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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

Tech Zulu Event

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.

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Lyft Raises $2.2B in IPO, Pegging Valuation at Over $24B

Xconomy

billion, The New York Times reported. Investors eager to bet on the mobility industry’s future handed ride-hailing company Lyft $2.2 billion in new capital Thursday as the company completed an IPO that set its market capitalization at $24.3 Lyft sold 30.8 The company was valued at $15.1

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Biotech Roundup: ASCO, BIO, Drug Setbacks, Incubators & More

Xconomy

—Meanwhile, check out reports here , here , and here for some of the other headlines coming out of ASCO, including progress made in cancer immunotherapy, the ups and downs from various presenting companies, and a visit from Vice President Joe Biden. Ed Silverman at STAT reported the analyst note first.

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Xconomy’s Top Innovation Stories of the Half Year

Xconomy

Bernadette Tansey dives into the world of virtual reality from a consumer and entertainment perspective. Frank Vinluan reports from North Carolina on a new effort to boost agtech startups and university research. San Antonio Entrepreneur Center Opens Using Dallas Nonprofit as Model. and cognitive computing efforts in Austin, TX.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Developments Blog. In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. Loading… Real Estate. » More.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community.

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