socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“We start interviewing different talent, speaking with their agents and their managers. A serial entrepreneur, Bloom’s last business was the AR imaging company, Avametric, which was backed by Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator and wound up getting acquired by Gerber Technology in 2018. We create an entity that we spin out.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

The company, which now has operations in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, said that the market is among a number of markets it plans to expand into during 2013, as it rolls out its service nationwide. the startup studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2013

Saturday, January 26, 2013 -- Intro to the Los Angeles Startup Community. This free class is an orientation to help newcomers to the startup scene get acquainted with the exciting world of tech in Los Angeles. Sam Teller, Managing Director, Launchpad LA. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2018

EvoNexus , the non-profit startup technology incubator operator which has locations in both Irvine and San Diego, said today that it has added Bob Genthert, the co-founder of ecoATM, as a Managing Director at EvoNexus in Irvine. Genthert was a co-foudner of ecoATM, which was sold to Outerwall in 2013 for $350M.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All in a room at the University of Southern California Silicon Beach Event on September 18th, 2013. Startup Pitch Competition. In the end, 3 startups were awarded prize money for their spectacular business ideas. Innovation, Technology, and Startups. Filled with innovation. I got feedback from the pitch I did there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 29, 2013

I was just down at Demo Day for the USC Incubator. Startups that consist of at least one USC student or alum (less than 10 years from graduation) are encouraged to enter – and have a chance of winning up to $25,000! To join us, register at https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/ Go to https://siliconbeachusc-2013.eventbrite.com/

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago . I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. It still adds up to over 20 million non-employer businesses out there today, with more starting every day. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online event promotion service Planana , the startup founded by Anna Sergeeva and Fei Xiao, said Thursday that the company has been accepted to the DreamIt Ventures Winter 2013 class in Austin, Texas. The startup said that it will be demonstrating its products at SXSW at March 8th, at the conclusion of the program.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Biggest new for CommNexus / EvoNexus: EvoNexus incubator companies reached the $95M in capital raised and two companies were acquired. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? Startups will lead and the whales will follow. On Nov 27th I participated in ringing opening bell at NASDAQ in NY.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2013

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 -- StartEngine Mentor Mixer and Downtown Grand Opening with Deputy Mayor Matt Karatz - 1/15/2013. LA-based startup accelerator StartEngine, in a partnership with TENTEN Wilshire, will open a new office at 1010 Wilshire Blvd to provide their startups with space and opportunities for growth across Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Reuters TV Interview by Rhonda Schaffler Investing in entrepreneurs and startups is a fun but different world from investing in conventional stocks, bonds, and commodities. First of all, it’s more of an investment in people than in a business, since the startup is usually an idea barely half-baked when they need your money.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 19, 2016

LA Tech Summit is aimed at bringing together LA technology companies, investors, incubators and startups. Attended by 900+ members of the LA tech community since 2013, the summit is SoCal’s premier tech event. Tuesday, October 25, 2016 -- LA Tech Summit.

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Xconomy

APRIL 25, 2019

Katelyn O’Shaughnessy already had a solid track record, selling TripScope , a travel startup she co-founded in 2013, to Travefy two years ago. Women, finding themselves outside of the club, are now creating their own networks to do the same.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2015

Los Angeles-based StartEngine , which was launched back in 2013 as a startup incubator, has pivoted its model, and has become an online equity crowdfunding platform called StartEngine Crowdfunding. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Introducing Bitcoinference | A Decentralized Conference , hosted by illustrious startup accelerator, 500 Startups. Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Getting Things Started.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 4, 2013

effective December 2, 2013 in a move to emphasize its commitment to Wearable Technology and the Internet of Wearable Things (IOWT). Wearable World brings all aspects of our business offerings together nicely under one overarching umbrella, including GLAZED Conferences, WeCodeWe, Wearable Wednesdays and the Incubator.”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The Annual TechZulu Startup Forecast is one of our most anticipated events. Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. In addition, we had a fully stacked line up of showcasing startups with Causora , Floshare , Kiosked , and Yekra.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. Research shows that such insights are actually the result of hard prior work on the problem, usually followed by time to incubate in the subconscious mind as we connect threads, before the ideas pop out as new innovations.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Venture lab & early stage fund for big data startups and scientists. Founded by Tasso Argyros and Stamos Venios , the lab is Silicon Valley’s first venture lab and early stage fund for big data startups and scientists, complete with working space, support staff That will help build disruptive big data firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. We live in a generation of startups,” Marks began. He described why the time is so ripe for innovation and why this was a great time to build startups. I built up credibility.”. The Time Is Now. “We

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The doors have opened at a GE Healthcare-supported open-access lab for startups at AstraZeneca’s former global center for oncology research and development at Alderley Park, the largest bioscience research campus in the UK. Public-private partnership and science park.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

With the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the odds of success equally low, more and more entrepreneurs are starting multiple companies concurrently. For entrepreneurs who really try to be the CEO of multiple early-stage startups concurrently, the hot new term for this practice is “multi-table” entrepreneurs.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Instead, Aha is a bootstrapped startup. Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Brian de Haaff wonders this sometimes, especially as compared to his own tech business, Aha.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2013

Frustrated by tradtional recruitment agencies, Greg Schneider , came up with the idea for Hiringbounty.com. Hiring Bounty, based in South Africa is a startup that allows one to reccommend a friend for a job and earn bounty if the friend is hired. I left BrandsEye late last year to set up Hiring Bounty. What are your 2013 plans?

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. I eventually ended up here in 2012, where the company came out of an incubator here called Launchpad LA. We launched the site to the public in 2013. Plus I'm having my first kid!

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

After a successful run through NYC-based Kaplan Edtech accelerator program (powered by Techstars), the team at MentorMob have been gearing up for a 2014 re-launch; same MentorMob name, but as Vince tells us, with a more community-based focus (don’t worry, a little more on that later). When was their inspiration for starting the company?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

We caught up with co-founder and CEO Han Chen to better understand what the company is working on, and some of the complexity of getting their technology to market. In a previous life, I was Managing Director of a technology incubation firm called Kapyon Ventures. We raised our first round in 2013. What is ZeaKal working on?

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital. I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2014

You message them to meet up; they agree by returning your message. Maybe someone got stood up and dragged along so they wouldn’t have to stay home. And through this observation, he developed a thesis in his late teens and early twenties: “How many times would a chance encounter yield a pair up?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2013

ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. ” ChowNow is anticipated to sign up 1,000 new restaurants in the first half of 2013 as result of high demand, fast setup, affordability and ease of use. ChowNow is helping level the playing field for smaller restaurants through innovation.

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