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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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In just the last few weeks, at least five different incubation/acceleration efforts have booted up in the region. Specifically targeted at clean techonlogy firms, the group has more of a traditional incubator program, offering up office space for 6-8 companies, along with support, resources, and mentorship.

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How Valence Aims to Provide Better Access and Funding for Black Founders & Executives

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At Upfront we believe in improving access for founders and entrepreneurs to networking, professional development, and economic opportunities, and that’s what Kobie set out to do with Valence , which he incubated in our offices. You can hear more about the importance of mentoring from Kobie Fuller, Valence advisor James Lowry, and John Legend?

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. Tell us about the incubator--how long as it been around?

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Interview with Wade Eyerly, SurfAir

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Wade Eyerly: Basically, it's a flat fee, subscription, all-you-can fly private plane service. We've hugely overbuilt infrastructure here, which we are leveraging for our service. By bringing our service to regional airports, you're much closer to home. The startup incubator actually found us. How did this all start?

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company?

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days.

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“Built In L.A.” the New Online Community for Startups

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They immediately have access to beta testers, investors, mentors, incubators and accelerators that can keep on eye out for them on a peer sharing platform.”. What creates a top technology city is entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, and service providers all working together to elevate the game and make it a big success.

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