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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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Interview with Steve Poizner, Alliance for Southern California Innovation

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Steve Poizner: The Alliance is a new nonprofit, whose mission it is to bring together a lot of the amazing, unique assets of Southern California. We are devoted to the mission of supercharging Southern California's technology ecosystem, and help it emerge as a world class technology hub by 2025.

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Los Angeles Startup Events

SoCal CTO

I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. In that post, I mentioned how one of the signals is the big increase in number of startup events and the number of attendees at those events. So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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What's the latest craze in startups in Southern Califonia? It looks to be startup accelerators. In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. The group is a member of the TechStars Network, and boasts a who's who of successful local CEOs and investors.

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Southern California Linked IPOs Grow

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The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Other recent IPOs with Southern California roots include Inphi Corp.

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Two Southern California Technology Researchers Get White House Honors

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Two, Southern California researchers were awarded the nation's top honor for their contributions to science and technology Friday, as President Obama awarded twelve researchers the National Medal of Science, and eleven inventors with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony at the White House. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council.