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OCTOBER 4, 2019

For our video interview this Friday, we have a chat with Cynthia Vincent , serial entrepreneur, fashion designer, and founder of fashion company BAACAL (www.baacal.com), who was at the TuesdayNights IMPACT Conference last week. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Our video interview today is with Calvin Selth , Program Lead for AnnenbergTech at the Annenberg Foundation, part of PledgeLA , an effort to make change in the tech industry and a commitment to better reflect, support, and leverage the creativity and diversity that is Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Our video interview today is with Michael McCrary, CEO and founder of PureSpectrum , a Westlake Village-based startup in the survey and sampling industry. Michael tells us about how he founded the company, and gives some hints and tips on entrepreneurship. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Our video interview today is with Tony Winders, the CEO of The Winders Group, a marketing agency in Los Angeles. We've been doing interviews with entrepreneurs, investors, and others in the Southern California technology community, so people can better get to know others in the local tech ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2019

We've recently started a new feature--video interviews of local entrepreneurs, investors, and others in Southern California's technology community! Abner tells us about his startup and what it's doing.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Our video interview today--where we interview the startup entrepreneurs, investors, and others in the technology industry across Southern California--is with Alice Cheng , an Associate at Upfront Ventures (www.upfront.com), a Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Our interview today is with Karen Caswelch , the CEO of SciArt Software (www.sciartsoftcom), a startup developing design software for the aerospace industry. We spoke with Karen at the recent Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Our interview todays is with Brand Caso , the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Meshcandy (meshcandy.com) developing mesh devices specifically for the health care industry, used for automate the measuring information at health care sites. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2019

For our Friday video interview, we have Evan Brandt , the CEO of VideOMS (www.videoms.com), an early, seed stage startup offering up a videos, drone shots, photography, and more of real estate property listings nationwide, through a network of drone operators. VideOMS is based in Westlake Village, California. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2019

For our video interview this morning, we have Andy Wilson, the Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org), a new nonprofit which is trying to bring together Southern California's technology industry, universities, and others in the local ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Our video interview today is with Jenny Collins , the CEO and Co-founder of Novo Space , a company making it easier to launch electronics into space. Novo Space was part of the Techstars Starbust Space Accelerator in Los Angeles in 2019. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2019

For today's video interview, we spoke with Ian Chen , the co-founder and CEO of Discotech , a Los Angeles area startup which has developed a service for bottle service booking, discounted tickets and more to clubs and nightspots. Ian tells us about his journey from the world of private equity to the life of a startup entrepreneur.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

For our interview today, we spoke with Chad Wasilenkoff , the CEO of Helicoid Industries (www.helicoidind.com), a spinout of UC Riverside. Helicoid's technology is used in the composites industry. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Our interview today is with Jamey Edwards, the CEO of Cloudbreak Health, a Los Angeles-based telemedicine company, which provides telehealth services, including interpretation and access to specialists, within healthcare facilities.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Our video interview today is with Jakob vanZyl , the co-founder and CEO of Hydrosat (www.hydrosat.com), a startup developing satellites to monitor the moisture of every spot on earth, at high resolution, every four days. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Our video interview today is with Nancy Soni , the founder and CEO of PathMatch (www.pathmatch.com), a Los Angeles startup that helps high school and college students connect to career paths that fit their personality, strengths, interests, goals, values, and location preferences.

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StartUp Beat

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We spoke to serial investor Brad Zions from Los Angeles to get a better perspective on tech trends in […] The post Interview with Brad Zions: Investor and Tech Veteran from Los Angeles appeared first on StartUp Beat. Yet the growth of its tech sector has also increasingly been receiving attention.

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JULY 30, 2019

Our video interview today is with Jenny Wang, Ph.D. , the co-founder and CEO of Jeni Vision (www.jenivision.com), a venture funded startup spun out of UC Irvine, which is developing treatments for a number of opthalmic conditions. Jeni Vision has so far raised $7M in its Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Our video interview today is with Noramay Cadena , a venture capitalist and partner at MiLA Capital , a seed and incubation stage investor based in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. Thanks for the interview! What is Ad.net?

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Our interview today is with Aaron Ross, the Co-CEO of Predictable Revenue (www.predictablerevenue.com), and author of the Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into A Sales Machine With The $100M Best Practices of Salesforce.com, and From Impossible to Inevitable: How SaaS and Other Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2020

Thus, in my experience, if you want to be that ideal candidate for an attractive position in a new venture or a small business, I recommend that you orient your resume and your interview discussion to all of the following attributes, in addition to your skills and prior experience: Focus on “people-smarts” rather than “technical-smarts.”

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MAY 15, 2019

As part of our new feature on socaltech, video interviews, we recently caught up with Tavio Hobson , the founder of an early stage startup called Trufl , an app which lets restaurant guests bid on a seat at a restaurant, without a reservation. Hobson previously was in business development for the LA Clippers. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2019

We recently spoke with Alex Canter , the founder of the company, for a video interview. Los Angeles-based Ordermark (www.ordermark.com)announced this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series B funding round from Foundry Group, TenOneTen Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, Mucker Capital, Act One Ventures, and Nosara Capital.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Our video interview today is with Morgan Sacco , the founder of Athena.LA (www.athena.la), a networking group aimed at women in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

For this morning's interview, we talked with Joel Ifill the CEO and founder of DASH Systems (dashshipping.com), a startup which has developed a system to guide packages directly from airplanes to the ground, to accelerate delivery of cargo without the need to land those airplanes. DASH Systems is one of the Techstars Los Angeles 2019 class.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Our video interview today is with Dr. Chris Straka, of Radcare Health, a startup developing information resources for cancer patients. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Our video interview today is with a long time advisor to startups in the Los Angeles area, Eli Eisenberg , founder of Straight Line Management. Eli sat down with us to share some of the knowledge he's gained over many years in the industry helping and mentoring startups. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke with Joe Bayen , the CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based Grow Credit (www.growcredit.com), which runs a fintech startup which allows you to pay your subscriptions through a free Mastercard, as a way to boost your credit score.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Our video interview today is with Federico Pomi and Andreas Ballarini, Fabrica, a startup in the Techstars LA 2019 Class focused on real estate transactions. Fabrica was one of the companies that pitched at Techstars LA Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2019

For today's video interview, we talked with Scott Alderton , of Stubbs, Alderton, and Markiles LLP, about the firm's startup incubator, the Preccelerator. Stubbs Alderton is a longtime supporter and sponsor of socaltech!). The program recently had a "Demo Day" for some of the recent companies in the incubator.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Today's video interview is with Pam Isom , the foudner and CEO of ICE Safety Solutions (www.getice.com), who was at the TuesdayNights Impact conference a few months ago, telling us about how she founded and started her business. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2019

Our video interview today is with Dr. Masaru Rao and Brynley Lee, who are in the midst of forming Basilard Biotech , a spinout of UC Riverside. Dr. Rao is an Associate Professor at the UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, and Brynley Lee is CEO-in-Residence at UC Riverside's Office of Technology Partnerships. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

For our video interview today, we talked with Ana Pompa Alarcon Rawls , founder and CEO of findSisterhood (www.findsisterhood.com) one of the companies out of the Techstars Los Angeles 2019 class, which is creating a new social network for women. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

For our video interview today, we talked with Matt Kozlov, the Managing Director of the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles, to hear about the program and its future plans. Interview at the 2019 Demo Day on Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

For our interview today, we have Noramay Cadena , a Partner at MILA Capital , who spoke to us earlier this year about the venture capital investment firm and what it looks for in entrepreneurs. The video version of this interview is here. What is MiLA Capital?

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MAY 31, 2019

Friday video interview: Greg Monterossa is the Community Manager at Hub101 , a startup community in Westlake Village affiliated with California Lutheran University (CLU). We talked with Greg about finding your startup community, and to get some advice from him about startup success. READ MORE>>.

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