June 20, 2016
Rick Gehringer was selected as one of the finalist for The Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2016 CTO Awards. The Los Angeles Business Journal event was held on June 7, 2015 in Santa Monica, CA to honor Chief Technology Officers, or more broadly, those in the top information technology positions within their organizations (CTO, CIO, VP, Director, etc.). These important powerful and influential individuals play vital roles in making Los Angeles businesses, institutions and nonprofit groups successful. Together with their CEOs, their decisions impact all aspects of the business including their company’s growth, profitability, functionality in the marketplace through decisions in […]
June 20, 2016
There’s no secret formula for branding that works 100% of the time for every single company. If there was, everyone would be following it and creating a unique brand would be a piece of cake! Unfortunately, branding isn’t as simple as 1-2-3. But with an out-of-the-box approach and meticulous research, you can put yourself ahead of your competition. Below are some ideas to point you in the right direction: Do Your Research. Pretend you know absolutely nothing about the industry and research, research, research. Find out everything you can: get to know your competition, investigate the market you are targeting […]
May 5, 2016
Innovation is the core aspect of any enterprise. Innovation results from a search for a solution to an existing problem, a pain, or an improvement over status quo. An enterprise gathers and deploys all the resources needed to apply the innovative idea to create value. An enterprise that generates economic (or monetary value) is what we think of as a “corporation” in a normal sense of that word. Wealth creation through innovation is the main objective of a corporate entity. On the other hand, the objective of a social enterprise is to create social value, that in turn creates social […]
March 3, 2016
… we developed InnovatorsOC to bring action to those ideas. In 2011, along with a group of dedicated volunteers, we produced the inaugural TEDxOrangeCoast program entitled Innovation Without Borders. The goal was to offer a unique platform to inspire, connect and start a conversation among the best and brightest. We welcomed over 1,500 guests to the one-day event. This initial success confirmed the need for bringing people together to innovate and break boundaries in our Orange County communities. We quickly realized that sharing powerful ideas was not enough, to drive true change we needed to make these ideas actionable. Producing TEDxOrangeCoast (TEDxOC) events was […]
January 11, 2016
IOC Founding Partner Megan Lynch, was recently named to the L.A. Biz list of honorees for its 2016 class of Women of Influence. The program recognizes women business leaders in the Los Angeles area who innovate, succeed and “pay it forward.”
October 30, 2015
Young Minds in the Balance: Discover how public education is changing in Orange County, who is leading the charge and why community leadership and philanthropic involvement are critical right now. IOC members and Orange County Advisors in Philanthropy (OC AiP) presented “Young Lives in the Balance” featuring Bill Podlich, Andy Horowitz and Dr. Pamela Lawrence Horowitz. They spoke about charter schools as a proven way to help those most at-risk in Orange County’s failing schools. Discover how these nationally recognized visionaries are leading a coalition of parents, teachers, philanthropists and government officials to rewrite the story for children’s education in Orange County, […]