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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. Healthcare is a really obvious vertical, where there is data inefficiency and a tremendous amount of opportunity, but there''s also education, human capital and talent.

Invest 159

Invest Technology Startup Venture Capital 159

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Jeremy Helfand , the President of United Online 's Media Group, has departed the Woodland Hills-based firm and ended up at a Palo Alto startup. The firm was actually spawned out of a UCLA MBA business plan competition. According to Palo Alto-based Auditude this morning, Helfand has joined the company as CEO.

Woodland Hills 177

Woodland Hills Redpoint UCLA Advertising 177

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

They provide training and support for those women, as well as paying them an income and supporting them with capital to create the product. We went to junior high school and UCLA together. We were both in college when we came up with the idea. We were seniors at UCLA, and both of us in very different areas.

Commerce 140

Commerce Help UCLA Organization 140

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

What new technology area, startup, service, or app did you find most interesting or useful this year, and why? We went out on a limb in a competitive category with Wheels, and we did it because we believed in the founders. These are all gigantic categories with hundreds of new startups founded each year.

Southern California 100

Southern California News Platform Class 100

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Startups Made Simple. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year.

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

So do you think the environment still tough for startups? Investors are very focused on diligence, on business models that make sense, and those companies that have a definite competitive advantage and defensibility to what they're doing. For example, our LA network is having the Fast Pitch on the 24th at UCLA. Interestnig.

Tech Coast Angels 231

Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 231

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MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. How did you end up starting the site?

Study 252

Study Startup Design Tips 252

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

The group--which was started by Richard Koffler and John Morris , two well known investors in Los Angeles--has been trying to help connect CEOs with interesting university and other technology projects. It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues.

Networking 215

Networking Research Startup USC 215

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

The firm was bootstrapped several years ago, and is profitable, and its founders are both MBAs from UCLA Anderson, where they met. How did Revolution Prep start? Ramit Varma: Jake (Neuberg), my business partner, met at UCLA's Anderson business school. We started in 2000. So, we're pretty connected with the community.

Software Review 178

Software Review Technical Review Education Startup 178

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Anne Walls and John Singleton are co-founders of WordHustler (www.wordhustler.com), a local Hollywood startup looking to help writers connect with publishers. We caught up with both Anne and John to learn more about the company. We are trying to keep it competitive. WordHustler launched in May of 2008 in a beta.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209