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Reflections on 2020: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, sposors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we have Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation (www.alliancesocal.org). We've been posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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Israeli Tech Firms Eye Southern California

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Los Angeles, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, is known for many links to the country of Israel. However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry? Tags: israel israeli conference technology high tech investment.

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Tinder Names Jim Lanzone As New CEO

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Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based online dating app developer Tinder , said on Monday that it has named Jim Lanzone--former President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital--as CEO of Tinder. He also has been on the board of Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com since 2014.

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TriTech, NASA In Economic Development, Technology Transfer Agreement

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TriTech Small Business Development Center (SBDC), which provides consulting and training to high tech entrepreneurs, and NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center , in Edwards, California, are in a new economic development, technology transfer, and research relationship, the two announced on Thursday.

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President Obama Stresses Jobs, Education In First Silicon Beach Visit

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In the first time that President Barack Obama has paid a special visit to the epicenter of Southern California''s high tech industry, the President spoke for over an hour to an audience of entrepreneurs at Cross Campus , the Santa Monica coworking space, touching on topics around providing an infrastructure for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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New Feature: Socaltech's Video Interviews!

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A lot of our readers have asked if we could add some video content to our news stream, and we've started talking with local entrepreneurs, investors, and others to learn more about how Southern California's high tech industry is growing and expanding. Other videos to watch: Tech Scenes Los Angeles, Episode 1.