Entrepreneurship

Our daily lives are filled with advertisements of the latest and greatest technologies offering to “change the way we live.” Today with such a low entry point, (thanks to the success of the Internet,) these technologies are coming in at a rapid pace. Recently we’ve begun to see the rapid adaptation of mobile applications and their defiance of technology’s limits. These applications have quickly become a part of our daily lives from booking airfare, to social media, to streaming content, etc. As we become more enthralled with the world of instantaneous, there are two pieces of growing technology that will offer us a bright and exciting future. QR codes and Augmented Reality.

There’s one thing that I find to be extra inspirational to witness even over watching successful professionals speak about pursuing their passions, and that is to see younger individuals following similar paths to success.

TechZulu and Walker Corporate Law Group have come together to bring you the must know legal mistakes you could be making when building your startup.

Former Twiistup 8 Showoff (Click here to view their pitch and our review) Nevolution, the startup that insists Mac, mobile phone and tablet users shouldn’t have all the fun when it comes to acquiring great software – has closed a $450,000 angel round to gear up for the launch of its Avenue(TM) Windows App Store service and private-label app store platform.

This weeks installment of the TZ Startup Hot Seat features Adam Kanner CEO of ScoreBig. Think of it as the Priceline of the sporting, music, arts, and theater event ticketing space. Shoppers name their price, wait a few moments then see if their price was accepted.

This instalment of the TZ Startup Hotseat is with Jeff Morris Marketing Strategist with Zaarly. Zaarly recently won Startup Weekend LA and have been on fire ever since. Let’s put Jeff in the Hot Seat and see how he does. First however, I would like to point out that LA is 3rd on the list of rollout cities.

I first heard of Startup Weekend almost exactly one a year ago. It seemed like a cool idea; get a bunch of driven and exciting people together, give them 54 hours to build a company/project, and then allow them the chance to present it to their peers and investors. But once I was able to actually experience it, I realized it was so much more.

This weeks TZ Startup Hot Seat featured Justin Kan of Socialcam and Justin.tv. Justin is most known for broadcasting his life 24/7. In 2007, Justin Kan stopped broadcasting and Justin.tv relaunched into its current form as a network of thousands of various channels. Based on the research they have done with their release of the Justin.tv iPhone app, Socialcam was born.

UCLA’s Anderson School of Management would like to invite you to Their inaugural PULSE Entertainment & Sports Conference. PULSE is a day-long event that will bring together prestigious industry leaders and students to discuss current business trends and future innovations in digital media, live and filmed entertainment and everything in between.

What are you doing tomorrow night after work? I know, I know…one of our typical loaded questions. Well, here’s an idea…