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Yikes! I missed AK by just couple hours, while my friend Anil from OC Hackers was exactly at the right place and time! The irony is, I actually convince Anil to go to Hollywood Hack Day, telling him AK will be there. My plan was to pitch AK my new "Movies Genome Project". Oh well, there's always the next time!
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So I was looking at Toyota Venza, probably since last year, as one of my future cars, when I saw that commercial. Yikes! Venza is for old people! No! No! No! Not gonna buy Venza anymore! Off my list!
Although I do understand Toyota marketing it to Baby Boomers generation - clever strategy, but eliminates the rest of us.
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Events fill out fast! Get your tickets earlier! ======================================== www.tenrestaurantgroup.com ======================================== The Hilton Anaheim Invites you to Celebrate Summer
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Oct 6, TCA Fifth Annual Quick Pitch Competition, San Diego, CA ======================================== http://www.connect.org/email/TCA/062411_reg.html Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall 6pm
5575 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA Announcing the Fifth Annual Quick Pitch Competition, showcasing talented entrepreneurs seeking funding. Company finalists will present two-minute pitches to a blue ribbon panel of judges and an audience of over 450 leaders within the entrepreneurial community. Each pitch will be judged based upon investment potential and presentation quality. Competition winners will be announced at the conclusion of the evening. This anticipated competition is a fun and interactive experience for both the finalists and the audience. Quick Pitch is a must attend event for entrepreneurs looking to jump-start their ventures and for investors seeking to learn about the latest innovations in Southern California. There will be plenty of time to network with Tech Coast Angels investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, all while enjoying gourmet food and beverages. Finalists will be presenting their products and technology both before and after the competition, giving you the chance to meet one-on-one with these up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
10,000 Small Businesses is designed for business owners who operate a business that is poised for growth. Applicants must be the owner or co-owner of a business that meets the following criteria:
TRITECH presents 3rd Annual Funding Forum…
from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT) Here’s your chance to compete for serious investor attention
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 Don Kasle, a retired bank CEO, is Managing Partner of Alldas Partners, a financial services consulting company. He has over 40 years experience in executive management and service on boards of directors, as well as commercial banking and capital formation. Mr. Kasle is also an active investor in and a coach for start-up companies through his membership in the Tech Coast Angels where he also serves on the Board of Governors as well as a member of the executive committee for the Orange County Network. During his career, Mr. Kasle has served on over 30 Boards of Directors in the public, private and not-for profit sectors, including 7 bank boards. Most recently he was Lead Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee a de novo bank in downtown Los Angeles. In addition he previously was on the board of a $500 million bank in West Los Angeles where he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee. In addition he is on the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Governance Committee for the Forum for Corporate Directors of Orange County. He is a past member of the Board of the Miami University Foundation (Oxford, Ohio). Mr. Kasle previously served as a founding director of Commercial Capital Bancorp & Commercial Capital Bank in Irvine, CA, where he was also a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. He was previously also on the board of ColumbusNewport (an investment banking and consulting firm) . He is a member of the Orange County Financial Society. |
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So I read about caplinked on TC and went where to fill out the profile. After I've done so now I have to send it to my own contacts or LinkedIn? WTF! I can do this without CapLinked! What a piece of junk! It reminds me of Korean BBQ - you go to the restaurant and you have to cook for yourself too?! Similar concept! Say "No" to CapLinked! Waste of time! |
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Wow! I just noticed - Google ads on Facebook! Weird!
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 1.Founders that learn are more successful: Startups that have helpful mentors, track metrics effectively, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x better user growth.
2.Startups that pivot once or twice times raise 2.5x more money, have 3.6x better user growth, and are 52% less likely to scale prematurely than startups that pivot more than 2 times or not at all. 3.Many investors invest 2-3x more capital than necessary in startups that haven’t reached problem solution fit yet. They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success. 4.Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. But the right mentors significantly influence a company’s performance and ability to raise money. (However, this does not mean that investors don’t have a significant effect on valuations and M&A) 5.Solo founders take 3.6x longer to reach scale stage compared to a founding team of 2 and they are 2.3x less likely to pivot. 6.Business-heavy founding teams are 6.2x more likely to successfully scale with sales driven startups than with product centric startups. 7.Technical-heavy founding teams are 3.3x more likely to successfully scale with product-centric startups with no network effects than with product-centric startups that have network effects. 8.Balanced teams with one technical founder and one business founder raise 30% more money, have 2.9x more user growth and are 19% less likely to scale prematurely than technical or business-heavy founding teams. 9.Most successful founders are driven by impact rather than experience or money. 10.Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. 11.Startups need 2-3 times longer to validate their market than most founders expect. This underestimation creates the pressure to scale prematurely. 12.Startups that haven’t raised money over-estimate their market size by 100x and often misinterpret their market as new. 13.Premature scaling is the most common reason for startups to perform worse. They tend to lose the battle early on by getting ahead of themselves. 14.B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. We found 4 different major groups of startups that all have very different behavior regarding customer acquisition, time, product, market and team. |
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Welcome to the future! D-Wave sells first quantum computer!
 May 25th, 2011 VANCOUVER, BC, MAY 25, 2011 - Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has entered into an agreement to purchase a quantum computing system from D-Wave Systems Inc. Lockheed Martin and D-Wave will collaborate to realize the benefits of a computing platform based upon a quantum annealing processor, as applied to some of Lockheed Martin's most challenging computation problems. The multi-year contract includes a system, maintenance and associated professional services. D-Wave develops computing systems that leverage the physics of quantum mechanics in order to address problems that are hard for traditional methods to solve in a cost-effective amount of time. Examples of such problems include software verification and validation, financial risk analysis, affinity mapping and sentiment analysis, object recognition in images, medical imaging classification, compressed sensing and bioinformatics. D-Wave develops an architecture that is optimized for working with such problems. "D-Wave is thrilled to establish a strategic relationship with Lockheed Martin Corporation," said Vern Brownell, D-Wave's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our combined strength will provide capacity for innovation needed to tackle important unresolved computational problems of today and tomorrow. Our relationship will allow us to significantly advance the potential of quantum computing." D-Wave was featured May 11, 2011 in the prestigious British scientific journal Nature, where its research on quantum annealing was published. |
 Just saw latest Mazda commercial. What a miss! The biggest mistake Mazda made is asking direct question "What do you drive?".
With direct question like that, you are putting yourself (Mazda) in huge danger of consumer providing you direct and honest answer, you (Mazda) don't want to hear!
I drive Toyota! Get lost, Mazda!
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I recently watched Kiva System presentation. At first you think "Wow! So cool! Robots do all the work for ya!" But...
Than you start analyzing and asking questions.
Q1: why at all have a human packer? It does not seems right to have all those robots and human packer. If you want to automate something - do it 100%. Robots perfectly capable of packing and grabbing things. Alternative would be to deploy a remote-control robot - someone in India or China will manipulate it and do the job. Poor execution!
Q2: Why robots carry so much stuff? It is a waste of time and energy to carry whole rack around for just one item. Robot, going to pick up just one specific thing makes more sense. The current approach wastes a lot of energy by overloading robots. Poor execution!
In conclusion: Kiva System is great, but it seems poorly executed. At least it is a start! Keep iterating!
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Showcase your web application and win up to $50K
 Our product entries this year range from security gadgets to remote-controlled blimps to web applications. This is a great chance to get a glimpse of the latest innovations and meet upcoming entrepreneurs from Stanford. |
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TechCoctail ranks 15 US based Startup Accelerators & Incubators. Surprisingly, YC is not in 1st place!
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