SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 5, 2019

Saturday, May 11, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Robotics. The next wave of robotics will be driven by the integration of these 3 technologies to reduce the cost and time-to-market of robotic systems by an order of magnitude or more. See [link] (more)

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CalTech Entrepreneur Services Marketing 100

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Saturday, November 16, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Transportation. As traditional car ownership declines, companies are offering cost-effective alternatives powered by new technology and networks. Emerging Opportunities in Urban Mobility and the Business Models It Will Enable.

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CalTech Entrepreneur Demand Mobile 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

university, the California Institute of Technology has received a massive, $750M pledge from entrepreneurs Stewart and Lynda Resnick, to go to environmental sustainability research. The gift is the largest ever received in Caltech's history, and the largest ever for environmental sustainability research.

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CalTech Research Press Resource 113

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MARCH 17, 2019

Saturday, March 23, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Security Tokens and Blockchain. This will require the development of technologies and technical infrastructure that do not yet exist. Now and in the near future, there will be many opportunities for entrepreneurs who produce the technical solutions.

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CalTech Entrepreneur Customer Custom 100

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JUNE 10, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012 -- Making Life Better: Entrepreneurs and Biomechanical and Assistive Technologies. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Transformative technology  assistive technology - transforms lives of individuals with disabilities, enhancing both the quality and longevity of life. See [link] (more)

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Enterprise Forum Technology Entrepreneur CalTech 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Three local universities, plus a Pasadena-based startup, have received a $360,000 grant to promote student entrepreneurship in clean technology. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West. OnGreen said it is the commercial partner for the effort.

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CalTech UCLA Southern California Pasadena 165

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). Incubators, at the core level, take basic core level technology and try to build a company around it.

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Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

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MAY 6, 2012

Saturday, May 12, 2012 -- Getting in the Game: Entrepreneurs and the. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Developments in technology have forever changed the gaming industry and the way video games are developed, distributed, and played. Video Game Industry. See [link] (more)

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Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Education 133

SoCal CTO

MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

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Los Angeles Southern California Angel Enterprise Forum 198

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Saturday, November 12, 2016 -- Entrepreneurs in a Biotech Moment. Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Encouraging the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. See https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entrepreneurs-in-a-biotech-moment-tickets-28263542015.

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Entrepreneur CalTech Southern California Startup 100

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking.

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Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

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JUNE 26, 2013

A new, startup incubator-created by the Art Center College of Design and the California Insitute of Technology --said this morning that it has launched a brand new, design-focused incubator, housed at Idealab. design accelerator pasadena startup incubator entrepreneur' The new incubator is headed by Mark Breitenberg and Erik Hovanec.

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Incubator Idealab Design CalTech 178

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 -- Los Angeles County Technology Week. The 10th Annual Techweek will be hosted once again at the award-winning Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County - California's largest high tech business incubator located in Altadena (near Caltech, JPL and other major research institutions).

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, July 14, at The California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Their focus is green technology. It’s a gallery of great entrepreneurship.

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CalTech Technical Review Companies Company 100

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

In LA we lack the same scale of technology ecosystem as they have in the Bay Area. We have tons of entrepreneurs but our technology community has historically been splintered across town and across industries. with high calibre technology people will get my time. I’m doing a short keynote tonight.

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CalTech Startup Santa Monica Venture Capital 222

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JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, February 2, at Caltech. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design.

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CalTech Companies Company Idealab 91

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Saturday, February 25, 2017 -- Technology Startups go to the Movies: Opportunities and Hurdles for Selling New Technologies into the Motion Picture Industry! Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Come hear about the opportunities - and challenges - for tech developers hoping to make it in show biz!

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Technology Southern California Startup Netflix 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. I commented that many young entrepreneurs I talk to these days have a desire to “go plural&# and create an incubator.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. NYC has gotten a lead on us in the perception of creating a next generation technology hub and with good reason.

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. What do entrepreneurs, mathematicians, software engineers, physicists, physicians, biologists, anatomists, angels, venture capitalists and bankers have in common? Entrepreneurs dream and bring the dreams to reality. Physicists invent the technology. See [link] (more)

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Software Engineering Writing 113

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MAY 1, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011 -- Renewable Energy and the Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. As aggressive policies and vigorous investments take hold, newer and smarter technology is rolling out.

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Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur CalTech Startup 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We sat down with Steve to chat about what the Alliance is working on, and why he decided to champion the growth of the technology industry here. We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025.

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Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 170

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

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APRIL 20, 2011

He then went on to teach Computer Science at Cornell, Caltech, and University of Pennsylvania. In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock.

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Capital Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 284

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. We're looking for inventors interested in commercializing and spinning out their technology into a company. Thanks for the time today.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

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AUGUST 24, 2010

In light of the recent success, we sat down with Marc Averitt and Sharon Stevenson to talk about the recent exit, where they are with their fund nowadays, and what advice they have for entrepreneurs. Marc Averitt: We're doing both life sciences and technology deals. Nice chatting with you today! Let's talk about the exit.

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Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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Los Angeles Angel Artificial Inteligence CalTech 207

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2011

Based on my own experience and feedback from friends, every investor is approached by at least ten entrepreneurs with a “hot idea” for a new business, for every one who has a real “plan” for a new business. In fact, you can find websites full of ideas, like these “ Free Innovative Ideas ,” by serial entrepreneur Kim E.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Summary Startup 104

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 5, 2011

The CalTech Enterprise Forum presents Renewable Energy & The Smarter Grid: Opportunities for the Entrepreneur this Saturday May 7th. As aggressive policies and vigorous investments take hold, newer and smarter technology is rolling out. Caltech students can now register online. Senior Associate, Advanced Technology.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Southern California Venture Capital 56

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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APRIL 10, 2011

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Our program will explore how entrepreneurs can interact with utilities, government and the private sector to promote innovative ideas to cut traffic congestion, emissions and transportation. Saturday, April 16, 2011 -- Greening Your Ride: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Transportation Sector.

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Enterprise Forum CalTech Pasadena Design 113