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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Sean Percival , who was once among Silicon Beach's most visible startup entrepreneurs and activists, is taking his experience starting companies in Southern California to Norway--as the head of a new, seed stage venture fund. Mahalo, and MySpace. Mahalo, and MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2018

Marina Del Rey-based startup Guardian Circle , the developer of a social-based system and app that helps people summon help from their friends, said last week that it has added futurist Peter Diamandis as an advisor as part of a "token sale" the company is running. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, has set its eyes on Boston for a new chapter of the group. According to the OAF, it has set up an event in Boston for June 18th, where it will look to bring together 5 startups with angels and service providers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo , has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo angel investment venture capital keiretsu forum openangel executive.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is continuing his crusade against angel groups and others who charge startups to pitch their groups, saying that he's now calling on groups to stop charging fees, and post what fees they were charging to entrepreneurs on their web sites.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based search site Mahalo , said Tuesday afternoon that he and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington have parted ways, and will no longer be running the TechCrunch50 conference. Tags: jason calacanis michael arrington techcrunch launch technology startups entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2010

The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group run by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis , is expanding into Colorado with a new event, the group said Friday. The Colorado chapter is being headed up by David Cohen of TechStars , a Boulder-based incubator and Internet seed investment effort by local Colorado angels and venture investors.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. Eric not only created the term "Lean Startup", he has sparked a movement that is changing the way people think about startups. Everyone who attends will receive a free autographed copy of Eric's new book "The Lean Startup". Thursday, September 15, 2011 -- A Conversation with Eric Ries.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2011

USC hosted its first Startup Weekend from September 23rd to 25th and it rocked! First up was Andrew Skotzko , Director of Growth for Chill.com, who started the night with an attention grabbing introduction (a few F-bombs were dropped along the way) and was “the reason why I grew the balls to go and pitch an idea”, said one participant.

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Jason Nazar

OCTOBER 14, 2009

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build a successful business and how to distinguish yourself as an entrepreneur. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I just had to line up behind him. I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. We then started talking about Dave McClure. I know this guy is a money maker.

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From the Venture Trenches

MAY 21, 2013

Serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. I recently caught up with a classmate from UCLA Anderson and told him the exact opposite in regards to raising money for his own startup. This is exactly the perception Calacanis wants to create but there are very few entrepreneurs who have that kind of credibility.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. Tags: SoCal Stuff LA SoCal startup technology.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists. Opportunity #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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