socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp. The panel addressed everything from giving a breakdown on the differences between each of their events to how they got accepted (or rejected).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

The accelerator said that the demo day is a culmination of its latest three month program, which included ten new companies in mentoring, collaboration, funding, and access to its network of investors and entrepreneurs. MuckerLab's model is based on the TechStars incubation model, and the group is an affiliate of that startup accelerator.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2013

StartEngine announced the new location in an invitation to an opening event January 15th for its mentors and companies. StartEngine said the new office is a split-level loft, with access to such locations as the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a few metro stops from Pasadena.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2011

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). See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2011

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). See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2011

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). See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2011

To that end, last week, Los Angeles-based MuckerLab (www.muckerlab.com) announced its plans--and a big lineup of local CEO mentors--to start up a new, YCombinator- and TechStars-type program in Los Angeles, headed by former Silicon Valley venture capitalist Erik Rannala , and affiliated with the TechStars Network. Erik, thanks for the time.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2011

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). See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 13, 2011

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). See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Altadena Technology Angel 100

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2012

Tickets are for concerts, ballgames, and events, but you don't use it for going to a gym. The startup incubator actually found us. Those mentors and others have given us really tangible advice. You get a membership to a gym, because you need to go to the gym all the time. That's the same with flying.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

We’ve all heard of or participated in weekend hackathon events, like Startup Weekend or #Hackfest. Angelhack’s formula allows them to bring in serious players looking to build something and places them in front of interested and looking Angel investors all the while offering them opportunities with top accelerators and incubators.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Incubator: Amplify LA. Abrams, Jim Wiatt, and Zach James have presented at Amplify’s Wednesday evening mentor events. The events, started by Docstoc’s Jason Nazar, draw over 500 of LA’s startup crowd each month. Events: Digital LA / Silicon Beach Fest. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Based on my recent experience as an angel investor, and advisor to new business owners, I now recommend that all entrepreneurs, especially introverts, learn and practice the discipline they need to build and nurture relationships with key constituents through the following activities: Formalize a mentoring relationship with someone you trust.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Dan Dato , Mentor at upStart.LA. We currently have sponsorship slots open If you would like to be part of this amazing event and show your support for TechZulu.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2013

Keeping track of all the new companies, funding, networking and events going on across town is challenging. Along with the startup directory and in-depth data reports BILA offers a job board and event calendar and will have a blog area for members to make announcements to the community and share news.

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Startup Mentor Entrepreneur Platform 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2015

The Dodgers Accelerator is investing $120,000 in funding in each of the startups, which all will be part of a coworking space in LA, and also gain access to the Dodgers organization, mentors, and more. The accelerator begins today, and runs through a Demo Day in November at Dodger Stadium. READ MORE>>.

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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. The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews. The event ended with three final panels.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood. For upcoming AT&T Mobile App events in cities near you, please visit Alex Donn’s eventbrite.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Invest 89

Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Startup 87

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

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Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In some ways it is similar to early stage incubators such as Y Combinator, although FI is even earlier stage, focusing on developing the founders themselves as entrepreneurs as opposed to actual companies. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? What was the best one you’ve been to recently?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer event is turning to be the best one yet! OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. We hear they might bring something special to this event….wonder Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event. Giving out discount codes for (gs), (dv), or (ve) servers and a few extra goodies to all who signup for the event! (mt)

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Event organizers Daniel Gross, Regional President of Southern California for the Kairos Society, and Zachary Goodman, President of the USC Entrepreneur Club, kicked off the event by introducing their respective organizations as well as their future plans to host other events. They proceeded to introduce Marks to the audience.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event. Howard is currently the CEO of Gamzee, a social games company that makes game that play everywhere written in HTML5.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

The idea, is to make it accessible as a multi-disciplinary part of Tel Aviv University, so that young people, alumni, and students with ideas for a company can join the fund, not only to be funded with seed money, but also so they can be accelerated and potentially incubated before they go out.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

MuckerLab has already secured its reputation as one of the hottest startup accelerators in town with a particular emphasis on product for incubation-stage software, services and media ventures. Eventum’s customers include Anheuser-Busch, Arena Football, Diageo, Langham, Hilton, Starwood Hotels, and event planning agencies.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

“The one-day event will bring together leading executives, entrepreneurs and professionals to celebrate this diverse L.A. ” All events are going to be quality one-day conferences with amazing speakers, parties and opportunities to network with new friends and see old friends which is why I’m returning to attend.

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. I’ve been spending some time at LaunchPad and Amplfy, and some of the best startups in LA are at those incubators. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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