socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The new headquarters are among a cluster of technology companies who are just around the corner from UCLA. MyLife's new building is in the same building as incubator Elevator Labs, compliance software and services firm LRN, and is the same building which was the headquarters for PeopleSupport.

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MyLife UCLA Social Network Incubator 147

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

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

For today's interview, we spoke to Dave Eastman, the Director of the Viterbi Startup Garage, a startup incubator that is run by the University of Southern California, out of its location in Marina Del Rey. How are you different from other startup incubators, etc? It's not entirely exclusive, however.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2020

I have been able to work closer with my entrepreneurs, as well as closer with other incubators and accelerators than would have been the case. Caltech and UCLA are now equidistant from CU Boulder and MIT, and that has been a surprising benefit. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021?

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Capital Technical Review Southern California CalTech 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Taking notice of the gap between the amount and depth of research and technology at local universities, and new company formation, a new group has quietly formed in Los Angeles to tackle the issue. The group includes a number of experienced CEOs with experience raising venture capital as well as bringing companies to an IPO or exit.

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Research Tech Coast Angels Company Companies 164

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Next → Later today, the Startup UCLA accelerator will have its inaugural demo day. UCLA doesn’t aim to make a financial return. Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

In the startup world, one of the most difficult journeys to market is by companies who are taking basic scientific advances and technologies originally developed at universities, and taking them all the way to use in the commercial world. Carbonics is focusing on wireless technology, using new semiconductors that bring us into the 5G era.

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Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

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. What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? Brett received a B.A. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California News Platform Class 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Prior to Tilofy, I had technical positions at Yahoo, Microsoft, and Samsung, ranging from development, to program management, to senior technology person on Samsung''s smart TV platform. Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

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

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

Mann, to his credit, with his multi-billion dollar foundation, he offered to find out what was going on, offering $100 million to UCLA to find out what was going on. They wanted to do 3-D X-rays, but at the time, there was not technology available to do that. Unfortunately, UCLA''s money dried up due to legal issues.

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Competition Startup Software Review UCLA 262

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Founded in London in 2006, the Hub is a global network of social enterprises with each individual chapter acting as a gathering place for innovation, technology, creativity, and positive change. philosophie has worked with some of the world’s biggest names: Google, Nissan, Nintendo, UCLA, and more. Incubator: Amplify LA.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

We've been able to get a bunch of applications already through word of moth, from talks at different classes, and most recently at the UCLA Business School. USC is producing lots of very talented game professionals, and so is UCLA. There are some very talented students who have a vision, and have been interested in participating.

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CTO Coach Startup Mentor Activision 194

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. LA brings forth a lot of talent from USC, UCLA, and Caltech.

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

Thibault Mathieu: Morgan and I were both in film school at UCLA. We were initially covering events like sports and arts festivals when we first launched a beta version of the WESAWIT app at UCLA. We are also working with new technology that deals with computer vision to help optimize the content.

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Social Media Startup UCLA Media 94

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

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. Lou is a friend and colleague from UCLA Anderson. Details coming soon!)

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. Dinesh earned his B.S. Event Details.

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Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues.

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Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. The speaker list just keeps on growing with some amazing talent (full speaker list below).

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Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

Today, the conversation on Cleantech with a panel of entreprenurs, doing work as local VC’s, university, incubators, and startups. Sandra Itkoff – Entrepeneur in Residence, UCLA Institute for Innovation and Technology Transfer. Ian Harris - VP of Partnerships, LA Cleantech Incubator. Cleantech, a Misnomer.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The “ TenHands ” name emerged from the concept and philosophy of John Wooden, the UCLA basketball coach, who emphasized the value of teamwork and insisted that all ten hands (five players) touch the ball before shooting. What is TenHands and why the name? Co-founder and COO Jack Blaeser was President of BT Conferencing Inc.

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Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Many thanks to everyone who participated in last night’s Spotlight: LA Tech at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. The Hybrid Group is passionate about making useful things with technology.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49