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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). Evan Spiegel , SnapChat (Los Angeles, mobile app). Holden Steinberg , Pagewoo (Santa Monica, advertising).

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Interview with Dave Eastman, Viterbi Startup Garage

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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. Obviously, we closed in March of last year, just like the rest of USC, and we have been virtual since then.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

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Brett and I both grew up in Southern California. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. So, what is PeerStreet? So, we're focused on applying technology more efficiently and creating more value for investors. There's lot of great stuff happening here.

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What Mattered in 2010: Greg Martin, Archer Venture Capital

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All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. At Archer we are focused on working with southern California's best entrepreneurs at the earliest stages to build disruptive new businesses. 2010 was a momentus year for me personally.

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Interview with Kos Galatsis, Carbonics

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One of the companies on that journey is Los Angeles-based Carbonics (www.carbonics.com), which is taking technology developed in the labs of USC and UCLA, and bringing it to use in the wireless semiconductor market. Semiconductor advances are infamous for costing millions of dollars and requiring very significant investment in infrastructure.

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Interview with Jonathan Zweig, AppOnboard

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You can google him, and you can see he's now CEO of Lucid Sight, another Southern California company, which is in VR and AR. That says a lot about what's happening in LA, in terms of the investment scene. It ended up being probably the most pivotal and influential experience of my life, living with Randy Saaf.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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ABC Family, Fox, Universal Music, Google, Facebook, Demand Media, MyLife, Riot Games, DFJ Frontier, Rustic Canyon, GRP Partners, Siemer and Associates, Marketshare, Saatchi Online, OMD, Ignited, Rubicon Project, Smashbox Cosmetics, NFL, UCLA, USC, and dozens of start-ups. Opening Party hosted by Demand Media with KCRW at the Viceroy.