Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 31, 2014

It isn’t the biggest secret that the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins aren’t the best of friends, especially on the football field. Votes came from both the teams’ network as well as natural visitors to the website.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. How did you transition to entrepreneur? Tell me a bit about your background.

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. We noticed you have lots of UCLA folks involved in the business--what's the link to UCLA?

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UCLA Culver City Startup Social Network 187

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

According to Pasadena-based green marketplace firm OnGreen , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of Southern California (USC) scored a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Founded by Steve Poizner last year to accelerate the growth of a startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern California, The Alliance is building a network of investors, entrepreneurs and universities to provide ballast in the south to the dominance of the Northern California tech industry.

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Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Develop 224

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

What is the idea behind the Tech CEO Network? The Tech CEO Network is there to fill the gap. That's why we're hoping that bringing domain expertise and an industry network will help facilitate that process. To better understand what they're trying to do, we spoke with both Richard and John about the group. Thanks, and good luck!

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2011

Jonathan Lehmann: I was awarded the Larry Wolfen Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at UCLA, after getting amazing coaching from Matt Ridenour in our business plan development class. I developed the idea over the summer, articulated the vision, drew out the site, and then teamed up with other students at UCLA and started developing KarmaGoat.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Help 256

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I continue to be surprised by some clever SoCal entrepreneurs who are creating out-of-the box companies that are opportunistic and reflect our markets ingenuity. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years. Peter has also been on the Faculty of UCLA Anderson for the past 10 years. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Southern California SaaS SoCal 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To understand how one local company is making that transition, we talked with Los Angeles-based All About Addiction (www.allaboutaddiction.com), a company that grew out of Adi Jaffe's work at UCLA as a trained psychologist. Adi Jaffe: I'm a UCLA addiction trained psychologist, specializing in addiction. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We launched a Digital LA - Women series with four panels starring female founders, entrepreneurs, developers and PR, which will also continue into the new year.

Dollar Shave Club 272

Dollar Shave Club Technical Review Santa Monica Southern California 272

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I became an entrepreneur because I had to. It was about the earliest days of our life together when we moved to Westwood so I could attend UCLA. Like my eventual experience as an entrepreneur, we had to persevere. Frank speaks and networks at angel events around the world. By Frank Peters. We had to make a go of it.”

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Startup Software Review UCLA Sales 204

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 27, 2013

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. From P4, exit the parking structure and follow the walkway located south of the Anderson Complex to the main south steps, between Building B (Gold Hall) & Building C (Entrepreneurs Hall) on the map. 7:00 – 7:45pm – Check-in & Networking. Diamond Sponsor.

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UCLA Southern California Santa Monica Pricing 104

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. From P4, exit the parking structure and follow the walkway located south of the Anderson Complex to the main south steps, between Building B (Gold Hall) & Building C (Entrepreneurs Hall) on the map. 7:00 – 7:45pm – Check-in & Networking. Diamond Sponsor.

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UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Mike Napoli: Actually, we are seeing entrepreneurs. It used to be there was a geographical composition to our prescreening panel--for example, if an LA company, regardless of what they did, applied for funding, the LA network of the TCA would process them. Mike Napoli: I think it was the entrepreneur.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- The Tech Coast Angels 5th Annual Fast Pitch Competition will take place on February 24th at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Dinner and refreshments will be served after the program at a networking event attended by hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and other industry experts.

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Tech Coast Angels Angel UCLA Tips 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In addition to his experience as an angel investor, Kelly served in the US Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and completed Airborne and Ranger training, and graduated from West Point and UCLA. I decided to found Moonshots Capital as an angel syndicate through our network of accredited angels, basically as a single purpose vehicle.

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Capital Startup Invest Training 223

socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One of the biggest complaints that local entrepreneurs have with Los Angeles has been a dearth of local sources of venture capital. Over the past few months I've been building my networking, and we've done about a deal a month so far. I think the right team and network are very important, as is traction, validated by customers.

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. An example of that is the UCLA flood. So, he launched Watsup, and the first thing it showed was a highlight of the UCLA flooding. He just new something was going on. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Need office or Tech Space?

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

App developers are spending a lot of money with the ad networks just to get users to download an app and go through your tutorial. Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? I had a programming job at UCLA at the time, working at UCLA Radiology.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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Class Mentor Startup UCLA 98

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Thanks to increased performance, better battery life, improved wireless networks, and an infinite marketplace to connect developers and consumers, the shift towards mobile-only is not just a trend but a reality. Or even worse, it relies on screencasting technology that is dependent on a WiFi network. inch Full HD display.

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Technical Review Screencast Screening Mobile 70

socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Previously he co-founded 3 tech companies, one in computer networks, one in logistics and one in biometric security. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Southern California SoCal SaaS 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. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. What''s the best way for entrepreneurs to approach you? Any advice you would give entrepreneurs?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It's difficult to add value to a portfolio company or entrepreneur. We're helping the entrepreneur, leveraging our network, introducing them to people, and helping them think about new products. Materials is as well, and I spend lots of time at UCLA, and Caltech looking at interesting materials. That's part one.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

Xconomy

JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. Just a few months earlier, Hinshaw had sold his private healthcare IT consulting company, MaxIT Healthcare, to government contractor SAIC for $473 million.

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San Diego CIO Incubator Startup 67

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Starting off in Santa Monica at ROC for a fireside chat with CBS Interactive, then heading to Westwood at UCLA for Spotlight: LA Tech, and ending at NextSpace / Amplify LA in Venice for TechZulu Final Friday. This Spotlight takes place Thursday, April 25, at UCLA Korn Hall. We will be taking you for a tour of the LA Tech Scene.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

You can create groups and send group messages, you can access that messaging network through your desktop, tablet, and through your smartphone, and do it all in a way that is real time and instant, and you can also integrate into your corporate directory. Another aspect we''ve included is the ability to self-provision your own network.

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Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. Entrepreneurs in LA spend a lot of time commuting up to the Valley. My biggest message is that for most this fear is overrated.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. If she’s not up for transferring to UCLA – that’s fine. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Lots of reasons.

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Startup UCLA Los Angeles Entrepreneur 326

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

There are 9 innovation nodes in the US associated with I-Corp, and one of those nodes is out of the Viterbi School of Engineering, with UCLA and Caltech partners in that. What we do, is regional customer discovery for teams, typically academic.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2013

One that they would want to attend that was hip, fun, had great speakers and promoted networking. Gerry Campbell, Entrepreneur/Investor. Robert Jadon, Director of Startup UCLA. Patrick Vlaskovitz, Entrepreneur/Author. They called it UnCubed to inspire seekers to free themselves of the static 9-to-5.

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Startup UCLA Los Angeles SpaceX 76

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. The company's CEO, Kos Galatsis , spoke to us a few years ago at the very beginning of their journey.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Both Sides of the Table

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

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

LinkedIn is by far the world’s largest professional network with more than 380 million members in over 200 countries and territories. But it isn’t meeting the needs of everyone, leading to the creation of several sites positioning themselves as the go-to professional network for niche industries.

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Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 77

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM).

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