socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. We really believe in the market.

Redpoint 154

Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. How did you transition to entrepreneur? Tell me a bit about your background.

Product 150

Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Saturday, October 11, 2008 -- "Successful Companies Through Incubation: SoCal Incubators Serve the High Tech Industry" Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum on October 11 will feature some of the award-winning business incubators supporting the high tech industry in Greater Los Angeles.

Incubator 100

Incubator Enterprise Forum Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. Spotlight: LA Tech is part of a quarterly demo series that will highlight the finest technology entrepreneurship in Southern California. 9:00 – 10:00pm – cocktail reception and networking.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. My biggest message is that for most this fear is overrated.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2017

App developers are spending a lot of money with the ad networks just to get users to download an app and go through your tutorial. Some entrepreneurs might be surprised you didn't want to sit on a beach in Bali for the rest of your life�talk more about that? He sold it to ArtistDirect for $42.5M What's the biggest challenge for you?

Startup 113

Startup Southern California UCLA Technical Review 113

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2013

Despite a growing technology industry here in Southern California, local investors and entrepreneurs tell us there''s still a shortage of local, venture capital. David Waxman: Los Angeles is a tremendous hotbed of creativity, and there''s so much potential. There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

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. What we do, is regional customer discovery for teams, typically academic.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- New Media Revenue Models: Growing Greenbacks in the Digital Ecosystem. See [link] (more).

Media 100

Media Enterprise Forum CalTech Social Network 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

So, I ended up leaving and started another company, Thoughtstar, which is much like Basecamp. I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. David Carter: In my case, I really enjoy the culture of Southern California. Entrepreneurs should seek those people out.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2017

Right now, we're used to 3G and 4G on our smartphones; the next step is 5G, which means we will be able to transmit wireless, 4K resolution video over our telephone networks and through to our smartphones. Our employees come from Caltech, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and we've employed people as far away as the University of Michigan.

Startup 100

Startup Southern California UCLA Incubator 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. The other reason for building it, is LA is crapped on all the time from a press perspective and entrepreneur perspective.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. But for most businesses it is. That’s OK.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. If you’d like to see some of the best technologies and meet some of the brightest minds in beautiful Southern California, SIGN UP NOW. wonder what that might be? to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313