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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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The biggest news for Digital LA this year has been creating and spearheading Silicon Beach Fest, LA's first startup entertainment community festival in Santa Monica and Venice in June, 2012. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations. 2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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Celebrating the Life and Work of Tony Hsieh

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It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co 2012: Tony Hsieh interviewed about the Downtown Project. co-founders.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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The company was acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Company during August of 2012, for approximately $65 million. Apeel Sciences - Founded in 2012, after winning $10,000 at UCSB’s New Venture Competition, the company closed $1.25M in funding during 2013.

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Why Warner Bros. Is Tapping Into The World Of Technology Startups

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We select companies from an application process , and they join us for a twelve week program of workshops, mentoring, and business meetings in order to create value in our businesses, and also accelerate process for them. Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012. How long have you been doing this?

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TechZulu, Grubwithus and Earbits Present: Hacktoons With Special Guest John K.!

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On January 12th, 2013 Hacktoons brings you all the cartoons, cereal, community, and coding you can take. In 2012, he discovered Kickstarter and and direct communication with the fans. Remember how great it was to wake up Saturday and watch the week’s best cartoons? Now hold that memory and think about your passion for coding.

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LA’s Chewse Joins 500 Startups | A Better Marketplace For Us To Easily Order Great Food

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The program kicked off on October 4, 2012. Demo Days will take place in February 2013 in Mountain View, San Francisco, and NYC. 500 Startups add that successful startups don’t just need great coders and designers but require scalable and cost-effective customer acquisition which they help startups at. 33 companies are in this batch.

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