philippines through the lens of a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur.
Peering into Thailand's Startup Ecosystem by Ardent Partner Tee SuraphongchaiArdent Capital
Ardent Capital Partner and Head of Ventures, Tee Suraphongchai, examines Thailand's Startup Ecosystem including why Thailand, a market overview, an analysis of the current Thai startup ecosystem, and growth and future opportunities.
A third world nation just 50 years ago, Korea is now the world's 15th biggest economy, a major force in the global tech scene and home to Samsung, the world's top smartphone manufacturer. It is also rapidly emerging as a regional tech hub and startup hotbed as well as an avid consumer of new technology.
But it wasn't always like this.
This Slideshare provides a glimpse into Korea's tech past to explain how the nation has rapidly emerged as a global heavyweight. Then we dive into the startup ecosystem which has been built on top of a world class tech infrastructure and provide clues to what you can expect from Korea in the years to come.
Intro to the Austin Startup Scene - Damon ClinkscalesDamon Clinkscales
Get the lowdown of what's going on in the Austin startup scene. These slides are from the Intro to the Austin Startup Scene meetup at Capital Factory http://bit.ly/welcome2austin .
Josh Baer's version of this presentation can be seen at this link http://bit.ly/intro2austin.
delivered presentation again (and updated the slides) on July 29, 2014.
Boston and Ireland go back - way back. We are celebrating the ties between the two cities and their technology ecosystem through this new Boston Tech Guide!
Frontline Ventures (www.frontline.vc) created this guide to help out European entrepreneurs navigate living, working, and expanding into Boston.
It covers the history and legacy between Boston and Ireland, community spaces and meetups, key Irish people to meet, Boston venture funds, and fun facts about living in Boston.
Have any suggestions? Get in touch with us at @Frontline!
The presentation talks about the different community initiatives - meet ups, prototyping events, Co-Working spaces, Maker communities, Angel Groups and Events being hosted in Chennai to support the startup Ecosystem.
This presentation was presented at Barclays Centre in Chennai. Feel free to reach out to author for corrections, comments and feedback.
This is a free orientation to help new and aspiring entrepreneurs learn how to plug in to the Dallas startup scene. Get the inside scoop from one of the local community leaders to get acquainted with the exciting entrepreneur scene in Dallas.
This Lisbon Tech Startup Guide gives you an overview of what is happening in the Lisbon startup ecosystem. If your startup, organization or initiative isn't in our list, please let us know. Send us an email to hello@startuptour.org.
On Tuesday, March 30, 2010 I was invited to speak to a group of students studying Emerging and Social Media at Marquette University.
The topic of my presentation was Social Media Strategy and Implementation.
Use Stickybits to attach comments or questions, http://stickybits.com/c/7460958735923/krgRnrzT1bEBpes5LhJF9W
You can also read more on my blog, http://blog.jenders.com/2010/03/30/social-media-strategy-and-implementation/
Many organizations are struggling with the gap between social media hype versus concrete results and return on investment. This session explores the way digital native organizations like Mozilla (makers of the popular open source Firefox web browser) are using smart collaborative tools and an “open everything” approach to optimize day-to-day work, bring in volunteer contributors, and advance their overall mission. If 2008 was all about going “viral” -- using the web to try and reach large numbers of people with relatively superficial engagement -- 2010 may be all about the opposite: using the right open web tools and best practices to empower smaller numbers of people to work smarter, increase impact, and get things done.
Attendees Will Walk Away With:
• A sense of where the web and social media are headed
• Best practices around “open web” tools and methods
• Ideas on increasing volunteer and community contribution inside and outside your organization
Matt Thompson - Web Lead, Mozilla Drumbeat, Mozilla Foundation
Matt is an open Internet evangelist and online campaign strategist. He recently joined the Mozilla Foundation as the web lead for Mozilla Drumbeat, a new effort to support projects and people that protect the open web and invent the Internet’s future. Before joining Mozilla, Matt worked as an online campaign strategist and guest speaker for organizations like Free Press, Greenpeace Canada and the London School of Economics.
This all encompassing guide to NYC tech will reveal just how large and diverse NYC tech community has become and why it's has become a true digital leader and pioneer. To provide a complete picture of the landscape I've included many topics including trends, startups by sector, angel and venture investors, service providers, educational institutions, strategic partners, news and information, community, and many more. My goal of this guide is to raise awareness of the NYC tech ecosystem and help newcomers and veterans navigate the ever changing landscape here. Any and all feedback is welcome so feel free to email me at schlaf55@gmail.com and I'll do my best to incorporate your suggestions. Thank you.
Designer As Catalyst (HOW Interactive Design Conf 2014)Matthew Muñoz
My presentation at the HOW Interactive Design Conference in Chicago, 2014 — focusing on finding ways to leverage design processes and thinking to non-traditional design areas.
lukas ritzel slides on crowdsoucing, the crowds getting active in business, tribes, from globalization to outsourcing to crowdsourcing for the enterprise
Social Media and Advertising: Ad Club 10/07Eric Weaver
AUDIENCE: Advertising agencies
OVERVIEW: How is Social Media changing the advertising industry? How is consumer dialogue impacting outbound marketing? This presentation, co-written by Laura Porto Stockwell of Publicis in the West, and Eric Weaver of Brand Dialogue, covers these massive shifts in commerce, culture, media and advertising.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Introduction to the Los Angeles Startup Community
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Launchpad LA
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5 – Launchpad LA
8 – Disclaimer
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20 – What Defines an
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22 – Founders
23 – Talent
25 – Venture Capital
29 – Angels
31 – Accelerators
32 – Incubators
33 – Things to Ask
34 – Coworking Spaces
35 – Partners
37 – Service Providers
38 – Press
39 – Misconceptions
40 – Startup Jobs
42 – Do / Don’t
44 – How to Get Involved
46 – Education
47 – Go
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4. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I SAM TELLER
ABOUT ME
• Managing Director of Launchpad LA
• Born and raised in LA
• @samteller
• steller.tumblr.com
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/steller
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5. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I LAUNCHPAD LA
5
LAUNCHPAD LA
• @LaunchpadLA
• www.launchpad.la
• Mentorship Program (2009-11)
•
23 companies
• Accelerator (2012 – 13)
•
Sam
Jamie
Chelsea
Nick
Kyle
31 companies (not all public)
• Total (2009-13)
•
54 companies
•
Over $140m in venture financings
•
Over 25 VCs have financed
Launchpad LA deals
•
Over $80m in exits
Patrick
6. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I LAUNCHPAD LA
LAUNCHPAD LA
CLASSES 1 & 2 (mentorship program)
Acquired by
AMEX
Acquired by
Adenyo
Acquired by
SquareTrade
Acquired by
Chegg
Acquired by
OVGuide
Acquired by
Forbes
Acquired by
InformedDNA
(2 acquisitions
not yet public)
6
7. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I LAUNCHPAD LA
LAUNCHPAD LA
CLASSES 3 - 5 (accelerator program)
7
8. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I DISCLAIMER
DISCLAIMER
• I do not know everything about LA tech
• I did not purposefully make omissions
• I could not include every person and business
(Let me know what I missed)
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9. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOW IT IS DEFINED
9
LOS ANGELES STARTUPS
Tech + [ ]
LA has:
…media
1. Entrepreneurial Culture
…commerce
(aerospace, ecommerce, media, apparel, video,
ad tech, more)
…fashion
…mobile
…anything!
(experience in ____ + technology)
2. Engineering Talent
(universities, Google, etc)
3. Proximity to Capital
10. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY
HOT SECTORS IN LA
Mobile / Social
Video
Ecommerce
Snapchat
Tinder
Whisper
Maker Studios
Machinima
Fullscreen
Nasty Gal
Just Fab
The Honest Co.
But also . . .
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11. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY
11
SECTORS IN LA
Advertising Technology
Enterprise and
SMB SaaS
Shared
Economy
Education
Hardware
Gaming
Financial
Technology
Marketplaces
Developer
Tools
Data
12. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I REPRESENT.LA
REPRESENT.LA
Created by Tara Tiger Brown, Alex Benzer, Sean Bonner
12
13. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I MAP
12
STARTUP COMMUNITIES
PASADENA
HOLLYWOOD
SANTA MONICA
DOWNTOWN
CULVER CITY
VENICE
14. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I SANTA MONICA
SANTA MONICA
• Center of tech community and
“Silicon Beach”
• 3rd Street Promenade, Main St.,
Montana, Yahoo Center
• Co-working spaces
14
15. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENICE
VENICE
• Venice Boardwalk, Abbot Kinney,
Main St., Muscle Beach
• Google Campus
• Co-working spaces
15
16. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I CULVER CITY
CULVER CITY
• Downtown Culver City, Hayden Tract,
Sony Pictures lot
• Large spaces for production
• Affordable rent
• Co-working space
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17. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOLLYWOOD/WEHO/BH
17
HOLLYWOOD/WEST HOLLYWOOD/
BEVERLY HILLS
• Digital media companies, agencies,
management companies, etc
• Co-working spaces
18. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN
• Arts district, fashion district, financial
services
• Large spaces for manufacturing
• Co-working space
18
19. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I PASADENA
PASADENA
• Community around Cal Tech, Idealab
and Art Center
• Incubator
• Co-working space
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20. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I HOW IT IS DEFINED
WHAT DEFINES A STARTUP
ECOSYSTEM?
•
•
•
•
•
•
Startups
Talent
Investors
Mentors
Partners
Service Providers
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21. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I WHO THEY ARE
STARTUPS
12Twenty
2 Billion Monkeys
20JEANS
61 Holdings
Access 360 Media
Accordent Technologies
Accruent
AccuScore
Ace Metrix
Active Storage, Inc.
Activison Blizzard
Ad Hoc Labs
ADAM Inc
AdColony
Adconion Media Group
AdEngage
ADG Eco Lighting
Adler Integrated
Adly
AdMedia (Ad.com)
AdStar
AdTouch
AdventureLink
Affordit
Afterschool.me
AgentPair
Aggregage
AHT
AirportChatter
AKMG
alphaboost
AlumniFunder, Inc.
American Golf Corporation
American Standard Television
Analog Creative Inc
aNewPet, LLC
Appetize
Applico
ApplyIQ
Approom
Artisan Park
Ascent Media Corporation
Asset Smart
Assignmint
At The Pool
AudioMicro, Inc.
Aura Systems
Avanoo
Ayax Systems
Baboo
Badongo.com
BakeSpace.com
Beachmint, Inc
Bead Relief
BEASTMODE.FM
bebo.com
Bellinity.com
Best of Media
bestcovery.com
Betterworks
BetterYou
BeyondCurious
Bia
Big Frame
Big Live
BiggerBoat
Bigwords
bitium
BlackLine Systems
bLife Inc
Blinds of Beauty
Blip
BlockBeacon
BloomNation
Blue Lava Group
BOOST
BountyBuy
BQE Software
Breaking Bread
Brevity Ventures Inc.
Briabe Media
Brighter.com
Britespaces
Broadata Communications
Broke Girl's Guide
Bros4Bros LLC
BTS411
Buffalo Studios
Built by Kids
Burstly / TestFlight
Business.com
BuzzDash
BUZZMEDIA
CADFORCE
Caffeine-Free
Campus Explorer
CapLinked
CARD.com
Cardify
CarHound
CarsDirect.com
Case Stack
CathÃ… .tv
•
d
Causecast
Causora
Central Desktop
Champion Media &
Entertainment
ChazBo Music
Cheerful, inc. (Cheers)
Chill
Chirpify
ChoicePunch
ChowNow
Chromatik
Cinema Now
CitizenNet
CityGrid Media
CitySourced
CKMG
ClearWater Holdings
ClickGenie Media
Clorder inc
Closet Couture
Club W
Cognition
Cojoin Inc.
Com2uS Corp
Combatant Gentlemen
Computing Net
Connexus
Connu Publishing
Content Blvd
ContentGuard
Contur
Convertro
Cooking.com
Core Performance
Cornerstone on Demand
Cosmi
Cost Cooperative
Counterpoint Systems
Coverage Sherpa
Coveralls.io
CPO Commerce
Cramster Inc.
Crashworks, Inc.
Creative Citizen
Criteria Corp
crowdfunder
Crowds on Demand
Ctrl Me Robotics
Culture Jam
CurbStreet
Cuttle
Cuturia
Cyber City3D
CyberU
Cyloop
DailyISO
Dakim
Dances Made
daqri
dareme.to
Dash Go
DataPop
Dather
DAVE Networks
DB New Energy
DDD
Deal Bird
DECA
Degree3
Demand Media
Derivatas
deviantART
DevZuz
Digital Containers
Digital Domain
Digital Ordnance
digitalbucket.net
Digitsy, Inc
Discovix
DocRun
DocStoc
DogVacay.com
Dollar Shave Club
Don't Blink Design
Donat Wald & Haque
DormInk
Double Fusion
Dreamly
Dryad Communications
DYL
Earbits, Inc
EarPeace
Ebyline, Inc.
EDDEFY
Edge Cast
Edo Foundation
eFans
eForce Media
eHarmony.com
Eliosolar
Ember
Enervee
Engrade.com
eNotes.com Inc.
Enovative
Enplug, Inc.
Enthusify
EPage, Inc.
Equipois Inc.
Escape Apps
EventSorbet
Eventup
Evox Images
Excelsix
ExoWaste
Expense Bay
Extra Lunch Money
Ezvid Inc.
F.8 Interactive
Faburent Inc
Factual
FAD.IO
Family Finds
Famundo
Fan Appz
fans.lu
FanWire
FastCall
FatalCut Entertainment
Favortree
Federated Media
Fetch Technologies
Film This
FilmBreak
filmquotra
FilmScreenr
filmSPARK, promoSPARK
Filmzu
FinditParts
First Freight CRM
FirstString
FitKit
FitOrbit
Fitosis.com
Flektor
Flinja
FlipSwap
Fliptu
Flower Muse
FreedomPop
Fresh Interactive, Inc.
FreshRankings
FrothyGoodness
FUHU
Fullscreen
Fundable
FWD:labs
Game Evolution, LLC
Game Factory
Game Night Media
Game Trailers
GameFly
gamepression
Gamzee
General Assembly
Generate
Geni
Geodelic Systems
GeoGraffiti
Geosemble Technologies Inc.
Gether
Ghost Post
Giant Media
Giftioni
Gig.LA
GigaMoves
Gigmor
Give To Get Jobs
GIVIGIV celebrates your people
GIViNGtrax
Global Wine Alliance
Go Moment
Gobbler
Gogii
Goldstar Events
GonnaBe
GoodReads
GoodRx
Gorilla Nation Media
GoSave
Gotokki, Inc.
Gradient X
Graff-It!
GRAVIDI, Inc.
Gravity
Green Dot Corporation
Green Geeks
Green Street/GeoBrand
Green Wavelength
GreenDeals.org
Greneker
Gridtest Systems
Grindr
Gripe
Gross Domestic Product
Grubwithus
Guidance Solutions
GumGum
hck.io
HealthCounts
HeatSync
HelloSociety
Highly Relevant
HighSchoolClothing.com
HitFix
Hive Lighting
HKcorp
Hollywood Vine Group
Honey
Hoonto
HPRLCL
Hulu LLC
HYFN8
Hypemarks
iChange
ICON Aircraft
Image Metrics
Imager Searcher Inc.
imFORZA
Industrial Energy Alliance
InfoSearchMedia
Inherited Health
Inktank
Instacanvas
Installation Magazine
Instastock Images
Intake.Me
Intent
Internet Brands
Internships.com
Interpersonal Intelligence, LLC
Interpret
InVenture
Invested.in
IRIS.TV
iRise
IROCKE
ISBX Corp
Island Cart
iStreem Media
iSuppli
IT Support Guys
iVisit
iVolunteer.org
J. Hilburn
Jaanuu
Jabid Inc
Jam Studios
JazzPlanet
Jellibug
Jetpack
JibJab Media Inc
JobSync
Juicykits.com
July Systems
JumpTime
JuntoBox Films
Just Fabulous
Kandoobi LLC
KarmaGoat
Keepdom Inc.
Kick Punch Labs
Kids Camps
KILLDISCO Design
kindsstoff
KitApps
Kite
Klicksports
Knowledge Holdings
Koders
KooDooz
Kotura
Kuapay
Lantern
LAScenester.com
Latina Lifestyle Bloggers
Collective
LeadFerret
Leftronic
LegalCrunch
LegalZoom
LeisureLink Inc.
Lensley
Less Neglect
LetMeHearYa
Lettuce
Lifecrowd
Lifeyo
Light Prescriptions Innovators,
LLC
Lightcraft Technology
Lightcrest
Little Black Bag
Littleye
Live Office
Live Strong
Livestream
LivnGiv, Inc.
Love It, LLC
Lumi
M-GO
Mahalo
MailPix.com
make.tv
Maker Studios
MarketPsy Capital
MarketShare
Marvel Studios, LLC
MasonCloud, LLC
Massive Joe Studios
MasterImage 3D
MatchCraft
Mayhemic Media LLC
Measured Search
Med Athletics, LLC
Media Temple
Media Trust
MediaMine
MediaPlatform
mediastudio
mediastudio
Meet, Mingle, Move.
Meetrix
Mention Mobile LLC
Mergelocal Inc.
Metacloud
Metacritic
Milk & honey
Milken Institute
MiniTime
Miso Media
Mixed Signals
Mixtaping.fm
Mobile Deluxe
Mobile Roadie
MobileCause
MobileCause, Inc
Mobovivo
Modern Intrigues
Mogreet
Mojiva
Moment Feed
Moofaces
Moonshark
moShare
Moshpic
MOTION DISPATCH
Motorator, Inc
Movement Park
Movieclips,Inc
MoVoxx
Muir Data Systems
Musicane Corp
MusicHype
My Damn Channel
My Fruity Faces
My Life
MyLife.com
Mylikes
myRight
MySocialCloud.com
myTreat
Nasty Gal
National Banana
National Payment Network
NationBuilder
Needly
NeighborGoods
Neodata Intelligence
NeoHire
Neomed Software
Nesting
Network Automation
Nevolution
Next Impulse Media LLC
Nimble CRM
No Mimes Media
Noise Los Angeles
Nubook
Oblong Industries
OkCupid Labs (LA)
Omaze
Omnia Media
OneCubicle
Onestop Internet
Online Land Planning
OpenX
Osurv
Outcast
Outlisten
Overhead.fm
Oversee
PageWoo
Park Me
Particle 5
PartnersHub
Party Earth
Pastelink
Payoff.com
Paystik
payvia
Peerless
Perfect Business
Perfect Market
Periodical
Persway.me
Photography BlogSites
PictureHealing
PIDSO Inc.
Piglt
Pink Cloud 9
Pixel Fish
Plan A Drink
Planana
Playsino
PlayWerks, Inc
Plug.dj
Pogoseat
Pop-Up Pantry
Porter
Pose
Postcard on the Run
Praedicat, Inc.
Primoca
Privy.net
Prodege / Swagbucks.com
ProductionBeast
Productsy
ProgrammerMeetDesigner.com
Prolebrities
PromoJam
PublishThis
Pure Video
PurePhoto
Q1Media
Quarterly Co.
Qubeey, Inc
Radical Studios
Rails Girls LA
Ramprate
Ranker
Readz
RealDealDocs
Reality Wanted
Recargo, Inc.
Regard Venture Solutions
Rent.com
RentalCompare
Renter's Friend
Republic Project
Retention Science
Revongo
RewardTag
Rexter
Rhovit
RideApart
Rideshare, Inc.
Rightsline
Riot Games
Rivalry Games
Rivvid Video Trivia Games
Roaming Hunger
RoboDynamics
RobotDough
Rocket Online Media
RocketFrog
Roozt
RTime.com
Rubicon Project
rundavoo
Rush49
Sale Zap, Inc
samesurf
Sandwich Video
Sanebox
Savings.com
ScaleHouse
ScanDigital
SceneShot
Scoop
Scopely
ScoreBig.com
Scratch
Seed Theory Advertising &
Design
Segment Interactive
Seismic Games
Sellbrite
SEOintelligence
Serious Business
ServiceMesh, Inc.
SFW
SGN
ShareSquare
Shift
Ship Mate
Shoe Dazzle, Inc,
ShoppingCart.NET
Shoptalk.la
Showcase Technology
ShowKit
Sidebar, Inc
Siderean Software
Sierra Monolithics
Sightcine, Inc.
Silicon Beach Fun
Silicon Beach LA
SimplePractice
SimplyFinance
Six Degrees Games
Skild
Skilloop
Sky Bird Travel Tours
Smart Jog
SmartAction
SmartRules
Smilu, Inc.
Snapchat
SOA Software
Social Approve
Social Project
Social Rewards
SocialEngine
SocialTagg
Socialtyze
SocialVibe
SodaHead.com
SoftEgg
Sometrics
Sparktooth
Sparqlight
Spindi Music
Spire.io
Splash
Splooth
Spoiler Shield
Spokeo
Sports Buy
stacksocial
StackSocial
Stan Winston School of
Character Arts
Star Labs / Readz
Star Taggers
Stardoll Media
Startup Payments by NDMS
Startup Vitamins
STATE
steelhouse
Stickam
Storiad
Stratalux, Inc.
Streamin' Garage
Streamup
Streetfire.net
studintstay
StyleSaint
Supermassve
SuperTuner
Surf Air
Swagsy
Sweety High
TabletKiosk
Taggle
Tailored Republic
Tandem Stills + Motion, Inc.
Tapshare
Target Close
Task Us
Tasqe
Tauris.io
Team Amougou Publishing
Tecca
Tele Flip
TeleSign
Tennis Channel
Terra Matrix Media
TestMax Inc.
Textags, Inc.
textPlus
The ACME Network
The Auto Moto
The Brain Technologies
The California Stock Exchange
The Green Spot
The Honest Co.
The Posterity
The Price Pros
The Search Agency
The Startup Car Inc.
The Wrap
TheLEK.com
TheStyleClub
This Next
ThrdPlace
Ticketmob
TigerText, Inc
Tire Tab
Titan Gaming
Tongal, Inc
Topanga Technologies
Topspin Media
Total Beauty Media
Totally.Me
Touchsemantics, LLC.
Townhang.com
Tradesy
Trail Box
Travelstrings
Trexa
Triptrotting
Trivial Software
TrueCar
TrueVillages
tryCapsule
21
Tuition.io
TuneWiki
TweetMyJobs
TwitterTopper
UberMedia
Uncouth Media, LLC
Unfold Inc.
unITy PSA
Untappd
uSamp
USBX
Userplane
Ustream
Valarm
Vantage Media
Vantage Surgical Systems
Varoj
Vault Street
VAULT29
Veebox
Velocify Inc
VendorPriceBook.com
Venyooz
verago.com
Veric Software
Viddy
Vidilife
Virtual Greats
Virtual Piggy
Visual Potluck
Viva Vision
VoAudio
Vokely
Vokle
Vortx Immersion Media, Inc.
VX4G Wireless
Vyclone
W4, LLC
Wallaby Financial
Warner Energy
WebGem Network
Webgiftr
WelcomeFaith.com
Wemo Media
WeSawIt Inc.
Whalebone IR and Software
What's Trending
WhatsGood
Where My Dogs At
WireJack
Wishiverse
Wittlebee
WonderHowTo
www.onlybusiness.com
Xact Check
XrackPro
Xwerx
YBUY, INC.
YellowBot
YesPix
younity (Entangled Media)
Yowza!!
YS Interactive
YummyYummyTummy
ZADSPACE
Zag
ZEFR
zest cash
ZexSports
Zillion TV
ZipfWorks
ZipRecruiter
ZOWOWS
Zugara
22. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I FOUNDERS
FOUNDERS
22
23. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I TALENT
UNIVERSITIES
and more…
23
24. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I TALENT
DESIGN TALENT
24
25. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENTURE CAPITAL
25
VC FIRMS
Double M Capital
(plus many firms from Silicon Valley, New York and other cities)
26. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENTURE CAPITAL
VC PARTNERS
Anthem Venture
Partners
Bill Woodward
Brian Mesic
Mike Murphy
Baroda Ventures
David Bohnet
Peter Lee
Crosscut Ventures
Rick Smith
Brian Garrett
Brett Brewer
DFJ Frontier
David Cremin
Scott Lenet
Double M Capital
Mark Mullen
Greycroft Partners
Dana Settle
Mark Terbeek
Rincon Venture Partners
Jim Andelman
John Greathouse
Karlin Ventures
TX Zhuo
Rustic Canyon
Nate Redmond
David Travers
Neal Hansch
John Babcock
Lowercase Capital
Matt Mazzeo
Chris Sacca
MK Capital
Yair Landau
NALA Investments
Tom McInerney
Emilio Diez Barroso
New World Ventures
Matt McCall
Plus Capital
Adam Lilling
Siemer Ventures
David Siemer
Eric Manlunas
Upfront Ventures
Brian McLoughlin
Steven Dietz
Mark Suster
Yves Sisteron
Greg Bettinelli
Hamet Watt
26
27. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENTURE CAPITAL
27
VENTURE CAPITAL TRENDS
Chart Title
LA VC investment and deal volume trend (last 8 quarters)
$ Funding (M)
Source: PWC Money Tree Report
Q2'11
Q3'11
Q4'11
Q1'12
64
$537
$447
Q1'11
64
$570
Q4'10
52
$550
Q3'10
48
$345
$248
45
52
67
$451
# of Deals
$617
64
Q2'12
28. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I VENTURE CAPITAL
VENTURE CAPITAL
✓✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓✓
✓
In Q2 2012, LA Tech
VC funding totaled
$159.7 M
a 90% increase of LA
tech VC funding from Q1
Total VC Funding the LA
Metropolitan Region received in
2011, a 23% increase from 2010.
Source: PWC Money Tree Report
+96%
2009 - 2011
Growth in $ invested in
LA from 2009 - 2011
OVER 21 DEALS
$2.1B
+23%
28
$570.8 M
64 DEALS
Total VC funding (for all
sectors) in Q2 2012 in the
LA Metro area.
29. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I ANGEL INVESTORS
ANGELS
Jarl Mohn
Tom
McInerney
Clark
Landry
and more on
Troy
Carter
Paige Craig
Jason
Calacanis
Kamran
Pourzanjani
Ashton
Kutcher
Adam
Lilling
Gil Elbaz
Paul
Bricault
Brian
Lee
29
30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I ANGEL GROUPS
ANGEL GROUPS
30
31. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I ACCELERATORS
31
ACCELERATORS
amplify.la | Venice
$50k - $150k – 8% preferred stock; rolling admission
Partners: Paul Bricault, Richard Wolpert, Jeff Solomon,
David Carter, Oded Noy
launchpad.la | Santa Monica
$25 - $100k – 6-8% common stock; class-based admission
Partners: Sam Teller, Jamie Kantrowitz
muckerlab.com | Santa Monica
$21k – 6-8% preferred stock; class-based admission
Partners: Erik Rannala, Will Hsu
startengine.com | Westwood
$20k – 10% preferred stock; rolling admission
Partners: Howard Marks, Paul Kessler
32. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I INCUBATORS
INCUBATORS
AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIOS
idealab.com | Pasadena
science-inc.com | Santa Monica
laincubator.org | Downtown
32
33. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I ASK
33
THINGS TO ASK AN ACCELERATOR
OR INCUBATOR
• Fit (what stage/type of company do they invest in?)
• Deal terms (how much $ for what % of your company?)
• Track record (how many previous companies
funded/active?)
• Operators (who runs it?)
• Services provided (office space, perks, etc.?)
• Network (how can they help your business?)
• Alumni references (how did alums like it?)
34. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I COWORKING
COWORKING
SPACES
BlankSpaces – blankspaces.com
Coloft – coloft.com
CoWorks – coworks.com
CrossCampus – crosscamp.us
Kleverdog – kleverdog.com
The Roc– realofficecenters.com
NextSpace (@ Amplify LA)– nextspace.us
Working Village – workingvillage.com
31
35. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I PARTNERS
BIG COMPANIES
35
36. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I PARTNERS
HOLLYWOOD
Studios
Warner Brothers
Disney
Sony Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Fox Studios
NBC Universal
Dreamworks
Lionsgate
MGM
Relativity Media
The Weinstein Company
Production Companies
Shine America
One Three Media
Dick Clark Productions
Ryan Seacrest
Productions
Electus
Magical Elves
Bad Robot
Vuguru
BermanBraun
Fremantlemedia
Anonymous Content
5x5 Media
Agencies
CAA
WME
UTA
ICM
Paradigm
36
37. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
Legal
Recruiting
Real Estate
Hosting
Accounting
Banking
Insurance
CFO
HR
37
38. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I TECH PRESS
PRESS
Michael Carney
PandoDaily
Lindsay Blakely
Inc.
Benjamin Kuo
SoCal Tech
Andrea Chang
LA Times
Ryan Lawler
TechCrunch
Lori Kozlowski
Forbes.com
38
39. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I WHAT YOU THINK
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
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STARTUP JOBS
• Front-End Developer
(CSS,HTML)
• Business Development
(Sales, Partnerships)
• Sales (Willingness to
find and follow leads)
• Back-End Developer
(Ruby, Python, Java)
• Community
Management (Social
Media)
• UX/UI Designer
(inDesign, Photoshop)
• Marketing/User
Acquisition (Email
Marketing, Social
Media, SEO, Data
Analytics)
• Product Manager
(Light Front-End
Developer, Design)
• Data Scientist
(Hadoop, Matlab,
SQL)
• Operations (Customer
Services, Office
Management)
• Other roles depending
on vertical
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EMAILING TIPS
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Be concise
Make your ask clear
Have a hook
Do research
Don’t be afraid to follow up
Don’t ask for lots of time
Don’t ask busy people to lunch
Don’t ask questions that you can
answer by checking a website
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DO
• Learn the lexicon and how to best position your
skillset
• Make it easy for people to help you
• Think long and hard about what kinds of
environments best suit you and seek those out
• Roll up your sleeves and learn new skills
• Remain humble and figure out ways to give back to
the community even when you’re a giant success
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DON’T
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Think everyone knows something you don’t
Be afraid to ask for help, guidance, and introductions
Hesitate to offer whatever it is that YOU do best
Get discouraged
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HOW DO I GET STARTED?
ASK YOURSELF (BE HONEST):
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What am I passionate about?
What types of environments suit me?
What am I good at?
What part of the tech community best matches up to
my passions and skills?
• How do I best hone these skills and communicate
them to others?
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45. GENERAL ASSEMBLY I INTRODUCTION TO THE LOS ANGELES STARTUP COMMUNITY I READ
READ
VentureHacks — venturehacks.com
TechMeme — techmeme.com
Paul Graham — paulgraham.com
Fred Wilson — avc.com
Mark Suster — bothsidesofthetable.com
Chris Dixon — cdixon.org
PandoDaily — pandodaily.com
TechCrunch — techcrunch.com
Hacker News — news.ycombinator.com
General Assembly — generalassemb.ly/blog
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EDUCATION
Codecademy – codecademy.com
EdX – edx.org
*General Assembly – generalassemb.ly
Learn Code the Hard Way – learncodethehardway.org
Lynda – lynda,com
One Month Rails – onemonthrails.com
Treehouse – treehouse.com
Udacity – udacity.com
Udemy – www.udemy.com
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Sign up for event newsletters
Attend meet ups, happy hours, panels, and classes
Learn how to code / design
Check out hackathons and Startup Weekends
Take interesting people you meet out for coffee
Be useful – make introductions, give feedback, help
people you meet, keep an open mind
• Blog about our experiences and adventures
• Engage on Social Media
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EVENT CALENDARS
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STARTUP WEEKEND
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CREATIVE MORNINGS
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built in los angeles
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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MEETUPS
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NEWSLETTERS
Startups Uncensored — startupsuncensored.com
Startup Digest — startupdigest.com
Digital LA — digitalla.net
Launch Ticker — launchticker.com
Dealmaker — dealmakermedia.com
General Assembly — generalassemb.ly/learn
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Launchpad LA’s education partner)
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THANK YOU
Sam Teller
@samteller
@LaunchpadLA
hello@launchpad.la
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