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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

Both Sides of the Table

See we have JPL that designed the rockets that put men on the moon in the first place and Caltech, one of the two most prestigious engineering universities in the country. https://medium.com/media/3c33723f326245292958d4b055dfb424/href Today we learned that another great fund was announced — Fika Ventures. We love LA!

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Los Angeles Startup Events

SoCal CTO

Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these. So, you may also want to go look at: Los Angeles Startup Events Here are some of the events and meetups that I've spoken at, attended or at least interest me. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Of course that’s not disputable. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. He built & IPOd Demand Media. To some extent – of course they are. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here.

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Skate Where the Puck is Going

Both Sides of the Table

And of course – badges. I hope they are because badges will run their course. Last year’s passé terms that even entrepreneurs cringe at (and the best are embarrassed to lead with) are social network, social media and social games. I recently gave talks at Caltech & Stanford. Fawking badges. OK, I get it.

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How TenOneTen Ventures Is Investing In LA's Technology Future

socalTECH

In particular, funding for companies developing deep technology--software and cloud, as opposed to content and media--seems to be lacking. There is a really genuine and real opportunity in the intersection of media and entertainment technology here in Los Angeles, and people are focused here on that for a legitimate reason.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum. Of course, there are still caveats - can they pass data security audits, what is your downtime risk and cost of downtime, what's the risk of the platform vendor. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? By definition need redundancy.

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