socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

My biggest takeaway this year was truly understanding the strength and cohesion of the Los Angeles startup community. There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Southern California OpenX SoCal 100

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. Fireside Chat with Cameron Olthuis VP at CBS Interactive | Search & Social for Startups. The post Startups Apply Now!

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Startup Santa Monica UCLA Southern California 92

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Venice-based Amplify LA (www.amplify.la) is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a startup accelerator here in the Los Angeles area � one of the few in the area to have survived in more or less original form after the launch of a number of startup incubators and accelerators five years ago.

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Startup Entrepreneur Funding Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 10, 2014

But it was the low-key, creative beach vibe of Venice and Santa Monica that spurred a spate of start-ups to seek offices and homes. The predominantly resale neighborhoods of Venice and Santa Monica also feel the tech boom. In some cases, these people can walk or bike to work. In West L.A., Here, prices can climb higher.

Entertainment 108

Entertainment Santa Monica Journal Belkin 108

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. the "startup culture" at the company as among reasons to work for the company.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech (www.hellotech.com) wants to be the service that you refer all of your friends and family to, instead--by offering up low cost, on-demand, in-home technical support. We spoke with CEO and founder--and longtime startup veteran-- Richard Wolpert about the company. Why in home technical support?

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Demand Technical Support Startup Seed Funding 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 19, 2012

LA City Council Member Eric Garcetti will give the opening keynote for the inaugural Silicon Beach Fest , a celebration of digital innovators in startups and entertainment happening June 21 – 23. The moniker Silicon Beach refers to the technology scene in Los Angeles concentrated around the areas of Santa Monica and Venice.

Rustic Canyon 104

Rustic Canyon Santa Monica Entertainment Journal 104

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets. Ynon started as shareholder, board member & advisor and switches to full-time executive. billion deal to Disney.

Media 320

Media CTO Coach CTO Hire Los Angeles 320

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

This San Francisco startup has amassed an impressive portfolio of innovative products that have the potential to disrupt content distribution in Hollywood and everywhere else. Their product offerings can benefit business from different perspectives from the producer, to the advertiser, to the end user — they have covered it all flawlessly.

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Screening Content CTO Hire Platform 109

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. He uses his former home, a just-under 900-square-foot beach bungalow two blocks away, to house Facebook employees visiting from up north. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44