Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computer vision are touching open our lives in increasing ways. But more often then not, there hasn’t been significant consumer-facing applications. Pearl is the real-world integration of these meaningful technologies solution that will power the future of dentistry. Spun out of LA startup GumGum, which has already successfully used its […]
Cash Rules Everything Around Me: Why Profitability Matters in AdTech
What do some of the biggest, most talked-about companies today—including Uber, Weibo, and Lyft—have in common? They don’t make any money. Last year, 83% of U.S.-listed IPOs were unprofitable
10 Entrepreneur Attributes That Will Make You A Star
To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people, and some entrepreneurs have that something extra that you can’t quite put your finger on like Ryan Seacrest is searching for on American Idol. But the entrepreneurs that have it, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, seem […]
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 5/21/2019
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 5/21/2019 featuring funding details for BUCKiTDREAM.
In The Spirit Of Ada Lovelace: Female Entrepreneurs Build Next Generation Robots
Near the end of World War II, Adm. William “Bull” Halsey of the famed Third Fleet steered directly into a typhoon, losing 790 crewmen and 146 aircraft in the Pacific. Dr. Eric Daimler, formerly an innovation fellow with the Obama White House, shared this story with me in 2017 as an illustration of the importance of trusting data. It […]
5 Keys To Expanding Your Thinking And Raising Results
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans I see still reflect linear thinking.
LA Tech Week in Review: 5/12/19-5/18/19
How I Harness My Insane Startup Anxiety
By definition, a startup is a torrent of anxiety. We’re swan diving headlong into the abyss. We’re likely doing things we’ve never done before with products that have never existed before. So let’s just start off by admitting we’re all freaked out and it’s a big problem and we all need to figure this shit out.
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 5/20/2019
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 5/20/2019 featuring funding details for Tyffon.
6 Marketing Tips To Attract Customers To Your Rollout
Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that “word-of-mouth” will carry the day for […]
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 5/17/2019
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 5/17/2019 featuring funding details for Spring Labs.