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Silicon Beach Fest: Catching Up With Kevin Winston

socalTECH

Kevin is also well known as the organizer of the Digital LA networking group (digitalla.net), which hosts dozens and dozens of events in Silicon Beach every year (Editor''s note: socalTECH.com is a media sponsor of the event). We''re showing people that we have the cool media-entertainment stuff, which is cool and great, and we love that.

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Taylor Freeman of UploadVR on Building a Passionate Culture for Good

Tech.Co

Taylor returned home and dove into learning web development and design on his own. I saw so many different applications for virtual reality in education, entertainment, mental health and communication,” he said. Taylor started pushing out content through social media and share what was happening in the industry.

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Doppels Is the Birthday Matching App You’re Going to Love

Tech.Co

On your birthday, something special happens on social media: you receive hundreds of likes and well wishes from friends, family, high school classmates and people you haven’t talked to for years on Facebook. The Star-Match feature is designed to be a friendly connection builder. The Star-Match. Big brands are also heading for Doppels.

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Silicon Beach Fest Approaches! #SBF

Tech Zulu Event

However, TechZulu will be doing an official pre-event on Tuesday June 17th with our #TZTechCrawl in Venice. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. The post Silicon Beach Fest Approaches!

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Fun Fact: Walk into their Venice-based office and you’ll find a giant giraffe (dubbed their co-founder’s “spirit animal”) stuffed in their version of a startup treehouse. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Social Media: Snapchat. Marketing: SteelHouse. Incubator: Amplify LA. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. Fred Wilson has done this for the NY startup scene but of course you also have mass media located there.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. Derek Wooden. County: 0.9%.