SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2019

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 -- Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Southern California? Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019. See [link] (more)

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Orange County Venture Capital Conference Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

“LavaLab, the University of Southern California’s product Incubator, admits the top 5% of design, business, and engineering minds to create innovative products over the course of a semester.”

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Los Angeles USC Southern California Angel 70

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2012

2tor , the provider of online, graduate program and courses which has strong links to the University of Southern California , has scored a $10M revolving line of credit, the firm said today. According to 2tor, the credit line comes from Comerica Bank, and will be used to fund growth and its strategic initiatives. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2018

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! ICOs raised a global record 1.1

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Los Angeles Angel Writing Course 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 28, 2018

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 -- Orange County VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event. At our next event the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing and a fireside chat about ICO basics: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! ICOs raised a global record 1.1 Should everyone?

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Orange County Angel Writing Course 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. It continues to be somewhat surprising to me to see the number of angels who have been entering this space. There have been a lot of new angel investors coming out of the woodwork, and lots of companies getting pretty good funding and valuation. Now we have it.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

He was struggling to find high quality developers in Los Angeles. Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. So my flip suggestion was actually not all that helpful. In fact, after a bit he gave up.

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Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to a bevy of celebrities. Whether it be renowned athletes looking to enjoy some sun in the off-season or movies stars basking in the glory of stardom in between takes, the number of recognizable faces in this southern California city can be too much for some fans to bear. Cost : $10.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. Of course, it's probably harder to find these folks. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Remind me about your background Steve? Or maybe not.

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Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. He's also a very active angel investor and advisor to local startups. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Technical Review High Tech Venice 215

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 11, 2012

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 -- Los Angeles Entrepreneurs at Steingarten! Share your business experiences, discuss success strategies, and create partnerships over a multi-course dinner at Steingarten. Expand your business network and meet other entrepreneurs over a fun meal! See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Course 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012 -- Frank Peters, Host, "The Frank Peters Show" and Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels. Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Free and open to the public.

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Tech Coast Angels UCI Angel Course 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

What I’ve not written as much about is what to do if you are a CTO looking for your next opportunity – especially in Los Angeles. I have quite a few conversations like this and am having one via email right now, so it inspired me to put it in a post instead. Of course, just because a CTO or VPE is listed doesn’t mean it’s working well.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012 -- Tech Cocktail's Los Angeles Startup Showcase + Sessions. Hey Los Angeles, the Mixer parade is coming your way! We'll be kicking off the event with inspiring Sessions talks followed by the traditional demo style Startup Showcase; served over cocktails, of course.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Course 100

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

I’m seeing and hearing that it’s becoming tough finding good developers again, at least here in Los Angeles. And it’s not just me, Ben Kuo just posted - Good news for developers (and jobs) We’ve been talking with a lot (and I mean a LOT) of people who are looking for developers in Southern California (Los Angeles and beyond).

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Develop Development TechEmpower Southern California 175

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 13, 2009

I find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. Of course, this normally is a bit more complicated than just the technical aspects. Who's the audience?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Companies are raising some angel money or Y Combinator money.”

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IBM IBM Venture Capital Invest 164

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Of course, when I started thinking about Visible Networking , I immediately went to Cliff to check in to see how he's doing and to get his feedback, thoughts and ideas on the concept. Of course, part of the reason that I went to you when I started thinking about visible networking is that you run a company that's right in the middle of this.

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Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2009

A New York-based online learning firm with links to the University of Southern California has scored a round of funding, and added Redpoint's Greg Martin to its board, the firm said this morning. The firm currently only offers one online program, from the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education.

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USC Redpoint Southern California Funding 100

Technology Council

JULY 29, 2008

Only 12 companies will have the chance to convince the biggest gathering of technology investors to be assembled in Southern California this year that theirs is the company that deserves to be funded. Angels, private equity investors, investment bankers, and, of course, a who’s who of the VC community will be on hand to see [.]

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VentureNet Southern California Capital Venture Capital 100

socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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El Segundo Southern California Startup Santa Monica 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 16, 2014

We recently sat down with Luc Berlin, co-founder of Miigle, a SoCal startup that has an aggressive global mission to bring entrepreneurs together from around the world. For example, we go to venture capitalists or we go to angel investors. So, we are presenting an alternative solution. It’s no longer just the US innovating.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g.,

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In a collaboration with Deepak Chopra, a world-renowned mind-body healer and advocate for alternative medicine, Wevr , a Los Angeles-based VR studio, and Chopra’s son Gotham Chopra joined forces to explore how virtual reality will play an important role in the future of one’s well-being and understanding of the true nature of reality.

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Guide Study Southern California Tool 173

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

And of course we had, TheMan. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. Watch this space.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2017

Techstars (www.techstars.org) has a long history and record of success as a startup accelerator, with programs across the country and world--and recently opened up its third, Los Angeles program, Techstars LA. Techstars recently appointed Anna Barber as its Managing Director, so we thought we'd sit down and get to know Anna better.

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Startup Los Angeles Claremont Press 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application. Ask them about your concept.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

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. Dave Eastman: There's a lot of interaction between the I-Corp innovation node in Los Angeles and the Startup Garage.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based content network Mitu , and online film school CreatorUp is launching a new boot camp and startup accelerator specifically for creators. The two said the boot camp includes three, in-person sessions and weekly online courses, and also includes a chance at a paid internship at Mitu. READ MORE>>.

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Content Course Los Angeles Networking 100

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Banks won’t underwrite an individual based on qualifications like their Instagram following, of course, and given that influencers don’t typically have a consistent income or a W2 statement to showcase their earnings, they may not be able to receive a bank loan to invest in their own brand. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage). Rethinking value.

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Platform Marketing Tool Venture Capital 170

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. We raised $280 million. It goes without saying that the shortening in time also was due to performance.

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Venture Capital Funding Technical Review Startup 396

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Vyclone (www.vyclone.com) has created a mobile application which lets users capture videos, and automatically edits and combines multiple points of view from people nearby, and remixes it into an even more compelling video. But, I got the bug, and loved starting businesses, so I sold some, and lost some.

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Startup Entertainment Los Angeles Ideas 235

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based WePlay (www.weplay.com) is hoping to be the site for all of that, and more. Lots of the developers were young and didn't have any kids, or their kids were not involved in youth sports, so I was bringing a degree of real experience and real usage to the table. That's where my career has been.

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Southern California Startup Platform Coach 183

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Brad Feld visited Los Angeles this past week. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. LA should be LA.”

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

Our guest insight this week is from Frank Peters, well-known in the angel and in the bicycle worlds for his podcasts and passion. It’s good advice; the theory being that entrepreneurs can discover the flaws in their business models sooner, make course corrections and move in a more favorable direction. – Dave.

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Customer Custom Writing Southern California 120