Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. I was a former entrepreneur.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Winter. Headquarted in Santa Monica, CA, CallFire is dedicated to providing high-availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, furious developer support, and unparalleled customer care in order to transform how companies do business.

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. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. But what you do have is more loyalty.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2011

TechZulu and The California Institute of Technology ( CalTech ) are pleased to announce Spotlight: LA Tech Summer. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica. You’ll have five minutes of presentation time and five minutes of Q&A. Attend and Support.

Santa Monica 82

Santa Monica CalTech Southern California Technology 82

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

The wide range of startups is great and creates more opportunities for new talent and entrepreneurs to join the Los Angeles area. The area between Santa Monica and Playa Vista, otherwise known as Silicon Beach, houses more than 35% of startups in Los Angeles. LA brings forth a lot of talent from USC, UCLA, and Caltech.

Report 104

Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

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. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

One of the hotter topics at the last Silicon Beach Fest (SBF) in Santa Monica was the exodus of homegrown tech talent. That kind of vote isn’t exactly encouraging to companies and entrepreneurs with new and potentially disruptive business models looking to plant roots here. Some refer to it as “brain drain.”

Los Angeles 98

Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

I was then brought into a fund as an EIR, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Epic Ventures. If you look at just Caltech, UCLA, and USC, and you look at our population base, we''re pouring out more engineers than pretty much anywhere. I think it all crystallized in 2010 on the Santa Monica promenade.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Incubator Silver Lake 231

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

Sangster is a serial entrepreneur and M&A executive with experience both founding and acquiring businesses. CODA Automotive is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California that designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery systems purpose-built for transportation and utility applications.

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. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica.

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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